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192729883NY: Boni 1927. First Edition. Two volumes. 8vo pp. 352 384. 1/2000 copies printed for subscribers. Black and silver striped paper over boards white cloth backs and corners. Covers little scuffed spines slightly soiled o/w nice. Boni unknown books
196326325New York: Macmillan 1963. First edition. 211 p. 31 cm. Original cloth a very good copy dust jacket with some minor wear along edges and tears. Edited with an introduction by Arthur D. Trottenberg. "Photographs from the collection of Berenice Abbott." Translation of "Paris du temps perdu" <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
1963691New York 1963. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good/good . 120 sepia-toned photogravures. Tape repairs to dust jacket. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1946RPROLAR00efGallimard 1946. Good. Proust Marcel. A La Recherche du Temps Perdu 15 volumes. Paris: Gallimard 1946. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Good - great condition for books that survived the occupation of Paris. Covers are tattered and slightly stained pages yellowed. Sparse marginalia throughout the set in light pencil. French language. Gallimard paperback books
1924129372Paris: Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française/Librairie Gallimard 1924. Leather_bound. 277p. preface text in French very good eleventh edition custom-bound in quarter red leather with raised bands and gilt spine title over marbled boards leather label gilt marbled endpapers ribbon bound-in. Minor wear to edges of the boards. Attractively bound edition of Proust's first book. Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française/Librairie Gallimard unknown books
1723D2474Oxford: Stephani Fletcher 1723. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 195 x 119mm. 6 317pp. 23. Portraits. Contemporary calf; light occasional stains; calf torn to upper cover and spine somewhat chipped corners bumped. Ciceros important classic and esteemed edition of Jacques Proust author of Diderot et LEncylopedie. Ciceros De oratore On the Orator is a moral and political dialogue written by Cicero in 55 BCE. It is set in 91 BCE when Lucius Licinius Crassus died just before a social war and civil war broke out between Marius and Sulla and during which Marcus Antonius Orator the other great orator of this dialogue died. Cicero wrote De Oratore to describe the idyllic Marcus Antonius and imagine him as a philosophic and moral guide of the state. <br/><br/> Stephani Fletcher hardcover books
1929140940937New York: Albert and Charles Boni 1929. First Edition. Near Fine/Good. First American edition. viii 563 pp. Publisher's tan and black cloth. Near Fine with light wear in a Good unclipped dust jacket light cup ring to front panel chipping and creasing to extremities. Part six of Remembrance of Things Past. Albert and Charles Boni unknown books
19341329236New York: Random House 1934. Hardcover. Octavo; G; beige spine with horizontal gilt bands to spine with red and gilt text; no jackets; 4 volumes: vol. 1 Swann's Way and Within A Budding Grove pp 356 1934; vol. 2 The Guermantes Way and Cities of the Plain part 1 pp 352 1934; vol. 3 Cities of the Plain part 2 and The Captive pp 563 1934; vol. 4 The Sweet Cheat Gone and The Past Recaptured pp 402 1934; cloths show slightly darkened spines due to age; mild smudges to exteriors; sturdy boards; text blocks have modest foxing to exterior edges; other indications of wear to edges; deckled fore edges; slight damp staining to fore edge of vols. 2 and 3 otherwise clean interiors; some shadow toning to endpapers; tight bindings; additional shipping may be added to items due to weight. 1329236. FP New Rockville Stock. Random House hardcover books
1898122843Paris and New York: Goupil & Cie / Jean Bousaod Manzi Joyant & Cie 1898. Hardbound. VG bright and crisp. Red cloth with gilt title and design on spine and cover. 102 pp 101 plates. Text is in English. 93 paintings and 8 sculptures are illustrated. Vellum edition. Color frontispiece. Goupil & Cie / Jean Bousaod, Manzi, Joyant & Cie hardcover books
