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194288495Paris: Gallimard 1942. Fine. ""Nobody nobody had the right to cry over her"" Gallimard Paris 1942 11.8 x 18.8 cm Relié First edition no copies on deluxe paper issued. Half light brown morocco binding flat spine with author stamped in gilt and title stamped in gilt lengthwise gilt date at foot brown stingray boards framed in morocco brown suede endpapers and pastedowns original covers and spine preserved top edge gilt elegant binding signed Thomas Boichot. Manuscript ex-libris in black ink and a slight restoration to the upper right corner of the first endpaper. Since March 1942 the Vichy government had restricted paper stocks available to publishers which drastically reduced their print run and deluxe issues. 4400 copies of the first edition of LÉtranger were printed on 21 April 1942 and divided into eight editions of 550 copies each. As a result most copies bear on the back cover a false statement of second to eighth edition. Paper was scarce in 1942 and as Albert Camus was then an unknown author Gallimard did not print any copies on deluxe paper. Only press copies and first issue copies do not feature a statement of edition. The exigencies of wartime paper production resulted in stock of markedly inferior quality; copies are almost invariably browned with age save for a handful of rare exceptions. Copies without any statement of edition are particularly sought after. A major piece of book collecting housed in an outstanding binding signed by Thomas Boichot. Gallimard hardcover
194697850New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1946. First American edition of Camus' first novel and masterpiece. Octavo original beige cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title page "A Vincent Sheean pour le remercier de savoir si bien parler de Stendhal Sympathiquement Albert Camus." The recipient Vincent Sheean was an American journalist and novelist. Sheean's most famous work was Personal History which won one of the inaugural National Book Awards: the Most Distinguished Biography of 1935. Film producer Walter Wanger acquired the political memoir and made it the basis for his 1940 film production Foreign Correspondent directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Sheean wrote the narration for the feature-length documentary Crisis 1939 directed by Alexander Hammid and Herbert Kline. He translated Ève Curie's biography of her mother Madame Curie 1939 into English. Sheean wrote Oscar Hammerstein I: Life and Exploits of an Impresario 1955 as well as a controversial biography of Dorothy Thompson and Sinclair Lewis Dorothy and Red 1963. He studied at the University of Chicago becoming part of a literary circle which included Glenway Wescott Yvor Winters Elizabeth Madox Roberts and Janet Lewis while he was there. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Warren Chappell. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Presentation copies of The Stranger are rare with only one appearing at auction in the past 70 years. Exceedingly scarce and desirable. Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." With the publication of this first novel L’Etranger The Stranger Camus introduced his lifelong attempt to reconcile a philosophy of heroic nihilism with “the ideal of human fraternity†Encyclopedia of Philosophy. It remains one of the classic works of the twentieth century. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
194280260Paris: Gallimard 1942. Fine. Precious Advance Copy as Issued Gallimard Paris 1942 12 x 19 cm broché sous chemise et étui First edition first issue for which no grand papier deluxe copies were printed one of the rare service de presse advance copies. Some very discreet restorations to spine paper browned some discreet traces folds at the bottom of some leaves. A handsome copy as issued. The book is housed in a slipcase signed by Julie Nadot reproducing the original design of the cover and spine. This first edition of L'Étranger was printed on 21 April 1942 with a run of 4400 copies: 400 advance copies service de presse 500 copies without statement and 3500 copies with false statements from the second to eighth edition. The advance copies not intended for sale do not include the indication of price 25 francs on the back of the cover. Paper was rare in 1942 and Albert Camus being then an unknown author Gallimard did not print any deluxe grands papiers copies as was often the case. The advance copies or copies without false statements are particularly sought after. Precious and rare unsophisticated copy under an elegant slipcase by Julie Nadot. Gallimard unknown
