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Proust, Marcel. CITIES OF THE PLAIN (2 volume set) New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927. Hardcover First Edition



First US printing. One of only 2000 individually numbered copies. A translation of 'Sodom et Gomorrhe I' from the fourth part and a portion of Sodom et Gomorrhe II' from the fifth part of his continuous novel 'Remembrance of Things Past.' Translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff. 352 pages in volume I and 384 pages in volume II. Bound in silver and black striped paper over boards, with cream cloth spine and corners. Overall good condition, but with definite signs of wea r (tape reinforcement to binding on first prelim page in volume 1 and on page 3, significant edgewear to lower and front edges, rubbing to the lettering on the spine.) .

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