Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan, John Murray, c.1955, with jacket

First edition of Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan with illustrated dust jacket featuring a woman's portrait.
Spine of the vintage Bonjour Tristesse dust jacket showing title and author lettering.
Inside dust jacket flap with contemporary press reviews and original price printed in shillings.
Red textured cloth boards of the book with white illustration of chairs and plant in the corner.
Flatlay of the vintage book on a wooden surface, styled with soft lighting.
Biography of Françoise Sagan with black and white author portrait and sales figures.
First edition of Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan with illustrated dust jacket featuring a woman's portrait.
Spine of the vintage Bonjour Tristesse dust jacket showing title and author lettering.
Inside dust jacket flap with contemporary press reviews and original price printed in shillings.
Red textured cloth boards of the book with white illustration of chairs and plant in the corner.
Flatlay of the vintage book on a wooden surface, styled with soft lighting.
Biography of Françoise Sagan with black and white author portrait and sales figures.

Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan, John Murray, c.1955, with jacket

£75.00

A moody Parisian classic with its original wraparound artwork, perfect for a bedside stack or a quiet reading nook. Sagan’s debut still fizzes with youthful bite and Riviera sunlight, a cult favourite for Francophiles and mid-century collectors.

Details

  • Author, Françoise Sagan, translated by Irene Ash

  • Publisher, John Murray, London, circa 1955, early English edition, 3rd pressing

  • Hardback in textured red cloth with white terrace vignette to the lower board

  • Original dust jacket present with striking illustrated front, light rubbing and small nicks to edges, colours bright

  • Clean pages with gentle age toning, tight binding, giftable shelf appeal

  • Size, standard octavo, approx 14 × 19 cm

Why you will love it
The jacket art is gorgeous, the teen-prodigy back-flap note is a time capsule, and the copy displays beautifully while staying very readable.

Condition
Vintage good. Jacket shows mild edge wear and a little surface wear, boards and endpapers clean as shown, pages lightly tanned from age. See photos for close-ups.

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