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Camus, Albert. LE MINOTAURE OU LA HALTE D'ORAN.. Charlot Paris, 1950.
Price: US$197.52 + shipping
Description: . Gr8°. Broschur, 79 S. Erstausgabe. First Edition. Edition originale. Numbered copy (Nr. 872). * guter Zustand. Keine Anstreichungen. Keine Risse. (K1)+.
Seller: Antiquariat Herold, Berlin, Germany
CAMUS, Albert. Le Minotaure ou la halte dOran, S.l. (Paris), Charlot, 1950.. , 1950.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: In-4° menor.- 79 (6) p.- Rústica impresa de editor.- Pequeña pérdida en el extremo superior del lomo pero muy buen ejemplar.- Ejemplar n° 129 en vélin pur fil de Rives.- Primera edición.
Seller: Victor Aizenman (SLAM / ILAB), Buenos Aires, Argentina
CAMUS, Albert. Le Minotaure ou La Halte d'Oran. Charlot, (Paris), 1950.
Price: US$4800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, limited issue. Tall octavo. Small chip at the spine crown, very good in printed wrappers and unprinted glassine dustwrapper. One of 120 copies reserved for the use of the author of a total edition of 1343 copies. This is copy number 848 on Rives paper. The copies numbered between 801 to 920 were the author's copies. Inscribed by the author: "a Nicole, et Jean Marie/ avec la fidele affection/ de leur vieux camarade/ Albert Camus." ["To Nicole, and Jean Marie/ with the faithful affection/of their old comrade/ Albert Camus."]. The recipients were almost certainly Nicole and Jean-Marie Domenach, French intellectuals and friends of Camus, albeit with some philosophical differences. Jean-Marie was a noted left wing Catholic thinker, and while he and Camus were both vocal in protesting such activities as the French use of torture during the Algerian Civil War, Domenach had considerably more sympathy for the socialist and communist governments of the time, which Camus found repugnant. It is interesting to note the comma in the inscription, as though the inclusion of Jean-Marie in the presentation was an afterthought, or perhaps a necessity of politesse. Long after Camus had died, Jean-Marie Domenach provided a preface to a book of his thinking, *Albert Camus and Christianity. Hope on Trial.* The deluxe editions of this title turn up at auction with some regularity, but we were unable to find any instance of one of the author's copies in the market, and very few copies of this limited edition have ever turned up signed. A rarity, and a notable association copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
CAMUS Albert. Le minotaure ou la halte d'Oran. Charlot, 1950.
Price: US$8581.25 + shipping
Description: - Charlot, Paris 1950, 16x25,5cm, relié. - Edition en partie originale, un des 17 exemplaires numérotés sur Chine, tirage de tête. Reliure à la bradel en demi maroquin cerise, dos lisse orné de deux pastilles mosaïquées de maroquin crème, date et nom de l'éditeur dorés en queue, plats recouverts de papier japonais, couvertures et dos conservés, tête dorée sur témoins, élégante reliure signée de Devauchelle. Provenance : bibliothèque de Raoul Simonson avec son ex-libris encollé. Très bel exemplaire parfaitement établi. [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] First edition in part, one of 17 numbered copies on China paper, tirage de tête. Half maroon morocco Bradel binding by Devauchelle over Japan paper, the spine with two mosaiced lozenges of cream-colored morocco, date and publisher at foot of spine, top edge gilt, an elegant binding. Provenance : the library of Raoul Simonson with his ex libris pasted in. A fine copy in a lovely binding.
Seller: Librairie Le Feu Follet, Paris, France