NMLP P-039847 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

The Stranger

Albert Camus · Éditions Gallimard, Paris · 1942

The ordinary edition was 4,400 copies, deliberately divided: 400 service de presse (review) copies, 500 copies with no edition statement, and 3,500 copies carrying FALSE edition statements running from 'deuxième édition' through 'huitième édition' on the lower wrapper — Gallimard split the single printing into eight fictitious 'editions' of 550 copies each

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-039847 for "The Stranger" by Albert Camus (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-039847, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).