A la recherche du temps perdu [In Search of Lost Time]Grasset & Nrf | Paris 1913-1927 | 12,5 x 19 cm for the first volume & 13 x 19,5 cm
for the second & 14,5 x 19,5 cm for the rest | 13 volumes in original wrappers
First edition for all the volumes.
Du côté de chez Swann, first printing on ordinary paper with all the characteristics (fault to Grasset, upper cover dated 1913, no contents table);
à l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, first printing on ordinary paper without false statement; the other volumes, numbered on pur fil paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies, after the reimposed one.
Very discreet repairs to spine of first two volumes, the odd infrequent bit of foxing.
This complete collection of
In Search of Lost Time includes the following titles:
Du côté de chez Swann [Swann's Way],
à l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs [In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower],
Le Côté de Guermantes [The Guermantes Way] (2 volumes),
Sodome et Gomorrhe [Sodom and Gomorrah] (3 volumes),
La Prisonnière [The Prisoner] (2 volumes),
Albertine disparue [The Fugitive] (2 volumes) and
Le Temps retrouvé [Time Regained] (2 volumes).
A handsome set, as published.