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Lot Number
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46
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Author
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CAMUS, ALBERT
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Title
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La Peste
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Year Published
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1947
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Place Printed
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(Paris:) Gaillimard
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Description
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La Peste. (Paris:) Gaillimard, (1947) 8vo (7 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.; 187 x 121 mm). Publisher's printed wrappers bound in. Black calf with with geometric architechtonic design of titlting mosaic walls of black and white calf onlays and "ceiling and floor" of two shades of grey calf onlays, spine lettered in gilt, grey calf doublures and liners, edges gilt, by Pierre-Lucien Martin (1963). Chemise with giltlettered black spine and slipcase; small nick on spine of chemise, minimal wear to chemise and slipcase.
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Lot Note
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First edition in a splendid binding by Pierre-Lucien Martin. Copy III of 10 Roman-numbered copies on Japon Impérial (the whole edition comprised 15 copies on Japon Impérial, 40 on Hollande, and 2080 regular copies). Camus worked on his great novel from 1941 until 1947, continually reworking it. His notebooks of the period show that Camus studied medical aspects of the plague and read Moby Dick and Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year while preparing early drafts and formulating his central metaphor of German-occupied France as a plague-ridden country. Pierre-Lucien Martin, with his sombre but complex and engaging designs has served Camus's writings better than other French binders.
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Estimated Price
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USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00
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Actual Price
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USD 92,500.00
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