Marxist doctrine, French and international socialism, communist theories and working-class movement literature

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 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.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Beautiful illustrated cover.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine sunned, handsome interior condition.
Preface by M. Lauwick.

New edition.
An angular fold at foot of front board with a tiny tear but no loss, handsome copy.

Rare first edition in French.
Handsome copy.

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

New edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Covers slightly and very marginally sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.
Illustrated pamphlet with a portrait of Lenin.
Preface by A. Pierre.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Light marginal tears to boards, endpapers partially shaded, bookplate pasted to verso of front board.
Rare copy of this work dedicated: "To the memory of the martyrs of the New Faith: of the human International. To Jean Jaurès, Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxembourg, Kurt Eisner, Gustav Landauer, victims of ferocious stupidity and murderous lies, liberators of men, who killed them."

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Fine signed autograph inscription from Louis Althusser: "Pour Jean Kahn (qu'il sache que j'estime plus que tout au monde le jugement d'un juriste : Marx aurait dû écrire : "le droit et l'idéologie juridique continuent l'anatomie (mot souligné) de toute l'idéologie bourgeoise) . Avec ma considération et mon amitié" ["For Jean Kahn (let him know that I value a jurist's judgment above all else in the world: Marx should have written: 'law and legal ideology continue the anatomy (word underlined) of all bourgeois ideology') . With my consideration and my friendship"].

First edition of this report presented to the International Revolutionary Workers' Congress of 1900.
Small lacks and light corner dampstains to boards.
Rare.

First edition.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Worming to margins of covers, handsome interior condition.

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 of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Light foxing to spine.
Contributions by René Dumont "La commune de Ceylan et le chômage", Jacques Caroux "Les ouvriers aisés", other articles contained in this issue: "Les intellectuels russes et l'année Lénine, Lettre d'un hôpital spécial, Le procès de Nathalie Gorbanevskaïa, Qui est fou ? c'est à nous, psychaitres de le dire...

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

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.

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

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.

Handsome copy despite the second cover very lightly sunned without significance.

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

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.

New edition of the French translation.
Handsome copy.

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

First edition of pamphlet published by the Group of Revolutionary Internationalist Socialist Students.
Light corner lacks to marginally sunned boards, one light stain at head of front board.

Fourth edition of this lecture given to the Society of Economic and Political Studies of Brussels on March 7, 1894.
Handsome copy considering the fragility of this fascicle.

First edition of a fascicle published by the Group of Revolutionary Internationalist Socialist Students of Paris.
Light tears and corner foxing to covers, tears not affecting text in margins of some leaves, one pen annotation at foot of last text page.
Rare.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Preface by André Wurmser.
Light rubbing to spine.

Rare first edition of this supplement to L'Humanité of May 8, 1937.
Small pin marks in the margins of the covers as this booklet was meant to be attached to the issue of L'Humanité to which it was bound.

First edition.
nice copy.

First edition.
Introduction by Harry Pollitt.
Scratches and small lacks to foot of front cover, a small angular lack to head of front cover.

First edition.
Rare and handsome copy of this bulletin of the Front National, a French Resistance movement created by the French Communist Party in 1941.

First edition.
Small traces of creasing at head of back cover, handsome copy.

New edition of the French translation.
Surprising printed library stamp of "La documentation catholique"
Spine slightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition.
Spine and boards marginally sunned, two small lacks not touching text on the title page and following leaf.
Rare.

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 illustrated with drawings by Mireille G. Miailhe.
Light dampstains to margins of covers, otherwise a handsome copy.
Autograph inscriptions signed by Jacques Gaucheron and Armand Monjo to Odette Thibault.

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 of the translation in French.
Nice copy.

New edition of the French translation.
Gift inscription from a previous owner on the title page.
Handsome copy.

New edition of the translation in French.
Nice copy.

First edition in French.
Spine and boards marginally discolored, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition.
Handsome copy despite minor rubbing of no consequence.

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

First edition in French.
Spine and boards marginally sunned, handsome interior condition.

First edition of the translation in French.
Nice copy.

Third edition.
Minor corner wear to spine and boards, printed bibliophile's stamp as bookplate on half-title page.

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 in French.
A trace of a price sticker at the foot of the back cover.
Handsome copy.

Third printing of the translation in French.
nice copy.

Fourth edition of the translation in French.
nice copy.

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

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy despite two light dampstains at head and foot of spine.

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

First edition of the translation in French.
nice copy.

First edition of this issue celebrating on its front page the ever-living memory of the Paris Commune, also dedicated to the revolutionaries of Sri Lanka.
Texts by Michel Lesquenne, Patrick Fresnel, Gérard Vergeat, Alain Krivine, and various correspondents of the review.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition of this issue produced by the J.C.R., the Revolutionary Communist Youth.
Handsome and rare copy illustrated with a drawing by Georges Wolinski.

First edition.
Nice and rare copy.

First edition of this issue reporting on its front page the police violence during the demonstrations.
Texts by Alain Sami, Maurice Buzard, Gérard Vergeat and various correspondents of the review.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition of this violently anti-Gaullist review.
Handsome copy.
Issue illustrated with drawings by Wolinski, Reiser, Cabu, Siné, Malsen, Topor.

