La cité universelle

First edition, no deluxe copies were printed; this copy retains the original wrappers.

 

A small loss at the head of the rear wrapper, otherwise a rare and pleasing copy.

"There are not several human races, there is only one human race. It's because we're men like them that the SS will finally prove powerless before us."

This fundamental work on the experience of the Nazi camps was the third and final publication of the short-lived publishing house founded by Marguerite Duras and Robert Antelme, her husband from 1940 to 1946.
Overlooked at the time of this first, confidential printing, with only a handful of copies sold, it was reissued the...

The first edition, of which there were no large paper copies - this copy with the right covers.
Small tears, not serious, to the margins of covers and to foot and head of spine.
"There are no human beings, there is just humankind. It's because we are people just like them that the SS will be forever powerless before us."
This fundamental work on the experience of the Nazi concentration camps was the third and last book published by the fleeting publishing house established by Marguerite Duras and Robert Antelme, her husband from 1940 to 1946.
This first - unadvertised - appearance of the work sank without trace, selling barely a few copies. It was reissued the...

The first edition, of which there were no large paper copies – this copy with the right covers.

With a very rare autograph inscription signed by Robert Antelme to Francis Ambrière.

“There are no human beings, there is just humankind. It's because we are people just like them that the SS will be forever powerless before us.”
This fundamental work on the experience of the Nazi concentration camps was the third and last book published by the fleeting publishing house established by Marguerite Duras and Robert Antelme, her husband from 1940 to 1946.
This first - unadvertised – appearance of the work...