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Franklin Library leather edition of Albert Camus's "Exile and the Kingdom," Translated from the French by Justin O'Brien, a Limited edition, Illustrated by Alan E. Cober, one of the COLLECTED STORIES OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST WRITERS series, published in 1980. 22 Pages of NOTES FROM THE EDITOR included Bound in navy blue leather, the book has matching French moire silk end leaves, satin book marker, acid-free paper, Symth-sewn binding, hubbed spine, gold gilding on three edges----in NEW condition----with ORIGINAL BOX and NOTES! Albert Camus, who lived from 1913-1960, was born in Algeria to an impoverished worker and a Spanish maid. Camus won a scholarship to the lycee and entered the University of Algiers in 1932 and obtained an advanced degree in 1936 in philosophy. In May 1940, he landed in PARIS just before the German occupation. Camus was awarded the NOBEL PRIZE in 1956, but died in a car crash in 1960. Stories include: "The Adulterous Woman," "The Renegade," "The Silent Men," "The Guest," "The Artist at Work," and "The Growing Stone." 160 pages---a RARE title. I offer combined shipping.