Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first Movie Tie-In edition, third printing paperback copy of The Lover by Marguerite Duras. First Harper Perennial [Paperback] Edition stated, 1997 Pantheon. Third Printing with partial number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, illustrated covers with no creases, clean page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on a straight spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, strong spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly curled 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, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
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.
