Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, second printing hardcover copy of The Lover by Marguerite Duras in a new archival wrap. First American Edition stated, 1985 Pantheon. Second Printing with incomplete, reversed number line: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards with one small spot on the back , strong title ink on the spine, lightly foxed page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with 1″ dent on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The rear end paper and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The price-clipped dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with some rubbing on the back cover, mild edge wear and a very small 1985 written on the bottom of the spine. First state jacket with the price cut off from the front flap and 6/85 date on the rear flap. Looks great 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.
