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And would you believe it! I finally found a new copy of Modern Library Proust (v.4) on Amazon US... too bad the Amazon UK ordered has shipped already (For some reason I prefer 6 vol. Modern Library edition over 4 vol. Everyman Library). Not a great start to the day. Torn, should I go ahead and buy the ML edition as well? Two sets of Proust in one house (for a collective price of roughly $275!) doesn't sound right.
Wow! That's nearly 165 quid! That's a lot of spondoolies for some books. I admire your enthusiasm for Proust.
Money on literature is never wasted, well, unless it's spent on Jeffrey Archer novels. :eek:
Well, Proust is a long-term investment so spending "a bit" more isn't terrible. The problem is I have already ordered the Everyman's edition for about $110 but I don't like their binding on thick books (600+ pages). They also tend to have narrower pages... Modern Library will have separate, comparatively thinner volumes and better physical dimensions. It will also cost me another $150... I am struggling to justify this expense given that I am not rich either. On the other hand, Modern Library Proust will probably not be re-published in hardcover (in this new age of $20 e-books) so if I want it so badly, I must act on it. Oh by the way, these are Canadian Dollars not US (pretty equal these days though).
I find it easy to spend on books I intend to keep and its best to buy them in hardcover. For that reason, I regret spending money on 5 Thomas Mann paperbacks.
Only a few years ago I saw a set of 'Lost Time' in hardback for about £150. I am not sure exactly which translation it was but I didn't realise that they had become difficult to obtain.
I am looking for the first volume of the Everyman's Library edition. Anybody know why the price of volume one ranges from $100 for an ex-library edition to $7000 for a fine copy? Around Christmas I remember seeing all the volumes for around $5-$10 each. Even now volumes 2-4 are very cheap but volume one is ridiculously expensive and suddenly very few copies are available and none are reasonably priced. It is a sudden and dramatic spike and it seems odd that it only pertains to one volume. What is so special about volume one?
This the one you mean?
http://www.amazon.com/Search-Lost-Ti...=swann%27s+way