Totalitarianism

Jacques SEGUELA
Le futur a de l'avenir
Editions Ramsay|Paris 1996|15.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Fine copy.
Precious and amusing autograph inscription signed by Jacques Séguéla to his friends Bernard Kouchner and Christine Ockrent: "A Bernard et Christine que j'aime hier aujourd'hui & demain et dans leur vie comme dans leur oeuvre... Jacques Jacques. Nov 96" (To Bernard and Christine whom I love yesterday today & tomorrow and in their life as in their work... Jacques Jacques. Nov 96)

€150
Jacques CHARDONNE
Le Ciel de Nieflheim
Chez l'auteur|s. l. 1943|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition printed in a small number of copies at the author's expense and never put on sale, no deluxe copies were printed.
This is a set of proof copies, with blank covers, that the author distributed to his friends.
The author's name and the title of the work have been written in black ink on the unlettered spine; the front cover, also blank, bears a printed stamp "épreuves" as well as the author's name and the title of the work written in pencil.
As the Axis forces lost momentum, Jacques Chardonne attempted to retrieve most of the copies he had given away in order to destroy them.
A rare and handsome copy given the very poor quality of wartime paper.
€3,000
Edouard DRUMONT
La Fin d'un Monde - Etude psychologique et sociale
Albert Savine|Paris 1889|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 75 copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies after 15 Japan paper.
Full mustard yellow shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with blind fillets decorated with gilt floral motifs, gilt initials at foot, the author's name has been erroneously spelled on the spine (a "d" instead of "t" at the end of the surname) framed with gilt dentelle on boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt.
At the end of the volume, two articles from Gil Blas of November 24 & 25, 1888, one by Edouard Drumont, the other concerning him, have been pasted on several leaves.

€800
Moving tribute from one Resistant to another Resistant.
Moving tribute from one Resistant to another Resistant.
Marcel BLEUSTEIN-BLANCHET
Sur mon antenne - Souvenirs d'une radio libre
Marcel Dodeman|Paris 1947|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on handmade paper, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies.

Half-shagreen red binding, spine with five raised bands highlighted with gilt dotting and decorated with double gilt fillets, small stains on spine, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, front cover preserved, corners very slightly bumped, speckled top edge, contemporary binding.

Precious autograph inscription dated and signed by Marcel Bleustein, who took the pseudonym Blanchet during the Resistance, to Paul Verneyras.
Press man, union activist and politician, Paul Verneyras joined the Resistance from 1940 by participating in the...
€450
Gabrielle FERRIERES, Gaston BACHELARD
Jean Cavaillès philosophe et combattant 1903-1944
P.U.F.|Paris 1950|14 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Lafuma pure white laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half-shagreen red binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fleuron, rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, front cover preserved, speckled top edge, contemporary binding.
Study by Gaston Bachelard on the work of Jean Cavaillès.
Philosopher and epistemologist, Jean Cavaillès was one of the principal military leaders of the internal Resistance. Companion of the Liberation and co-founder of the Libération resistance movement, he distanced himself from it and created, at the instigation of Colonel Passy in April 1942, the espionage and...
€450
Beate KLARSFELD
Le livre des otages
Les éditeurs français réunis|Paris 1979|13 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy complete with its wraparound band: "Les bourreaux seront jugés à Cologne".
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Serge Klarsfeld to Esther Kromb.
€120
Haleh ESFANDIARI
My prison, my home - One woman's story of captivity in Iran
HarperCollins|New York 2009|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Half black card binding, smooth spine in red cloth, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Haleh Esfandiari to Bernard Kouchner.
€150
Albert, Maréchal KESSELRING
Soldat jusqu'au dernier jour
Charles-Lavauzelle & Cie|Paris • & Limoges • & Nancy 1956|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation.
Two small stains of no consequence to the front cover, otherwise handsome and rare copy.
€150
Dolores, dite La Pasionaria IBARRURI, COLLECTIF
[JOURNAL ANTI-FRANQUISTE] Une année de lutte des guerrilleros dans le levant espagnol - in N°102 du Mundo Obrero
S. n.|s.l. (Paris) 1947|27.50 x 35 cm|agrafé
Rare and fragile first edition of this supplement to No. 102 of Mundo Obrero, newspaper of the Spanish Communist Party (P.C.E.)
Horizontal fold on the document.
Article by "Pasionaria" Dolores Ibarruri and reports from the guerrilla high command
Texts in French and reproduction of tracts written in Spanish recounting the resistance of the anti-Francoist guerrilla then in full vigor in eastern Spain between Tarragona in the north and Alicante in the south.
The peak of this guerrilla warfare occurred between 1945 and 1947. After this period, the Franco government's repression intensified by dispersing and annihilating the last pockets of resistance. The survivors of this...
€500
Philippe ROBRIEUX
L'affaire Manouchian - Vie et mort d'un héros communiste
Fayard|Paris 1986|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
The plastic film covering the boards peeling at the left margin of the rear board, otherwise a handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Philippe Robrieux to Christine and Bernard Kouchner: "... cette triste histoire d'appareil secret stalinien que fut hélas l'affaire Manouchian..." ("...this sad story of the Stalinist secret apparatus that was unfortunately the Manouchian affair...")

