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Camus, Albert.. The fall.. Penguin book / Hamish Hamilton., London., 1957.
Price: US$16.45 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Traducción de Justin O'Brien. Escrito en lengua inglesa. 107 Pg. Estado de la cubierta: Bien con señales de uso. Tamaño 18x11.Tenemos a su disposición fotografías de nuestros libros. Si desea verlas, o ampliar las ya publicadas, puede solicitarlo a través del correo electrónico de nuestra librería.
Seller: Elefante de los Libros, Madrid, MADRI, Spain
Price: US$23.10 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No date - just a copyright date of 1947. However, this appears to be a second impression of a later printing of the book, based on the list of author's works which includes "The Fall" which was published in 1957. There is also mention of Camus winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. The book was first published in the UK by Hamish Hamilton and in the USA by New Directions, New York - both in 1947, and originally in French as "Le Malentendu suivi de Caligula" in 1944 by Gallimard. ***Very good in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt remains bright. Top edge of page block slightly darkened, with a small stain which doesn't affect the interior pages. Top and tail of spine just slightly creased. Top corners slightly creased. Boards clean with just a small mark at the top of the back board. Internally very good also with no inscriptions. Pages clean. No internal foxing. Very slight spine lean but spine tight. ***In a very good printed dustwrapper which has not been price-clipped, showing the original publisher's price of 10s. 6d. net. The dustwrapper states 'Second impression'. The dustwrapper is complete, with just slight edge wear and creasing. No tears. No chips. The dustwrapper is very clean, and even the spine is unfaded. ***190mm x130mm. 168 pages. ***'In the tyranny of Caligula, maddest and most fantastic of Roman Emperors, Albert Camus finds a supreme logic. Who is better fitted than the most powerful autocrat in the world to attempt to realize the Great Ideal --to achieve the impossible, to "fetch the moon home"?' For all his seemingly senseless cruelties, Caligula is not an unsympathetic character. He can win loyalty from people who have the best reason for hating him. In advance he senses and understands the plots of the cowardly conspirators around him. And ironically he goads them on. This is a play about a strange experiment, ruthlessly carried out, with human life no object. In "Cross Purpose", mother and daughter in a country inn plot to murder and rob their guest. Surprise and tragedy await them when they find out who he is. ***These two plays are the major stage works of a writer whose reputation as playwright, philosopher and novelist has now won him the Nobel Prize for Literature for 1957. (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***A nice period copy of the UK edition of Camus's two plays 'Caligula' and 'Cross Purpose' - of interest to collectors of the work of Albert Camus, and twentieth century drama. The dustwrapper is extremely thin, and copies in such well-preserved condition are hard to come by now. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
CAMUS, ALBERT. THE FALL. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1957.
Price: US$38.38 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 109pp; A bright copy in a slightly shelf-worn d/w with small closed tears to edges; Second Impression; Size: 12mo
Seller: Weathered Stone Books, Skreen, SLIGO, Ireland
Camus, Albert. The Fall. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1957.
Price: US$49.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Third impression, dated November 1957. Bumped spine tail. Previous owner's name is written on the front free endpaper. Otherwise fine in a tight binding. The dust jacket has moderate edge wear, with a chip on the front panel. Scuffed along the folds. Faintly stained on the rear panel. The price, 10s. 6d. is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Banjo Booksellers, IOBA, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
CAMUS Albert. The Fall. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1957.
Price: US$51.34 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second impression 1957. Translated from the French by Justin O'Brien. 109pp. Green textured cloth boards with silver titles and colophon to spine in unclipped dustwrapper. No inscriptions. Boards lightly bumped and sunned at extremities. Dustwrapper lightly worn and chipped at extremities with small surface loss to centre of spine panel. Textblock clean tight and bright. A very nice copy.
Seller: David Kenyon, King's Lynn, United Kingdom
Camus, Albert. The Fall. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1957.
Price: US$59.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Green cloth stated third impression. PO name. Spine ends/points slightly pushed. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is price clipped with slight edgewear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Albert Camus. The Fall. Hamish Hamilton, 1957.
Price: US$64.17 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition third impression from 1957 in VG condition, the front blank endpage has been removed, other pages clean, binding firm. The jacket is in near fine condition, please see pics.
Seller: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom
CAMUS, Albert.. The Fall. Translated from the French by Justin O'Brien.. , 1957.
Price: US$128.35 + shipping
Description: 109pp Hamish Hamilton, London 1957. 1st edition in English. A very good copy in near very good dust jacket. Loosely inserted is a Phoenix Theatre programme for a production of Caligula by Camus in 1964.
