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1929Best.-Nr. 2003060010Paris: Lechevalier 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. An import plate-book on Orchids Atlas volume. 121 lithographed plates of 122 lacking plate 10. 109 hand-colored. Held in publisher's cloth backed portfolio printed boards with paper ties. Minor edge wear to portfolio particularly at the corners. Small signature of Oswaldo Lomer on title. Nissen BBI 316; Stafleu & Cowan 971. The noted French pharmacist and botanist Edmond Camus began this work with the assistance of his daughter Aimee Camus. After his death she completed this book and was a famous botanist in her own right. She identified and named 677 species of land plants. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Lechevalier hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 33991Paris: Gallimard 1950 1950. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Camus Albert. LES JUSTES. Piece en Cinq Actes. Paris: Gallimard 1950. Small 8vo. 193pp. First edition. A near fine uncut copy in the original red & black printed wrappers and glassine. octavo. 193 pp. First edition. One of an unknown number of H.C. / Hors Commerce copies of the run of 220 copies printed on Alfa mousse Navarre of a total edition of 1050 all papers. Camus based this play true story of a group of Russian Socialists who assassinated the Grand Duke Sergei Romanov in 1905. Loosely translated as "The Just Assassins" which deals with the morality of murder and terrorism. Gallimard, [1950] unknown
1957Best.-Nr. 58763Paris, Calmann-Lévy, (1957). 8vo. Uncut and in original wrappers. Very light wear to extremities. A very nice and clean copy.
1953Best.-Nr. 63531(Paris) Gallimard, 1953. 8vo. Bound uncut with the original printed wrappers in an exquisite full red morrocco binding with quadruple gilt lines over boards and spie and gilt lettering to spine (bound by Henning Jensen and gilt by Hagel Olsen). Top edge red. Gilt super ex libris to inside of front board. A splendid, near min copy in a wonderful, elegant binding. 169, (4).
1953Best.-Nr. 63531Paris Gallimard 1953. 8vo. Bound uncut with the original printed wrappers in an exquisite full red morrocco binding with quadruple gilt lines over boards and spie and gilt lettering to spine bound by Henning Jensen and gilt by Hagel Olsen. Top edge red. Gilt super ex libris to inside of front board. A splendid near min copy in a wonderful elegant binding. 169 4. First edition - nr. 3140 out of 3265 numbered copies on alfama Marais preceded by 65 copies on Lafuma Navarre - signed presentation-copy from Camus of his translation of an early 17th century historical play by the Spanish dramatist Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1600-1681 La dévotion de la croix ES: La devoción de la cruz; EN: Devotion to the Cross. "A keynote of Calderon’s tragic view of life is his deep-seated realization that a man can be responsible through his own wrongdoing for the wrongdoing of another. This realization probably derives from Calderón’s own family experience. In La devoción de la cruz c. 1625; Devotion to the Cross . the heart of the tragedy lies in the fact that the greatest sinner is also the most sinned against—in that others before he was born had begun to dig his grave" Parker 2026. The play was translated for the Festival D'Angers – founded in 1950 and still existing today as Festival D'Anjou – of which he was an artistic director in 1953 and again in 1957 where he selected another Spanish play The Knight from Olmedo by Lope de Vega the predecessor of Calderon. Camus translated this particular piece upon the request of the actor Marcel Herrand 1897-1953 who passed away before the festival took place see foreword written by Camus p. 11. The stark tradegy was performed in June 1953 starring Maria Casarès who had assisted Camus in the translation Serge Reggiani Paul Oettly and Jean Marchat Lottman: 524-25 and was a success: "Camus' adaptations received national press attention and locally the press would say that the Calderón work was so perfectly performed it could never again be played on an ordinary theater stage." Lottman: 525After WWII Albert Camus 1913-1960 became as a novelist and playwright moralist and political theorist "the spokesman of his own generation and the mentor of the next not only in France but also in Europe and eventually the world" Cruickshank 2026. The presentation-inscription reads: "à Sylvester pour son salut et avec la fidèle et cordiale pensée d'Albert Camus". Sources and further reading: Aronson Ronald. Winter 2022 Edition. Albert Camus. In Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman eds. