The Plague
by Albert Camus; Stuart Gilbert (translator)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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Buffalo, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. 1st US Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Spine ends and corners bumped and frayed, with small splits to cloth. Maroon topstain. Binding shaken and cracked. Text with pen marking and underlining throughout. Interior lightly toned. Prev owner name to ffep, and their blindstamp to an early page. No stickers. Not ex-library. 278 pp.
Synopsis
A haunting tale of human resilience and hope in the face of unrelieved horror, Albert Camus’ iconic novel about an epidemic ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature. The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr. Rieux, resist the terror. An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, The Plague is in part an allegory of France’s suffering under the Nazi occupation, and a timeless story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.
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- Bookseller
- Albion Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003172
- Title
- The Plague
- Author
- Albert Camus; Stuart Gilbert (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st US Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 2.00 lbs
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Albion Books
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About Albion Books
Albion Books deals in fine used, out of print and rare books on a wide variety of topics. Specialties include Buffalo/New York history, science, religion, occult, and foreign language. The proprietor has been in the antiquarian book business since 2006.
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- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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