A l'échelle humaine

First edition, with the false statement of 16th edition.

Light discoloration at the head of the spine and along the left margin of the upper cover.

Autograph inscription signed by Léon Blum to Charles-André Julien: "à André Julien, son camarade fidèle et son ami reconnaissant, Léon Blum."

Charles-André Julien was one of the leaders of the Communist Party in Algeria. He left it in 1926 and contributed to the journal Clartés edited by Henri Barbusse.

A committed anti-colonialist and activist, he established contacts with independence movements, notably with the group formed around Habib Bourguiba, who became his friend. During the Popular Front, he rejoined the SFIO and Léon Blum appointed him secretary of the Haut Comité méditerranéen et de l'Afrique du Nord (1936-1939), intended to enable the Popular Front to find solutions to questions arising from the French presence in North Africa.

After the war, he continued his anti-colonial struggle by becoming a journalist and participating in the founding of the newspaper Le Monde.