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  2. Un secteur de la Résistance française - Le livre blanc de Buchenwald
    Louis FERRAND, COLLECTIF
    Un secteur de la Résistance française - Le livre blanc de Buchenwald
    Les Éditions de la Déportation et de la Résistance|Paris s. d. [circa 1955]|24 x 31 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Unlettered grey cloth spine, the title of the work has been added, certainly by the dedicatee, in blue ballpoint pen, some angular creases on the boards.
    Moving autograph inscription dated and signed by Louis Ferrand: "A mon ami Marcovitch Louis, mon frère de chaîne à Buchenwald. Fraternel souvenir des années sombres. 11 septembre 1966. Louis Ferrand matricule 81.106." [To my friend Marcovitch Louis, my chain brother at Buchenwald. Fraternal memory of the dark years. September 11, 1966. Louis Ferrand registration number 81.106.]
    Communist militant and resistance fighter, Louis Ferrand was arrested on November 1, 1943 and severely tortured to the point of being momentarily paralyzed. He was finally deported to Buchenwald camp on August 22, 1944 where he actively participated in the clandestine resistance, notably by diverting food to feed the children and the weakest of his companions in dreadful misfortune. He also took part in the battles for the liberation of Buchenwald camp on April 11, 1945.
    Upon his return to France, Louis Ferrand, as one of the principal leaders of the National Federation of Former Deportees and Interned Resistance Fighters and Patriots, was the tireless defender of the rights of his fellow deportees in their struggle to recover their health and live with dignity.
    Precious and poignant copy.
    €300
  4. Deux aspects de la criminalité systématique dans les camps de concentration allemands : La psychose collective allemande - Terrain et facteurs de développement
    Pierre PORTAIL
    Deux aspects de la criminalité systématique dans les camps de concentration allemands : La psychose collective allemande - Terrain et facteurs de développement
    Imprimeries réunies • Université de Paris - Faculté de Droit|Chambéry 1947|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition of this thesis defended by Pierre Portail.
    Two small repaired tears on the lightly sunned spine.
    Rare.
    Moving and precious autograph inscription signed by Pierre Portail to Frédéric-Henry Manhès, known as Colonel Manhès, who was Jean Moulin's deputy then arrested by the French police and deported to Buchenwald: "Au colonel Manhès, Président de la F.N.D.I.P." ["To Colonel Manhès, President of the F.N.D.I.P."], avec mes sentiments respectueux. P. Portail. Février 1948." ["with my respectful sentiments. P. Portail. February 1948."]
    After the war Colonel Manhès was president of the National Federation of Deported and Interned Resistance Fighters and Patriots (F.N.D.I.P.)
    €450
  8. Sur mon antenne - Souvenirs d'une radio libre
    Marcel BLEUSTEIN-BLANCHET
    Sur mon antenne - Souvenirs d'une radio libre
    Gallimard|Paris 1947|12 x 18.50 cm|relié

    First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on deckle-edged paper, ours specially printed for General Koenig.
    Bradel binding in full white cardboard simulating vellum, spine with four compartments decorated with panels outlined in red, red fillet frame on boards, front cover preserved, top edge red.
    Precious autograph inscription from Marcel Bleustein, who took the pseudonym Blanchet during the Resistance, to General Koenig, the great victor of the battle of Bir Hakeim: "Pour monsieur le général Koenig, en témoignage de ma grande admiration et de mon respectueux attachement. Son ancien officier de presse Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet le 24 Nov. 1948" [For General Koenig, as a testimony of my great admiration and respectful attachment. His former press officer Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, November 24, 1948].
    Moving tribute from a Resistance fighter to one of the very first military victors over the Axis forces.

