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1st Edition No. 127 of 400. 1st Edition No. 127 of 400. Signed by Translator. Garnett, David. LA FEMME CHANGÉE EN RENARD. (LADY INTO FOX). Translated by André Maurois and Jane Bussy. Paris: Grasset, 1924. First French Edition of the author's first book, Inscribed by André Maurois on the half-title. Awarded the 1922 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction Frontispiece and wood engravings by R.A. Garnett. Small 8vo. 183 pp. Exemplaire de presse No. 127 of 400. Some minor creases and toning with age. A very rare copy with the original Glassine wrapper intact. David Garnett was the son-in-law of Vanessa Bell and nephew of Virginia Woolf. André Maurois (1885-1967) was a prominent French author, biographer, and historian. Born Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog, he adopted the pen name André Maurois. Maurois also served as an interpreter for Lieutenant Colonel Winston Churchill during the war.