The Plague
by Camus, Albert
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
N Y: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full black cloth boards with embossed death figure. Purple top stain to top page ends. Fraying at top of spine. Rubbing/white spots on cover. Top corner of front endpaper has been cut off. Stated First American Edition.
Synopsis
Albert Camus' parable, The Plague , tells the tale of a town beset by a horrible disease carried in from rats in the sewer, and the lessons the main characters learn as they face humanity in the destruction of the plague.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pistil Books Online (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 147986
- Title
- The Plague
- Author
- Camus, Albert
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- N Y
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Albert Camus, The Plague, Epidemic, Oran, Algeria, Pandemic, The Plague
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Pistil Books Online
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Seattle, Washington
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Tight
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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