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Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Chatto & Windus/Alfred A. Knopf,, 1922-31. A rare full set in the dust jackets, from the library of Geoffrey Keynes First editions in English, first impressions, of Proust's complete roman a fleuve, a truly rare set with all copies in dust jacket (saving Cities of the Plain which was not issued in jacket but only in slipcase, here also present). This set was assembled by Sir Geoffrey Keynes, with his ownership inscriptions in several volumes. Complete sets in first impressions are scarce, but dust jackets, especially for the early volumes, are truly rare. Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu was first published in France from 1913 and 1927. It is universally acclaimed as among the most influential works of modern fiction. Proust read and appreciated Scott-Moncrieff's translation, writing to him on 10 October 1922, after the release of Swann's Way, to compliment his "fine talent". Moncrieff's translation was published episodically: Swann's Way (2 vols., 1922), Within a Budding Grove (2… Read More