€150
Louis ARAGON
Les communistes
La bibliothèque française|Paris 1949-1951|11.50 x 18.50 cm|6 volumes brochés
First edition on ordinary paper for each of the volumes.
Complete set in 6 volumes. Handsome copy (despite small corner lacks of no consequence to the boards) considering the poor quality of this paper.
On the first volume, autograph inscription signed by Louis Aragon to Jacqueline Gillet enriched with the manuscript signatures of Yves Robert and Daniel Delorme.
€400
Lucien COMBELLE
Prisons de l'Espérance
E.T.L.|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy given the fragility of this poor-quality paper.
Autograph inscription signed by Lucien Combelle to Paul Sérant.
€170
Pin YATHAY
Stay alive, my son
Bloomsbury|London 1987|16 x 24 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First English edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's binding in full red cloth, smooth spine, handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket, iconography.
Rare and precious autograph inscription signed by Pin Yathay, in French, to Bernard Kouchner: "Pour Bernard Kouchner, en hommage de tes actions constantes en faveur des réfugiés du sud-est asiatique, ce témoignage personnel qui reflète l'un des plus grands drames de cette terre inhumaine. De ton ami, Yathay. X.I. Fev. 1989." (For Bernard Kouchner, in tribute to your constant actions in favor of Southeast Asian refugees, this personal testimony that reflects one of the greatest dramas of this...
€250
Jacques SEGUELA
Vote au-dessus d'un nid de cocos
Flammarion|Paris 1992|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Precious and amusing autograph inscription signed by Jacques Séguéla to his friends Bernard Kouchner and Christine Okrent: " A la reine & au révolutionnaire couple show-froid à l'image de ce livre. Couple amour-humour que j'aime. Jacques Séguela. 14.02.92" (To the queen & to the revolutionary couple show-cold in the image of this book. Love-humor couple that I love. Jacques Séguela. 14.02.92)

€150
Jean FONTENOY
Le Songe du Voyageur
Grasset|Paris 1939|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy despite small light stains on the first cover.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Jean Fontenoy to a lady.

€680
Mika ETCHEBEHERE
Ma guerre d'Espagne à moi - Une femme à la tête d'une colonne au combat
Denoël|Paris 1976|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
One stain on the first endpaper, handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has minor marginal tears of no consequence.
Press clippings included.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Mika Etchebéhère, promoted to captain of the second combat company of P.O.U.M. during the Spanish Civil War, to Paul Moirot.

€600
VERCORS
Le silence de la mer
Comité national des écrivains|Paris 1944|11.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
First public edition, published two years after the original clandestine edition, and first edition for which a deluxe issue was printed, one of 100 numbered copies on coated paper, the only deluxe copies.
This edition precedes the first public edition from Éditions de Minuit which also includes a deluxe issue.
Minor foxing to covers lightly and marginally sunned without consequence, handsome interior condition.
€1,000
Philippe HENRIOT
Mort de la trêve
Flammarion|Paris 1934|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 132 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 20 on Holland paper.
Spine sunned, handsome interior condition.
Autograph inscription signed by Philippe Henriot to Henri Guillaumet.
€180
Philippe PETAIN
La France nouvelle - Appels et messages 17 juin 1940 - 17 juin 1941
Imprimerie Draeger|Paris 1941|14 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies after 1 on Montval laid paper and 50 on Japan paper.
Spine sunned, endpapers lightly shadowed and foxed, half-title page lightly shadowed, foxing on the second cover.
Blind stamp "chef de l'état français" on the title page.
We include a visiting card of Philippe Pétain on which these few words have been added: "exemplaire N°131, destiné à monsieur l'ambassadeur de France au Brésil".
Rare autograph inscription dated and signed by Philippe Pétain: "A monsieur de Sain-Quentin l'ambassadeur de France sentiment les meilleurs. 2.11.41. Ph Pétain." (To Mr. de Sain-Quentin, Ambassador of...
€1,200
[Lech WALESA] COLLECTIF
Gdansk according to Lech Walesa
Gdansk City Office|Gda?sk 2008|15 x 21 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with photographs.
Fine copy.
Manuscript signature dated by Lech Walesa.

