REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST. Swann's way; Within a budding grove; The Guermantes way; Cities of the Plain; The Captive; The Fugitive; Time Regained.
Random House. New York. 1981, 1981.
Second printing of this new, revised three volume edition with number sequence on copyright notice showing 2 as the lowest number. Seven volumes in 3. Complete. 8vo. (8.1 x 5.5 inches). Volume 1; xii, 1040pp. Volume 2; viii, 1197pp. Volume 3; viii, 1128pp. Each volume contains notes, addenda and synopsis at the end of the text. Finely bound in full black calf leather. Spines lettered and ruled in gilt. Boards with single gilt ruled borders. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Dark blue silk bookmark ribbons. The bindings are unsigned but are certainly the work of a master binder. This new edition is Revised by Kilmartin based on the 1954 Pleiade edition and features material not in the original Scott Moncrieff translation. A fine, simple but beautifully bound set of this classic work.
Item #11709
Price: £875.00









