Antique economic theories, political science, political economy treatises, first editions and dedications by physiocrats and economists

Original drawing in blue felt-tip pen and heightened with red and gold felt-tip pens depicting aviator Edouard Corniglion-Molinier in profile, head turned to the right and proudly wearing his decoration.
The signed drawing on the right bears this legend in blue felt-tip pen: "Corniglion-Molinier".
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was particularly the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Baudrillard to a friend named Ginette.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Amusing autograph inscription signed by Charles Hernu to Jenny and Pierre Viansson-Ponté, journalist and co-founder of L'Express: "... en bien fidèle hommage et en toute amitié. Charles Etternu 28 1 75" ["in faithful tribute and in complete friendship. Charles Etternu 28 1 75"].
Minister of Defense under François Mitterrand, Charles Hernu had to resign after the affair of the sinking of the Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior, by the French secret services.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Mémoires de la Société des Sciences morales, des Lettres et des Arts de Seine-et-Oise.
Rare pamphlet presented under plain blue temporary covers with boards marginally and lightly soiled, handsome interior condition.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Chardon to his brother-in-law named Georges.

First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Gift inscription from a previous owner at the head of an endpaper.
A handsome copy.

First edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Frigide Barjot to a friend named Amélie: "... dédie avec émotion le Manuel de survie de la femme moderne pour savoir comment faire pour emmener transept à la une de Marie-Claire ! Mille baisers." ["...dedicates with emotion the Modern Woman's Survival Manual to know how to get transept on the cover of Marie-Claire! A thousand kisses."]

First edition of this diatribe against the French government, guilty of having abandoned its Polish allies during their annexation by Russia.
Some marginal tears to covers, light foxing.
Rare.

Photographic portrait of Yitzhak Shamir shown slightly in profile.
Handsome copy.
Manuscript signature of Yitzhak Shamir, in black ink at the foot of his portrait.

Photographic portrait of Shimon Peres shown facing front, posed before his library.
Handsome copy.
Manuscript signature by Shimon Peres, in blue ink at the foot of his portrait.

Reproduction of a photographic portrait of Léopold Sédar Senghor shown slightly in profile and wearing glasses.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Léopold Sédar Senghor, in blue ink at the foot of the portrait, to Frédéric Brion.

First edition in original wrappers.
Library stamp on title page, foxing.
Copy presented under blue temporary covers, title label pasted at head of spine, small lacks and corner tears to boards.
Provenance: from the library of Count de Montalembert with his manuscript ownership inscription at head of half-title page.

First edition, with third edition statement.
Half orange morocco binding, smooth spine browned decorated with gilt typographical motifs, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, top edge gilt.
On an endpaper, a visiting card of Edouard Herriot has been mounted on which he added these manuscript words: "Merci mon cher Richard, je vous lirai la plume à la main. Cordialement Edouard." ["Thank you my dear Richard, I will read you pen in hand. Cordially Edouard."]
Finally, we include two postcards dated December 8, 1918 addressed by Marius Richard to his father and representing two monuments of the city of Metz: the cathedral and the statue of Marshal Ney.
On the first, Marius Richard inscribed these historic words: "Souvenir de la réunion de Metz à la France" ["Souvenir of the reunion of Metz with France"], on the second: "Souvenir de la plus grande minute de tous les temps. Marius." ["Souvenir of the greatest moment of all time. Marius."]
A touching patriotic testimony immortalizing, in the full euphoria of the very recent armistice of November 11, 1918, the attachment of Alsace and part of Lorraine to France.

First edition in book form of this text published in "Revista El Combatiente" issues 56-59 of 1971.
First cover lightly soiled without significance.
Rare pamphlet, complete with its wraparound band bearing two tears, addressing Peronism from the perspective of revolutionary Marxist criticism (revolutionary Marxism to which Peronism was radically opposed).
Joined with, from the same publisher and published in 1972, the pamphlet: "Hoy el peronismo" by Rafael Barletta.