1946BAWDENED001717Hamish Hamilton London. 1946. First UK edition. Octavo. pp ii 104. Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert. Five-page Introduction by Cyril Connolly who also included the book in his 100 Key Books of the Modern Movement.WITH: Edward Bawden's original artwork for the front panel and spine of the dustwrapper. This measures approximately 11.5 x 9 cm and is painted in three colours with watercolour. The pencilled gridlines for scaling up to the published size are discernible beneath the image and the phrase ''Introduction by Cyril Connolly'' is not present. Mounted framed and glazed together with the front panel and spine of the printed dustwrapper. The frame which measures 36.5 x 31 cm was made by Bawden's usual framers in Essex and has their inkstamp on the rear. His pencilled signature can be seen on the backing board below the artwork. The printed version shows some details have been added to the face and that the lettering designed by Bawden has been tidied up a bit. In their 2008 book on Bawden Caroline Bacon and James McGregor state that the dustwrapper design uses linocut and collage whereas this early preparatory drawing clearly uses neither. It is possible that the frame was made for the 1988 exhibition at the V&A which celebrated Bawden's 85th birthday. He had worked as an official war artist in Iraq and Saudi Arabia which may have influenced his decision to depict the about-to-be-murdered Arab rather than the book's central character Meursault.Book: small patch of fading to head of spine; very small bumps to corners of covers; very good indeed in very good dustwrapper with some chipping and closed tears repaired on the reverse. Artwork: fine. Hamish Hamilton, London. unknown
1942140947843Paris: Gallimard 1942. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing with false mention of seventh edition imprint. 159 pp text in French printed on wartime speckled paper. Bound in publisher's cream wraps printed in red and black. Prelims unopened. Near Fine with slight lean to spine and light wear soiling and foxing to covers. Contents toned. Housed in a custom chemise slipcase with very light wear marble-printed paper over boards red leather spine titled in gilt on chemise.<br /> <br /> <p>An excellent copy of Camus' first novel published in a limited run of 4400 copies due to paper restrictions under German occupation. The publishers printed different copies with "Second Edition" "Fifth Edition" and so on as a marketing ploy to attract customers. This copy has "septieme edition" printed on the title page and rear wrap. Gallimard unknown
1947140946928Paris: Gallimard 1947. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition of the The Plague in the original French; a press service copy. An association copy signed by Albert Camus and inscribed on the half title page to teacher and literary critic "a M. Rene Lalou avec la gratitude et les sentiments de vive sympathie." Bound in half green morocco over marbled boards stamp-signed by Mercher 1967; in matching green lined slipcase lightly worn. Near Fine with small small stain to fore edge tanning to pages pencil marking throughout mostly confined to the margins. One of Camus' best known works. Gallimard unknown
19572921<p>Paris: Gallimard 1957. First edition. original wrappers. Fine. FIVE PRESENTATION COPIES ALL SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY CAMUS TO ALAIN GHEERBRANT. Alain Gheerbrant 1920-2013 was an influential French writer publisher and explorer. As the founder of the avant-garde publishing house K Éditeur Gheerbrant was highly influential in French literary circles in the 1940s publishing works by among others Antonin Artaud Benjamin Péret and Georges Bataille. He later became famous as an explorer - traveling along the Amazon river and being the first Westerner to make contact with several indigenous groups. These volumes – all inscribed by Camus to Gheerbrant – link Camus to an important contemporary of the French literary avant-garde.<br /><br />The collection consists of:<br /><br />–L'Homme Révolté. The Rebel. Inscribed on the half-title "á M. Gheerbrandt / en cordial hommage. Albert Camus."<br /><br />Camus's major philosophical statement a continuation of the ideas introduced in The Myth of Sisyphus and fictionalized in La Peste. First edition – with "l'edition originale" statement but later issue with "17e édition" on title page. The publisher Gallimard was famous for adding fictitious later edition statements on the title page to imply the book was selling well. Paris: Gallimard 1951. Original wrappers glassine with wear custom box. A fine copy.<br /><br />–L'Exil et Le Royaume. Exile and the Kingdom. Inscribed on the half-title "á M. Gheerbrant / en cordial hommage. Albert Camus."