1965RPROMAR00LAWThe Modern Library Circa 1965. Very Good. Proust Marcel. Marcel Proust: Swann's Way Within a Budding Grove Cities of the Plain The Guermantes Way The Captive The Sweet Cheat Gone and The Past Recaptured seven volumes. Moncrieff translator C.K. Scott; Galantiere introduction Lewis. New York: The Modern Library Circa 1965. 12mo. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped and rubbed corners. Former owner's name in pen and penciled notes on front endsheets. Backstrip of ""Cities of the Plain"" slightly sunned. Extremities of ""Cities of the Plain"" and ""Within a Budding Grove"" lightly soiled. Small patch of soiling in upper corner of front free endsheet in ""Cities of the Plain"". Dust Jacket Condition: Good with a couple small losses from corners edges subtly bumped and extremities subtly rubbed. Rear panels slightly darkened. Prices clipped. Spine ends of ""The Captive"" and ""The Sweet Cheat Gone"" slighlty chipped. In dust jacket protectors. Uncommon. The Modern Library unknown books
1954404668Paris: Gallimard 1954. A lightly-browned copy characteristic of the Gallimard editions from the period in a fine and clean binding. 8vo. Original half vellum by Paul Bonet. Third edition. JAMES MERRILL'S COPY signed by him on the front flyleaf and dated 1958. This copy was later owned by Claude Fredericks 1923-2013 an American poet playwright printer writer and teacher with whom Merrill had a romantic relationship. Fredericks founded The Banyan Press which published Merrill's 'Metamorphosis of 741' in 1977. <br/><br/> Gallimard hardcover books
193228760New York: Albert & Charles Boni 1932. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Paper-covered boards rather shelf-worn at tips and edges. Otherwise a very good book in a very good to near fine dust jacket with a small chip at top edge of front flap and some other minor wear. The 7th and final novel in the series. <br/><br/> Albert & Charles Boni hardcover books
171627984Oxonii Oxford : E Typographeo Clarendoniano Clarendon Press impensis Stephani Fletcher 1716. Vellum. Good. 8vo. ff 1 - frontis ii 2 333 334-384 Index Index to Notes and Errata; contemporary full vellum with vellum scuffed and rubbed especially at spine; ex-library label to spine; ex-library stamps and markings to top edge front pastedown title leaf and p. iii; library pocket to rear pastedown; else a sound reader's copy. Properly withdrawn. Vellum. From the latest Paris edition "Juxta Editionem Novissimam Parisiensem". Engraved frontispiece of Cicero bust by MBurg. Michael Burghers b. c.1647/8 - 1727 was a Dutch illustrator and artist of the 17th century who spent most of his career in England. He was commissioned to create maps estate plans and illustrations of stately houses by the English aristocracy. wiki. E Typographeo Clarendoniano [Clarendon Press] impensis Stephani Fletcher unknown books
1979WRCLIT68861Salisbury CT: Lime Rock Press 1979. Quarto. Gilt cloth. Photographs. Book about fine with accompaniments see below in folding cloth clamshell box the latter with a couple smudges to label and slight lifting of cloth along one seam. First edition deluxe issue. One of 100 numbered copies from a total edition of five hundred copies. Prefatory text and photographs by Seymour accompanied by selections from SWANN'S WAY. Accompanied by four original 9 3/4 x 6 3/4" matted borderless prints of photographs each matted and signed by Seymour enclosed in a numbered and signed paper folder the whole preceded by an extra bifolium portfolio title and colophon numbered and signed by Seymour. The publisher's original ill-considered foam packing inserts were discarded as they have a tendency to self-destruct. Lime Rock Press hardcover books
1930140940936New York: Albert and Charles Boni 1930. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. viii 379 pp. Publisher's tan and black cloth. Fine with a bit of rubbing to spine lettering in an unclipped dust jacket with a tiny chip near the top edge of the front panel else Near Fine with a little rubbing. Part seven of the Remembrance of Things Past. Albert and Charles Boni unknown books
