Anatole France.
 
Charles Carrington: 1901. Octavo. First limited edition, being one of five hundred copies printed on Van Gelder handmade paper. Book has been handsomely rebound in quarter leather over paper boards. Discoloration to the end papers, a few foxed spots within the text block. Very good.
 
"'Men,' I said to myself, 'suffer because they are deprived of that which they believe to be good; or because, possessing it they fear to lose it; or because they endure that which they believe to be an evil. Put an end to all beliefs of this kind, and the evils would disappear."