Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first hardcover edition, first printing of Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky. First North American Edition stated, 2006 Knopf. First Printing without subsequent printing.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on the spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, lightly rolled spine ends, mild spine tilt, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear, and the price is on the front flap. Looks great in a new archival wrap.
When Irène Némirovsky began working on Suite Française, she was already a highly successful writer living in Paris. But she was also a Jew, and in 1942 she was arrested and deported to Auschwitz, where she died. For sixty-four years, this novel remained hidden and unknown.
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