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Remembrance of Things Past : Volumes I, II and III
by Proust, Marcel
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine Slipcase
- ISBN 10
- 039450643X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394506432
- Seller
-
Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1981. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine Slipcase. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾. Translated from the French by C.K. Scott Montcrieff and Terence Kilmartin. The definitive French Pléiade edition. Vol. I: Swann's Way, Within a Budding Grove. 1018 pp. plus Notes, Addenda, Synopsis. 1040 pp. in toto. Vol. II: The Guermantes Way, Cities of the Plain. 1169 pp. plus: Notes, Addenda, Synopsis. 1197 pp. in toto. Vol. III: The Captive, The Fugitive, Time Regained (Translated by Andreas Mayor). 1107 pp. plus: Notes, Addenda, Synopsis. 1128 pp. in toto. All 3 volumes have sunned spines, very slight soiling at text block corners. Vol. I has bookplate shadow ffep. 1999 review laid in. Slip case has light shelf wear, ow it is as new. Set weighs nearly 8 1/2 lb. and will incur extra shipping costs. Bookseller's Inventory # 180437.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000437
- Title
- Remembrance of Things Past : Volumes I, II and III
- Author
- Proust, Marcel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine Slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 039450643X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394506432
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Pages
- 3315
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Lower Beverley Better Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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- Slip Case
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- FFEP
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- Sunned
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