First editions of historical works: chronicles, memoirs, political pamphlets, libels, founding texts in first edition

First edition on ordinary paper.
Some foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume.

First edition.
Covers detaching at head and foot, which is almost inevitable given the fragility of this pamphlet.
Rare.

First edition.
Handsome copy.
Rare.

First edition.
Handsome copy despite a light marginal dampstain affecting the edges of the final leaves and the final endpaper at its margin, without any damage to the text.
Rare.

First edition.
Handsome copy.

New edition.
Foxing on the boards, marginally sunned, with a small angular tear at the foot of the front cover.

First edition for each volume.
Half bottle-green shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, joints showing traces of rubbing, marbled paper boards, two lacks of paper on first cover, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, corners slightly bumped, bookplate pasted at head of one pastedown.
Some light foxing.
Rare.
Mounted on a stub at the head of the work is a rare fascicle entitled "Combats judiciaires en Normandie" by the same author, consisting of an offprint from the Recueil de la société libre d'Agriculture, sciences, arts et belles-lettres de l'Eure published in 1835.

First edition illustrated with 7 wood engravings and 3 plans.
Half bronze sheep binding, spine with five raised bands with scratches and a black stain, marbled paper boards, speckled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Contemporary full brown calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Tan morocco title label. Tear with holes at head. 2 holes along the upper joint at tail. Rubbed and scuffed throughout. Browning framing the first 3 leaves including the title page.
According to the collation, the second part lacks a half-title or title for the second and third letters. However, we believe that the same title was used for these different parts and that it was placed only at the head of the first letter of the second part. The collections sold did not always contain all the parts with different pagination found in this copy. For example, the copy in the Bibliothèque nationale de France does not have these 2 parts (second letter and third letter of the second part); it contains only the last two letters attached to the first two, without the second part.
First letter on the Comédie française. Second letter on the opera. Second part on the Comédie italienne (three letters). Two final letters on the fairs of S. Germain and S. Laurent. The author presents the contemporary situation of spectacles in Paris by examining the Comédie française, the opera for which the author lists recent performances, musicians and composers, the Comédie italienne and the spectacles of the fairs.

First edition of the French translation.
A lack to head of spine which also has small tears at foot, paper yellowed as usual.
Preface by Vladimir Zenzinoff.

Rare first edition in French.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Small tears and corner losses to covers, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First editions of these 4 volumes abundantly illustrated with 484 color engravings in the text and numerous black and white ones, being 121 per volume. The editions of each volume appeared from 1888 to 1891.
Publisher's special bindings, grey for the first volume, green for the following 3. Smooth spine decorated with ornate compartments. Color composition on the first cover, different for each volume. All edges gilt. Signs of rubbing at head and corners. One tiny cut on a headcap. Fresh paper, free from foxing.
Superb copies.
Vol.1, Niederbronn, Wissembourg, Froeschwiller, Châlons, Reims, Buzancy, Beaumont, Mouzon, Bazeille, Sedan. 956 pages. Vol.2, Sarrebrück, Spickeren, La retraite sur Metz, Pont-à-Mousson, Borny. 956 pages. Vol.3, Gravelotte, Rézonville, Vionville, Mars-la-Tour, Saint-Marcel, Flavigny, Les lignes d'Amanvillers, Saint-Privat, Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes, Montigny-la-Grange, Moscou, Saint-Hubert, Le Point du Jour. 978 pages. Vol.4, L'Investissement de Metz, La journée des dupes, Servigny, Noisseville, Flanville, Nouilly, Coincy, Le Blocus de Metz, Peltre, Mercy-le Haut, Ladonchamps, La Capitulation. Beyond the illustration, the obvious interest of this collection is to present the history of the war from both the German and French perspective.

Original photograph taken by Pierre Ligey showing Charles Maurras slightly in profile and seated at his work table. Contemporary print.
Photographer's printed stamp on the verso of the photograph.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Charles Maurras at the foot of the photograph: "A André Jeambon très cordialement, Charles Maurras. Paris le 31 Déc. 1936." ["To André Jeambon very cordially, Charles Maurras. Paris December 31, 1936."]

