Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional second edition, first printing hardcover copy of The Lover by Marguerite Duras. Second Edition unstated, 1997 Pantheon. First Printing with complete number line 2 4 6 8 [’97] 9 7 5 3 1. Introduction by Maxine Hong Kingston.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on a convex spine, lightly foxed page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
No dust jacket.
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.
