First edition, one of 55 copies printed on pur fil, the only deluxe copies along with 1 copy on Arches printed for Paul VI.
Handsome copy.
First edition, one of 54 numbered copies on verge paper with deckle edges, the only copies printed on deluxe paper.
A handsome copy.
First edition, one of 54 copies on vergé de Lana, the only deluxe copies.
Head of spine slightly creased.
A handsome copy.
First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine very slightly sunned, not affecting the overall condition.
The following year, the book was adapted for the screen by the author himself, starring Jean Rochefort, Jacques Perrin, Jacques Dufilho, and Claude Rich.
Handsome signed presentation copy from Pierre Schoendoerffer to a friend named Violette: "A Violette qui sait ce qu'est la marine. Une histoire d'alsacien, de chats, de bretons... et de mer - bien sûr ! Avec mon amitié."
First edition, rare first issue copy (printing error in the Grasset imprint, original soft cover dated 1913, publisher's catalog in-fine, no table of contents) for the first volume; first issue of à l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs without statement of edition, one of about 500 copies, the 2000 later issued copies bearing a false statement of edition on the cover, pasted label "majoration temporaire cinquante pour cent" on the spine of the preserved soft cover; first editions on pur fil for the following volumes, the only grands papiers (deluxe copies) with réimposés quarto copies.
Famous misprint known as "la faute à Grasset": most important printer's error, only present on service de presse (advance copies) and very first issue copies of Swann. A vertical bar | had slipped between Grasset's E and T on the lower part of the title-page and was quickly removed during printing. 17 deluxe copies - 5 on japon and 12 on hollande - were printed after first issue corrections.
No statement of edition: true feature of first issue copies of à l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs. Although dated 30 November 1918, the 128 "réimposés" copies were only printed in 1919 along with deluxe copies of the Swann second edition.
The complete first edition, first issue of à la recherche du temps perdu includes the first two volumes on ordinary paper with the above-mentioned particularities, then deluxe copies for the following volumes. These deluxe copies on pur-fil are of the same format than the first two volumes.
Discreet restorations to the first volume, spine slightly wrinkled as usual for the second volume, a small stain to the spine of the third volume, two slight lacks of paper at the bottom of the third and fourth volumes, some minor foxing to some edges.
This complete collection of In Search of Lost Time includes the following titles: Du Côté de chez Swann, A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, Le Côté de Guermantes (2 volumes), Sodome et Gomohrre (3 volumes), La Prisonnière (2 volumes), Albertine disparue (2 volumes) and Le Temps retrouvé (2 volumes).
Precious set, as issued, all in first edition.
First edition including all the features of the first issue for Du Côté de chez Swann (error with Grasset, first board with the date 1913, missing contents table, publisher's catalogue in-fine). First edition on ordinary paper, one of the very rare first without mention copies for A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, of which there were only around 500 copies printed. First numbered editions on pur fil, only deluxe copies after the reimposed for the following volumes.
Complete collection of In Search of Lost Time with two important and precious autograph inscriptions signed by Marcel Proust to Lucien Descaves, founding member of the Académie Goncourt:
- “à monsieur Lucien Descaves. / Respectueux hommage de l'auteur. / Marcel Proust” “to Monseiur Lucien Descaves. / Respectful tribute from the author. / Marcel Proust” on Le Côté de Guermantes II – Sodome et Gomorrhe I.
- “à monsieur Lucien Descaves. / Admiratif hommage. / Marcel Proust ” “to Monsieur Lucien Descaves. / Admiring tribute. / Marcel Proust” on Sodome et Gomorrhe II-1.
