“It is to such sufferings that we attach the pleasure of loving, of delighting in the most insignificant remarks of a woman, which we know to be insignificant, but which we perfume with her scent.”
Wonderful copy of Proust’s evocative prose on lost love and recollection.
Author: Marcel Proust
Title: The Sweet Cheat Gone
Edition: First American Edition, first printing
Published: New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1931
Physical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 379p
Condition: Fair to good condition dust jacket with edge wear, chipping, spine panel faded, and overall toning—in new protector. Boards and spine clean with edge wear, bumping to corners, and crushing at spine ends. Spine faded. Binding solid with forward lean. Hinges and joints all intact. Pages tanned. Hint of waviness to pages. Mild foxing on fore-edge.
Comments: Collectible copy