<br /><br />Camus's masterful collection of six short stories exploring the absurd including his most celebrated story "The Guest". First edition service de presse issue "S.P." – sent to potential reviewers and members of the literary world – generally preceding the regular issue. Paris: Gallimard 1957. Octavo original wrappers glassine with wear custom box. A fine copy.<br /><br />–Actuelles II. Chroniques 1948-1953. Current Chronicles. Inscribed on the half-title "à Monsieur Gheerbrant en bien cordial hommage. Albert Camus". <br /><br />Camus second collection of journalistic essays promoting his characteristic themes of the need for justice and the avoidance of violence. First edition advance service de presse issue "S.P." Paris: Gallimard 1953. Octavo original wrappers glassine with wear custom box. A fine copy.<br /><br />–La Chute. The Fall. Inscribed on the half-title "à Monsieur Gheerbrant en cordial hommage. Albert Camus". <br /><br />Camus's last novel a searing exploration of the narrator's attempt to deal with his existential despair in the wake of the Second World War and the Holocaust. First edition with "l'edition originale" statement but later issue with "Onzième édition" on title page. Paris: Gallimard 1956. Octavo original wrappers glassine with wear custom box. A fine copy.<br /><br />–L'Été. Summer. Inscribed on the half-title "à Monsieur Gheerbrant en bien cordiale pensée. Albert Camus." <br /><br />Camus's post-war collection of essays including his much-reproduced "La Minotaure" and "Retour a Tipasa". First edition advance service de presse issue "S.P." Paris: Gallimard 1954. Octavo original wrappers glassine with wear custom box. A fine copy.<br /><br />Please note: There is some toning and chipping to the glassine on the copies but the copies themselves are strikingly clean and fine.</p> Gallimard
194543878Paris: Gallimard 1945. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1945 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 25 numbered copies on ""pur-fil"" paper most limited issue. The book Camus dedicated to his friend René Leynaud. Rare and handsome copy. Gallimard unknown
195757978Paris Gallimard 1957. Bound uncut and with the original printed wrappers aslo the backstrip in a magnificent full black morocco binding with more than 100 calf onlays in seven different tones of red/orange forming three hypnotizing circles on each board. Gilt title to spine all edges gilt and bright red suede end-papers within cream calf borders. Housed in a matching black morocco chemise with gilt title and red and grey paper covers with suede on the inside and a slipcase of the same paper and with black morocco edges. The binding is signed J.P. Miguet and dated 2003. One of the morocco onlays on the back board towards the spine has a tiny tear at the edge. Otherwise the binding is in splendid condition. Also internally the copy is near mint. Apart from the backstrip which has been mounted and slightly restored it is completely clean fresh and crisp. Elengant blindstamped super-exlibris to inside of front board. <br/><br/><em>Nr. 35 out of merely 45 numbered copies on Hollande van Gelder - first paper premier papier followed by another 1.145 numbered copies on other kinds of paper - of Camus' great collection of stories which are considered among the best of his works. Together these stoires cover the entire variety of existentialism - or absurdism. There is general consensus that the clearest manifestation of the ideals of Camus can be found in the present work. </em> unknown
195043780Paris: Charlot 1950. Fine. Charlot Paris 1950 16 x 25.50 cm relié First edition in part one of 17 numbered copies on China paper tirage de tête. Half maroon morocco Bradel binding by Devauchelle over Japan paper the spine with two mosaiced lozenges of cream-colored morocco date and publisher at foot of spine top edge gilt an elegant binding. Provenance : the library of Raoul Simonson with his ex libris pasted in. A fine copy in a lovely binding. Charlot unknown
1946184881Paris: Calmann-Lévy Éditeurs 1946. They discovered with a surprise from which they have barely recovered that one could be right and be defeated A hand-corrected typescript by Camus of his preface to the special Spanish issue of Actualité along with a copy of the journal. L'Espagne Libre was edited by George Bataille and devoted exclusively to Spanish politics economy art and culture. The typescript shows several significant differences to the published version including the deletion of a large paragraph that is present in L'Espagne Libre suggesting that Camus returned to and revised this text or changed his mind and made further edits prior to publication. In the preface written shortly after the Second World War Camus considers the damage and horror of the Spanish Civil War: "For nine years now the men of my generation have had Spain in their hearts. it was through it