André THÉRIVE

First edition, one of the numbered copies on laid paper.
Copy in original wrappers, the justification page at the end has been neatly removed, endpapers very lightly and partially shaded.

First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on alfa reserved for the press.
Precious signed autograph inscription by André Thérive: " A monsieur Henri Béraud, son ami fidèle..." ["To monsieur Henri Béraud, his faithful friend..."]
Light foxing affecting primarily the margins of some leaves, spine sunned.
Provenance: from the library of Henri Béraud in Ré.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on Alfa paper and reserved to the press office.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by André Thérive Charles Laval.
Nice copy.

First edition, one of 800 numbered copies on Auvergne paper.
Autograph inscription signed by André Thérive to Emile Mireaux "... qui a gardé sûrement le goût des canulars" ["... who surely retained his taste for hoaxes"].
Spine and first cover uniformly faded as usual, second cover marginally faded, handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Yellowed paper having caused some slight angular gaps on certain sheets, mainly at the beginning of the volume, small tears and angular gaps on the fragile back.
Autograph tribute signed by André Thérive to Maurice Martin du Gard.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vellum Marais, ours unjustified.
Nice copy.
Autograph signed by André Thérive to Maurice Martin du Gard: "... who never meditates, - neither do I ..."

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on Alfa paper and reserved to the press service.
Signed autograph Andre Thérive Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, he was the   founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him   in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench"   "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the trenches the joys of camaraderie that removed social barriers. [...] To deny all limits and all separations, get out of my class, out of my skin: this slogan electrified me. [...] Must serve my life! Must serve all my life! "

First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph Andre Thérive Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, he was the   founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him   in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench"   "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the trenches the joys of camaraderie that removed social barriers. [...] To deny all limits and all separations, get out of my class, out of my skin: this slogan electrified me. [...] Must serve my life! Must serve all my life! "
Back and boards slightly and marginally insolated, tearing the top of the half-title page.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on laid paper.
Copy with double wrappers, the justification page at the end has been cleanly removed, endpapers very lightly and partially shaded.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Inscribed by the author.
A slight central tear without consequence to the front cover.

First edition on ordinary paper, only 13 vellum deluxe copies were printed.
Illustrated cover, with a portrait of Auguste Comte as frontispiece.
Three slight tears of no consequence to the front board, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Illustrated with a portrait and a facsimile.
Spine sunned.