A Happy Death

by Camus, Albert

A Happy Death (original title La mort heureuse) was the first novel by French writer-philosopher Albert Camus. The existentialist topic of the book is the "will to happiness," the conscious creation of one's happiness, and the need of time (and money) to do so. It draws on memories of the author including his job at the maritime commission in Algiers, his suffering from tuberculosis, and his travels in Europe.

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1972
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [9], 3-192, [6] pp. White cloth with silver lettering on the front board and spine. First publication in English of Camus first novel. Translated by Richard Howard. Near Fine with a hint or two of spotting to the cloth in a Very Good price-clipped… Read more about this item
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1972
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. A posthumously published novel from the author of "The Fall." Translated by Richard Howard. A clean and tight near fine copy in cloth boards in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear.
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by ALBERT CAMUS

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by Albert Camus

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A HAPPY DEATH (CAHIERS I)

by CAMUS, ALBERT

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NEW YORK: ALFRED A KNOPF CO. FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. PUB 1972. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. TRANSLATED BY RICHARD HOWARD . BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS FINE AND IS PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. .
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A Happy Death

by Albert Camus (author); Richard Howard (translator)

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1973
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New York: Vintage Books, 1973. Mass market paperback, 192 pages; very tiny traces of shelf wear, all pages age toned, otherwise in very clean and unmarked unread condition.. Soft Cover. Fine.
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A Happy Death (Cahier, No. 1)

by Albert Camus

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Knopf. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. First American edition. English edition. Gilt lettering on spine and cover. Some foxing inside. Uncut page edges. Foxed on page edges. Shelf worn. Shelf cocke. Toned on edges of cover. (fiction, romance, autobiographical)
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by Albert Camus

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1973
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V865. Tight spine has some subtle creasing. Clean, unmarked interior. Some moderate to heavy edge-wear and bumped corners. First published in Paris in 1971 by Éditions Gallimard as La mort heureuse. Afterword and notes by Jean Sarocchi. Cover photo by R. Corbineau. 'And stone among the stones,' ends this novel, often seen as a prototype of The Stranger (its protagonist's… Read more about this item
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1973
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by Albert Camus

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1972
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First American Edition. First American edition. Measuring approximately 8.25 x 5.25" with 192 numbered pages. This book is in good condition. Moderate bumping and sunning to both ends of spine and around all edges of boards. Moderate foxing to foredge and bottom edge of textblock. Previous owner's book plate with their… Read more about this item
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A HAPPY DEATH

by CAMUS, ALBERT

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NEW YORK NY: ALFRED A KNOPF CO. NEAR FINE IN NEAR FINE D.J.. PUB 1972. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT OTHER THAN ACOFFEE RING ON PAGE 19. D.J. IS ABOUT FINE WITH JUST A TRACE OF RUB ATTHE TOP FRONT SPINE CORNER, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. … Read more about this item
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A Happy Death

by CAMUS, Albert

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1972
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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1972. First British edition and first printing. Hardcover. 199 pages. A posthumously published novel from the author of "The Fall." Translated by Richard Howard. A clean and tight near fine copy in in a near fine dust jacket with a portrait of Camus by Henri Cartier Bresson and with a laid in portion of a wraparound… Read more about this item
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1972
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New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1972. Very nice copy in its first printing. Unmarked, tight and square. Crisp, unread copy. Top page edges may have once had red topstain but this one has red topstain only at last inch or so of fore-edge side, else fine. Price intact jacket has a tiny nick at base… Read more about this item
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1972
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf , 1972. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Clean unmarked copy, close to new. Dust jacket in a new protective mylar sleeve. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. Afterword and notes by Jean Sarocchi.
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by Camus, Albert

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1972
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Fine in about fine, price-clipped dustwrapper.
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