Remembrance of Things Past (12 volumes) - Marcel PROUST
PROUST, Marcel. Remembrance of Things Past. London: Chatto & Windus, 1960-1965.
Translated by C.K. Moncrieff. Illustrated by Philippe Jullian. Dustjacket design by Enid Marx.
Illustrated edition, reprints. Complete uniform set in 12 volumes. 8vo, original cloth, some light spotting. A few pencil marginal marks to Vol. 1. Dust jackets slightly worn; spines faded/sunned/browned; Vol. I spotted; vol. II with small loss to bottom of spine; all price-clipped. A good plus set.
Marcel Proust’s (1871-1922) masterpiece À la Recherche du Temps Perdu (1913-1927), one of the greatest books of all the time, here in C. K. Scott Moncrieff’s (1889-1930) translation, the first and most famous in English, titled Remembrance of Things Past, borrowing from Shakespeare.