€500
Curzio MALAPARTE
Le soleil est aveugle[The Sun Is Blind]
Denoël|Paris 1958|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite two light traces of sunning without significance at head and foot of spine.
€1,200
COLLECTIF
L'Internationale communiste N°14 de Mai 1930 - Organe trimensuel du comité exécutif de l'internationale communiste
Bureau d'éditions, de diffusion et de publicité|Paris 10 Mai 1930|16 x 24 cm|broché
First edition.
Number 14 contains the following articles: "Vers la conquête des masses", "Le "Front unique" de M. Brandler", "La ligue pour la libération de l'Ukraine" by N. Skrypnik, "Le parti communiste et le travail parmi les paysans" by G. Gold, "Le bilan du 6 mars et la lutte pour la conquête de la majorité de la classe ouvrière", "Le 6 mars aux Etats-Unis", "La presse communiste internationale et le 6 mars" by Fogorasi.
Rare and handsome copy.
€120
COLLECTIF
L'Internationale communiste N°8 de Mars 1930 - Organe trimensuel du comité exécutif de l'internationale communiste
Bureau d'éditions, de diffusion et de publicité|Paris 10 Mars 1930|16 x 24 cm|broché
First edition.
Issue 8 contains the following articles: "The Holy Father and the liquidation of the kulak as a class", "For Bolshevik municipal action", "The political situation in France" by P. Semard, "The decomposition of capitalism and the fascization of the bourgeois state" by A. Martynov.
Rare and handsome copy.
€120
COLLECTIF
L'Internationale communiste N°7 de Mars 1930 - Organe trimensuel du comité exécutif de l'internationale communiste
Bureau d'éditions, de diffusion et de publicité|Paris 1er Mars 1930|15 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Issue 7 contains the following articles: "Furious offensive on the anti-Soviet front", "The tasks of revolutionary parliamentarism", "The liquidation of the kulak as a class" by S., "The theory of Bonapartism" by H. Remmelé, International Women's Day: "For the international revolutionary day of working women" by Moïrova.
Rare and handsome copy.
€120
Salomon REINACH, André GILL
Histoire de la révolution russe (1905-1917)
Librairie militaire Berger-Levrault|Paris • & Nancy s. d. [1917]|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
Rare first edition published anonymously, one of 50 copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies after 5 on Japan.
Bradel binding in full brick cloth, smooth spine, double gilt fillet at tail, small cloth loss at foot of spine, library shelf numbering at tail of spine, black shagreen title label, covers preserved.
Some foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.

€200
Maximilien VOX, Jean-Louis CURTIS
La revue noire - Numéro 0
Aux éditions de la revue noire|s. l. (Paris) [Paris] Mars 1944 [15 Février 1945]|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition - only published issue of this journal of the Resistance.
Minor rubbing at head and foot of spine, slight tears in margins of covers.
Anonymous texts by Claude Bourdet, Maurice Clavel, Jean-Louis Curtis, Yves Gandon, Flavien Monod and Maximilien Vox, who was the magazine's director.
This single issue was put together between December 1943 and March 1944, but La Revue noire could not be published during the Occupation. The final press proof was given on 15 February 1944 and the imprint is dated 15 February 1945.
A rare and pleasant copy.
€1,000
Jacques CHARDONNE
Chronique privée de l'an 40
Stock|Paris 1940|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Foxing to endpapers and throughout all leaves in their margins.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Jacques Chardonne: "A André Fraigneau bien sympathiquement. Jacques Chardonne."

€300
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Rigodon
Gallimard|Paris 1969|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper with the correct imprint dated February 4, 1969.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has a small tear at the head.
€100
Charles VILDRAC (à Henri BARBUSSE)
Lettre autographe datée et signée à propos de la constitution d'une Ligue Internationale des écrivains contre le fascisme
Paris 5 Janvier 1935|21 x 18.50 cm|une page sur un feuillet
Autograph letter dated and signed by Charles Vildrac to Henri Barbusse; one page with his monogram blind-stamped in the upper left corner and written in black ink on one leaf, 18 lines.
Postal folds, a small tear at the foot of the letter without any damage to the text.
Charles Vildrac congratulates Henri Barbusse for his militant devotion and dynamism: "J'ai pris connaissance du Manifeste appel pour une ligue internationale des écrivains et j'y adhère sans réserves en applaudissant à votre généreuse initiative." ["I have read the Manifesto calling for an international league of writers and I join it without reservation, applauding your generous...
€250
Curzio MALAPARTE
La Peau
Denoël|Paris 1949|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 350 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 50 on pure thread paper.
Worming to boards, blue spots to spine, light interior foxing, dampstain to head of pages in one signature, ballpoint pen numbering to upper right corner of first endpaper.
Copy expanded with a press clipping extract: "Malaparte mis au "ban de la ville" de Naples."
Rare but in this condition.
€180
Roger GARAUDY
D'un réalisme sans rivages - Picasso, Saint-John Perse, Kafka
Plon|Paris 1963|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Light foxing to rear endpaper.
Preface by Louis Aragon.
Autograph inscription signed by Roger Garaudy to journalist Gilbert Gilleminault.
€70
Pascal ORY
Le petit nazi illustré - Une pédagogie hitlérienne en culture française : Le petit téméraire (1943-1944)
Editions Albatros|Paris 1979|13 x 21 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Preface by Léon Poliakov.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Pascal Ory to Gilbert Lascault, pataphysician, art critic and specialist notably of the work of Jean Dubuffet, Pierre Alechinsky, Christian Boltanski: "... grand explorateur des imaginaires, ce petit guide noir des Terrae Incognitae de l'enfance - ou Art et Manière de nazifier par la bande, Fraternellement. Pascal Ory." ["...great explorer of imaginaries, this little black guide to the Terrae Incognitae of childhood - or Art and Manner of nazifying through comics, Fraternally. Pascal Ory."]
€80
Bruno Erich WERNER
Le bateau des esclaves
Gallimard|Paris 1952|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 106 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned as often, otherwise a handsome copy.

