Routledge & Kegan Paul

    Georges Simenon, The House by the Canal, first UK edition, 1952

    Modern Literature

    Simenon (Georges) The House by the Canal

    £225



    London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1952.

    First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 10s6d.

    A pivotal work in Simenon's development as a serious novelist, distinct from the Maigret series. Somewhat scarce in the Routledge UK first.

    Georges Simenon, Black Rain, first UK edition, 1949

    Modern Literature

    Simenon (Georges) Black Rain

    £75



    London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1949.

    First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.

    One of Simenon's romans durs (hard novels) rather than the Maigret detective series. The non-Maigret psychological fiction, often first published in English by Routledge & Kegan Paul, was widely regarded by critics as his most serious literary work.