Proust Marcel

A la Recherche du Temps Perdu Remembrance of Things Past / In Search of Lost Time

1927rif. 140949507Paris: Bernard Grasset Nouvelle Revue Francaise 1927. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing of each of seven books in 13 volumes complete. Text in French. First volume bound in publisher Grasset's yellow wraps lettered in black; subsequent volumes bound in publisher NRF's cream wraps stamped in black and red. Near Fine with with light wear and soiling and light to moderate toning to covers minimal creasing to spines. Light foxing to textblock edges of La Prisonniere and Le Cote de Guermantes I; more pronounced foxing impinging slightly on margins and covers to both volumes of Sodome et Gomorrhe II. Some pages unopened copy number slips from 2 volumes laid in with consequent offsetting. Pencil inscription to half-title of Du cote de chez Swann Swann's Way narrow dampstaining to lower margin of first 60 pages. An uncommon assemblage of the first appearances of Marcel Proust's seven-part novel published in 13 volumes over 14 years. Proust struggled to get editors to accept the first part of his manuscript and arranged with publisher Bernard Grasset to cover the cost of printing Swann's Way himself. The book was a critical success but the next installment was stalled by the onset of the Great War. Grasset was called up and the lead of his printing press was melted down for ordnance. The publisher Gaston Gallimard had finagled his way out of military service and offered to publish the remainder of Proust's novel under his imprint NRF which had rejected Swann's Way a few years previously. That remainder grew and grew and Proust died before his novel was completed. After he succumbed to an illness in 1922 his final three books were published under the aegis of his brother and editor. The publication history of this sprawling masterpiece can be read in these first printings the paper quality of which improved with time as the author's stature grew and France emerged from wartime rationing. Key colophon information as follows: Du cote de chez Swann: November 8 1913 A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs: November 30 1918 Le Cote de Guermantes I: August 17 1920; copy #434 Le Cote de Guermantes II & Sodome et Gomorrhe I: April 30 1921; copy #883 Sodome et Gomorrhe II 1: April 3 1922; copy #104 Sodome et Gomorrhe II 2: April 3 1922; copy #639 Sodome et Gomorrhe II 3: April 3 1922; copy #104 La Prisonniere 1: November 14 1923; copy #192 La Prisonniere 2: November 14 1923; copy #37 Albertine disparue 1: November 30 1925; copy #68 Albertine disparue 2: November 30 1925; copy #64 Le temps retrouve 1: September 22 1927; copy #979 Le temps retrouve 2: September 22 1927; copy #979 A beautiful set of first printings in much better condition than commonly found. Bernard Grasset, Nouvelle Revue Francaise unknown

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