Albert CAMUS

First edition first issue for which no grand papier (deluxe) copies were printed, one of the rare first printed copies, no false statement of edition.
Bound in chocolate-brown box calf, spine in five compartments, smooth date, spine and boards recovered with a geometric and abstract decoration produced with the help of inlaid, glazed pieces of Havana box calf set with gilt and silver fillets, marbled Havana box calf inner covers, chocolate-brown buckskin endpapers, wrappers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, slipcase lined with chocolate-brown box calf, brown silk boards, interior chocolate buckskin, superb and elegant inlay signed by Leroux.
Ex-libris glued on an...

First edition first issue for which no grand papier (deluxe) copies were printed, one of the rare first printed copies, no false statement of edition.
Half brown morocco, spine in five compartments, lettered in gilt and dated at foot, marbled covers and endpapers, wrappers and spine well preserved, top edge gilt, case edged with brown morocco, binding signed by Alix.
This first edition of L'Étranger was printed on April 12, 1942, with a print run of 4 400 copies, divided into eight notional “editions” of 500 copies. Thus, most of the copies have a false statement of the second to eighth edition on their lower cover.
As paper was rare in 1942 and Albert Camus was...

L'étranger [The Outsider]
Gallimard, Paris 1942, 11.5 x 19 cm, half brown morocco
First edition first issue for which no grand papier (deluxe) copies were printed, one of the rare first printed copies, no false statement of edition.
Half brown morocco, spine in five compartments, lettered in gilt and dated at foot, marbled covers and endpapers, wrappers and spine well preserved, top edge gilt, case edged with brown morocco, binding signed by Alix.
This first edition of L'Étranger was printed on April 12, 1942, with a print run of 4 400 copies,
divided into eight notional “editions” of 500 copies. Thus, most of the copies have a false statement of the...

Unpublished autograph letter signed by Albert Camus, addressed to one of his childhood friends, written in black ink on two sheets of Nrf letterhead. With several underlinings and additions in the author's hand.
Very faint foxing not affecting the text, and two usual folds from mailing.
Unpublished letter from Albert Camus to a fellow student from the memorable African khâgne, written at the height of the Algerian War.

CAMUS Albert
L'étranger [The Stranger] Gallimard, Paris 1942, 115 x 190 mm (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 ”), half morocco
First edition, of which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies, a rare advance (service de presse) copy.
Half black morocco over marbled paper boards by Alix, spine in six compartments, gilt date to foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Ex-libris to one endpaper.
A fine copy in a very elegant binding by Alix.
This first edition of The Stranger was printed on 21 April 1942 in a few advance (service de presse) copies.
The copies for the author were lost...