Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, early printing hardcover copy of The Lover by Marguerite Duras in a new archival wrap. First American Edition unstated, 1985 Pantheon. Fifth Printing with incomplete, reversed number line: 9 8 7 6 5.
The book is in Good condition with bright boards with heavy spotting, strong title ink on the spine, lightly foxed page blocks, tight binding, heavy spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and bumped corners. The interior of the book is in Very Good condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers are unevenly toned and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The un-clipped dust jacket is in Good condition with some soiling on the front cover, mild edge wear and a very small 1985 written on the bottom of the spine. First state jacket with the $11.95 price on the front flap and 6/85 date on the rear flap. Looks good in a new Brodart archival wrap.
In prewar Indochina during the last days of colonialism, a fifteen-and-a-half-year-old French girl initiates herself into a world of passion and lust, of abandon and undying love, through her love affair with a Chinese man.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