First edition in volume.
Publisher's full white paper boards, smooth spine, illustrated front cover.
Work illustrated with humorous drawings by Jacques Faizant.
Handsome copy despite small lacks to the laminated film on the joints.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Faizant to Jean Langlois.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Minor stains of no consequence to edges and spine, otherwise a handsome copy.
Work illustrated with a photographic gathering at the end of the volume
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Lacouture to Revue Esprit on the half-title page.

First bilingual edition (in French with the English translation on facing pages) of this speech delivered by General De Lattre in Saigon on July 11, 1951.
Small corner losses to the marginally browned boards, handsome interior condition.

Reprint of the very rare first edition of the French translation printed by Voix ouvrière in 1939.
Cloth spine, unlettered.
A rare and handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's full blue paper boards, smooth spine.
Handsome copy complete with dust jacket which has two corner tears.
Signed autograph inscription from André Frossard to Jean Deneux.

First edition published by Simone and Hélène Galliot to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Marc Sangnier's death.
Handsome and rare copy illustrated with a photographic portrait of Marc Sangnier at the beginning of the volume.

First edition in French for which no deluxe copies were printed.
Foxing to edges, gift inscription from a previous owner in upper right corner of an endpaper.

Reprint of the very rare first edition of the French translation printed by Voix ouvrière in 1939.
Unlettered cloth spine.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition of this work denouncing the "Ustasha", Croatian fascists, as responsible for the assassination in Marseille of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia.
A few years later, upon the annexation of Yugoslavia by the troops of the Third Reich and fascist Italy, the "Ustasha" and their founder Ante Pavelić would be installed by Hitler to govern.
Rare work illustrated with photographs.

First edition with a central photographic section.
Spine slightly creased with two small tears at head and foot of spine.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper.
Spine sunned with two small tears and lacks at head and foot, minor marginal foxing on boards.
Signed autograph inscription from Charles Maurras to Noël B. de la Mort, literary pseudonym of Noël Bayon.
Bookplate of Noël B. de la Mort pasted facing the first endpaper.

First edition illustrated with a portrait of Achille Fould as frontispiece and an autograph facsimile at the end.
Some foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.

First edition in French of this speech delivered by Kerensky on July 8 and 10, 1918.
Rare and handsome pamphlet.

First edition of this lecture given by Henry Rollin at the National Committee for Social and Political Studies on February 22, 1926.
Rare and handsome pamphlet despite some worming to the covers.

First edition of this lecture given by Henry Rollin at the National Committee for Social and Political Studies on December 22, 1924.
Rare and handsome pamphlet despite some worming and small marginal tears to the covers.

Rare first edition.
Boards slightly and marginally soiled.
Printed stamp of a Paraguayan bookstore on the title page which bears a small stain.

First edition complete with its folding map, at end of volume, detailing the Bruay mines visited by Sadi Carnot on June 1st & 2nd, 1889.
Copy tending to come apart.
Publisher's binding in full red cloth, smooth unlettered spine, black fillet frame on front cover.

First edition of this lecture delivered by Albert Thomas to the National Committee for Social and Political Studies on July 9, 1917.
Front cover marginally soiled, handsome interior condition.
Rare pamphlet.

First edition, one of 297 numbered copies on handmade paper.
A handsome copy.

The rare first edition.
Light clear dampstains to covers marginally and slightly dusty, handsome interior condition.

First edition of this work dedicated to messieurs Lamennais, Châteaubriand and Lamartine.
Lacks to head and foot of cracked spine, small tears and corner lacks to boards, some foxing, small lacks to feet of final leaves not touching text.
Rare copy of this apology for social Catholicism considering the Revolution of 1848 as: "a work of the power of God"..

First edition, one of 297 numbered copies on pur fil paper, ours being one of the 100 copies reserved for the Strasbourg selection of the "La mésange" bookshop.
Four small stains of no consequence to right margin of front cover.
Handsome copy.

