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1945rif. 185956Paris: 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
1950rif. 422752Paris: 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.". 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. 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
1950rif. 422752Paris: 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.". 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. 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 books
1947rif. 2915Paris: 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. 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. 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
1947rif. 2915Paris: 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. 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. 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 books
1950rif. 86112Paris: 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
1816rif. ST15737Lyon: Chez Rusand 1816. 208 x 122 mm. 8 1/4 x 5". 2 p.l. xlviii 572 pp. ESPECIALLY FINE CONTEMPORARY EMERALD GREEN SHAGREEN BY DUPLANIL signed at foot of spine "DUPLANIL RELIr. DE S. A. R. MADAME" covers with simple gilt rule frame spine with raised bands flanked by gilt fillets and decorated with a dotted line compartments with very pretty centered ornament of a flower with four pointillé petals set against a gilt square background head and tail of spine with multiple decorative gilt rules board edges gilt with Greek key roll elegant gilt inner dentelles of urns and palmettes pink endpapers gilt edges. In a fine later fleece-lined burgundy morocco and marbled paper chemise and slightly worn matching slipcase. With woodcut vignette. Front end papers with morocco bookplates of Mortimer L. Schiff and John Roland Abbey. For the binding: De Ricci-Schiff III 277 this copy. ◆A breath of chafing to covers two leaves with slight paper flaws at fore margin otherwise A BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BOOK IN VIRTUALLY PERFECT CONDITION. This is an outstanding example of a French Restoration binding with illustrious provenance. The Duplanils were a distinguished family of Parisian binders active from the last part of the 18th until the middle of the 19th century. The signature at the foot of the spine here is that of Pierre Duplanil known as Duplanil fils the most notable member of the family; as this item indicates he was the self-styled binder to "S. A. R. Her Royal Highness Madame" i.e Madame Royale the title borne by Marie-Thérèse Charlotte of France 1778-1851 the eldest--and only surviving--child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Although she had married her cousin the duc d'Angoulême son of the future Charles X she retained the royal title accorded her as the daughter of the king. She later became "la Dauphine" when her father-in-law ascended the throne. Because of his client's changing appellations we can confidently date the present binding as being done between 1816 and 1824. Madame Royale's books which numbered about 1800 were kept together for 20 years after her death then sold at two auctions in Paris in the 1870s. Our volume is distinguished by its inclusion in Seymour De Ricci's impressive 1935 illustrated catalogue of Schiff's library of signed French bindings part of what Dickinson calls an "unrivaled collection of decorative bindings." This item is one of six Duplanil bindings in the Schiff catalogue. The presence of the bookplate of J. R. Abbey 1894-1969 the most ambitious English book collector of his time adds further luster to this item's provenance. Although Abbey's renowned library included world-class collections of private press books illuminated manuscripts and color plate books bindings were his most ardent interest and the various fine and important catalogues they spawned comprise perhaps the most enduring legacy of his collecting. During his most active period of binding acquisition Abbey bought many items and no doubt the present one in the Schiff sale in 1938; this book in turn was lot #1740 in part III of the Abbey sale purchased at Sotheby's on 19 June 1967 by B. W. Simpson for £32. First published in 1639 the present biography of the bishop and devotional writer St. Francis de Sales the author's friend and teacher is among the most memorable of the 200 or so books produced by the diligent churchman Camus bishop of Belley 1582-1652. Chez Rusand unknown
1816rif. ST15737Lyon: Chez Rusand 1816. 208 x 122 mm. 8 1/4 x 5". 2 p.l. xlviii 572 pp. ESPECIALLY FINE CONTEMPORARY EMERALD GREEN SHAGREEN BY DUPLANIL signed at foot of spine "DUPLANIL RELIr. DE S. A. R. MADAME" covers with simple gilt rule frame spine with raised bands flanked by gilt fillets and decorated with a dotted line compartments with very pretty centered ornament of a flower with four pointillé petals set against a gilt square background head and tail of spine with multiple decorative gilt rules board edges gilt with Greek key roll elegant gilt inner dentelles of urns and palmettes pink endpapers gilt edges. In a fine later fleece-lined burgundy morocco and marbled paper chemise and slightly worn matching slipcase. With woodcut vignette. Front end papers with morocco bookplates of Mortimer L. Schiff and John Roland Abbey. For the binding: De Ricci-Schiff III 277 this copy. ◆A breath of chafing to covers two leaves with slight paper flaws at fore margin otherwise A BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BOOK IN VIRTUALLY PERFECT CONDITION. This is an outstanding example of a French Restoration binding with illustrious provenance. The Duplanils were a distinguished family of Parisian binders active from the last part of the 18th until the middle of the 19th century. The signature at the foot of the spine here is that of Pierre Duplanil known as Duplanil fils the most notable member of the family; as this item indicates he was the self-styled binder to "S. A. R. Her Royal Highness Madame" i.e Madame Royale the title borne by Marie-Thérèse Charlotte of France 1778-1851 the eldest--and only surviving--child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Although she had married her cousin the duc d'Angoulême son of the future Charles X she retained the royal title accorded her as the daughter of the king. She later became "la Dauphine" when her father-in-law ascended the throne. Because of his client's changing appellations we can confidently date the present binding as being done between 1816 and 1824. Madame Royale's books which numbered about 1800 were kept together for 20 years after her death then sold at two auctions in Paris in the 1870s. Our volume is distinguished by its inclusion in Seymour De Ricci's impressive 1935 illustrated catalogue of Schiff's library of signed French bindings part of what Dickinson calls an "unrivaled collection of decorative bindings." This item is one of six Duplanil bindings in the Schiff catalogue. The presence of the bookplate of J. R. Abbey 1894-1969 the most ambitious English book collector of his time adds further luster to this item's provenance. Although Abbey's renowned library included world-class collections of private press books illuminated manuscripts and color plate books bindings were his most ardent interest and the various fine and important catalogues they spawned comprise perhaps the most enduring legacy of his collecting. During his most active period of binding acquisition Abbey bought many items and no doubt the present one in the Schiff sale in 1938; this book in turn was lot #1740 in part III of the Abbey sale purchased at Sotheby's on 19 June 1967 by B. W. Simpson for £32. First published in 1639 the present biography of the bishop and devotional writer St. Francis de Sales the author's friend and teacher is among the most memorable of the 200 or so books produced by the diligent churchman Camus bishop of Belley 1582-1652. Chez Rusand unknown books
1950rif. 82804Gallimard | Paris 1950 | 12 x 19 cm | broché
1951rif. 137305Paris: 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
1942rif. 2886Paris: 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. 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. 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". 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. Gallimard unknown
1942rif. 2886Paris: 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. 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. 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". 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. Gallimard unknown books
1942rif. 92199Gallimard | Paris 1942 | 12 x 18.70 cm | broché
1945rif. 85204Sous boitier avec dos en demi-maroquin violet, signe? Carine Vilaine. Couverture souple. Non rogne?.
