PROUST, Marcel. LAPRADE., Swann’s Way.

(Paris), NRF, 1930. Large 8vo, (3)-239-(3) pp., text in red and black, etchings. Contemporary bronze morocco, spine with four raised bands, author’s name and title gilded, sets of gilt dots and blind-stamped bands, large geometric decoration on the covers with the dot and band patterns continuing, punctuated by long herringbone motifs of gilt bands, orange moiré silk lining on the inside covers and endpapers, gilded edges, cover and spine preserved, in a brown half-maroquin slipcase with bands and flaps, the whole in a marbled case with brown calfskin piping [Gruel] (spine of the slipcase worn, very slight wear to the edges of the case).

Estimate:£417.94

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