that they first experienced the taste of defeat that they discovered with a surprise from which they have barely recovered that one could be right and be defeated that force could subdue the spirit and that there were cases where courage had no reward" our translation. The journal contains many significant pieces including articles by Jean Camp Maurice Blanchot a translated version of a chapter of Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls to which they gave the title "L'Odeur de la Mort" and the short puppet play Retablillo de don Cristóbal written by Federico García Lorca. Typescript: 5 leaves 280 x 217 mm typed one side only in French paper hole punched. Actualité: L'Espagne Libre: cream wrappers spine lettered in black front cover lettered and decorate in black and yellow. Typescript: occasional chips to inner edge hole-punched toned horizontal crease where folded. Actualité: toned a little brittle chips at edges minor loss to paper on spine rear joint repaired: a good copy. unknown
195253361Paris: Falaize 1952. Fine. Falaize Paris 1952 11.50 x 17.50 cm broché La Ballade de la geôle de Reading. L'Artiste en prison The Ballad of Reading GaolFalaize Paris 1952 11.5 x 17.5 cm original wrappers New edition of the French translation by Jacques Bour and the first edition of Albert Camus' famous preface. One of 50 numbered copies on Madagascar paper tirage de tête. A fine autograph inscription from Albert Camus: à Michel Simon grand artiste avec les voeux chaleureux d'un de ses vieux admirateurs For Michel Simon a great artist with warmest wishes from an old fan and an autograph inscription from the translator Jacques Bour: à Michel Simon qui ferait crouler tous les murs! For Michel Simon who raised all the roofs! A rare and very good copy. Falaize unknown
19422886<p>Paris: Gallimard 1942. First edition. Very Good. FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE DEFINING NOVELS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. "From its cold opening lines 'Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday; I can't be sure' to its bleak concluding image of a public execution set to take place beneath the 'benign indifference of the universe' Camus's first and most famous novel takes the form of a terse flat first-person narrative by its main character Meursault a very ordinary young man of unremarkable habits and unemotional affect who inexplicably and in an almost absent-minded way kills an Arab and then is arrested tried convicted and sentenced to death. The neutral style of the novel-typical of what the critic Roland Barthes called 'writing degree zero'-serves as a perfect vehicle for the descriptions and commentary of its anti-hero narrator the ultimate 'outsider' and a person who seems to observe everything including his own life with almost pathological detachment" David Simpson. <br /><br />Note: With the fictitious "Quatrième édition" on the title page and rear wrapper. The 4400 copies of the first printing were issued on the same day. There were eight different title pages and rear wrappers however used as a marketing ploy implying falsely that there were eight different editions.<br /><br />The Nobel Prize in Literature 1957 was awarded to Albert Camus "for his important literary production which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times".<br /><br />Paris: Gallimard 1942. Original wrappers; glassine probably not original glassine; housed in custom half-morocco box with chemise. Some soiling to wrappers particularly on the spine spine also with edgewear; small tear at bottom right front wrapper and chipping at bottom right edge. A very good copy rare in original wrappers.</p> Gallimard
195082804Paris: Gallimard 1950. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1950 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 70 numbered copies on pur fil paper the deluxe issue after 2 reimposed on pur fil vergé hors commerce reserved for Jacques Hébertot and 13 on holland paper. A handsome and rare copy of this response by Albert Camus to Jean-Paul Sartre's ""Les mains sales"". Gallimard unknown