€120
Arturo BAREA
La forge
Gallimard|Paris 1948|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 105 numbered copies on vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards marginally sunned, a small lack to head of spine.
Rare copy of this work evoking the Spanish War.
€170
Janine BOUISSOUNOUSE, Louis de VILLEFOSSE
Printemps sur le Danube - La Hongrie que nous avons vue
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1955|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
The testimony of communist sympathizers traveling in Hungary on the eve of the Budapest uprising in 1956.
€150
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Lettres des années noires
Berg international|Paris 1994|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
Edition with some parts in first edition, one of 50 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.
€1,200
Louis ARAGON
L'homme communiste - L'homme communiste II, 1953 - Complet en deux volumes[The Communist Man – The Communist Man II, 1953 – Complete in two volumes]
Gallimard|Paris 1946-1953|12 x 19 cm|2 volumes brochés
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on vellum for each volume, deluxe copies.
Spines very lightly sunned without detriment, handsome set.
€800
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Réflexions sur la question juiveAnti-Semite and Jew
Paul Morihien|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
Réflexions sur la question juive [Anti-Semite and Jew] Paul Morihien, Paris 1946, 12x19cm, original wrappers.

First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pur fil, a deluxe copy.
Nice copy of one of the very first and most important essays on antisemitism shortly after the war, by the founder of Existentialism. Within a broader reflection on citizenship and identity, Jean-Paul Sartre demonstrates how ethnical essentialism feeds Nazi ideology.
€2,500
Henri BÉRAUD
" .. Oui, il faut espérer que cette année, qui pour moi commence, sera meilleure que celle qui s'achève..."Autograph letter from prison dated and signed and addressed to his mother-in-law whom he affectionately calls "his dear mother" concerning a package he received for his birthday on September 21st
S. n.|Poissy 22 Septembre 1945|13.50 x 21 cm|trois pages
Fine autograph letter dated and signed by Henri Béraud addressed to his mother-in-law while he was incarcerated at Poissy prison (43 lines in blue ink on one recto-verso page) the day after his 60th birthday.
The letter is on letterhead of the infirmary of the central prison of Poissy, fold marks inherent to being placed in an envelope, Henri Béraud erroneously indicated the year 1942 in the date instead of 1945.
Henri Béraud overflows with thanks: "... quel époustouflant colis cette semaine ! Il n'y manquait que les petites bougies du rituel gâteau..." ["... what a stunning package this week! All that was missing were the little candles from the ritual...
€750
Patrick MODIANO
La place de l'étoile
Gallimard|Paris 1968|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of Patrick Modiano's first work, of which there were no deluxe copies and bearing the correct imprint of March 28, 1968, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Preface by Jean Cau.
Handsome copy expanded with a promotional band printed on the occasion of his first literary prize the following year.
Very rare signed autograph inscription by Patrick Modiano on this work: "Pour Marcel Arland avec ma vive admiration. Hommage de l'auteur. Modiano." ["For Marcel Arland with my keen admiration. Author's tribute. Modiano."]
Marcel Arland, co-director with Jean Paulhan of Editions Gallimard since 1953 and historical member of the Reading Committee of...
€4,500
Patrick MODIANO
La Ronde de Nuit
Gallimard|Paris 1969|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of which no deluxe copies were printed, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine partially sunned as usual.
Precious and rare signed autograph inscription from Patrick Modiano on his second work: "Pour Dominique Aury en respectueux hommage. Modiano."
Dominique Aury is not only the secret author of the scandalous Histoire d'O published under the pseudonym Pauline Réage. She is above all, since 1953, the influential secretary general of the NRF alongside Jean Paulhan and Marcel Arland and one of the principal readers on the Reading Committee of Editions Gallimard.
Just 24 years old, the future Nobel Prize winner in Literature thus...
€2,500
Henri BÉRAUD
" ... seul, en somme, votre gendre vous donne du souci. Que voulez-vous, il faut bien que dans toutes les familles, y comprises les meilleures, on compte un mauvais sujet ..."Moving autograph letter from prison, dated and signed and addressed to his mother-in-law, whom he affectionately calls "his dear mother"
S. n.|Poissy 6 Octobre1945|13 x 21 cm|deux pages
Touching autograph letter dated and signed by Henri Béraud addressed to his mother-in-law while he was incarcerated at Poissy prison (46 lines in blue ink on one recto-verso page) relating his situation as a prisoner and worrying about his mother-in-law's failing health.
The letter is on letterhead from the infirmary of the central prison of Poissy, with fold marks inherent to being placed in an envelope.
Henri Béraud is very sad not to have been able to see his mother-in-law who encounters some health problems preventing her comforting visits to Poissy: "... j'ai été bien peiné de ne pas vous voir jeudi..." ["I was very saddened not to see you...
€600
Henri BÉRAUD
