The Veiled Wanderer.

(Proust.) BIBESCO (Princess Marthe)

The Veiled Wanderer.

Letters [from Marcel Proust] to the Duc de Guiche and unpublished papers. Translated from the French by Roland Gant.

Description: FIRST EDITION, title-page printed in red and black, 12 monochrome collotype plates, some light foxing, pp. 88, foolscap 8vo, original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt (now dulled), some spotty discolouration to cloth, edges and endpapers a little foxed, the dustjacket price-clipped, a little rubbed at extremities with a few marks, lightly nicked and chipped, good

Publication Details: The Falcon Press, 1949

Notes: Inscribed by the Princess on the flyleaf: To Sir Edward Marsh, To Eddie La Fontaine from his admirer, Marthe. London Sept. 22nd 1949'. The inscription refers to Marsh's celebrated translations of La Fontaine; Bibesco's introductory 'Letter to an English Friend...' is centred around an anecdote of Winston Churchill meeting the recipient of these letters from the young Proust - a further likely aspect of interest to Marsh, whose civil service career was predominantly in association with Churchill....moreInscribed by the Princess on the flyleaf: To Sir Edward Marsh, To Eddie La Fontaine from his admirer, Marthe. London Sept. 22nd 1949'. The inscription refers to Marsh's celebrated translations of La Fontaine; Bibesco's introductory 'Letter to an English Friend...' is centred around an anecdote of Winston Churchill meeting the recipient of these letters from the young Proust - a further likely aspect of interest to Marsh, whose civil service career was predominantly in association with Churchill. HIDE

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Price: £150

Subject: Modern First Edition

Published Date: 1949

Stock Number: 69664

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