First edition.
With press clippings laid in.
Half bronze sheep binding, spine with four raised bands framed with gilt pointillé and decorated with double gilt fillets, red sheep lettering-piece, a few small black spots and a light scratch to the spine, marbled paper boards, cat’s-eye patterned endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
A pleasing copy.
First edition of the French translation, one of the scarce lettered copies printed on pur fil for private circulation, ours bearing the letter A, the only deluxe-paper copies together with 25 numbered copies on pur fil.
Wide-margined copy, boards and spine lightly and marginally sunned, a few scattered foxmarks affecting some leaves and deckle edges.
Second edition.
Half black sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with broad gilt fillets and dotted tooling, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, lightly rubbed corners, sprinkled edges, contemporary binding.
A few minor spots.
Scarce.
First edition of this collection of political speeches.
Full red percaline binding, smooth spine without lettering showing slight rubbing, gilt inscription stamped to the upper cover: "République de Guinée R.D.A. à S.E. Jean Paul Sartre. N°30"; endpapers partly toned, a contemporary presentation binding offered to Jean-Paul Sartre.
Frontispiece photographic portrait bearing the autograph signature of President Ahmed Sékou Touré: Secretary General of the Parti Démocratique de Guinée, Supreme Leader of the Revolution.
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Popset Whisky paper, the deluxe issue.
A fine copy.
Rare first edition (cf. Sabin 28075).
The CCFr records only 2 copies: Paris (BnF) and Saint-Geniez-d'Olt (Aveyron).
Spine discreetly restored, small corner losses to soiled boards, author's name crossed out in ink on the title page, some foxing.
This study, intended to reconcile the interests of France, the Black population, and the planters in the question of the emancipation of slaves, comprises the following sections: I. Usefulness of the colonies. – II. Opposing influences on the colonies. – III. Systems [of emancipation]. – IV. Compensation. – V. Religious means. – VI. Present moral state of the colonies. – VII. Free labor. – VIII. The mulattoes. – IX. Comparison be
Illustrated edition with 57 wood engravings drawn and engraved by Frans Masereel, one of the numbered copies on English paper.
Minor tears without consequence at the head and foot of the spine, a pleasing copy exceptionally enriched with a second state (on Japan or China paper) of 9 of the engravings.
First edition.
Illustrated with 16 drawings by Georges Adam.
A superb copy of this rare booklet by Louis Aragon, a true "anti-clerical, anti-capitalist, anti-colonialist, anti-patriotic" (Pierre Juquin) catechism for the children of the exploited working masses.
"On June 25, 1932, the Imprimerie centrale completed printing for the Bureau des éditions et de diffusion, 132, Faubourg Saint-Denis, Paris, a beautiful pamphlet, now a bibliophilic rarity [...] On the cover, a large red star - an important and recurrent image in Aragon's work - appears imprinted on children's brains. Sixteen quatrains, droll and didactic, punctuated for ease of r
Black and white portrait photograph showing Tito facing the camera.
A well-preserved example. Included are an envelope bearing the letterhead of the Yugoslav Embassy, a printed card from the same embassy, and a typewritten letter from the Yugoslav Consulate thanking Claude Armand for his request for a photograph of Tito.
Bold blue ink autograph by Tito in the right-hand margin of the photograph.
Provenance: from the collection of noted autograph collector Claude Armand.
Autograph letter by Pierre-Joseph-Marie Proudhon, signed and dated 7 November 1862. 3 pages in black ink on a bifolium. Fold of the bifolium weakened, without affecting the text. Not included in the correspondence published by Lacroix in 1875.
Significant and likely unpublished letter from Proudhon to his publisher Alphonse Lebègue, whom he considers "the cause of liberty in France and independence in Belgium" in these lines.
Proudhon underscores the importance of his ideological struggle for federalism in Europe, following the controversial publication of his pamphlet La Fédération et l’unité en Italie, and a
First edition, one of the 200 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only large paper edition.
A stain on the front cover near the title, fading on the half-title page, shaded endpapers.
Rare copy with full margins.
First edition, with no deluxe copies printed on fine paper.
Bradel binding in grey cloth-backed boards, flat spine with gilt central ornament and double gilt fillet at foot, red morocco title label with some rubbing, marbled paper-covered boards, grey paper endpapers and pastedowns.
Some occasional foxing, contemporary gift inscription on the title page.
Text preceded by three facsimile letters by Jules Vallès.
Preface by Julien Lemer.
Very rare first edition printed by the Bureaux de l'armée nationale (only two copies recorded in the CCF: ASOM and Nanterre).
A pleasant copy.
The pamphlet brings together the texts of two lectures: the first delivered on 19 June 1924 in Hanoi, the second on 10 December 1924 in Paris; both advocate for a systematic effort to provide indigenous populations with access to education.
A former captain in the colonial artillery, Paul Monet (1884–1941) was then head of the Annamite Students' Residence in Hanoi. He would soon gain attention for echoing Roland Dorgelès' stance on the exploitation of indigenous labour by French companies (Les Jauniers, 1930).
First edition of the English translation by Michael Glenny, who first came to prominence with his translation of Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita in 1967. No deluxe paper copies issued.
Publisher’s binding in full black cloth, flat spine which shows some inherent creasing due to the laminated covering.
A handsome copy, with illustrations.
Very rare inscribed copy dated 27 April 1990 and signed by Boris Yeltsin.
