The proof copy of the first English translations of ‘The Watchmender of Everton’ [L’Horloger d’Everton] and ‘Red Lights’ [Feux Rouges], with Georges Simenon’s manuscript corrections to the text. Offered with a copy of the first edition in English.
Extensive annotations to final fifty pages of ‘Red Lights’, and an especially revealing annotation to page 278: “I can’t remember what I wrote, but I should like it to be substituted for this beastly paragraph.” The paragraph is corrected in the published edition, which does seem an improvement, though perhaps still not perhaps a perfect translation.
A very good copy, a little rubbing and creasing to the wrappers, ink stain to upper cover, and short tear along the front and rear joint..
