Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing of The War: A Memoir by Marguerite Duras in a price-clipped dust jacket. First US Edition stated, 1986 Pantheon. First Printing with no subsequent printing.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title gilt on the spine and front cover design, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is 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 rear end paper and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with the price cut from the front flap, and mild surface and edge wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
The author, once part of the French Resistance movement, tells of her experiences during the Nazi occupation of Paris and the emotional return of her husband, on the brink of death from being in a concentration camp.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