1952rif. 53361Falaize | Paris 1952 | 11.50 x 17.50 cm | broché
1950rif. 43780Charlot | Paris 1950 | 16 x 25.50 cm | relié
1942rif. 92199Paris: Gallimard 1942. Fine. A strange Stranger. Gallimard Paris 1942 12 x 18.70 cm broché First edition with no deluxe issue and bearing the correct printer's imprint date. An unusual copy with no edition statement on the title page but with the spurious mention « deuxième édition » at the head of the rear wrapper. Minor tears at the head and foot of the spine neatly repaired small losses at the head and foot of the front wrapper restored paper browned as usual. When The Stranger appeared in May 1942 French publishing was operating under wartime paper rationing: since December 1941 publishers had received only a fraction of their pre-war allocations. Albert Camus was then virtually unknown in metropolitan France. Pascal Pia had sent his manuscript to André Malraux who supported its publication by Gallimard. With paper scarce and Camus still little known Gallimard produced no deluxe issue. The 4400 copies all completed on 21 April 1942 were distributed as follows: 400 press copies marked « S.P. » on the title page and rear wrapper; 500 copies with no edition statement; and 3500 copies divided among seven fictitious « editions » of 500 copies each bearing at the foot of the title page and at the head of the rear wrapper statements ranging from second to eighth edition. In the absence of copies on fine paper the press copies and those without an edition statement effectively constitute the « deluxe issue » of this legendary work. Our copy presents a remarkable intermediate state doubtless accidental: its title page bears no edition statement like copies of the first issue while its wrapper is marked « Deuxième édition ». A bibliographical curiosity unlike any copy we have encountered before. A special mention is surely due to this strange Stranger at once double and unique. Gallimard unknown
1952rif. 53361Paris: 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
1950rif. 43780Paris: 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
1945rif. 43878Gallimard | Paris 1945 | 12 x 19 cm | broché sous chemise étui
1979rif. 3856Fata Morgana, sl., 1979. Petit in-folio (340 x 270 mm), 34 pages en ff., couverture illustrée rempliée, sous chemise illustrée et étui toilés bleu. Édition originale illustrée très rare en tirage de tête. 34 LITHOGRAPHIES ORIGINALES EN COULEURS à chaque page par Pierre Alechinsky, dont 2 pour la couverture. Tirage : 200 ex. sur vélin d'Arches, signés par l'auteur et l'artiste au justificatif. Celui-ci l'un des 30 numérotés de 1 à 30 du tirage de luxe (n°17), AVEC LA SUITE COMPLÈTE DES 32 LITHOGRAPHIES SUR DOUBLES FEUILLETS (16), chacune rehaussée d'aquarelle au pochoir, chacune signée et numérotée 17/30. Note bibliographique : Cioran avait peu de goût pour la peinture, et n'avait jamais fait de livres illustrés. En 1979, persuadé par son éditeur, il tente l'aventure avec Pierre Alechinsky et lui propose une trentaine de pages d'aphorismes. Le peintre y répondit par 32 lithographies en couleurs. Poussé par le challenge, il réalise alors l'une de ses très grandes réussites éditoriale.
1945rif. 43878Paris: Gallimard 1945. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1945 12 x 19 cm broché sous chemise étui First edition one of 25 numbered copies on ""pur-fil"" paper most limited issue. The book Camus dedicated to his friend René Leynaud. Our copy is housed in a custom black half morocco chemise handmade striped paper boards title and author gilt stamped brown pastedowns slipcase edged with morocco handmade striped paper boards a handsome set signed by Boichot. Rare and handsome copy. ""La Revue Libre a clandestine review published in February 1944 an anonymous Lettre à un Ami allemand. It was by Camus. By Camus too was the second letter that appeared at the same date under the pseudonym Louis Neuville in the Cahiers de la Libération. Together with two others which had remained unpublished these letters make up the small volume Lettres à un Ami allemand published in 1945 after the Liberation."" Henri Perruchot La haine des masques. Montherlant Camus Shaw 1955 Gallimard hardcover
1971rif. SBBIH-HPNFS5W23CX4Routledge 1971. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Routledge paperback
1942rif. 140947843Paris: 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. 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
1947rif. 140946928Paris: 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