" ...Ne regrettez pas trop de ne pouvoir faire le voyage, en raison, primo de ce temps sans bonne grâce, et secundo de l'état moral plutpot vaseux de votre gendre. Mauvaise période ! ..."Autograph letter from prison dated and signed and addressed to his mother-in-law whom he affectionately calls "his dear mother"
S. n.|Poissy 22 Juin 1946|13 x 21 cm|une page recto verso
Fine autograph letter dated and signed by Henri Béraud addressed to his mother-in-law while he was incarcerated at Poissy prison (43 lines in blue ink on one recto-verso page) suffering psychologically from his situation as a prisoner.
The letter is on letterhead from the infirmary of the central prison of Poissy, with fold marks inherent to being placed in an envelope.
Morally affected, the prisoner Henri Béraud attempts to show optimism by putting his misfortunes in perspective: "... Mauvaise période ! Mais après la pluie le beau temps. Celui qui a trouvé cela est un consolateur qui en vaut bien d'autre, et qui, somme toute, n'est pas le plus...
€600
Xavier de HAUTECLOCQUE
"... ce que vous dites de l'effroyable danger qui nous menace, combien de fois ai-je essayé de le faire comprendre à des parlementaires soit-disant "patriotes", "nationaux"..."Autograph letter signed to Léon Daudet about the favorable review of his work denouncing the perils of the rise of the Third Reich
S. n.|Berlin s. d. [circa 1934]|13 x 18 cm|trois pages
Autograph letter signed by Xavier de Hauteclocque (39 lines in black ink on Continental Hotel Berlin letterhead) written from Berlin and addressed to Léon Daudet thanking him for: "... l'éloge que vous avez eu la bonté de consacrer encore à mon bouquin sur l'hitlérisme..." ["the praise you were kind enough to devote once again to my book on Hitlerism"] which he had published in the monarchist and Germanophobic daily Action Française.
Although having sounded the alarm concerning the grave dangers posed to Europe by the Nazi party's rise to power, Xavier de Hauteclocque despairs of being heard even by supposedly nationalist or patriotic circles: "...
€400
Henri BÉRAUD
"... le colis de jeudi dernier était comme à l'ordinaire magnifique..."Moving autograph letter from prison, dated and signed and addressed to his mother-in-law, whom he affectionately calls "his dear mother"
S. n.|Poissy 29 Septembre 1945|13.50 x 21 cm|une page recto verso
Touching autograph letter dated and signed by Henri Béraud addressed to his mother-in-law while he was incarcerated at Poissy prison (36 lines in blue ink on one recto-verso page) describing his situation as a prisoner while praising the love of his mother-in-law and his wife who watch over him and allow him to view prison life under better auspices, thanks notably to the packages that improve his daily fare.
The letter is on letterhead from the infirmary of the central prison at Poissy where Henri Béraud was being treated, fold marks inherent to mailing.
Henri Béraud knows his mother-in-law is suffering and deplores her absence from last week's visiting room...
€500
Henri BÉRAUD
" ... On est à se demander si le soleil s'est mis en grève ou s'il est allé se promener au pays lointain de la vraie justice et du bon sens ..."Moving autograph letter from prison, dated and signed and addressed to his mother-in-law, whom he affectionately calls "his dear mother"
S. n.|Poissy 15 Juin 1946|13.50 x 21 cm|une page recto verso
Touching autograph letter dated and signed by Henri Béraud addressed to his mother-in-law while he was incarcerated at Poissy prison (40 lines in blue ink on one recto-verso page) relating his situation as a prisoner while praising the love of the latter and his wife who watch over him and allow him to envisage prison life under better auspices, thanks notably to the parcels that improve his daily fare.
The letter is headed with the infirmary of the central prison of Poissy where Henri Béraud was being treated, creasing traces inherent to being placed in an envelope. A printed stamp of the prison administration "Seen and checked" in the left and upper margin of the...
€600
Henri BÉRAUD
" ... je crains toujours que vous ne vous priviez pour moi. Surtout ne faites pas cela..."Moving autograph letter from prison, dated and signed and addressed to his mother-in-law, whom he affectionately calls "his dear mother"
S. n.|Poissy 2 Juin 1945|13 x 21 cm|trois pages
Touching autograph letter dated and signed by Henri Béraud addressed to his mother-in-law while imprisoned at Poissy prison (65 lines in blue then black ink on three pages) relating his situation as a prisoner while praising the love of the latter and his wife who watch over him and allow him to envisage prison life under better auspices.
The letter is on the letterhead of the infirmary of the central prison of Poissy, with fold marks inherent to being placed in an envelope.
Henri Béraud rejoices at having been able to see his mother-in-law in good health and worries about the sacrifices she inflicts upon herself for the well-being of her imprisoned...
€750
Alfred FABRE-LUCE
L'homme-journal 1966-1967
Plon|Paris 1961|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.
€100
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Situations, VII - Problèmes du marxisme 2
Gallimard|Paris 1965|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies after 36 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine slightly sunned at head and foot.
€120
Julien BENDA
Précision (1930-1937)
Nrf|Paris 1937|11.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 30 on pure thread paper.
Handsome copy despite two small sun-faded spots at head and foot of spine.

