REF. 0593

La Peste

Publisher: Gallimard
Place: Paris
Date: 1947
Format: In-8 (192 x 130 mm)
Binding: Bound
Collation: 337 pp., (1) f.
Edition: Review copy
Language: French
Century: 20th century
Distinctive features: From the library of Marcel Damboise (1903-1992)

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CAMUS, Albert. La Peste.
Paris, Gallimard, 1947.

In-8 (192 x 130 mm), 337 pp., (1) f.
Full caramel buffalo, smooth spine, gilt title and author.

First edition, press service.
Association copy to Marcel Damboise (1903-1992), a close friend of Albert Camus whom he met in Algiers when he was staying at the Villa Abd-el-Tif as a guest artist. The two shared a love of ancient Greece, and Damboise made a bust and medallion of Camus.

Uniformly yellowed paper, no foxing; a fine copy.

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