Approximations

first edition on the current paper.
Exceptional autograph signed by the author Marcel Proust: "To Marcel Proust / welcome, dear friend, these pages you already know as a very imperfect expression of my deep admiration / That of these approximations that is dedicated to you, j '. meaning in particular the piecemeal and unilateral. / do see what Sainte-Beuve (you only have criticized knowingly) would have called "a first attack with scissors" (as improper, will you say , its comparison with the chisel). / me your work is too precious and too expensive so I did not test, your finished monument, "approaching" more. / I often think of you, I want to know that your health does not suffer too much, I'd talk endlessly with you and in person. / But I respect your reasons even when they escape me. / in no case never doubt the loyalty of my affection. / Your Charles du Bos 3 July 1922. "
A small marginal spot on the first board, two small tears foot stuck back in the back, some badly cut sheets with small marginal tears.
Unique and exciting copy.