Visiting card enriched with these few words in blue ink:
"Avec ses meilleurs remerciements et ses bonnes amitiés." ["With his best thanks and kind regards."]

First edition published in Prague at the request of the General Association of Students of Martinique.
Some leaves slightly creased at head.
Rare and handsome pamphlet concluding with this exclamation: "Vive la patrie antillo-guyanaise ! " ["Long live the Antillean-Guianese homeland!"]

First edition.

Stains to boards, handsome interior condition.

First edition of this special issue devoted to the events of May-June 68.
Handsome copy illustrated with photographs.
Contributions by Henri Fauré, Henri Velay, Michel Tricot, Jean Heinemann.

First edition.
Foxing to covers.
Copy complete with its membership slip for the Star of the Orient, an association created for the foundation of the observatory and the religious, scientific and philanthropic museum of Jerusalem.

First edition illustrated with an unpublished portrait in chromolithography, 14 frames on tinted frieze, ornaments and tailpieces extracted from a 15th-century manuscript, and 14 beautiful original compositions printed in monochrome by Claudius Ciappori-Puche.
Deluxe publisher's binding in full brown shagreen gilt and polychrome signed at foot by Legros and Pelletier. Spine with raised bands decorated with special tools. Large ornamental panel on boards, with at the center of the upper board a shield on blue ground, same on the lower board with the initials JD within a decorative medallion. Foot headcap slightly worn in part. Gilt roll on leading edges and rich interior frieze. Edges gilt. Leather of lower joint at foot with slight crack. Some pale scattered foxing.
Rich binding inspired by the 15th century.
Biography of Joan of Arc examined from the perspective of her divine mission.

First edition illustrated with a photograph of Yuri Gagarin on the first cover.
A small tear at the head of the spine, otherwise a handsome copy.
Iconography.

First edition.
Spine restored with some lacks, front board reattached, small corner lacks and stains on boards, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition.
A handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Abolhassan Bani Sadr, first president of Iran who was driven from power by Ayatollah Khomeini in 1981, to Madame Mona Saïd.

First edition.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Juliette Minces to J. Charpentreau.

First edition for which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Four corner lacks to boards, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition of this bulletin printed and distributed during the Algerian War by the Organisation Clandestine du Contingent.
The O.C.C. brought together, within the French army, communist elements campaigning against the war in Algeria and seeking to end France's colonial adventure by denouncing the misdeeds and abuses of colonialism.
Rare document alerting O.C.C. militants against the actions of the O.A.S., the Organisation de l'Armée Secrète fighting for the preservation of a French Algeria.
Fold mark inherent to postal distribution.

Copiously illustrated first edition.
Spine and boards marginally sunned, plastic film covering the boards peeling at corners.
Fine autograph inscription signed by François de Vaux de Foletier to Jean-François Tournaire accompanied by a few words in Romani.

First edition.
A small lack to head of title page, some foxing.
Iconography.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Iconography, handsome copy, with press clippings.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Paul Voivenel to Doctor R. Moline.

First illustrated edition (the original having appeared in 6 volumes in-8 on the same date), illustrated with 2 frontispieces and 18 plates by Philippoteaux, Riffaut, Karl Girardet.
Contemporary half aubergine morocco bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt and blind fillets as well as small blind typographical motifs, paste-paper boards, all edges speckled.
Head of first volume slightly damaged without loss, minor scuffing. Endpapers offset and scattered foxing mainly at beginning and end of volumes.

First edition.
Spine unlettered, lightly sunned, stains to boards.

First edition.
spine faded, sinon Nice copy.

New edition partly original.
nice copy.

First edition.
Photographic cover and photographs in the text.
Preface by Jacques Duclos.
Minor creases at foot of the first few leaves.

First edition published by the French Committee for Action in support of the twelve leaders of the Communist Party of the United States.
Text preceded by a statement by Bernard Shaw.
Small lack at head of front cover.

First edition illustrated with photographs denouncing colonial cruelty and the slavery it engenders.
Unlettered spine sunned, dampstain at foot of boards also affecting the spine, handsome interior condition, printed stamp on title page.
Rare.