€70
Bernadette MORAND
Les écrits des prisonniers politiques
P.U.F.|Paris 1976|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Bernadette Morand to a couple of friends.
€60
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Situations, VI - Problèmes du marxisme
Gallimard|Paris 1964|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 36 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy despite the slightly sunned spine.
€100
Léonid GUIRCHOVITCH
Têtes interverties
Verdier|Paris 2007|14 x 22 cm|broché
First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy retaining publisher's wraparound band.
Rare signed autograph inscription by Léonid Guirchovitch with an original drawing of a violinist on the facing page.

€300
Léon TROTSKY
Encore et à nouveau sur la nature de l'U.R.S.S.
Voix Ouvrière|Paris s. d. [circa 1968]|15 x 20 cm|broché
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.

€100
Resisting the Night
Resisting the Night
Georges DIDI-HUBERMAN
Eparses - Voyage dans les papiers du ghetto de Varsovie
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 2020|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Georges Didi-Huberman to screenwriter and filmmaker Jean-Christophe Brianchon.
€100
Louis FERRAND, COLLECTIF
Un secteur de la Résistance française - Le livre blanc de Buchenwald
Les Éditions de la Déportation et de la Résistance|Paris s. d. [circa 1955]|24 x 31 cm|broché
First edition.
Unlettered grey cloth spine, the title of the work has been added, certainly by the dedicatee, in blue ballpoint pen, some angular creases on the boards.
Moving autograph inscription dated and signed by Louis Ferrand: "A mon ami Marcovitch Louis, mon frère de chaîne à Buchenwald. Fraternel souvenir des années sombres. 11 septembre 1966. Louis Ferrand matricule 81.106." [To my friend Marcovitch Louis, my chain brother at Buchenwald. Fraternal memory of the dark years. September 11, 1966. Louis Ferrand registration number 81.106.]
Communist militant and resistance fighter, Louis Ferrand was arrested on November 1, 1943 and severely tortured to the...
€300
Léon TROTSKY
La question ukrainienne
Voix Ouvrière|Paris s. d. [circa 1968]|15 x 20 cm|broché
Reprint of the very rare first edition of the French translation printed by Voix ouvrière in 1939.
Unlettered cloth spine.
Rare and handsome copy.