First edition of this violently anti-Gaullist magazine.
Handsome copy.
Issue containing two songs by Eugène Pottier, which was printed during the 1968 strikes and decorated with illustrations by Siné, Flip, Malsen, Wolinski.

First edition.
Handsome and rare copy despite small light stains on the first cover.

First edition.
Handsome and rare copy despite small light stains on the first cover.

First edition of this issue published about ten days after the infamous "Bloody Sunday" in Derry, Ulster, where, during a civil rights demonstration, 14 Irish protesters were killed after British police opened fire on the peaceful crowd.
Text by Michel Thomas, Anna Libera, Jean Métais, Camille Paulet and various correspondents of the magazine.
Handsome and rare copy despite the inevitable fold marks inherent to this type of newspaper.

First edition.
One tear without loss at foot of pages 7-8
Handsome and rare copy.

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

First edition of this hors commerce student manifesto, written and published in July 1968.
Collection of anonymous texts "a mixture of polemics, summary analyses and sometimes also the beginnings of programs" of Situationist inspiration.
In the aftermath of the first May barricades, the "Censier action committee, assembled under the name "Nous sommes en marche" ["We are on the move"], "set itself the primary goal of drafting a manifesto. It considers, rightly or wrongly, that the development of an explicit ideology is urgent for the movement, born spontaneously in violent and contestatory action."
Contents:
Amnistie des yeux crevés
Avant-projet d'une révolution...

First edition, one of 125 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours one of 25 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies after 15 Holland and 40 pur fil.
Spine and margins of covers skilfully restored.
Autograph inscription signed by Louis-Ferdinand Céline "A Madame Marthe Pujol Bien affectueusement L.F. Céline".
Precious deluxe copy with an autograph inscription by the author.

First paperback edition published the same year as the first edition.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from François Mitterrand to Simone Denizet.

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Contributions by Stringfellow Barr "L'amérique est déprimée" ["America is depressed"], Georges Friedmann "De Boston au Mississipi" ["From Boston to Mississippi"], other contributions by Rabi "Méditations au sortir des ténèbres" ["Meditations on emerging from darkness"], V. Siebrecht "La situation sociale en Allemagne" ["The social situation in Germany"]...
Occasional light foxing.

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
This issue features a main section entitled "La révolte des étudiants dans le monde" ["Student revolt around the world"]: Latin America, Japan, China, United States, Germany, Italy, England, Spain, Poland, France with articles by Ida Berger, Yoshihiko Hanawa, Luigi Longo, Jacques Julliard, Manuel Tunon de Lara...
Some minor foxing of no consequence.

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
This issue is devoted to the proletarian condition and the workers' struggle with articles by Francis Jeanson "Définition du prolétariat", Jacques-René Rabier "L'évolution quantitative du prolétariat", Jean Daric "Mortalité et classes sociales", Emile Rideau "Conscience extra-prolétarienne", Jean-Marie Domenach "La combativité ouvrière", Jean Lacroix "Prolétariat et philosophie"...
Occasional light foxing.

Rare printed acknowledgment card signed by Maurice Thorez's widow for the condolences sent to her by Charles Dobzynski, with envelope enclosed.
"Charles Dobzynski (nom et prénom ajoutés par madame thorez) ["first and last name added by Mrs. Thorez"]
Madame (mot barré) ["crossed out word"] Jeannette Thorez-Vermeersch et ses fils, très touchés de vos condoléances pour la perte cruelle qu'ils viennent d'éprouver en la personne de Maurice Thorez, vous adressent leurs remerciements fraternels (le mot a été ajouté par Jeannette Thorez-Vermeersch) ["Mrs. Thorez-Vermeersch and her sons, deeply touched by your condolences for the cruel loss...

First edition of this bilingual poetic anthology (Spanish-French) established by Josette and Georges Colomer for which it was not printed from large papers.
Publisher's binding in full black cardboard, smooth back, illustrated first cover.
Iconography and original drawings by Josep Castell.
Pleasant copy.
Beautiful autograph dedication signed by Georges Colomer enriched by the signature of his wife Josette to their friend the poet Charles Dobzynski: "... those painful poems that tell the tragedy of the Spanish Republic ..."

First edition for which it was not drawn from large papers.
Iconography.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph dedication signed by Roger Bordier to Charles Dobzynski.

first edition printed in small numbers on wove paper.
Bradel binding in full vellum, partially stained smooth back, title, finial and date in tail in red and black, preserved covers.
Thesis on the subject of mortgages and defended on January 19, 1860 by Léon Gambetta then aged 22.
An article from the review "The Intermediary of Researchers and the Curious" relating to Lieutenant Sisco who dedicates the work is linked at the head of the work.
From the Eugène Richtenberger library, ex-Libris engraved with it glued on the first counterplate.
Any rarity.
Precious autograph dedication by Léon Gambetta on the title page .

A two-sided autograph page written in black ink on checkered paper, undated.
Unpublished manuscript sketch of a play by Jean-Paul Sartre at the time of the French Revolution.

First edition, one of 339 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only deluxe copies ("grand papier") after 1 China and 39 laid "pur-fil" paper reimposed.
Very nice copy.
Half morocco binding.