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1982In 16°, leg. sovraccop. e astuccio edit., pp.324. Bibliotheque de la Pleiade. Nuovo.
1972rif. 215835New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1972. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 192 pages. A posthumously published novel from the author of "The Fall." Translated by Richard Howard. A clean and tight near fine copy in cloth boards in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1948rif. 214371New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1948. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. A novel from this multi-talented French writer who won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature. Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert. A very good copy in black cloth boards with some pushing to the spine ends some very slight tapping to the corners some other minor wear a small bookplate to the front pastedown and the remnants of a bookstore sticker to the rear pastedown and in a very good dust jacket with a large chip to the top of the spine some small chips and edge wear and a faint stain to the bottom of the spine that is only visible from the verso. Despite the litany of flaws a solid copy of this classic. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1961rif. 212552New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1961. First U.S. edition first printing. Hardcover. 272 pages. A posthumous collection of letters from the author of "The Plague" and "The Stranger." Translated and with an introduction by Justin O'Brien. A very good copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with some bumping to the top edge of the front board and some other minor wear and in a very good dust jacket with a large chip to the top of the spine some other smaller chips and tears and wear and a small rubberstamp number to the front flap. Still a solid copy of this interesting book. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1971rif. 19377New York: Limited Editions Club 1971. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. From the Limited Editions Club The Stranger by Albert Camus one of 1500 copies signed by Daniel Maffia. Square octavo xvi 181pp 3. Full red morocco with the author's name stamped in blind on the front cover. Title in gilt on the spine top edge gilt. Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert. Introduction by Wallace Fowlie. Featuring the author's preface and ten color plates by Daniel Maffia. Designed by Ernst Reichl and printed by the Vermont Printing Company. Includes The Monthly Letter of the Limited Editions Club for July 1971 Number 445 and the publisher's red paper-covered slipcase. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by Maffia on the limitation page this being number 85. A fine example. Limited Editions Club unknown books
rif. 16125New York: Vintage Books. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Foreword by Sir Herbert Read. A revised and complete translation by Anthony Bower. Good. Wraps toned lightly bumped at the corners a hole punch through the front cover and first pages through the Foreword. Square and firmly bound clean internally. Camus' book-length essay that Manes Sperber called "the logbook of the intellectual's pilgrimage to paradise on earth the biography of that European rebellion which was born with the French Revolution. Vintage Books paperback books
rif. 9618New York: Vintage Books. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. V-281. Later Printing. Translated by Justin O'Brien. Very Good. Wraps soiled at the edges of the wraps. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean former owner's name on the first page clean otherwise. A work of fiction that in typical Camus fashion explores the theme of "man himself--man condemned by his nature and circumstances to spiritual exile ever seeking an inner kingdom in which he may be reborn. Vintage Books paperback books
1818rif. 599921818. Paris 1805. 2 vols. Fourth edition. Paris 1805. 2 vols. Fourth edition. Handsomely Bound Copy of an Important French Legal Reference Camus Armand Gaston 1740-1804. Dupin Andre-Marie-Jean-Jacques 1783-1865 Editor. Lettres Sur La Profession D'Avocat; Bibliotheque Choisie des Livres de Droit Qu'il est le Plus Utile d'Acquerir et de Connaitre. Quatrieme Edition. Augmentee de Plusieurs Lettres et Autres Pieces Interessantes sur la Profession d'Avocat Telles que le Celebre "Dialogue des Avocats" de Loisel; Deux "Discours" de M. d'Aguesseau et l'Histoire de l'Ordre des Avocats" Par M. Boucher d'Argis; La Bibliographie Revue Corrigee et Augmentee d'un Grand Nombre d'Articles Nouveaux. Paris: Chez B. Waree 1818. 2 volumes. xlviii 535; xii 690 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5". Contemporary mottled sheep gilt ornaments and lettering pieces to spines marbled endpapers. Some rubbing to extremities corners bumped hinges starting chipping to head of Volume II rear joint of that volume starting at foot. Light toning to text somewhat darker in places light foxing to a few leaves. Early owner signature to title page of Volume I "M. Rigault-Beauvais / 1819" interiors otherwise clean. $300. Fourth edition. Sweet and Maxwell include this in its list of major bibliographies and notes: "the second volume is a descriptive bibliography of French English foreign and Roman law well indexed. The bibliography lists 2348 books and provides historical critical and bibliographical notes on several remarkable books of French jurisprudence." Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:1-2 7. This copy is very likely from the library of Michel Rigault-Beauvais who would later between 1841 and 1861 serve as justice of the peace "juge de paix" at Fresnay-sur-Sarthe in the northwest of France Wikipedia. unknown books
1960rif. 44207New York: Caedmon Records 1960. First Edition. Near fine. Selections from La Peste La Chute L'été and L'Etranger read by the author in French. Cover design by S. Neil Fujita. 33 & 1/3 RPM LP album no. TTC 1138. Vinyl near fine. Album cover very good plus with minor wear to edges/corners. Caedmon Records unknown books
1956rif. 374898Paris: 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. This copy on fine paper has been bound in a sober dazzling binding from the French designer bindery Alix. Gallimard unknown books
1959rif. 353085Paris: Gallimard 1959. First Edition Copy "C" of 21 copies on Hollande van gelder of which six are marked A-F hors commerce. 8vo. Original printed wrappers uncut and unopened. Fine in original glassine. First Edition Copy "C" of 21 copies on Hollande van gelder of which six are marked A-F hors commerce. 8vo. Camus's powerful theatre adapatation of Dostoevsky's Demons The Possessed which he directed at the Théâtre Antoine with the money from the Nobel Prize. It was a massive undertaking and a big success. Gallimard unknown books
