A Happy Death
by Camus, Albert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine to Fine/Fine
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
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 of spine, else flawless. In mylar. . First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine to Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Literature.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016998
- Title
- A Happy Death
- Author
- Camus, Albert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine to Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Modern Classic Author's;
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.