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CAMUS, Albert.
L'Étranger.
First edition, first printing. Camus's masterpiece was written in Algeria during the first years of the war. The manuscript was brought covertly to France and published in an edition of 4,400 copies without ceremony or fuss: no special paper copies were produced. The novel was a reworking of an earlier one, The Happy Death. It marked a key point in the development of European literature and represents the first fully formed presentation of the existential antihero.
Octavo. Original white wrappers printed in black and red. Housed in a black cloth rounded spine solander box. Contents browned as always, very minor creasing to the wrappers, one tip repaired but an exceptional copy and rare thus.
