Amours singulières by Somerset Maugham (Le Livre de Demain)
Contributed by Florian Hardwig
on Aug 3rd, 2025. Artwork published in
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Peignot in use in its gras (bold) weight, and also featuring the not commonly seen Initials, a complimentary all-caps style with compressed proportions.
W. Somerset Maugham’s Six Stories Written in the First Person Singular was first published in 1931 by Doubleday, Doran & Co. This French edition with the title Amours singulières came out in 1955 as no. 63 in Le Livre de Demain, a series dedicated to translations by Librairie Arthème Favard, Paris. “Série étrangère” is added in italic caps from Futura, known in France as Europe. The jacket illustration is by Roger Adam.
The oldstyle roman used on the book cover is Peignot & Fils’s Garamont.
