Le parfum de Combray : pèlerinage proustien à Illiers
1991, First Edition. Combray : Mairie d'Illiers. Very good paperback copy, with a detachable dust-wrapper, now lightly foxed and dust-dulled. Text edges similarly foxed; leaves with bright and clean surfaces, and notably sharp corners. Remains a well-preserved example overall. Provenance; The copy of art dealer Adrian Eeles, with his bookplate. Item #474149
Physical description; 139 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. Subjects; Proust, Marcel (1871-1922) – Homes and haunts – France – Illiers-Combray. Illiers-Combray (France) – Description and travel. Literary landmarks – France – Illiers-Combray. 20th century. 1990s. French language. Travel writing. Pilgrimage. Guidebook. Illustrated. Local history. Proustian geography. Combray (fictional).
Price: €18.95