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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First American edition. First American edition, first printing. [vi], 155, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's beige cloth stamped in brown, red topstain. Very Good+ with toning to cloth, worn bottom corner, name written on front free endpaper, in a Very Good dust jacket, worn and a little chipped along extremities, price-clipped. The famous French existentialist novel's first appearance on American shores.

L'Etranger (The Stranger) is a novel by French author Albert Camus published in 1942. Its theme and outlook are often cited as examples of Camus's philosophy of the absurd and existentialism, though Camus personally rejected the latter label.

Identifying a first edition of 'L'Etranger' would involve checking the publisher (Gallimard), publication date, and often specific details like errors or typesetting details that were corrected in later editions.