Lot 356

Proust (Marcel) Swann's Way, vol. 1 only, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the translator, Chatto & Windus, 1922.

 

Hammer Price: £3,800

Description

Proust (Marcel) Swann's Way, translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff, vol. 1 only, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the translator "Vyvyan [Holland] from Charles Scott Moncrieff, September 21 - 1922. "Perhaps I have, even so long ago, when I didn't know what I was doing, perhaps two or three times" ii. 202" to endpaper, publisher's prospectus loosely inserted, browning to endpapers, original cloth, light fading to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, 8vo, Chatto & Windus, 1922.

⁂ The first volume of the first English edition with an excellent inscription from the translator to his friend the author and son of Oscar Wilde, Vyvyan Holland (1886-1967).

Description

Proust (Marcel) Swann's Way, translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff, vol. 1 only, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the translator "Vyvyan [Holland] from Charles Scott Moncrieff, September 21 - 1922. "Perhaps I have, even so long ago, when I didn't know what I was doing, perhaps two or three times" ii. 202" to endpaper, publisher's prospectus loosely inserted, browning to endpapers, original cloth, light fading to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, 8vo, Chatto & Windus, 1922.

⁂ The first volume of the first English edition with an excellent inscription from the translator to his friend the author and son of Oscar Wilde, Vyvyan Holland (1886-1967).

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