€300
Jelka POGORELEC
Les secrets des organisations terroristes au service du terrorisme
Publication La paix internationale|Paris 1934|12 x 19 cm|broché
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.
€400
Éliane BRAU
Le situationnisme ou la nouvelle internationale
Nouvelles éditions Debresse|Paris 1968|11 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition with a central photographic section.
Spine slightly creased with two small tears at head and foot of spine.
€80
Alexandre Fiodorovitch KERENSKY
La situation générale en Russie
Comité national d'études sociales et politiques|Paris s. d. [circa 1918]|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition in French of this speech delivered by Kerensky on July 8 and 10, 1918.
Rare and handsome pamphlet.
€100
Henri ROLLIN
Une nouvelle étape de la révolution russe : le congrès du parti socialiste
Comité national d'études sociales et politiques|Paris 1926|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
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.
€100
Henri ROLLIN
Les réalités et les tendances de la russie actuelle
Comité national d'études sociales et politiques|Paris 1924|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
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.
€100
Albert THOMAS
La situation de la Russie
Comité national d'études sociales et politiques|Paris s. d. [circa 1917]|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
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.
€100
André MALRAUX
Le temps du mépris
Nrf|Paris 1935|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 297 numbered copies on handmade paper.
A handsome copy.
€200
André MALRAUX
Le temps du mépris
Nrf|Paris 1935|12 x 19 cm|broché
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.
€200
Tobias SCHIFF
Revenir - Drancy - Auschwitz - Bergen-Belsen
Talus d'approche|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1995|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Handsome copy.
Presented by Jean-Marc Turine.
Autograph inscription from the latter to Georges Goldfayn.

€60
Roger GARAUDY
Le terrorisme occidental
Editions Dar El Oumma|Alger [Algiers] 2002|14.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition.
Cellophane film creased on the front cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Roger Garaudy to Pierre and Réjane Le Baud.
€70
COLLECTIF
Rapport présenté au bureau socialiste international par le parti socialiste et révolutionnaire arménien Daschnaktzoutioun
Fédération révolutionnaire arménienne • Imprimerie Paul Singer|Stuttgart 1907|13 x 18.50 cm|agrafé
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.
€200
Léon ZITRONE
Léon Zitrone vous parle de l'UR.S.S.
Del Duca|Paris 1960|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
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
€80
Henry-Paul GASSIER [Henry-Paul DEYVAUX-GASIER]
Humoristique et antifaciste dessin original signé au feutre noir illustrant le roi Victor-Emmanuel III cirant les chaussures d'un Mussolini menaçant
s. l. s. d. [circa 1930]|27 x 19.50 cm|une feuille encollée sur un carton
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...
€350
André BRETON
Manuscrit autographe signé complet du discours prononcé le 22 février 1952 à la salle Wagram en faveur des condamnés à mort espagnols
s. l. • [Paris] 22 février 1952|21 x 27 cm|3 pages sur 3 feuillets
Autograph manuscript signed, written in blue ink on three sheets of white paper; numerous deletions and corrections.

"Si quelque part au monde le coeur de la liberté continue à battre, s'il est un lieu d'où ses coups nous parviennent mieux frappés que de partout ailleurs, nous savons tous que ce lieu est l'Espagne." ["If anywhere in the world the heart of freedom continues to beat, if there is a place from which its beats reach us more clearly struck than from anywhere else, we all know that this place is Spain."]

This magnificent text was delivered by André Breton on February 22, 1952 during the meeting organized by the League...
€3,000
Heinrich HARRER
Sept ans d'aventures au Tibet
Arthaud|Paris 1953|14.50 x 20.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
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.

€1,200
Pierre PORTAIL
Deux aspects de la criminalité systématique dans les camps de concentration allemands : La psychose collective allemande - Terrain et facteurs de développement
Imprimeries réunies • Université de Paris - Faculté de Droit|Chambéry 1947|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
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...
€450
(Louis-Ferdinand CELINE)
L'affaire Céline : l'école d'un cadavre
Comité d'action de la Résistance|Paris 1952|15 x 21 cm|agrafé
First edition.
A rare and handsome copy.
€180
Michel LEIRIS, Julien BENDA
Miroir de la tauromachie - In La Nrf N°302 du 1er Novembre 1938
Nrf|Paris 1er Novembre 1938|14.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
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.
€150
Adéodat COMPÈRE-MOREL
Socialisme et bolchévisme
Librairie populaire|Paris 1921|11.50 x 17 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Boards marginally discolored and lightly sunned.
€30
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Situations I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX & X - Ensemble en tirage de tête et complet en 10 volumes
Gallimard|Paris 1947-1976|12 x 19 cm|10 volumes brochés sous chemises-étuis
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...
€4,500
Pierre-Joseph-Marie PROUDHON
La révolution sociale démontrée par le coup d'état du 2 Décembre
Garnier frères|Paris 1852|12 x 19 cm|relié
Second edition.
Foxing.
Bradel binding in red half cloth, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with central gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet at tail, brown shagreen title label with scratches, marbled paper boards, upper corners bumped.

€100
Alain KRIVINE, COLLECTIF
Rouge, hebdomadaire de la Ligue communiste N°186 "Nixon, Hitler assassins !"
Rouge|Paris 6 Janvier 1973|29 x 43.50 cm|une feuille
First edition of this issue condemning American bombing in Vietnam.
Texts by various correspondents of the magazine.
Handsome and rare copy.

