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— Marcel Proust
The Flight To France. Or The Memoirs of a Dragoon. A Tale of the Days of Dumoriez.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington Limted, 1888. [Historical fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.viii; 231 [1]; Imprint. With engraved plates throughout, including a frontispiece, by George Roux. Bound in the publisher's original pale blue-grey blocked in gilt and colours, all edges gilt, and coated yellow endpapers. Text block toned, neat repair to front inside joint, flyleaf replaced with similar vintage paper, cloth rubbed and handled, spine darkened, some fraying. A very good copy of an elusive British first edition. A group of French visitors to Prussia in 1792 find themselves trapped in enemy territory when the two nations go to war. First published in French in 1887. Item #57375
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