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2022/entries/camus/ Cruickshank J. 2026 July 31. Albert Camus. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albert-Camus Lottman H. R. 1979. Albert Camus: A biography. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Parker A.A. 2026 May 21. Pedro Calderón de la Barca. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pedro-Calderon-de-la-Barca Todd O. 1998. Albert Camus: A life B. Ivry Trans. Vintage. Zaretsky Robert 4 March 2018. 'No Longer the Person I Was': The Dazzling Correspondence of Albert Camus and Maria Casarès. Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 04 September 2026. hardcover
1957Best.-Nr. 58763Paris Calmann-Lévy 1957. 8vo. Uncut and in original wrappers. Very light wear to extremities. A very nice and clean copy. First edition thus nr. 43 of a total of 260 copies on vélin teinté only large-paper copies printed. The present work is made up of two polemical essays that both fiercely argue against capital punishment namely - Camus's "Réflexions sur la guillotine" and an abridged French translation of Koestler's "Reflections on Hanging" which was first published in English the same year together with an essay on the history of the death penalty in France by Bloch-Michel. unknown
1783Best.-Nr. 204FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH. Including half-titles. Two leather bound volumes 8x10.5 are rubbed on the edges spines show some wear on raised bands and head/tail. Nice bookplate of C. Gulbranson on inside covers endpapers of handmade French marbled paper some tanning and light foxing. The first French translation of Aristotle's descriptive zoology. Text in Greek and French on facing pages. History of Animals is a natural history text by the Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle who had studied at Plato's Academy in Athens. It was written in the fourth century BC; Aristotle died in 322 BC. Generally seen as a pioneering work of zoology Aristotle frames his text by explaining that he is investigating the what the existing facts about animals prior to establishing the why their causes. The book is thus an attempt to apply philosophy to part of the natural world. His method is to identify differences both between individuals and between groups. A group is established when it is seen that all members have the same set of distinguishing features; for example the birds all have feathers wings and beaks. This relationship between the birds and their features is identified as a universal. The History of Animals had a powerful influence on zoology for some two thousand years. It continued to be a primary source of knowledge until in the sixteenth century zoologists including Conrad Gessner all influenced by Aristotle wrote their own studies of the subject. Published by Veuve Desaint hardcover
1965Best.-Nr. 94697Paris: 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
1964Best.-Nr. 77409Gallimard | Paris 1964 | 12.50 x 20.50 cm | broché
1962Best.-Nr. 77410Gallimard | Paris 1962 | 12.50 x 20.50 cm | broché
1962Best.-Nr. 52719Paris: Gallimard 1962. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1962 12.50 x 30.50 cm broché First edition one of 90 numbered copies on Hollande tirage de tête. A good and well-margined copy. Gallimard unknown
1956Best.-Nr. 83089Paris: Gallimard 1956. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1956 11.50 x 18 cm reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple First edition one of 1050 numbered copies on laid paper. Publisher's binding after the original design by Mario Prassinos. Handsome copy despite a slight tear to the cellophane at the head of the spine slipcase slightly sunned and marginally worn. Gallimard unknown
1956Best.-Nr. 92592Paris: Gallimard 1956. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1956 11.50 x 18 cm reliure de l'éditeur First edition one of 1050 numbered copies printed on vélin labeur paper. Publisher's binding after an original design by Mario Prassinos. A fine copy. Gallimard unknown
