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1947D16557London: Hamish Hamilton 1947. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Nice copy in spine faded DJ. <br/><br/> Hamish Hamilton hardcover books
1971WRCLIT19284San Francisco: The Greenwood Press 1971. Large octavo. Pictorial wrapper over stiff wrappers. Photographs and facsimiles. Prospectus laid in. A fine copy in lightly worn slipcase. First edition in English translated by Gregory H. Davis. One of 750 copies printed by Jack Stauffacher. A gathering of memoirs of Camus by those he worked with in the course of publishing COMBAT. The Greenwood Press unknown books
1956WN6448New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1956. Blue cloth spine with gilt lettering and brown paper boards with star ornaments. Top edge stained red. Owner bookplate on front pastedown. Some light foxing to endpapers. Unpriceclipped dust jacket has sunned spine and light soiling. A major work translated from the French from a great post-war author. First American Edition. Cloth Backed Boards. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Trade. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover books
16882Albert Maquet . The Invincible Summer - Albert Camus Critical Biography New York George Braziller Inc 1958. 1st Edition . 1st printing .Hardcover with dustjacket. An in depth critical Literary & Philosophical memoir of the 1957 Nobel Prize Winner ALBERT CAMUS: by Albert Maquet. size: 5 3/4" by 8 1/2". In very good condition. unknown books
1972297558New York: Knopf 1972. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. Small 8vo cloth d.w. New York: Knopf 1972. First American Edition.<br/><br/> His first novel. Review copy with publicity photo of the author.<br/><br/> Knopf unknown books
195512210New Brunswick: Partisan Review 1955. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Complete four issues of William Phillips' Partisan review for 1955. All issues in very good condition in bound wrappers. Some rubs to text block light staining and the occasional pencil checkmark to text. Well respected literary magazine. <br/><br/> Partisan Review paperback books
1972298119London: Hamish Hamilton 1972. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. Small 8vo cloth d.w. price clipped. Hamish Hamilton 1972. First British Edition.<br/><br/> His first novel published for the first time in English. Inscribed by the translator on the title page.<br/><br/> Hamish Hamilton unknown books
196023754New York: Caedmon Records 1960. First Edition. Near fine. 33 & 1/3 RPM LP album no. TTC 1138. Vinyl near fine. Album cover very good plus with minor wear to edges/corners. <br/><br/>Selections from La Peste La Chute L'été and L'Etranger read by the author in French. Cover design by S. Neil Fujita. Caedmon Records unknown books
1945040113Paris: Gallimard 1945. 1e Edition. 80 7p. original stiff printed wrappers "sur Alfa" no. 52 of 2000 copies. Gallimard unknown books
195792913NY:: Knopf. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. Translated from the French by Justin O'Brien. Stated first American edition. Very good in a fair edge worn with several small chips faded along the spine foxing and tape repairs on verso dust jacket.; 147 pages . Knopf, hardcover books
1948Embry 196540Modern Library 1948. First Modern Library Edition. Tiny spot to front panel else fine in near fine lightly rubbed dust jacket in mylar cover. Modern Library, 1948. First Modern Library Edition. unknown books
1962D177Paris: NRF Bibliotheque de la Pleiade Editions Gallimard 1962. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Brown cloth over flexible boards; gilt-stamped lettering in green banner on spine yellow place-holder ribbon; photo-illustrated dust jacket; pp. xxxvii 1 2080. A few tiny scuff marks at extremities else fine. Dust jacket lightly rubbed along the edges small chip at head of spine. An excellent copy internally clean with tight binding. Presents very nicely. <br/><br/> NRF, Bibliotheque de la Pleiade, Editions Gallimard hardcover books
1953012191Paris: Gallimard 1953. Early Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 1953 printing the first being 1942. Cream-colored printed paper covers a tad soiled. leaves gently toned as expected still solidly bound. With bookseller ticket forSchoenhof's Foreign Books Cambridge MA. Gallimard unknown books
197146528Brattleboro VT: The Limited Editions Club 1971. Edition limited to copies signed by the artist Daniel Maffia; sq 4to pp. xix 1 181; introduction by Wallace Fowlie; frontispiece plates in color; monthly letter of the LEC laid in dated 1971; A fine copy in full red morocco with gilt-lettered spine and stamped in blind on upper cover glassine wrappers chipped in a red & black publisher's slipcase gilt lettering on spine. LEC bibliography 438. <br/><br/> The Limited Editions Club unknown books
