The Stranger
by Albert Camus
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good
- Seller
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Brossard, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
Knopf, New York, 1946. First edition. Condition: Very good in good dust jacket. Book has light toning from age, discoloration along top edges but it does not bleed onto pages. Dust jacket has several tears and nicks, creasing along spine. $2.00 indicated on dust jacket. Tan/beige cloth with maroon lettering on spine.
Jacket design by Warren Chappell. Translated by Stuart Gilbert.
The story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach. The classic novel of the absurd.
Jacket design by Warren Chappell. Translated by Stuart Gilbert.
The story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach. The classic novel of the absurd.
Synopsis
Born in Algeria in 1913, Albert Camus published The Stranger –now one of the most widely read novels of this century–in 1942. Celebrated in intellectual circles, Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. On January 4, 1960, he was killed in a car accident.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shop-books.ca (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202000326
- Title
- The Stranger
- Author
- Albert Camus
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- used books, discount books, rare books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature; First Editions; Philosophy;
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About the Seller
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Brossard, Quebec
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