€50
Alain KRIVINE, COLLECTIF
Rouge, hebdomadaire d'action communiste N°74-75 &76 "La victoire de Léon Trotsky"
Rouge|Paris Août 1970|29 x 43.50 cm|une feuille
First edition of this triple special issue in honor of Léon Trotsky.
Texts by various correspondents of the review.
Handsome and rare copy.

€60
Georges TOURNAIRE
Le socialisme - Notions élémentaires
Chez l'auteur|Paris 1909|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half red cloth binding, spine with gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top corners very slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Foxing.
Preface by Gustave Hervé.

€50
COLLECTIF
17e congrès national tenu à Strasbourg les 25, 26, 27, 29 et 29 février 1920 - Compte rendu sténographique
Flammarion|Paris 1920|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
The rare first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine browned, small marginal tears to boards, string marks to front board, our copy having been packaged with several other works and placed at the top of the pile.

€150
Benoît MALON
Précis historique, théorique et pratique du socialisme
Félix Alcan • Librairie de la revue socialiste|Paris 1892|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
Edition from the year of the first edition, statement of edition.
Minor angular tears to foot of spine and boards, some light marginal foxing to second cover bearing a printed service de presse stamp.
Photographic portrait of Benoit Malon as frontispiece.

€80
Robert ARON
Le socialisme français face au marxisme
Grasset|Paris 1971|13 x 20.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine slightly sunned.
Fine dated and signed autograph inscription from Robert Aron to historian Max Gallo: "Pour Max Gallo dont j'ai été, je crois, le premier lecteur de son premier manuscrit, en le félicitant pour le chemin parcouru, ce livre sur la Commune." ["For Max Gallo, whose first manuscript I believe I was the first to read, congratulating him on the journey accomplished, this book on the Commune."]
€80
Marcel BLEUSTEIN-BLANCHET
Sur mon antenne - Souvenirs d'une radio libre
Gallimard|Paris 1947|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on deckle-edged paper, ours specially printed for General Koenig.
Bradel binding in full white cardboard simulating vellum, spine with four compartments decorated with panels outlined in red, red fillet frame on boards, front cover preserved, top edge red.
Precious autograph inscription from Marcel Bleustein, who took the pseudonym Blanchet during the Resistance, to General Koenig, the great victor of the battle of Bir Hakeim: "Pour monsieur le général Koenig, en témoignage de ma grande admiration et de mon respectueux attachement. Son ancien officier de presse Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet le 24 Nov. 1948" [For General Koenig, as a...
€750
COLLECTIF
Deuxième conférence internationale des écrivains révolutionnaires - Rapports, résolutions, débats
In Littérature de la révolution mondiale|Paris 1931|10.50 x 18 cm|broché
First edition of this special issue of "Littérature de la révolution mondiale", journal of "l'Organe central de l'union internationale des écrivains révoltionnaires".
Issue illustrated with photographs.
A lack at the foot of the spine which also bears two black stains in its middle, light dampstain at the foot of the last leaves.
Contributions by B. Illés, S. Gopner, Johannes R. Bécher, N. Skrypnik, A.B. Khalatov, N. Mikitenko.
€80
Emmanuel d' ASTIER
Les grands
Gallimard|Paris 1961|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine soiled, red stains to right margin of front cover, back cover marginally soiled.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Emmanuel d'Astier to Carlo Rim: "Pour Carlo Rim après 25 années et un échange de souvenirs dans la symparhie d'As." ["For Carlo Rim after 25 years and an exchange of memories in the sympathy of As."]
Carlo Rim, author of "Ma belle Marseille", was a Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker and friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol as well as André Salmon and Max Jacob.
€50
Louis ARAGON
La culture et les hommes
Editions sociales|Paris 1947|12 x 15.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine and boards marginally and lightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Louis Aragon to Micaëla Szekely.
€300
Jean EFFEL
Mille neuf cent 45 - Fillette
Edibel|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1945|27 x 21 cm|agrafé
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, consisting of 67 anti-Pétain and anti-collaborationist drawings by Jean Effel.
Pleasant copy considering the fragility of the paper, light tears without consequence to margins of covers, two tears without loss to centers of pages 46 and 49, back cover lightly soiled.
Preface by Pierre Bénard.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Effel to Carlo Rim and his wife Alice, enhanced with a small drawing representing an angel's head.
€100
Pierre & Hélène LAZAREFF
L' U.R.S.S. à l'heure Malenkov
La Table Ronde|Paris 1954|14 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Work illustrated with photographs in hors-texte.
Spine ridged, lightly sunned, very light corner creases on the covers
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Lazareff, enhanced with the signature of Hélène, to the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob: "... ce témoignage non engagé..." ["this unbiased testimony..."]
€60