195832519London: Hamish Hamilton 1958. First English edition. 8vo pp. 156. Translated from the French by Justin O'Brien. Slight foxing on front endpapers and half-title o/w VG in chipped and mended dj. The author's debut and only collection of short stories. Now regarded as a late-modern classic. Hamish Hamilton unknown books
179130928Paris: De l'Imprimerie Nationale 1791. 8vo 21.7 cm 8.5". 2 58 pp. <br><br>First edition untrimmed copy of Camus's response to two missives from Pius VI a controversial piece which prompted a flurry of replies. Removed from a nonce binding with stab holes signatures intact but sewing gone; title-page with paper shelving label in lower inner corner early pencilled inscriptions in upper portion. Edges uncut. Occasional light spotting most to front wrapper otherwise clean; some bits unevenly/lightly inked. De l'Imprimerie Nationale unknown books
195773375New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. The first American edition stated. One of Camus' most technically brilliant achievements a one-sided conversation set in a seedy bar in Amsterdam that is really a calculated confession by a formerly respected Parisian lawyer addressing the themes of alienation the inadequacy of traditional values and the conscience of modern man in the face of evil. Translated from the French by Justin O'Brien. Small octavo. Original brown paper-covered boards over a blue cloth spine with gilt titles and blind-stamped designs. An especially crisp near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a bit of toning along the spine and folds. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
194727751London: Hamish Hamilton 1947. First English Edition. Page edges slightly foxed. Otherwise a fine copy in dust jacket just perceptibly tanned at spine. Camus' second book in English. <br/><br/> Hamish Hamilton unknown books
195721410NY:: Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. Translated from the French by Justin O'Brien. Stated first American edition. Light foxing to endpapers else very good in a very good minor edge wear and aging dust jacket.; 147 pages . Knopf, hardcover books
196830083Paris: Gallimard 1968. First edition. Wrappers fine unopened. Tirage de tête one of 40 on Lafuma-Navarre. The only limited issue. <br/><br/> Gallimard unknown books
1960WRCLIT81022New York: Freidman-Abeles 1960. Nine original b&w photographs plus a duplicate. Several show marginal cropmarks for use in publication production info stamps on versos several printed paper squibs now loose have left adhesive darkening on versos photographer's credit stamp on one verso but generally very good or better. A sequence of stage photographs of Sidney Lumet's 1960 production of Justin O'Brien's adaptation of Camus' play. Kenneth Haigh and Colleen Dewhurst were among the lead players. The production ran for 38 performances at the 54th Street Theatre. Freidman-Abeles unknown books
195023755n.p.: Les Disques de France / Period Music Co. ca. 1950s. First Edition. Near fine. 33 & 1/3 RPM 12-inch LP album no. FRL 1534. Vinyl near fine. Cardboard sleeve heavily scuffed along edges cover moderately rubbed. Lower joint split with tears starting at spine and upper edge. <br/><br/>Four selections by Camus: a previously unpublished Address and a selection from L'Etranger read by Camus; Le Malentendu Act 2 Scene 1 read by Maria Casares and Alan Cuny; and Les Amandiers read by Serge Reggiani. Text of Camus' address printed on album sleeve in French and English. Rare. Les Disques de France / Period Music Co. unknown books
197130107Paris: Gallimard 1971. First edition. Copy 190 of 306 on vélin Lafuma-Navarre second paper. Bound in dark green morocco with wood veneer panels inlaid on the covers by Alain Devauchelle top edge gilt others uncut. Fine. <br/><br/> Gallimard unknown books
195173374New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1951. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. First edition fourth printing. The enigmatic first novel by Albert Camus 1913-60 and a cornerstone of existentialist thought. Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach Camus explored what he called "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert. Octavo. Original green cloth binding with brown stamping. In a lovely example of the striking dust jacket $2.75 designed by Warren Chappell with a slender strip of tape to the each end of the spine and some very light edgewear. Better than very good. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
16528338London: Printed by J. G. for Edw. Dod and Nath. Ekins 1652. First English Language Edition. Full calf. Very good. Sm. 4to. 14372pp. Title printed in red & black. Cont. mottled calf red calf spine label extremities of spine chipped and hinges cracked but cords holding. Outer leaves lightly soiled. Small hole in title no text loss closed tear on dedication leaf blank fore-edge of final leaf a bit chipped. Engraved bookplates on both pastedowns. Front free endpaper lacking. Apparently lacking the engraved frontispiece although many descriptions on OCLC do not call for one. Wing C417. Printed by J. G. for Edw. Dod, and Nath. Ekins unknown books