Seller: Anthony C. Hall, Bookseller ABA ILAB, Isleworth, MIDDX, United Kingdom
Albert Camus. The Fall. Hamish Hamilton, 1957.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, London, 1957FINE hardcover book in FINE- mylar-protected dust-jacket. As new. Unread. First British Edition, First Printing. Beautiful copy.
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$449.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Collection of the First British, First American, and First German Editions. Near Fine in at least Very Good Dust Jackets.
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$635.33 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First impression of the first UK edition, published in 1957. The book was also published in the USA by Alfred A. Knopf. Translated from the French into English by Justin O'Brien. With a striking dustwrapper design by Patricia Davey. A near fine book in a near fine dustwrapper, just faded at the spine. ***Near fine in green cloth-covered boards with silver titles to the spine. The silver is still nice and bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper. The boards are clean and unmarked, without any scuffs, rubbing or creasing. Corners sharp. Edges of the page block bright and clean. There is just a very slight reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Internally the book is also near fine with clean pages. No internal foxing. No creases or tears. No inscriptions. ***In a near fine colour-printed dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 10s. 6d. net. The dustwrapper is complete with no chips, and only minimal rubbing to the extremities. The back panel is beautifully clean, which is surprising as it is white. The sun-sensitive light and dark red colours to the spine are faded. ***204mm x135mm. 109 pages. ***'"The Fall" (French: La Chute) is a philosophical novel by Albert Camus. First published in 1956, it is his last complete work of fiction. Set in Amsterdam, "The Fall" consists of a series of dramatic monologues by the self-proclaimed "judge-penitent" Jean-Baptiste Clamence, as he reflects upon his life to a stranger. In what amounts to a confession, Clamence tells of his success as a wealthy Parisian defense lawyer who was highly respected by his colleagues. His crisis, and his ultimate "fall" from grace, was meant to invoke, in secular terms, the fall of man from the Garden of Eden. "The Fall" explores themes of innocence, imprisonment, non-existence, and truth. In a eulogy to Albert Camus, existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre described the novel as "perhaps the most beautiful and the least understood" of Camus' books.' (Wiki) ***A truly beautiful copy of the true first impression of the first UK edition of Albert Camus' novel "The Fall". Because of the fragile nature of this book, and in particular the dustwrapper, copies are rarely found now in such collectable condition and, if they are, they are usually later impressions. This first impression in such near fine condition is something of a rarity. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
CAMUS, Albert. The Fall. Hamish Hamilton, 1957.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: CAMUS, Albert [109] pp. Hamish Hamilton 1957 First UK Edition 8" x 5 1/4" Jacket design by Patricia Davey A superb copy of the first UK edition of this philosophical novel from French existentialist author, Albert Camus. The first UK edition, first impression with no further impressions stated. This work was first published in French, titled 'La Chute', the year prior. Translated into English by Justin O'Brien. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. 'The Fall' was Camus' last work of fiction. The Fall (French: La Chute) is a philosophical novel by Albert Camus. First published in 1956, it is his last complete work of fiction. Set in Amsterdam, The Fall consists of a series of dramatic monologues by the self-proclaimed "judge-penitent" Jean-Baptiste Clamence, as he reflects upon his life to a stranger. In what amounts to a confession, Clamence tells of his success as a wealthy Parisian defense lawyer who was highly respected by his colleagues. His crisis, and his ultimate "fall" from grace, was meant to invoke, in secular terms, the fall of man from the Garden of Eden. The Fall explores themes of innocence, imprisonment, non-existence, and truth. In a eulogy to Albert Camus, existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre described the novel as "perhaps the most beautiful and the least understood" of Camus' books.
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Albert Camus; Justin O'Brien [trans.]. The Fall. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1957.
Price: US$962.62 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A superb copy of the first UK edition of this philosophical novel from French existentialist author, Albert Camus. The first UK edition, first impression with no further impressions stated. This work was first published in French, titled 'La Chute', the year prior. Translated into English by Justin O'Brien.In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.'The Fall' was Camus' last work of fiction. Set in Amsterdam, the work consists of a series of monologues by the protagonist Jean-Baptiste Clamence, as he tells his life story to a stranger. The work acts as a secular exploration of the fall of man from the Garden of Eden, alongside themes of existence, truth and imprisonment which characterised much of Camus' fiction and non fiction.The first UK edition of this influential work of existentialist fiction. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. A touch of fading to back strip tail and tail of front board, otherwise externally excellent. Dust wrapper exceptionally bright. Two minor chips to dust wrapper back strip head, with handling marks to rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom