First edition printed from the Vatican archives, one of 27 numbered copies on pure linen paper, deluxe copy.
Rare and fine copy.
Commentary by Raymond Ritter.
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on superior vellum, ours one of 5 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Spine sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.
Rare.
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."
Complete run of the first twenty years of the newspaper Libération, founded in 1973 by Jean-Paul Sartre, Serge July, Philippe Gavi, Bernard Lallement and Jean-Claude Vernier.
6,200 issues in pristine condition (never opened).
This unique collection comprises 6,200 issues of Libération in impeccable condition (never opened), and is absolutely complete – including all the “numéros zéros”, promotional issues, special reports, thematic supplements (including the entire series of the celebrated “Sandwich” issues), and the commemorative twentieth anniversary album – from Monday 5 February 1973 to Monday 3 January 1994.
The collection is offered with its custom-made display unit (2.60 m high, 4.20 m wide, and 50 cm deep). It consists of 35 stackable compartments, each measuring 84 x 36.5 x 50 cm, each housing two sliding drawers. Each drawer holds approximately one hundred issues of the newspaper.
Provenance: Frédéric Fredj Collection.
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in full wood-effect paper, smooth spine, author's name and title lettered in orange and vertically, in the center of the front board, inlaid, a photographic portrait, covers and spine preserved, slipcase bordered with the same wood-effect paper, brown paper boards, original contemporary binding signed Leroux.
Handsome copy pleasantly executed by one of the last great masters of French twentieth-century bookbinding.
