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19472309450Gallimard 1947. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Ink underlining on just a couple pages. 1947 Mass Market Paperback. 255 pp. Often translated as "The Plague" this French-language novel tells the story of a plague that sweeps through French Algiers. Gallimard paperback books
1994042127Paris: Gallimard 1994. 331 4p. original stiff printed wrappers Cahiers Albert Camus 7. Gallimard unknown books
1945040113Paris: Gallimard 1945. 1e Edition. 80 7p. original stiff printed wrappers "sur Alfa" no. 52 of 2000 copies. Gallimard unknown books
1948119263Paris: Gallimard 1948. First edition of this classic play by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo original wrappers. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title page "A. M. Antomin <span class="match">en</span> cordial hommage Albert Camus." In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Written in 1948 The State of Siege--the original sense is closer to state of emergency--is a play in three acts presenting the arrival of plague personified by a young opportunist in sleepy Cadiz and the subsequent creation of a totalitarian regime through the manipulation of fear. In a piece written in 1948 in reply to criticisms from Gabriel Marcel Camus defended his decision to set the play in Spain and not in Eastern Europe citing the ongoing oppression in Spain France's collusion in it and the Catholic Church's abandonment of Spanish Christians. The piece was first performed in October 1948 and was initially received poorly by critics and public who had eagerly awaited the work but expected a dramatization of Camus's novel The Plague. While the two share a common background the treatments are entirely different in tone. Although Camus himself was pleased with the work critics remained unimpressed. The State of Siege has remained constantly in print in French and since 1958 in an English translation by Stuart Gilbert--in Caligula and Three Other Plays. Gallimard unknown books
194795102Paris: Gallimard 1947. First edition of Camus' short story collection exploring themes of existentialism and absurdism. Octavo original cloth. One of only 950 numbered copies this is number 783. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable. This collection of six short stories covers the whole variety of existentialism or absurdism as Camus himself insisted his philosophical ideas be called. The six works collected in this volume include: The Adulterous Woman The Renegade of a Confused Spirit The Silent Man The Guest Jonas or the Artist at Work and The Growing Stone. The final story most clearly manifests Camus' existential ideals with a protagonist who actively shapes his life in spite of receiving a deep insight into the absurdity of the world and acting morally nevertheless. Gallimard hardcover books
196130080Liège: Editions Dynamo 1961. First separate edition. Copy 3 of 11 printed on Hollande paper from a total edition of 51 copies published on the first anniversary of Camus's death. Fine. <br/><br/> Editions Dynamo unknown books
196059772NY: Liberation 1960. 8vo pp. 23. self wraps. Reprinted from the February 1960 issue of Liberation this piece by Camus first appeared in the fall of 1946 in Combat the daily newspaper of the French Resistance. Translated by Dwight Macdonald Introduction by Waldo Frank. Liberation unknown books
196594697Paris: Imprimierie Nationale 1965. The Louis XIV national deluxe illustrated edition of the works of Albert Camus with over 90 original lithographs in color by Carzou. Quartos 7 volumes pages loosely bound within black vellum backed wrappers housed in glassine elaborately illustrated throughout with additional suites of lithographs to the rear of each volume. In near fine condition. Each volume housed in the original custom slipcase. Exquisitely illustrated. Focusing most of his philosophy around existential questions Albert Camus addressed the absurdity and inevitable ending of life in his several novels short stories plays and essays. Rejecting nihilism Camus devoted his life to embracing the meaninglessness of man's existence delving deeply into the concept of individual freedom. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44 in 1957 the second youngest recipient in history. Imprimierie Nationale hardcover books
197894698Paris: Editions Andre Sauret 1978. The Sauret deluxe illustrated edition of the works of Albert Camus. Quartos 8 volumes bound in full brown morocco with gilt titles to the spine elaborately illustrated throughout. In near fine condition. Each volume housed in the original custom slipcase. Focusing most of his philosophy around existential questions Albert Camus addressed the absurdity and inevitable ending of life in his several novels short stories plays and essays. Rejecting nihilism Camus devoted his life to embracing the meaninglessness of man's existence delving deeply into the concept of individual freedom. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44 in 1957 the second youngest recipient in history. Editions Andre Sauret unknown books
1961384977New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second printing. Translated by Justin O'Brien. Edges of boards a bit sunned else very good in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper with short tears on spine head. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
196165214NY:: Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. Translated from the French by Justin O'Brien. Second American printing. Very good in a very good price clipped dust jacket. . Knopf, hardcover books
196152832NY:: Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. Translated from the French by Justin O'Brien. Book club edition. Date on front free endpaper else very good in a very good upper corner of front flap is clipped age toning dust jacket. . Knopf, hardcover books
