La Peste The Plague

by Albert Camus

$12,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books · No longer available

First edition · Signed

Paris: Gallimard, 1947. 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

• Binding: Leather

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