First edition illustrated with a portrait and an autograph facsimile of Giuseppe Garibaldi as frontispiece.
Some light foxing.

New edition.
A minimal lack at foot of spine and upper right corner of back board, handsome interior condition.

First edition in French.
Minor marginal tears and worming to covers.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Signed autograph inscription from Charles Hernu to Jacqueline and Alain Guichard.
Minister of Defense under François Mitterrand, Charles Hernu was forced to resign after the affair involving the sinking of the Greenpeace vessel, the Rainbow Warrior, by French secret services.

First edition.
Half red shagreen bindings, spines with four raised bands set with black fillets and decorated with double black compartments adorned with central gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary bindings.
Some foxing otherwise handsome copy.
Our copy is enhanced with an original photograph of a painted portrait representing Béranger pasted on an endpaper of the first volume.

New edition illustrated with an engraved frontispiece in each volume.
Binding in half green Russia morocco with small almond-green corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt friezes and fleurons, blind roulettes on headcaps, green paper boards, blind fillets on edges, contemporary binding.
Some foxing, some rubbing to spine.
Rare edition of this emblematic work of the Age of Enlightenment denouncing intolerance and all forms of fanaticism.

First edition of the thesis by one of the most important historians of the 19th century.
Interior foxing also affecting the board margins, two small lacks at head and foot of the warped spine.

First edition.
Publisher's brown grained sheepskin binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy complete with its glassine wrapper but lacking its slipcase.

First edition, one of 1050 numbered copies on vellum.
Publisher's full cardboard binding after Paul Bonet's original design.
Spine with two small areas of sunning at head and foot as often found, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition.
Copy in blue temporary wrappers.
Handsome copy, with an engraving pasted to the verso of the second board of the temporary wrappers.

Edition published anonymously and issued the same year as the first edition.
Half red calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Occasional light foxing.

First edition of this speech delivered at the session of May 27, 1895 of the Chamber of Deputies.
Adhesive tape stains on the first and last pages of the text, copy unstapled.
Alfred Naquet denounces and expresses concern about the virulent antisemitism agitating France.

First edition.
Cellophane film creased on the front cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Roger Garaudy to Pierre and Réjane Le Baud.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Dampstains around the staples, two folds on the first cover also affecting some leaves at the beginning.
Very rare.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Tears with lacks at head and foot of spine, marginal creases to covers.
Work illustrated with 62 portraits not bound in the text.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on B.F.K. de Rives pure rag vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.

First edition, one of the numbered copies of the first issue printed, service de presse punch mark at head of front board.
Bound in half navy blue morocco-grained shagreen with corners, spine with five raised bands, date gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Jean Mélia to Léon Côte and his wife.

First edition.
Handsome copy despite small, harmless stains on the edges.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Alain Juppé to a woman named Ginette.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine and boards marginally discoloured, foxing on edges.
Signed and inscribed copy from Paul Bonnecarère to film industry figure Jean-Pierre Richard, son of Carlo Rim, enhanced with a signed autograph tribute from Joan Hemingway.

First edition.
Rare and handsome.

First edition.
Rare and handsome.
A classification notation in ink at the head of the front cover, some marginal creases.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
A fold to upper left corner of first cover, stains to top edge not touching text.
Preface by Simone de Beauvoir.
Autograph inscription signed by Anne Tristan to Gilbert Guilleminault "... ni mégères, ni frustrées..." ["... neither shrews, nor frustrated..."] enriched with the signature of Annie de Pisan.

