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Henri Charriere – Papillon – First UK Edition 1970
£185.00
A first UK edition, first printing of Papillon by Henri Charrière, published by Rupert Hart-Davis, London in 1970. A near fine copy with internals free from inscriptions, red top stain to slightly browning text block, topographical end papers. In a near fine price clipped wrapper, with minor bumping to spine tips and knuckles of front and rear flap folds. Wrapper design by Stephen Abis.
Translated from the French by Patrick O’Brian. First published in France in 1969, Papillon by Henri Charrière is an autobiographical novel that recounts the author’s harrowing experiences after being wrongfully convicted of murder in 1930s France. Sentenced to life in the brutal penal colony of Devil’s Island in French Guiana, Charrière, nicknamed “Papillon” for his butterfly tattoo, becomes obsessed with escape. The book details his relentless efforts to gain freedom, enduring inhumane conditions, betrayals and numerous daring escape attempts, embodying the human spirit’s resilience against oppression.
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A first UK edition, first printing of Papillon by Henri Charrière, published by Rupert Hart-Davis, London in 1970. A near fine copy with internals free from inscriptions, red top stain to slightly browning text block, topographical end papers. In a near fine price clipped wrapper, with minor bumping to spine tips and knuckles of front and rear flap folds. Wrapper design by Stephen Abis.
Translated from the French by Patrick O’Brian. First published in France in 1969, Papillon by Henri Charrière is an autobiographical novel that recounts the author’s harrowing experiences after being wrongfully convicted of murder in 1930s France. Sentenced to life in the brutal penal colony of Devil’s Island in French Guiana, Charrière, nicknamed “Papillon” for his butterfly tattoo, becomes obsessed with escape. The book details his relentless efforts to gain freedom, enduring inhumane conditions, betrayals and numerous daring escape attempts, embodying the human spirit’s resilience against oppression.
