L'Etranger

Precious advance copy (service de presse).

First edition first issue, for which no grand papier (deluxe) copies were printed, one of the rare service de presse copies.
Some very discreet restorations.

This first edition of L'Étranger was printed on 21 April 1942 with 4,400 copies: 400 press service, 500 no mention copies and 3,500 copies with false statements from the second to eighth “edition”.
The advance copies, not intended for sale, do not include the indication of price [25 francs] on the back of the cover.
Paper is rare in 1942 and Albert Camus being then an unknown author, Gallimard did not print any luxury papers copies as was often practiced, the advance copies or copies without false statements are particularly sought after.

Precious and rare unsophisticated copy.