The Myth of Sisyphus

The original-language French first (Gallimard, 1942) is the true first. First edition in English is the UK edition — Hamish Hamilton, London, 1955, titled simply 'The Myth of Sisyphus' — in blue cloth lettered in silver; it precedes the first American edition, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, June 1955. Title trap: the Knopf is a separately-titled, expanded book, 'The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays' (adding Essays 1940–1953 and a new 1955 Camus preface). Both English editions are collected; do not conflate the UK single-essay volume with the expanded US collection.