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49 - CAMUS (Albert). The First Man. Albert Camus’s literary legac…
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Estimate €400 - €500
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CAMUS (Albert). The First Man. Albert Camus’s literary legacy: one of the few copies from the first edition printed on Holland paper. Paris, Gallimard, 1994. In-8 volume (216 x 147 mm), paperback, printed flapped cover. 331 pages. Posthumous first edition of Albert Camus’s unfinished novel. A copy from the limited first edition of 61 copies on white Dutch laid paper, this one being no. 34. Includes facsimiles of handwritten pages and appendices. "Camus pondered at length what he envisaged as the great novel of his maturity. Although the project began to take shape from 1953 onwards, it was in 1958–59 that he embarked on a decisive phase of his writing, which was brutally cut short by his death on 4 January 1960. Drawing on Camus’s own experience, *The First Man* is not, however, an autobiography; it is the story of a man who, at the age of forty, looks back on his past to understand where he comes from and who he is." (A. Spiquel). "In short, I am going to talk about those I loved," writes Albert Camus. A copy as published, uncut, in perfect condition.
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About the sale Fine antique and collectible books, manuscripts and modern illustrated works
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Auction time 06/29/2026 at 2:00 PM
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