Marcel PROUST
A la recherche du temps perdu [suivi de] Pastiches et Mélanges
Grasset (first volume) • Gallimard (other volumes)|Paris 1913-1927 et 1919|11.50 x 19 cm|14 volumes reliés
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First edition. One of 350 numbered press copies on Alfa paper.
A pleasant copy.
Fine signed presentation inscription by Henri de Montherlant to Paul Demasy, covering nearly an entire page:
"I keep, Sir, a vivid memory of some articles and pages I have read of yours. Would you not care to keep me somewhat informed about your 'production'? It is rare that I feel such a desire, (illegible word) as I do in your case, who view our contemporaries as I sense you do."