1942008554Manchester England: Editions Du Calame. Good with no dust jacket. 1942. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Greenish-brown paper wrappers with red and black ink are creased sunned and chipped along edges. Dampstain on head of spine which does not extend into text. Text block is uncut pages. 41 letters from Proust to Nordlinger friend and mentee. A miscellaneous French advertisement for Le Tombeau de Bilitis is laid in. French quote inscription to Mary Ewalt Guggenheim an artist known around Hollywood unsigned on blank front endpaper. Tipped in black and white portraits of Proust and Marie Nordlinger. Signed by "Marie Riefstahl-Nordlinger" under her portrait opposite first page of letters. Marie Riefstahl also published this collection of letters from Proust to her. One of 225 copies printed. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 123 pp; Signed by Editor . Editions Du Calame paperback books
193273417New York: Henry Holt et al. 1932. Hardcover. Very good. Uniform edition of Proust's masterpiece. The major work of early 20th century French literature it follows the narrator's recollections of childhood and experiences into adulthood in the late 19th century and early 20th century aristocratic France while reflecting on the loss of time and lack of meaning to the world. Translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff and Frederick A. Blossom Ph.D. Octavo eleven volumes: Swann's Way Volume One Henry Holt 1922; Swann's Way Volume Two Henry Holt 1922; Within a Budding Grove Volume One Thomas Seltzer 1924; Within a Budding Grove Volume Two Thomas Seltzer 1924; The Guermantes Way Volume One Albert & Charles Boni 1928; The Guermantes Way Volume Two Albert & Charles Boni 1928; Cities of the Plain Volume One Albert & Charles Boni 1927; Cities of the Plain Volume Two Albert & Charles Boni 1927; The Captive Albert & Charles Boni 1930; The Sweet Cheat Gone Albert & Charles Boni 1930; and The Past Recaptured Albert & Charles Boni 1932. Full blue cloth bindings with gilt-stamped black leather spine labels and marbled endpapers. The spines are darkened just a touch with a small bump to the rear board of the third volume and a half-inch gouge to the lower spine label of the fourth volume; otherwise very good. Henry Holt, et al. hardcover books
1415Prague Praha: Odeon. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. The Czech translation of Proust's masterpiece complete in original wrappers with book design by Karel Teige. With simple designs distinctive topography and titles printed in red and black Teige's edition of Proust is a quintessential example of his work and a classic representation of the Czech avant-garde. Praha Prague: Odeon 1927-1930. Complete in 15 volumes with the supplement Benjamin Cremieux Marcel Proust 1928. Octavo original wrappers in various colors. Owner signatures. General minor wear to wrappers fading to spines. First title page neatly detached. A monument of book design; rare in original wrappers. Odeon paperback books
1922121344London: Chatto & Windus Alfred A. Knopf 1922. Complete first edition set of Proust's most well-known work. Octavo 11 volumes original blue cloth with titles to the spine in in gilt. In near fine condition with Time Regained in the rare dust jacket. Translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff. An excellent set rare in this condition. Marcel Proust was best known for his 3200 page masterpiece A La Recherche du Temps Perdu. First translated into English by C.K. Scott Moncrieff as 'Remembrance of Things Past' it was later revised in translation to 'In Search of Lost Time'. Semi-autobiographical and written in a stream-of-consciousness style W. Somerset Maugham called it 'the greatest fiction to date'. The first volume was published in 1913. Gradually withdrawing from society Proust worked during the nights and slept during the day until his death in 1922 at the age of 51. Graham Greene named Proust "the greatest novelist of the 20th century." Chatto & Windus, Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1913407620Paris: Grasset 1913. Near fine in entirely original and unrestored condition some light cockling along spine a few small tears at edges light toning to sheets at beginning and end but generally in superb condition scarcely found in the original wrappers. 8vo. 523 pages 8-page publisher's advertisement at end unopened. Original pale yellow printed wrappers untrimmed. Purple morocco chemise and slipcase some light rubbing in a few spots. First edition first printing of the first volume in Proust's 'À la Recherche du Temps Perdu' 'In Search of Lost Time' or more commonly 'Remembrance of Things Past'. With all the notable points of a first printing: typographic error in the publisher's name on the title-page; title-page dated 1914 but front wrapper and printer's colophon dated 1913; four-leaf publisher's catalogue at the end; no Table of Contents; a blank leaf between the front wrapper and the half-title. This copy is also preserved with a contemporary and perhaps original plain glassine outer wrapper.<br/><br/>The now-famous novel was rejected by at least three major publishers and was infamously turned down by André Gide before Proust arranged with the publisher Grasset to pay for the cost of publication himself. Though Gallimard offered to publish the remaining volumes Proust chose to stay with Grasset. <br/><br/> Grasset unknown books
