Marcel Proust: A Biography, Volumes One and Two
Published by Chatto & Windus 1958 and 1965, 1958
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Hall of Books, Oswestry, Shropshire, United KingdomHall of Books
AbeBooks seller since May 25, 2011
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 49.95
Quantity: 1 available
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First edition two volume hardback set, Volume One published 1959 with price-clipped jacket and Volume Two in 1965 (second impression) with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jackets rubbed to edges with a couple of small nicks and chips (now protected); boards generally clean and crisp. Bindings tight and appear little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - neat ownership signature to front endpaper in each volume; slighttoning to page-ends but text, maps to endpapers and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not old library books.
Seller Inventory # 240581
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Marcel Proust: A Biography, Volumes One and Two
- Author
- George D. Painter
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus 1958 and 1965
- Publication year
- 1958
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- Edition
- 1st.
- Seller catalogs
- Auto/Biography
Hall of Books
Oswestry, Shropshire, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since May 25, 2011
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