CAMUS, AlbertABAA
CAMUS, AlbertABAA
The Plague
1948rif. 602501New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. Early printing. Stated "Published August 2 1948 First and Second Printings Before Publication." Octavo. 278pp. Black cloth blind-stamped front board with gilt-stamped spine title. Contemporary owner gift inscription on front fly with offsetting front hinge cracked cloth soiled spine ends and corners worn and bumped a good only copy lacking the dust jacket. A classic novel of dignity and camaraderie in the face of a devastating epidemic. Basis for the 1992 film La Peste with William Hurt Robert Duvall and Raul Julia. Camus' subtle and compassionate convictions and philosophy earned him a Nobel Prize for Literature at the age of 43 – he was killed in an auto accident three years later. Connolly 100. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