196122403NY: Knopf 1961. Book Club edn. 8vo pp. 272. Owner's signature on flyleaf o/w a nice copy in somewhat soiled and chipped dj. A selection by Camus of the writings that recorded the major events of his life. Knopf unknown books
196111025NY: Knopf 1961. 1st US. Brown cloth spine w/ lt blue paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. VG pos on ffep/VG sp darkened/tape reinforcement at recto spine head/sm chip fm lower edge of front panel. 272 pp 8vo. <br/><br/> Knopf hardcover books
1958WRCLIT40581New York: Knopf 1958. Printed stiff wrappers. First separate U.S. printing translated by Justin O'Brien. Promotional photo and publisher's card laid in. Wraps faintly dusty with several small splash marks to upper wrapper else very good. Knopf paperback books
1957119553New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1957. Early printing of the first American edition of Camus' last complete work of fiction. Octavo original cloth top edge red. Translated by Justin O'Brien. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket photograph of Camus by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Camus' final work of fiction The Fall consists of a series of dramatic monologues by Parisian lawyer Jean-Baptiste Clamence as he reflects upon his past life in a shady bar in Amsterdam. Exploring themes of innocence morality and judgement Jean-Paul Sartre described the novel as "perhaps the most beautiful and the least understood" of Camus' books. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
199540891NY: Knopf 1995. Sixth printing. 8vo pp. 325. Translated from the French by David Hapgood. Edited by Catherine Camus. As new. Knopf unknown books
1995119460New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1995. Early printing of the first American edition of Camus' deeply moving autobiography the original manuscript of which was discovered in the car wreckage when Camus was killed and was subsequently transcribed by his daughter. Octavo original half cloth pictorial endpapers. Translated from the French by David Hapgood. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket by Carol Devine Carson. First published in France in 1994 - thirty-four years after the handwritten manuscript was discovered in the car wreckage that killed Camus - this autobiographical novel recaptures Camus' often difficult childhood in Algeria. Because the pages were never honed and edited by Camus - the handwritten manuscript was simply transcribed by his daughter - the story of childhood carries with it a lyrical spontaneity vastly different than anything published during Camus' lifetime. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1955140941430London: Hamish Hamilton 1955. First British Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First British edition and the first English language edition. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine lettered in silver. Near Fine with pages a little toned and a small split started at the rear inner hinge else a fantastic copy in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket which is spine and edge-toned has several tiny stains and some trivial edge wear. A beautiful copy. Hamish Hamilton unknown books
2018WELLER9780525564454Vintage International 2018. New. New book. Vintage International unknown books
194600008149London: Hamish Hamilton 1946 1946. First English language edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Slim 8vo. 4 3-103 3 pp. Bound in grey-green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of 6s. net on front flap of jacket. First edition in English and Camus' first English publication. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. Introduction by Cyril Connolly. Ahearn Collected Books 157 4th ed. Published in France as L'Étranger in 1942 this novel was number one on Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century. Widely regarded as a classic of twentieth-century literature Camus' novel is the first of several novels he wrote that explore the notion of the absurd within a fictional context in contrast to the more direct and thorough examination of this notion in his philosophical essays. Camus won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957. A beautiful copy of this important book Camus' best-known and most acclaimed novel. Near Fine book with a name on the free front endpaper and a faint wrinkle to the last three leaves in a Near Fine dust jacket with a touch of edge wear. Hamish Hamilton (1946) hardcover books
199873894New York: Everyman's Library 1998. First Everyman's library edition of Camus' first novel and masterpiece which was translated as The Stranger in the United States. Octavo bound in full morocco by the Chelsea Bindery gilt titles to the spine raised bands top edge gilt. Introduction by Peter Dunwoodie. Translated by from the French by Joseph Laredo. In fine condition. 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 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 and Le Monde ranks it as number one on its 100 Books of the Century. Everyman's Library hardcover books
1948140941024London: Hamish Hamilton 1948. First British Edition. Very Good/Good. First British edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with red spine titles blocked in silver. Very Good. Lean to binding and uneven sunning to cloth through dust jacket. Former owner names to front free endpaper and pages toned. In a Good unclipped dust jacket with losses at the spine ends toning and edge wear with heavy-handed tape repairs made to the blindside resulting in some active stickiness to the ends of the flap folds where the tape protrudes slightly over the paper. Hamish Hamilton unknown books
195457507NY: Knopf 1954. First US Edition. 8vo pp. 273. A VG tight copy in some scuffed and chipped dj.The scarce first edition. "By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century 'The Rebel' is a classic essay on revolution. Knopf 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