First edition of this pamphlet distributed by the French F.L.N. federation.
Rare pamphlet.

First edition of this pamphlet printed by supporters of the French Communist Party's return to Marxist-Leninist principles.
Rare and handsome fascicle.

First edition.

One gathering detached.

First edition published by the recently created Martinican Communist Party after the congress at Lamentin on 21 and 22 September 1957.
Two small stains to front cover.
Rare.

First edition in French of this stenographic report delivered on 9 August 1938 in Barcelona before the National Committee of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
Some tears to spine, foxing and stains to covers.
Rare.

First edition published and distributed by the Federation of Chinese Associations in Europe for National Salvation.
Spine and covers very lightly and marginally sunned, a small lack at foot of front cover.
Rare fascicle illustrated with 5 photographs.

First edition published and distributed by the Committee for Amnesty and Defense of Indochinese and Colonized Peoples.
Covers marginally discolored, an orange stain at foot of front cover.
Rare.

First edition of this pamphlet published by the "Thaelmann Committee".
Minor corner lacks on the marginally sunned covers, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 24 etchings on chine collé by Félicien Rops and Emile Thérond (the frontispiece and 18 of the vignettes are indeed by Rops).
Contemporary half brown shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with fillets. Some rubbing. 2 corners slightly bumped.
One of Auguste Poulet-Malassis's first productions in Brussels, the F. Rops frontispiece is a heliogravure reworked with etching and drypoint.
Monograph of all Parisian balls, a fashion particularly followed by all social classes at the time.

First edition in French of this offprint from the article published in No. 9 of "Internationale communiste" from February 1920.
Spine and boards marginally sunned and soiled, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition.
Handsome copy despite a vertical fold at the center of the first cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Vidal-Naquet to a couple of his friends.

New edition with some parts in first edition.
Handsome copy complete with its 4 folding color maps at the end of the volume.
Autograph inscription signed by René Dumont at the twilight of his life.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Fine copy, iconography.
Rare dated autograph inscription signed by Yaël Dayan to Christian Melchior-Bonnet.

First edition, one of the first 60 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome and rare full-margined copy despite small marginal tears of no consequence to the boards.
Signed autograph inscription from Edmond Delage to monsieur Geymard.

First edition illustrated with 10 color plates under tissue guards and 175 monochrome engravings in black in the text, engraved by M. Raymond and MM. Ducourtioux and Huillard, depicting military costumes from the Gauls to the Second Empire.
Publisher's binding, full straight-grained green Empire morocco boards of the period. Special gilt plate on spine and upper cover, red percaline banner for the title. Publisher's blind stamp on rear cover. Light rubbing to headcap and corners. Half-title with marginal tear of 1.5cm. A slight nick at foot. Perfect paper freshness. Some leaves slightly protruding, otherwise a very handsome copy in the publisher's deluxe binding.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half red cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet at tail, marbled paper boards.
Some light foxing, a hole with loss affecting the "T" of the word "tir" in the work's title on the title page, manuscript signature of a previous owner on the title page.
Work illustrated with 29 figures in the text and tables at the end of the volume.

First edition.
Handsome copy despite spine and covers marginally discolored.
Preface by André Chamson, Director General of the Archives of France.

First edition, one of 110 numbered copies on pure paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half old rose morocco binding with corners, spine very lightly faded with four raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed Burkhart.
Handsome copy.

First edition of this issue.
Spine very lightly sunned with also a small stain at head.
Contributions by Paul J. Weber & Henri de Lavalette "Réflexions sur ls émeutes aux Etats-Unis", Pierre Chauleur "L'Afrique noire à l'heure des militaires", Raphaël Terdjian: "Le journal en miettes de Ionesco", Jean Collet "La chinoise de Jean-Luc Godard", Louis Beirnaert "L'irréductible violence"...

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on vellum paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Light worming to boards and minor foxing to endpapers.
Autograph inscription signed, in French, by Charles Goldstein to Charles Dobzynski.

