Publisher: New York: Dutton, 1955

Edition: 1st US, 1st impression

Binding: Hardback

In the rather scarce 1st American printing, this novel defined a generation (or two), and also a certain sense of what bourgeois French society was like and how it was to be portrayed. This is the original Irene Ash translation, which notoriously omitted about 100 lines of Sagan's original French text, possibly for moralistic reasons, this being the American & English 1950s, and it was only in 2013 that a fuller translation became available, although this was not universally liked either, this time on stylistic grounds. This example is very good, with only a small excision to the front endpaper. There are no marks or inscriptions, with the text block edges just a little discoloured. The jacket is a little worn with a small area of loss recto. Some cracking and shelf wear evident.

Book Condition: Very good

Jacket Condition: Very good

Price: £75.00

Item # 1374