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Does double negation confirm or annihilate the original negation

All of your sentences are valid and usual French.

The third sentence indeed negates the first one :

(1) Il n’y a qu’un livre: there is just one book (i.e. there are no more books than that one)

(3) Il n’y a pas qu’un livre: there is not just one book (i.e. there are more books than that one)

In the second sentence, plus isn’t there no negate anything but to add a piece of information:

(3) Il n’y a plus qu’un livre: there is just one book (and before, there was more)

 

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What is the capital of Tunisia?