The Translation of Memories : Recollections of the Young Proust (Signed By Author)
by Prestwich, Pat F
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0720610567
- ISBN 13
- 9780720610567
- Seller
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Hyde, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Peter Owen, 1999. Inscribed on front end paper from Pat. The inscription makes it obvious that this is the author. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked cream cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket clipped but not price clipped and not marked or torn or creased. 267pp. Marie Nordlinger came to Paris from Manchester in 1896 to stay with her cousin Reynaldo Hahn and there met his friend Marcel Proust, at that time an aspiring novelist. She translated into French the works of Ruskin for him and remained friends until his death thirty years later. This book recounts the relationship between these young people in fin-de-siecle Paris through an analysis of Marie's correspondence.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8.75 x 5.75 inches.
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- Bookseller
- Godley Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026345
- Title
- The Translation of Memories : Recollections of the Young Proust (Signed By Author)
- Author
- Prestwich, Pat F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0720610567
- ISBN 13
- 9780720610567
- Publisher
- Peter Owen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Marcel Proust, Nordlinger, Paris, 1890s,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social History; Biography - literary; Literature / Authors / Poetry;
- Size
- 8.75 x 5.75 inches
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