1951137305Paris: Gallimard 1951. First edition review copy marked "S.P." on title-page and lower wrappers of one of Camus' most notable works. Octavo original wrappers as issued. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title page "A Yvon Belaval en souvenir des Portiques d'Alger amicalement Albert Camus." The recipient French philosopher and literary scholar Yvon Belaval was a specialist in 18th century French philosopher Denis Diderot and edited an important edition of Diderot's works with fellow philosopher Jean Grenier one of Camus' most influential mentors to whom he dedicated the present volume. Camus became a student of Grenier's in Algiers and was strongly influenced by his work Les Îles published in 1933. He dedicated his first book to Grenier: L'envers et l'endroit published in Algeria by Edmond Charlot. L'homme révolté was also dedicated to Grenier and Camus provided the preface to the second edition of Les Îles in 1959. In near fine condition. A unique association copy. One of Camus' most important philosophical texts The Rebel examines both the metaphysical and historical development of rebellion and revolution in societies particularly in Western Europe. Examining both rebellion and revolt which may be seen as the same phenomenon in personal and social frames Camus examines several' countercultural' figures and movements from the history of Western thought and art noting the importance of each in the overall development of revolutionary thought and philosophy. Gallimard unknown
195882402Paris: Gallimard 1958. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1958 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 56 numbered copies on Holland paper deluxe copy. Additionally 210 copies were printed on pure thread paper and hors commerce 50 copies on Madagascar paper. A very handsome copy of Camus's finest text on commitment and the responsibility of new generations facing the challenges of the world to come. Gallimard unknown
195086112Paris: Gallimard 1950. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1950 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 70 numbered copies on pure thread paper ours being one of 15 hors commerce copies lettered under Ingres covers deluxe copies after 2 reimposed on pure thread laid paper hors commerce reserved for Jacques Hébertot and 13 holland paper copies. Minor marginal tears of no consequence to the covers. Handsome and rare copy of this response by Albert Camus to Jean-Paul Sartre's ""Les mains sales"". Gallimard unknown
19472915Paris: Gallimard 1947. First edition. Original wrappers. Fine. FIRST EDITION; A MAGNIFICENT COPY. "The longest and most ambitious of his fictions Albert Camus's novel The Plague is widely regarded as his masterpiece. It is certainly an artistic tour de force: a vividly realistic account of a harrowing imaginary event" Murray Sachs. “When The Plague was first published in 1947 the majority of French critics greeted it as an allegorical presentation not only of la condition humaine in general but also of the particular experience of the German occupation. Yet it would be an extremely limiting interpretation to see in The Plague only the description of a single historical experience. The struggle against plague and occupation are part of a wider struggle not only against the physical evil inherent in the world but also against the evil which men by their blindness and indifference as well as by their cruelty do to one another†Philip Thody. <br /> <br /> One of 215 copies this one numbered 199 on “vélin our film des Papeteries Lafuma-Navarre†with the paper thicker and much brighter than the more common issue which tends to have browned pages. Note: before the number the limitation page says "Exemplaire de Alfa Navarre" but this is an error printed on all the "Lafuma-Navarre" copies. <br /> <br /> CAMUS ALBERT. La Peste. Paris: Gallimard 1947. First edition. Octavo original wrappers with almost certainly original glassine; custom half-red morocco box. A beautiful fine copy; without question the nicest we've handled. Gallimard unknown
1950422752Paris: Charlot 1950. Softcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition limited issue. Tall octavo. Small chip at the spine crown very good in printed wrappers and unprinted glassine dust jacket. One of 120 copies reserved for the use of the author of a total edition of 1343 copies. This is copy number 848 on Rives paper. The copies numbered between 801 to 920 were the author's copies. Inscribed by the author: "a Nicole et Jean Marie/ avec la fidele affection/ de leur vieux camarade/ Albert Camus." "To Nicole and Jean Marie/ with the faithful affection/of their old comrade/ Albert Camus.".<br /> <br /> The recipients were almost certainly Nicole and Jean-Marie Domenach French intellectuals and friends of Camus albeit with some philosophical differences. Jean-Marie was a noted left wing Catholic thinker and while he and Camus were both vocal in protesting such activities as the French use of torture during the Algerian Civil War Domenach had considerably more sympathy for the socialist and communist governments of the time which Camus found repugnant. It is interesting to note the comma in the inscription as though the inclusion of Jean-Marie in the presentation was an afterthought or perhaps a necessity of politesse. Long after Camus had died Jean-Marie Domenach provided a preface to a book of his thinking Albert Camus and Christianity. Hope on Trial.<br /> <br /> The deluxe editions of this title turn up at auction with some regularity but we were unable to find any instance of one of the author's copies in the market and very few copies of this limited edition have ever turned up signed. A rarity and a notable association copy. Charlot unknown
