Published by Portobello, London, 2010
ISBN 10: 1846272718 ISBN 13: 9781846272714
Seller: A.O'Neill, Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Fine copy in unclipped fine dw.
Published by Portobello, 2010
Seller: Collectors Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgium
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Proust's overcoat Special Collection by Lorenzo Foschini. Published by Portobello in 2010. Hardcover. The story of the overcoat begins with a chance meeting between an obsessive bibliophile, Jacques Guerin, the head of a French perfume house, and his physician, Dr Robert Proust, brother of the late writer. Glimpsing the possibility of adding to his collection, Guerin stumbles into a tense and tangled relationship with the novelist's family who, embarrassed by Proust's writings and his homosexuality, are in the process of destroying the mountain of notebooks, letters and manuscripts they ha. Collectible item in very fine condition.