1947Best.-Nr. 92617Paris: Gallimard 1947. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1947 12 x 18.50 cm reliure de l'éditeur First edition one of the numbered copies on alfa paper. Spine sunned as is usual a small dent to one board edge a small dark mark to the lower part of the front board. Publisher's binding after an original design by Mario Prassinos. Â Gallimard unknown
1944Best.-Nr. 92588Paris: Gallimard 1944. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1944 12 x 19 cm reliure de l'éditeur First edition one of 1000 numbered copies the only deluxe issue apart from 13 copies on Hollande paper. Publisher's pictorial boards after an original design by Mario Prassinos. Spine slightly compressed at head and foot otherwise a very good copy. Gallimard hardcover
1957Best.-Nr. 53531Paris: Calmann-Lévy 1957. Fine. 24 Years Before Abolition Calmann-Lévy Paris 1957 14.50 x 21.50 cm broché First collected edition one of 260 numbered copies on tinted wove paper the only deluxe issue after 45 copies on white Holland paper. Some light spotting in the margins of a few leaves and on the endpapers. Calmann-Lévy unknown
1954Best.-Nr. 10298Signed by Camus and the artist Pierre Eugene Clairin to the limitation page. Limited to 300 numbered copies of which this is number 254. Printed by Raymond Jacquet. Illustrated by Pierre Eugene Clairin with 12 original color lithographs including one on the title page three double-page and eight single page all with tissue guards. Publisher's loose sheets in paper wraps housed in a yellow and orange wrap and slipcase. French langauge. Minor staining to the slipcase otherwise this remains a nice clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements. 8.25 x 11.75 in 20.5 x 30 cm Noel Schumann paperback
Best.-Nr. 300420181611Edition originale 2002 numerotée sur velin pur fil seul grand papierun des 40 exemplaires numero 21pages non coupeesenvoi soigné Gallimard Nrf paperback
1946Best.-Nr. 202000326Knopf New York 1946. First edition. Condition: Very good in good dust jacket. Book has light toning from age discoloration along top edges but it does not bleed onto pages. Dust jacket has several tears and nicks creasing along spine. $2.00 indicated on dust jacket. Tan/beige cloth with maroon lettering on spine. Jacket design by Warren Chappell. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. The story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach. The classic novel of the absurd. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1946Best.-Nr. 4902London: Hamish Hamilton 1946 1946. First edition in English. 8vo. 185x120mm. pp. iv 3-103 1. Grey cloth spine lettered in gilt. Original dustjacket illustrated by Edward Bawden. Bumping to head and foot of spine. Repair to top and bottom edges of dustjacket and two closed tears to top edge and slight chipping to bottom edge of rear of dustjacket but otherwise in very good condition and internally excellent. It is not common in a good jacket. Camus's concise dense absurdist novel of alienation first appeared in 1942. Stuart Gilbert's English translation was meant to published with the title The Stranger but as a Polish novel had recently been translated with this title Hamish Hamilton changed it to The Outsider which captures rather better the psychological darkness of the novel. London: Hamish Hamilton 1946 hardcover
1948Best.-Nr. 24593London: Hamish Hamilton 1948. First UK edition first printing published by Hamish Hamilton in London in 1948. Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert. A lovely copy with no inscriptions in the original Michael Ayrton-designed dust wrapper which is not price clipped. Some shadowing to the spine of the book the wrapper otherwise remaining particularly attractive. Camus's powerful account of an epidemic in the Algerian city of Oran exploring courage collective responsibility and the human response to suffering. One of the defining novels of post-war European literature with a memorable dust wrapper design. Hamish Hamilton unknown
1953Best.-Nr. 73749Sous étui bordé et sous chemise en demi-maroquin rouge signés Patrice Goy et C. Vilaine. Couverture souple piquée. Rousseurs. En partie non coupé.
1951Best.-Nr. 80569Couverture souple. Non coupé.
1950Best.-Nr. 81829Protégé dans un étui-chemise signé DEVAUCHELLE. Couverture souple piquée. Rousseurs. En partie non coupé.
1953Best.-Nr. 80262Nrf | Paris 1953 | 12 x 19 cm | broché