First edition illustrated with in-text drawings by the author.
Half navy blue shagreen binding with corners, spine with four raised bands set with gilt garlands decorated with gilt typographical motifs, gilt friezes at head and foot, frame of double gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, front cover preserved, bookplate pasted on a pastedown, soft slipcase in full marbled paper with small marginal rubbing.
Our copy is enhanced with two original drawings by Marius Renard corresponding to the illustrations on pages 110 and 261, the drawings are mounted on blue-grey cardboard sheets.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A small tear to the head of the front cover, two stains on the back cover.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Léon Zitrone to M. Arrang

First edition, one of 56 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Additionally, 210 copies were printed on pure thread paper and, hors commerce, 50 copies on Madagascar paper.
A very handsome copy of Camus's finest text on commitment and the responsibility of new generations facing the challenges of the world to come.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy complete with its publisher's wraparound band.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine and boards marginally sunned.
Signed autograph inscription from Jacques Baynac to Georges Goldfayn.
We include two autograph letters signed by Jacques Baynac to Georges Goldfayn about the work and the people and groups cited, on which the two correspondents do not always agree, as well as an autograph letter signed by Georges Goldfayn in response: "Je te remercie vivement pour m'avoir adressé Mai retrouvé. Pour excitante et roborative qu'ait été ma lecture de ton livre, elle n'en a pas moins été fatiguée par divers énervements..." ["I thank you warmly for sending me Mai retrouvé. However exciting and invigorating my reading of your book may have been, it was nonetheless wearied by various irritations..."]
Instructive ensemble.

Humorous and antifascist original drawing signed in black felt-tip pen by Henry-Paul Gassier depicting King Victor Emmanuel III on his knees polishing the shoes of Mussolini, who is brandishing a club in his left hand and a bottle of castor oil (which the Blackshirts forced political opponents to drink).
The drawing has been mounted on cardboard with slight corner losses.
This drawing entitled "Le bavard" ["The Chatterbox"] was given by Henry-Paul Gassier to his friend and colleague Carlo Rim.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author of "Ma belle Marseille" ["My Beautiful Marseille"], a caricaturist, a filmmaker, and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol as well as Max Jacob and André Salmon, whom he met in Sanary.

First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Copy with a folding photographic frontispiece.
Half brown shagreen binding, lightened spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, original wrappers preserved.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Cosme de La Torriente, in Spanish, to the Cuban French-language poet Armand Godoy.

First edition in French.
Handsome copy despite a small tear neatly repaired at head of spine.
Rare pamphlet of Spartacist inspiration denouncing in 1934 "international capitalism preparing for war".

First edition in French.
Publisher's full grey cloth binding, smooth spine, front board decorated with chiseled vignettes, black paper endpapers and pastedowns.
Work illustrated with 40 heliogravures.
Small stains on verso of first endpaper and on the following page.
Rare autograph signature of Heinrich Harrer in Tibetan and Roman characters on the endpaper.

First edition for the second and fourth texts; second and third editions for the other two.
Some foxing.
Half bronze sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt cartouche and gilt fleurons, headcap worn, rubbing to joints and spine, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, upper corners slightly bumped.

Later edition published a few months after the original for the first volume, first edition for the second.
Handsome set for which no deluxe copies were printed, with press clippings included.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Edgar Faure to Pierre Troillard on each volume.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy complete with its wraparound band and cellophane wrapper.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Edgar Faure to Pierre Troillard: "... en très amical souvenir de leur ancien "contrôleur général"..." ["... in very friendly remembrance from their former "controller general"..."]

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Régine Deforges to Fabrice Bové: "... ces chroniques du temps qui passe..." ["... these chronicles of passing time..."]

First edition of this issue dealing sometimes ironically with the Franco-English entente.
Cover illustrated with a color drawing by Théophile Alexandre Steinlen "La promenade des anglais", back cover illustrated with a color drawing by Vallotton "Le discours de bienvenue".
Texts by Tristan Bernard "Têtes couronnées", Charles-Louis Philippe "Un roi", Franc-Nohain "L'idée d'Edouard VII", Jules Renard "Marthes Brandès à la campagne" Alfred Jarry "Cambronne et Edouard au Jockey-club".
Issue illustrated with drawings by Hermann-Paul, Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, Jean Villemot, Roubille, Abel Faivre...