195048392Paris: Gallimard 1950. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1950 12 x 19 cm broché sous chemise et étui First edition one of 23 numbered copies on Hollande paper the tirage de tête A fine unsophisticated copy. Gallimard unknown
195051282Paris: Gallimard 1950. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1950 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 23 numbered copies on Hollande paper the tirage de tête A fine copy. Gallimard unknown
195375729Paris 1953. Fine. Paris 8 janvier 1953 21 x 27 cm 1 pages et quelques lignes sur un feuillet Unpublished handwritten signed letter from André Breton addressed to critic Charles Estienne; one page and a few lines in black ink on a paper from the à l'étoile scellée gallery. Two transverse folds from having been sent a small corner missing in the upper right margin. Very beautiful letter giving an account of the death of one of André Breton's dearest friends and of his quarrel with Albert Camus. Breton tells his friend about the death of the Surrealist Czech artist Jindich Heisler: Your letter spoke of those days where it seemed that there was only just enough fire to live: on Monday there was far from enough fire when it reached me: one of my two or three best friends Heisler taken suddenly unwell on his way to mine on Saturday had to be hospitalised urgently and I had just received the pneumatic from Bichat telling me of his death. The event no less inconceivable than accomplished left me distraught for a long time: there was no-one more exquisite than he putting more warmth into everything he did the most constant of which was to lighten and embellish those whom he loved. The two poets were indeed very close: Heisler participated alongside Breton in the launch of Néon in 1948 and supported him during a period of depression accompanying him with other friends to the Île de Sein. The beginning of 1953 was overshadowed by the death of Jindich Heisler 4 January. Loyal among the faithful he lived entirely for Surrealism according to Breton who pays tribute to his activity as a leader: This is how he was between 1948 and 1950 the soul of Néon and until his last moments the greatest bearer of projects that as if by magic his talent gave him the means to achieve. Henri Béhar André Breton In this letter laden with pain Breton suddenly makes reference to L'Homme révolté by Albert Camus published two years earlier: Come on it is not yet the time in the rebellion that I will succeed in introducing the measure that M. Camus kindly preaches to us. The two writers met in New York at the end of March 1946 when Camus was invited to the United States for a conference tour as a representative of Combat. The two agree on the best way to preserve the testimony of certain men free from ideological distortions. They dream of a kind of pact by which people of their calibre would commit to not join any political party to fight against the death penalty to never claim any credit whatsoever. ibid. With other intellectuals they founded the Rassemblement démocratique révolutionnaire RDR in 1948; but the idyll ended a couple of years later in the autumn of 1951 when Camus published Lautréamont et la banalité an extract from his Homme révolté which was published later. Breton was extremely hurt and responded to him in an article entitled Sucre jaune in Arts: This article . testifies to the part of Camus for the first time for an indefensible moral and intellectual position. . He only wants to see a guilty adolescent in Lautréamont whom he - in his capacity as an adult - must discipline. He goes as far as to find him in the second part of his work: Poésies a deserved punishment. According to Camus Poésies would be but a mass of laborious banalities . It could still be worse if the destitution of these views did not intend to promote the most suspect thesis in the world which is that absolute revolt can generate only the taste for intellectual enslavement. This is a completely gratuitous ultra-defeatist statement which must incur even more contempt than its false demonstration. Thus two years later Breton still holds out against Camus' crime of lese-majesty towards that which Breton constructed as the father of surrealism but even more this allusion to Camus' pacifist philosophy bearing witness to the incompatibility between a thought of moderation and a poetry of revol unknown
