Hard Winter (Un Rude Hiver) by Raymond Queneau.

Hard Winter (Un Rude Hiver) by Raymond Queneau. Translated from the Frenchby Betty Askwith. John Lehmann Ltd. Modern European Library. (1948) 128 pages. Hard cover with no dust jacket. Cloth covers show light cover edge wear. Gilt lettering on the spine is somewhat faded. Two 1/4" long bits of soiling on the spine. Some pin-point sized bits of soiling. Two 1/8" spots on bottom edge of cover. Edges of some pages are frayed, apparently because they were not separated upon publication and previous ownner tore them apart. No tears effect text. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. DD28a"Raymond Queneau (French: [ʁɛmɔ̃ kəno]; 21 February 1903 – 25 October 1976) was a French novelist, poet, critic, editor[1] and co-founder and president of Oulipo[2] (Ouvroir de littérature potentielle), notable for his w