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PROUST (Marcel). A la recherche du temps perdu. Paris, nrf - Gallimard, 1920-1928. 18 volumes box gold jaspé on the boards, smooth spines decorated with a mosaic decoration in green mar. with title in green mar. letters and author in red mar. letters passing on the spines of the series, gilt tomaison in tail, the last five volumes carrying in the back of the title pieces in green box framed with a gilt net, gilt head. Ex-libris on volume I J. Jacquier. Some rubbing to the spines. A precious handwritten note from the bibliophile owner indicates that this is one of the first bindings by Paul BONET, although it is not signed. It is reproduced in the article "Les Reliures de Paul Bonet" by Louis Martin Chauffier in "Plaisir du Bibliophile" (1930, n°21, pp. 18-28). I-II : Du Côté de chez Swann. 99th edition (August 4, 1927). III-IV: In the Shadow of Young Girls in Bloom. 61st ed. (Dec. 10, 1922). V: Le Côté de Guermantes I. 60th ed. (sd). VI : Le Côté de Guermantes II. Sodom and Gomorrah I. 20th ed. 1921. VII-VIII-IX: Sodom and Gomorrah II. 38th ed. 1922. X-XI: The Prisoner. 2nd ed. 1923. XII-XIII: Albertine disparue. 44th ed. (July 8, 1926). XIV-XV: Le Temps retrouvé. 28th ed. (Dec. 12, 1927). XVI-XVII-XVIII: Les Cahiers Marcel Proust. Fifth edition. (Aug. 17, 1927). Moisture stain on two covers.
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PROUST (Marcel). A la recherche du temps perdu. Paris, nrf - Gallimard, 1920-1928. 18 volumes box gold jaspé on the boards, smooth spines decorated with a mosaic decoration in green mar. with title in green mar. letters and author in red mar. letters passing on the spines of the series, gilt tomaison in tail, the last five volumes carrying in the back of the title pieces in green box framed with a gilt net, gilt head. Ex-libris on volume I J. Jacquier. Some rubbing to the spines. A precious handwritten note from the bibliophile owner indicates that this is one of the first bindings by Paul BONET, although it is not signed. It is reproduced in the article "Les Reliures de Paul Bonet" by Louis Martin Chauffier in "Plaisir du Bibliophile" (1930, n°21, pp. 18-28). I-II : Du Côté de chez Swann. 99th edition (August 4, 1927). III-IV: In the Shadow of Young Girls in Bloom. 61st ed. (Dec. 10, 1922). V: Le Côté de Guermantes I. 60th ed. (sd). VI : Le Côté de Guermantes II. Sodom and Gomorrah I. 20th ed. 1921. VII-VIII-IX: Sodom and Gomorrah II. 38th ed. 1922. X-XI: The Prisoner. 2nd ed. 1923. XII-XIII: Albertine disparue. 44th ed. (July 8, 1926). XIV-XV: Le Temps retrouvé. 28th ed. (Dec. 12, 1927). XVI-XVII-XVIII: Les Cahiers Marcel Proust. Fifth edition. (Aug. 17, 1927). Moisture stain on two covers.