First edition of the translation in French.
Nice copy.

First edition of the translation in French.
Nice copy.

First edition in French.
Iconography at the beginning of the volume.
Spine lightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine being very lightly sunned.
Preface by Henri Alleg.

First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of eighth edition.
Spine sunned, paper inevitably yellowed given the very poor quality of this wartime paper, a tear without loss to the middle of the title page and two following pages.
Autograph inscription signed by Georges Herment to Jean-François Tournaire.

First edition of the translation in French.
Nice copy.

Edition with some parts in first edition.
Handsome copy despite light scuffs of no consequence to boards and spine.

First edition.
Spine and covers marginally faded, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly sunned.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on superior vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Spine sunned, slight tears to front wrapper.

First edition printed on laid paper.
Some foxing concentrated mainly on the endpapers.

First edition.
Small tears with sometimes tiny lacks to margins of boards and to head and tail of spine.

First edition of the French translation by Charles Malo.
Half brown sheep binding, smooth spine faded and rubbed decorated with gilt fleurons and friezes, one tear to upper headcap, old rose shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
A bookseller's description label pasted on one pastedown having caused a small shadow on the facing page.

First edition, one of 330 numbered copies on coated paper, the only deluxe copies.
Under the direction of Jean Galtier-Boissière, cover illustrated with a drawing by Maurice Henry.
Rich iconography, complete with publisher's slip, sought after.
Light worming at foot of covers, one scratch with slight lack of paper to margin of rear cover.

First edition richly illustrated with 129 photographs.
Complete with its illustrated dust jacket which shows small tears at the head of the spine.
A handsome copy.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double gilt compartments adorned with gilt fleurons at the corners, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns (small paper lack at foot of one endpaper), original wrappers preserved, speckled edges.
Some foxing, very light marginal discoloration at head of first board, small black stains in margins of boards.
Rare autograph inscription signed, in German, by Kurd don Schlözer, on the first wrapper to a Madame de Staal.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Signed and inscribed by Xavier Martin to Pierre Gourdin.

First edition.
A small lack and a crease mark at foot of back cover, another crease on the front cover.
Iconography.
Signed autograph inscription from Fernand Caussy to André Gasquet.

First edition.
Half navy blue shagreen binding, spine very slightly faded with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled top edge, soiled cover preserved.
Autograph inscription signed by G. Susane to Monsieur Baron.

First edition, one of the rare copies on Holland laid paper of which no mention is made.
Half brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double gilt compartments, spine with some rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Rare.
Provenance: from the library of Guy Etchegoyen with his bookplate pasted on a pastedown.

First edition in French.
Publisher's full green cardboard bindings, smooth spines decorated with a black fleuron, triple black fillet frames on boards, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
Some minor rubbing of no consequence on certain boards, one leaf of the first volume detached (pages 139 to 142).
Handsome complete set in 6 volumes.

First edition, one of 110 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, deluxe copy.
Light foxing to endpapers, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, one of 100 copies numbered and justified on Holland paper by the publisher, deluxe copy.
Fine copy despite small marginal worming on first endpaper.
Work illustrated with a color frontispiece, a facsimile letter as well as 7 plates of which 3 in color, historiated bandeaux and initials, reproducing drawings by Detaille, Berne-Bellecour, Baugnies, etc...

First edition.
Two small tears at head of spine, the first gathering was slightly mis-cut causing minor lacks without gravity at heads of pages.
Work illustrated with a photographic portrait of Edgar Faure as frontispiece.
Signed autograph inscription from Jean Sarrus to André Morice, several times minister and former mayor of Nantes.

First edition printed nominatively on laid paper, ours for Monsieur F. Petit.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece plate.
Small tears and lacks to the spine and board margins, handsome interior condition despite light foxing to the edges.
Rare copy.

First edition.
Tiny corner lack at foot of front cover, spine and boards lightly and marginally sunned without significance, handsome interior condition.
Illustrated pamphlet with figures in text and hors-texte.

First edition.
A small stain at foot of front cover, handsome copy.
Illustrated pamphlet with figures in text and hors-texte.