    €750
  11. Entretiens avec Francis Crémieux
    Louis ARAGON, Francis CRÉMIEUX
    Entretiens avec Francis Crémieux
    Gallimard|Paris 1964|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Handsome copy.
    Precious and fine autograph inscription signed by Louis Aragon to Maurice Druon: "A Maurice Druon, à l'homme invisible, son ami présent. Aragon" ["To Maurice Druon, to the invisible man, his present friend. Aragon"] with an additional autograph inscription signed by Francis Crémieux: "Ca va être ton tour. Ton creux frère. Francis." ["It's going to be your turn. Your hollow brother. Francis."]
    €600
  12. Parade pour une armée défunte - Histoire de l'armée française de 1939 à 1962 - Exemplaire de l'as des as des Forces aériennes françaises libres Pierre Clostermann
    Louis de FOUQUIERES
    Parade pour une armée défunte - Histoire de l'armée française de 1939 à 1962 - Exemplaire de l'as des as des Forces aériennes françaises libres Pierre Clostermann
    Muller édition|Issy-les-Moulineaux 1997|16 x 24 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    A handsome copy.
    Precious signed autograph inscription from Louis de Fouquières to Pierre Clostermann: "Pour notre grand as Pierre Clostermann avec toute mon admiration et mon amitié. L. de Fouquières." ["To our great ace Pierre Clostermann with all my admiration and friendship. L. de Fouquières."]
    €100
  13. Les prisonniers - 380 000 soldats de Hitler aux U.S.A. - Exemplaire de l'as des as des Forces aériennes françaises libres Pierre Clostermann
    Daniel COSTELLE
    Les prisonniers - 380 000 soldats de Hitler aux U.S.A. - Exemplaire de l'as des as des Forces aériennes françaises libres Pierre Clostermann
    Flammarion|Paris 1975|14 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite a slight tear on the front cover diminishing to disappear from the following two pages.
    Iconography
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Daniel Costelles to Pierre Clostermann: "Pour Pierre avec ma très très grande reconnaissance. D.C.." ["For Pierre with my very very great gratitude. D.C.."]
    €80
  14. Les voix de Saint-Gilles - Exemplaire de l'as des as des Forces aériennes françaises libres Pierre Clostermann
    Marie-Magdeleine SAEYEYS
    Les voix de Saint-Gilles - Exemplaire de l'as des as des Forces aériennes françaises libres Pierre Clostermann
    Editions Solédi|Liège 1948|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Handsome copy despite covers slightly and marginally sunned without significance.
    Exceptional autograph inscription signed by Marie-Magdeleine Saeyeys to the ace of aces of the Free French Air Forces (F.A.F.L.) Pierre Clostermann: "Au wing commander Pierre Clostermann. A chacun son combat, aux uns la splendeur des étoiles, aux autres les ténèbres... lorsqu'il est inscrit en nous pour éternellement le devoir accompli, qu'importe l'oubli des foules. M.M. Saeyeys. 19 août 1968." ["To wing commander Pierre Clostermann. To each his own combat, to some the splendor of the stars, to others the darkness... when duty accomplished is inscribed in us for eternity, what does it matter if the crowds forget. M.M. Saeyeys. 19 August 1968."]
    Our copy is enriched with an autograph signed card from the author to Pierre Clostermann who bombed the Gestapo headquarters in Belgium, the episode and its impact on the population of occupied Wallonia being narrated on page 241: "Je n'ai pas l'ambition de vous voir lire ce journal en entier. Je souhaite seulement que l'ouvriez à la page 241 et qu'ainsi vous sachiez encore un peu mieux ce que signifiait pour nous un avion ami traversant notre ciel captif... M.M. S." ["I do not have the ambition to see you read this diary in its entirety. I only wish that you would open it to page 241 and thus know a little better what it meant for us to see a friendly aircraft crossing our captive sky... M.M. S."]
    The passage in question is indicated in the margin of a paragraph on page 241.
    €300
  15. La Tête d'Obsidienne
    André MALRAUX
    La Tête d'Obsidienne
    Gallimard|Paris 1974|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché

    First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.


    Iconography at rear.


    Precious autograph inscription signed by André Malraux to the diplomat and great resistance fighter, faithful among the faithful of General De Gaulle, Gaston Palewski to whom this work is dedicated below the printed dedication: "C'est pour vous distraire. Vous recevrez vos exemplaires convenables la semaine prochaine" ["This is to entertain you. You will receive your proper copies next week"].
     

    €1,500
  16. La Vie est un Combat (Souvenirs 1924-1944)
    Edmond JOUHAUD
    La Vie est un Combat (Souvenirs 1924-1944)
    Fayard|Paris 1974|14 x 22 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Publisher's full blue cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket (which has small tears and adhesive residue from postal envelope tape on an inner flap) and its tricolored wraparound band.
    Autograph inscription signed by Edmond Jouhaud to the wife of General Pierre Marette, recently widowed, presenting his condolences: "... j'apprends le deuil cruel qui vous touche en la personne de votre époux, mon ami, avec qui je me trouvais à Saint Cyr en 1924..." ["I learn of the cruel loss that touches you in the person of your husband, my friend, with whom I was at Saint Cyr in 1924..."], envelope included.
    €100
  30. Mémoires
    Jacques DUCLOS
    Mémoires
    Arthème Fayard|Paris 1968-1972|13 x 19.50 cm|6 volumes reliés en 7
    First edition for each of the volumes: one of 100 numbered copies on alfa paper for volumes I, II and III and III bis, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa paper for volumes IV & V, the last and sixth volume printed in 70 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Bound in half red shagreen with corners, spines with five raised bands set with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spines preserved, top edges gilt, retaining deckled edges.
    Spines slightly faded.
    Handsome copy attractively bound and complete in 7 volumes (the third volume comprising two volumes).

    €750
  31. Mémoires de guerre
    Charles DE GAULLE
    Mémoires de guerre
    Plon|Paris 1954, 1956, 1959|14.50 x 23 cm|3 volumes brochés

    First edition, one of 1550 numbered copies on roto blanc Aussèdat paper printed under sky blue covers.
    Spine of the third volume and boards marginally sunned, a small tear at the foot of the spine of the first volume, otherwise a handsome set.
    Our copy is enhanced with a visiting card by Charles De Gaulle mounted on a stub in the first volume on which he added these words: "Merci, bien sincèrement de la sympathie que vous m'avez témoignée. C.G." ["Thank you, very sincerely for the sympathy you have shown me. C.G."].
    Also mounted on a stub below the card, we include the envelope stamped by the Presidency of the Republic and addressed to Claude Morgan, recipient of the visiting card (postmarked January 19, 1960).

    €2,500
  34. Mille neuf cent quarante quatre
    [Lucien SCHELER as] Jean SILENCE
    Mille neuf cent quarante quatre
    Le club des amis du livre|Paris 1964|18.50 x 20.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur

    First edition of this selection of poems on the Resistance.
    Publisher's full yellow cloth binding, complete with its illustrated dust jacket and cellophane wrapper which has a lack to the head of the rear panel.
    Fine autograph inscription signed by Lucien Scheler, alias Jean Silence, to Robert Gallimard: "... cette lampe-tempête souvenir du temps mort, avec l'amitié de Jean Silence."

    €60
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