1945185956Paris: Gallimard 1945. A rare inscribed copy First edition inscribed by the author on the half title "à M. L. D. Hirsch avec la cordial sympathie Albert Camus". This work consists of four texts in the form of letters written by a Frenchman to a former German friend who has embraced Nazism. The first three were published in clandestine newspapers during the occupation. The recipient Louis-Daniel Hirsch was the marketing director of Gallimard from 1922. He later became the general secretary to Gaston Gallimard and was head of the Reading Committee. This is from a limited edition of 2265 copies of which this is Number 2213 of the 2000 numbered trade copies on alfa Navarre. Small octavo. Original cream wrappers spine lettered in gilt covers lettered and with borders to covers in black and dark brown. With original wraparound band loosely inserted; in a later glassine jacket. A few faint marks to covers else a fine and unopened copy. unknown
19792606240056Easton Press 1979. Hardcover. Like New. 50 volume Great Books of the 20th century set Hardcover. Bound in full leather. Stamped with 22kt gold gilt design on cover front back and spine. All edges gold. Silk moire fabric end papers. Satin ribbon place holder. Fine binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. Some volumes still in publisher's shrink wrap. For more than 30 years the Easton Press has been the standard for finely bound profusely gilt classic leather bindings. <br>Now out of print the Easton Press Library of 20th Century Classics featured the emblematic works of the 20th century in collector's edition gilt leather bindings.<br>This is an oversized or heavy book which WILL require additional postage for Priority Mail or International delivery outside the US.<br> Contains the following volumes: Baldwin James - Go Tell it on the Mountain; Borges Jorge Luis - Ficciones; Bradbury Ray - Fahrenheit 451; Burgess Anthony - A Clockwork Orange; Camus Albert - The Stranger; Capote Truman - In Cold Blood; Cather Willa - Death Comes for the Archbishop; Ellison Ralph - Invisible Man; Faulkner William - Light in August; Fitzgerald F. Scott - The Great Gatsby; Forster E.M. - A Passage to India; Greene Graham - The Power and the Glory; Heller Joseph - Catch-22; Hemingway Ernest - The Sun Also Rises; Huxley Aldous - Brave New World; James Henry - The Ambassadors; Joyce James - Ulysses Illustrated by Henri Matisse; Kafka Franz - The Trial; Kerouac Jack - On the Road; Kesey Ken - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Koestler Arthur - Darkness at Noon; Lawrence D.H. - Women in Love; Lee Harper - To Kill a Mockingbird; Lewis Sinclair - Babbitt; London Jack - The Call of the Wild; Mann Thomas - The Magic Mountain; Márquez Gabriel García - One Hundred Years of Solitude; Maugham Somerset - Of Human Bondage; McCullers Carson - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter; Mitchell Margaret - Gone with the Wind; Morrison Toni - Beloved; Nabokov Vladmir - Lolita; Orwell George - Nineteen Eighty-Four; Pasternak Boris - Dr. Zhivago; Plath Sylvia - The Bell Jar; Proust Marcel - Swann's Way; Rand Ayn - The Fountainhead; Remarque Erich Maria - All Quiet on the Western Front; Roth Philip - Portnoy's Complaint; Solzhenitsyn Aleksandr - One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich; Steinbeck John - The Grapes of Wrath; Updike John - Rabbit Run; Vonnegut Kurt - Slaughterhouse-Five; Walker Alice - The Color Purple; Warren Robert Penn - All the King's Men; Waugh Evelyn - Brideshead Revisited; Wharton Edith - The Age of Innocence; Wiesel Elie - Night; Woolf Virginia - To the Lighthouse; Wright Richard - Native Son. Easton Press hardcover
1956374898Paris: Gallimard 1956. First edition one of 235 numbered copies on vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre after 35 on Hollande. 169 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Full chestnut morocco spine titled in gilt suede doublures preserving the original wrappers edges gilt on the rough by Alix. Book label. Fine binding in perfect condition in matching slipcase. First edition one of 235 numbered copies on vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre after 35 on Hollande. 169 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. La Chute is the masterful final novel by Albert Camus 1913-1960 whose other works include L'Etranger 1942 and Le mythe de Sisyphe. Camus was awarded the Nobel prize in literature the year after publication of La Chute which Sartre called his most beautiful and least understood. In his eulogy Sartre recalled how Camus provisionally chosen silence after receiving the honor but his autobiography in progress Le premier homme was published posthumously.<br /> <br /> This copy on fine paper has been bound in a sober dazzling binding from the French designer bindery Alix. Gallimard unknown
