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I adore scribbles :)

Often these are equal to the value of the book..

I've had this huge tome since it came out in a limited edition in 2013 to mark the centenary of the publication of the first volume of Proust's seven volumes which I'd just finished reading that year. I've only ever looked through these proofs before but now I'm actually examining the scribbles and the crossed-out sections more carefully in tandem with a reread of the Combray chapter in the beautiful 'Pléiade' edition, which someone gifted me recently.
The Combray section was my favourite part of the series. I'm reading it very slowly which suits the sultry weather we have at the moment.

Knowing your skills as a commissioner, I have no doubt that you'II find interesting things. Can't wait for news on this unreleased tandem. Don't rush, surprises can be found somewhere in the scribbles' jungle.

Wow! Beautiful, Fionnuala. The scribbles, do they have any of the changes he made after publication or is this The One? They look just as I've read them described, a mess :). A gorgeous mess. How lovely that you own this treasure

These 1913 handwritten pieces contain the final changes, Lori, as the book went to press that year. It was interesting to read some of the stroked out text. Often Proust simply reworded what was there already but there are incidences where he made substantial changes. And the notes explain the reasons for some of those changes—for instance that he wanted to reserve some passages for a later volume, the seventh in particular. It's clear that the last (7th) volume was well advanced even as he was finishing the first though several of the intervening volumes hadn't even been begun. I remember when I was reading the seventh volume having the feeling that it was like a continuation of the first.