The Sweet Cheat Gone (Remembrance of Things Past Part Seven)
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo. Pp. 379. Bound in black paper-covered boards over khaki-colored cloth, with tipped-on title block on spine and gilt decoration printed on boards. Top edge with a touch of dust soiling. In the dust jacket that shows slight edge-wear, price of $3.00 intact on front flap. Near Fine / Very Good+. Item #11818 The fragile dust jacket, prone to wear due to thin paper stock and black printing, is in notably nice condition. Moreover, it's an exemplar of restrained art-deco design, and is now housed in a clear, removable archival protector.
First American edition of Proust's sixth installment of A la Recherche du Temps Perdu, first published Paris, 1924. The half-title page with the misprint of Remembrance of Things Past Part Seven when in fact this is the sixth installment of Proust's opus. Indeed, the copy on the rear panel of the dust jacket states, "This is the sixth, and penultimate, Part of Marcel Proust's vast panorama ... ."
Price: $275.00