Lot 78 · Books & Manuscripts
PROUST, Marcel. Du côté de chez Swann. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1914. 12 o. Red half-morocco and marbled boards, t.e.g., original printed wrappers bound in. Provenance : Henri Burton (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the colophon on verso of page 523, and wrappers dated 1913. Connolly The Modern Movement 23.
PROUST, Marcel. Du côté de chez Swann. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1914. 12 o. Red half-morocco and marbled boards, t.e.g., original printed wrappers bound in. Provenance : Henri Burton (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the colophon on verso of page 523, and wrappers dated 1913. Connolly The Modern Movement 23.
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- $1,000–$1,500 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Books & Manuscripts , New York · 28 April 1999
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6424648
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PROUST, Marcel. Du côté de chez Swann. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1914. 12 o. Red half-morocco and marbled boards, t.e.g., original printed wrappers bound in. Provenance : Henri Burton (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the colophon on verso of page 523, and wrappers dated 1913. Connolly The Modern Movement 23., PROUST, Marcel. Du côté de chez Swann. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1914. 12 o. Red half-morocco and marbled boards, t.e.g., original printed wrappers bound in. Provenance : Henri Burton (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the colophon on verso of page 523, and wrappers dated 1913. Connolly The Modern Movement 23. Christie's, 28 Apr 1999, lot 78. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6424648.
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PROUST, Marcel. Du côté de chez Swann. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1914. 12 o. Red half-morocco and marbled boards, t.e.g., original printed wrappers bound in. Provenance : Henri Burton (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the colophon on verso of page 523, and wrappers dated 1913. Connolly The Modern Movement 23., PROUST, Marcel. Du côté de chez Swann. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1914. 12 o. Red half-morocco and marbled boards, t.e.g., original printed wrappers bound in. Provenance : Henri Burton (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the colophon on verso of page 523, and wrappers dated 1913. Connolly The Modern Movement 23. Christie's, 28 Apr 1999, lot 78. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6424648.
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