191468469A Complete Set of First Editions in Fine Condition PROUST Marcel. A La Recherche du Temps Perdu. Paris: Bernard Grasset 1914 i.e. 1913; …ditions de la Nouvelle Revue FranÃaise 1918-1927. A complete set of first editions first issues besides the first volume which is a second issue. Second issue of Du CÙtÈ de Chez Swann with the date 1913 on the front wrapper and 1914 on the title-page with the table of contents and correct date 8 November 1913 as issued and with 8 pp. of ads at the end. 8 523 1 blank 3 table of contents 1 printerÃs imprint 8 ads pp. Swann's Way published by Grasset and no indication of later edition on title. Together thirteen octavo volumes. All volumes numbered on "Velin pur fil" except for A lÃOmbre des Jeunes Filles en Fleurs as there was no numbered print for this volume. Original glassine on all volumes. The set comprises: Du CÙtÈ de Chez Swann; A lÃOmbre des Jeunes Filles en Fleurs; Le CÙtÈ de Guermantes I one of 800 numbered copies for the Amis de LÃ…dition Originale #572; Le CÙtÈ de Guermantes II and Sodome et Gomorrhe I one of 800 numbered copies for the Amis de LÃ…dition Originale #734; Sodome et Gomorrhe II three volumes one of 850 numbered copies for the Amis de LÃ…dition Originale #568 389 568; La PrisonniËre two volumes one of 875 numbered copies for the Amis de LÃ…dition Originale #252 524; Albertine Disparue two volumes one of 1200 numbered copies for the Amis de LÃ…dition Originale #521 839; and Le Temps RetrouvÈ two volumes one of 1230 numbered copies where 30copies are "et trente exemplaires d'auteur hors commerce" For the author not for sale these both being #1230. Original buff wrappers printed in red and black. Du CÙtÈ de Chez Swann in yellow wrappers printed in black. Swann's way chemised and housed in a cardboard slipcase. A couple of volumes slightly sunned on spines. Sodome et Gomorrhe with some very minor foxing. All volumes in glassine. All fine copies. ìDu cÙtÈ de chez Swann is the first volume of ProustÃs monumental opus A la recherche du temps perdu the most important French novel of the twentieth century and a masterpiece of European literature. This first volume described the narratorÃs childhood and contains the celebrated madeleine episode. Publication of subsequent volumes was interrupted by the war. This novel famously turned by Gide for the N.R.F was published at the authorÃs expense by Grasset. By 1918 the N.R.F had realised its huge blunder and published A lÃombre des jeunes filles en fleurs which won the Prix Goncourt and established Proust as a major literature figureî From Stendhal to RenÈ Char: Le Cabinet de livres de Renaud Gillet SothebyÃs 27 October 1999 lot 64. ìTranslated by Scott Moncreiff as SwannÃs Way etc. ProustÃs great novel A la recherche du temps perdu is something that happens once in a hundred years like Les Fleurs du Mal or War and Peace. He combined tragic poetical insight with the gift of creating comic characters in the round like Shakespeare. He is consistently both intelligent and poetic. Bergsonian philosophy of time gives depth Ruskinian aesthetics texture. Embittered by his homosexual bias and disabling asthma he shows some deterioration in the unrevised volumes though not enough to upset this magisterially executed conception of a master-mind in which art erects its monument to dead loves using for material only thought and the passage of time. ëIt appeals to our sense of wonder and gains our hommage by its veiled greatness. I donÃt think there ever has been in the whole of literature such an example of the power of analysisà Conradî Connolly The Modern Movement. BN Proust 402 445 484 489 531 533 and 536. Connolly The Modern Movement 23. Connolly 23. HBS 68469. $28500 Bernard Grasset unknown books