BARABBAS by Par Lagerkvist Translated by Alan Blair. With a preface by Lucien Maury and a letter by Andre Gide. New York: Random House, (1951). First U.S. edition, first printing (stated). Mild bumping to the shelf edges and one corner tip, else very good in black cloth over light blue boards, gilt spine lettering; in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with chipping to the upper spine, and several short tears at the edges. Jacket design by Marvin Newman. The critically well-received novel offers a version of the life of Barrabas. "The unprecedented human value and universal importance of this book cannot be doubted."--French critic Marcel Brion. The novel was adapted to films and television including a film by Richard Fleischer in 1961, starring Anthony Quinn. Lagerkvist was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1951. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.