35 - BERNARD, Tristan. *English as It Is Spoken* [revised edition].

BERNARD, Tristan. *English as It Is Spoken* [revised edition]. Paris, Librairie théatrale [1899]. In-8 (19 x 13 cm), Bradel-bound, salmon-colored half-cloth with corners. Title label pasted to the spine. 39 pp. Slightly yellowed paper. Untrimmed. First edition of one of Tristan Bernard’s most famous plays, first performed at the Comédie Parisienne on February 28, 1899. Corrected copy for a theatrical adaptation: interleaved with numerous unsigned handwritten notes and corrections. "A young Frenchman working in England has brought a young Englishwoman to Paris, whose father refused to consent to their marriage because of the Frenchman’s modest circumstances. The young couple checked into a hotel, but it turned out that the hotel’s interpreter didn’t know a word of English.”