1963rif. 329898np: New Labratory Press 1963. One of 30 copies hand set in 14 point Hunt Roman a type designed by Hermann Zapf printed at the New Labratory Press. 4pp. Small folio. Gray wrappers. Fine. One of 30 copies hand set in 14 point Hunt Roman a type designed by Hermann Zapf printed at the New Labratory Press. 4pp. Small folio. New Labratory Press unknown books
1947rif. 169111947. CAMUS Albert. The Plague. First Edition. Originally published in France as "La Peste "in 1947 our First English Edition was published by Knopf in New York in 1948. Publisher's scarce original blindstamped green cloth covers gilt lettering to spine. In original unclipped dustjacket. 278 numbered pages measures approximately 5" x 7.25" inches. In very good to near fine condition. Textblock firm pages clean. Original ownership signature on half-title. Dustjacket has some rubbing. The Plague which tells the story of a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran is considered an existentialist classic. The novel stresses the powerlessness of the individual characters to affect their destinies. Along with the novel's existentialist themes The Plague has also been read as an allegorical treatment of the French resistance to Nazi occupation during World War II. The novel became a bestseller during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. unknown books
1957rif. 9033781London: Hamish Hamilton 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Second impression of first edition March 1957. Translated by O'Brien. Bound in original green cloth with spine stamped in silver. Book is in fine condition except for very faint sunning to very outer edge of spine head and heel. Gorgeous dust jacket in red scarlet black and white. Light wear to corners and spine heel chip at spine head. Beautiful. 5 x 7 3/4 inches. 108 pages. Hamish Hamilton hardcover books
1989rif. 601961New York: Vintage International 1989. Softcover. Fine. Reprint. Translated by Matthew Ward. Trade paperback. Fine with a tiny bit of wear. Vintage International unknown books
2010rif. 58448Chicago: Ivan R. Dee 2010. First American Edition so stated. An uncommon book. 8vo. pictorial wraps; 264 pages. Translated from the French with an Introduction & Afterword by Ryan Bloom. Fine condition. Ivan R. Dee unknown books
1948rif. 2023-P120New York: Alfred A Knopf 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Stated first American edition of "La Peste" translated by Stuart Gilbert. From the jacket: "When in the spring of 1947 "La Peste" was published in Paris it created an immediate sensation. Camus was recognized all over Europe as having realized to the full his enormous promise. "The Plague" is far and away the finest novel to come out of postwar Europe". Wear to upper edge of unclipped jacket designed by Jean Carlu with loss near the head of the spine. Black covers are dark with bright titles slight bumping of lower corners. A previous owner's book plate on the fixed endpaper Lillian Ferrari. Very slight toning of the pages fading of purple top stain. Alfred A Knopf hardcover books
1958rif. 2353590New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1958. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Karsh Yousuf. First American edition. Jacket a bit toned board edges faded endpapers lightly soiled. 1958 Hard Cover. 213 pp. Photographic portrait of Camus by Yousuf Karsh on rear jacket panel. A collection of short stories by the author of The Stranger. Includes: The Adulterous Woman; The Renegade; The Silent Men; The Guest; The Artist at Work; The Growing Stone. "From a variety of masterfully rendered perspectives these six stories depict people at painful odds with the world around them. A wife can only surrender to a desert night by betraying her husband. An artist struggles to honor his own aspirations as well as society's expectations of him. A missionary brutally converted to the worship of a tribal fetish is left with but an echo of his identity. Whether set in North Africa Paris or Brazil the stories in Exile and the Kingdom are probing portraits of spiritual exile and man's perpetual search for an inner kingdom in which to be reborn. They display Camus at the height of his powers. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1963rif. 2353600New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1963. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Salter George. 2nd printing. Jacket toned minor wear to jacket corners 1 inch closed tear to top jacket edge ink name and date on front endpaper of each volume. Bindings tight and square text clean bright and unmarked. 1963 Hard Cover. xi 3 224 2; 274 pp. George Salter jacket design. Translated into English from the original French with preface notes and annotations by Philip Thody and Justin O'Brien. The complete notebooks of Albert Camus the French existentialist author best known for The Stranger with many seeds and observations that would go into his major works. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1993rif. 1418236Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1993. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Oblong Octavo xix 181 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's decorated dark blue leather with paneling and gilt lettering to spine. Mild general shelf wear. Edges of text block gilt. Shelved in Easton Press. 1418236. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Easton Press hardcover books
1958rif. 617910New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1958. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Translated by Justin O'Brien. Cloth spine and papercovered board edges lightly sunned very good lacking the dust jacket. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1957rif. 69701NY: Knopf 1957. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. Fourth Printing. Pages tanned foxing to edges of textblock else a very good hardback in a darkened an drubbed jacket that has a dampstain to the top front corner and a small chip to the bottom of the rear panel. Knopf hardcover books
1955rif. 46945New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1955. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1955. First American Edition. Octavo; illustrated dust jacket with $3.50 price intact; dark blue cloth over yellow paper-covered boards; 212 pp. Dust jacket chipped along edges with a few short tears; general rubbing. Light wear and minor soiling to edges with brief exposure; binding sound and pages unmarked; a Very Good copy. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1957rif. 47059New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1957. Very Good/Very Good -. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1957. First American Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in white decorative dust jacket printed in red and black retaining original price $3.00 red topstain; 6147pp. Moderate wear to jacket extremities with chipping and a few tears spine panel faded general rubbing and smudging. Boards show mild edgewear with chip to top of rear top corner; sunned along edges; binding sound and pages unmarked; a Good to Very Good copy overall. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