Rare first edition. Text in two columns. Very fine printer's device on the title page and at the colophon.
Contemporary full vellum binding, smooth spine with pen-and-ink title, some stains on boards.
Some worming without touching the text as well as scattered dampstains.
Originally from Hesse, Calvin was professor of jurisprudence at the University of Heidelberg as well as a compiler and author of manuals on politics, Roman law and Mosaic law.

First edition.
Tears and small lacks to spine, clear dampstain to front cover, rear cover marginally soiled, minor corner lacks to covers.
Rare.

First edition presented under plain blue temporary wrappers.
Small tears and minor lacks to covers, dampstaining affecting the entire text block.
Rare.

First edition.
Some foxing.
Half black shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with triple gilt fillets, gilt arms at foot of spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, one lower corner slightly damaged, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription signed by Adolphe Thiers to the Marquis de Bouillé.
Provenance: from the library of the Marquis de Bouillé with his gilt arms at foot of spine.

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.)

First edition.
Cover illustrated with a color drawing by Hermann-Paul "Les rameaux", back cover illustrated with a color drawing by Abel Faivre "Interpellation".
Literary contributions by Charles-Louis Philippe "Le dimanche des rameaux", Jules Renard "Au théâtre", Franc-Nohain "Choses à dire", Alfred Jarry "André Médaillé"...
Issue illustrated with drawings by Lucien Pissarro, Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, Louis Morin, Félix Vallotton...

First edition.
Cover illustrated with a color drawing by Steinlen "Vive la liberté!", back cover illustrated with a color drawing by Félix Vallotton.
Literary contributions by Charles-Louis Philippe "Leur vérité", Franc-Nohain "Le vieux libéral", Alfred Jarry "Le tribunal de Dieu"...
Issue illustrated with drawings by Kupka "La sortie de la synagogue", Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, Sancha, Hermann-Paul, Paul Iribe...

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy of the memoirs of Catherine Chabaud, the first woman to complete a solo, non-stop round-the-world race during the 1996-1997 Vendée Globe.
Dated autograph inscription signed by Catherine Chabaud: "A Anne-Soleine, bon vent dans la vie !" ["To Anne-Soleine, fair winds in life!"]

First edition.
A rare and handsome copy.

First edition, one of the few numbered copies on pure linen paper.
Other contributions by Julien Benda "Les démocraties devant l'Allemagne", Jean Giraudoux "Choix des élues (Partie I)", Armand Petitjean "Prière pour les copains", Jean Schlumberger "Contre l'humiliation", Marcel Arland, Jean Grenier...
Spine and covers marginally sunned, first page and rear endpaper darkened.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Two stains to foot of first cover.
Signed autograph inscription from Charles Maurras to Madame Lacrouts.

New edition published a few months after the first edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by François Mitterrand to Monsieur Gnée.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite a small lack at head of spine.
Autograph inscription signed by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to a man named Julien.

First edition.
Boards marginally discolored and lightly sunned.

Each volume in its first edition: one of 30 numbered copies on Pur fil paper for the first, one of 14 numbered copies on Hollande for the second and third, one of 36 numbered copies on Hollande from the fourth to the ninth, one of 35 numbered copies on Hollande for the tenth and last.
Each work is presented in a brown half morocco slipcase, smooth spine slightly sunned, gilt date at the foot of spine, marbled paper boards, wood-like paper inside.

A very nice complete set in 10 volumes and a very rare collection of first editions. There were only 14 copies ever printed on Hollande paper of the second and third volumes, meaning that there are possibly only 14 complete sets in existence.

First edition of this collection of ferociously anti-Semitic caricatures presented in the form of a booklet of 24 checks.
Bradel binding in full olive cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, very light scratches of no importance to the right margin of the front cover, endpapers and pastedowns of decorative patterned paper, front cover preserved.
Some inevitable minor restorations to the check stub area, some foxing at the end of the volume, handsome copy.