From the library of Sam Yossman (Sam Jones) of the BBC Russian Service.
First edition, one of the rare copies on Holland paper, not mentioned in the printed justification.
Contemporary Bradel binding in half black morocco, smooth spine with gilt date at foot, cat's-eye paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, binding signed Champs.
Inscribed and signed by Eugène Manuel to Madame Michel Lévy.
Our copy is enriched with two dated and signed autograph letters by Eugène Manuel, mounted on tabs at the beginning of the volume, most likely addressed to one of his literary mentors regarding the first performance of his play "Les ouvriers".
In the first letter, written with delicate mo
Second edition of the French translation, complete with its folding map at the beginning of the volume.
Scattered light foxing, otherwise a well-preserved copy.
Preface by Édouard René Lefebvre de Laboulaye.
Bound in contemporary chocolate-brown half morocco, spine with five raised bands ruled in black, double blind fillets framing the marbled paper boards, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, red top edge, slightly rubbed corners, bookplate affixed to a pastedown.
French translation of The Lost Continent: or, Slavery and the Slave Trade in Africa by the Quaker abolitionist Joseph Cooper (1800–1881).
The work is of particular interest for its early r
Autograph postcard signed and addressed to his friend Ariel Denis from his summer residence in Vendée, 22 lines in black ink.
The postcard shows a general view of the coastal cliffs of Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez in Vendée.
Julien Gracq expresses his satisfaction with the advice he had given his friend, while lamenting the petty calculations of administrative life: "j'avais décidément raison de vous recommander une saine stratégie syndicale : faute ce cet appui je crains qu'il n'y ait plus de belle carrière dans l'enseignement ! J'espère tout de même que la stabilité au moins va venir couronner vos efforts (il y en a un de ma part sous le beau style ! malgré
First edition, one of 15 copies on Japan paper, the deluxe issue.
Minor foxing to the edges of the covers, otherwise a desirable and uncommon copy with all edges uncut.
First edition in French, one of 15 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned, otherwise handsome copy.
First edition of this lecture delivered to the Groupe d'Etude Sociales de Montpellier, for which no deluxe paper copies were issued.
A rare and pleasing copy.
Author's signed presentation inscription by Dr R. Vargas at the head of the upper cover: "A l'auteur de l' "Amour libre" affecteux hommage mon camarade, Dr Vargas (chez Mr Galtié Bd Henri IV, 18, Montpellier.)
Rare first edition.
Small tears and losses to the head and foot of the spine, spine and covers marginally sunned.
Signed autograph inscription from Jacques Mesnil to Charles Albert.
Some manuscript corrections and reading marks in blue pencil in the margins of certain paragraphs.
New edition, partly original as revised and expanded.
Vertical creasing to the upper cover, a pleasant copy.
Illustrated with a photographic portrait of the author as frontispiece, together with three further plates.
Scarce pamphlet issued by the relief committee for political prisoners of the Russian penal camps in Grenoble.
First edition, with no deluxe paper copies issued.
Two small, insignificant tears at the head and foot of a joint.
A pleasant copy.
First edition, with no deluxe paper copies issued.
Two small, unobtrusive tears at the head and foot of a joint.
A scarce and pleasing copy.
Rare first edition.
Small tears to the slightly sunned spine and to the margins of the covers.
First edition printed in a small number of copies.
A rare and pleasing copy.
First edition of this lecture delivered before the Russian Workers’ Society in Paris on 15 January 1887.
Minor corner losses to the boards, not affecting the integrity of the copy.
Rare.
First edition for which no deluxe paper copies were issued.
Spine slightly sunned with small losses at head and foot, a slight marginal loss and a transverse crease to the lower cover.
A rare copy of Alexandra David-Néel's second work.
First edition adorned with illustrations and photographs.
Minor losses without seriousness at the foot of a few leaves.
An attractive and rare copy.
Texts by Jean Jaurès, Walt Whitman among others.
Rare first edition. No copies located in U.S. libraries (not listed in WorldCat).
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned, without seriousness.
First edition, one of 170 numbered copies on pur fil.
An agreeable copy preserved under a double wrapper.
Rare first edition of this sticker album entirely devoted to the glory of the Castro regime and the Cuban Revolution.
The album comprises 268 small, mounted, colour stickers, each captioned and arranged in strict chronological order of events, including 16 portrait plates of the principal figures (the Castro brothers, Camilo Cienfuegos, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Faure Chaumont, Rolando Cubelas, Victor Bordon, Eloy Gutierrez, Crecencio and Faustino Perez, etc.).
No copy recorded in the CCFr, which comes as little surprise for this type of production.
Our copy, issued in original illustrated colour wrappers, is housed in a modern oblong slipcase, full decorated boards in the
Rare first edition comprising a suite of 12 lithographs printed in colour on tinted grounds, numbered 1–12.
This series by the painter and lithographer Charles-Edouard de Beaumont (1821–1888), lithographed by Jaime, addresses the theme of children compelled to work from a very early age, exposed to street trades and itinerant entertainments.
Publisher’s half brown cloth over beige paper-covered boards, title stamped on the upper cover.
Some small tears and rubbing to the cloth spine, light dampstaining to the margins of the boards, occasional foxing, a small black mark to the upper cover.
The suite may be read either romantically or socially; in both cases it conve
