CAMUS, Albert (1913-1960). L'Etat de siege. Spectacle en trois parties. Paris: Gallimard, 1948. 8vo. Half-title. (Browning as usual.) Original printed wrappers (spine panel darkened); quarter morocco folding case. Provenance: A. M. Antomin (presentation inscription). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY CAMUS on half-title: "A. M. Antomin en cordial hommage Albert Camus." Critics and the public expected a dramatization of Camus' La Peste (1947), but L'Etat de siege was different in tone, and was initially poorly received. Despite this, the work has remained almost constantly in print in French since its first publication.