la peste. paris: gallimard, 1947 — Camus, Albert

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Estimate: £2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $3,016–$4,525
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Sale: Sotheby's — The Library of an English Bibliophile, Part V, London · 24 November 2015
Dimensions: 185 x 117mm
Record ID: TB-2026-4416184
Record: first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Albert Camus 1913-1960, la peste. paris: gallimard, 1947. Sotheby's, 24 Nov 2015, lot 17. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4416184.

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Albert Camus 1913-1960, la peste. paris: gallimard, 1947. Sotheby's, 24 Nov 2015, lot 17. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4416184.

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From the same sale The Library of an English Bibliophile, Part V · Nov 2015

Lot	Artist	Estimate
at swim-two-birds. london: longmans, green and co., 1939	—	£3,000–£4,000
mr. norris changes trains. london: leonard and virginia woolf at the …	Christopher Isherwood	£1,500–£2,500
the ticket that exploded. paris: olympia press, 1962	Burroughs, William. 1914-1997.	£600–£800
the marble faun. boston: the four seas company, 1924	Faulkner, William. 1897-1962.	£15,000–£20,000
anna livia plurabelle. fragment of work in progress. london: faber & …	Joyce, James. 1882-1941.	£2,000–£3,000
from a view to a death. london: duckworth, 1933	Powell, Anthony. 1905-2000.	£3,500–£4,500

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