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

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.

First edition of this issue.
Texts by various correspondents of the review.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition of this issue condemning American bombing in Vietnam.
Texts by various correspondents of the magazine.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition of this issue.
Texts by various correspondents of the review.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition of this issue.
Texts by various correspondents of the review.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition of this issue.
Texts by various correspondents of the journal.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition of this issue.
Texts by various correspondents of the journal.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition of this issue.
Texts by various correspondents of the review.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition of this triple special issue in honor of Léon Trotsky.
Texts by various correspondents of the review.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition of this issue partly devoted to supporting the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam.
Texts by S. Niemetz, C. Michaloux, J. Pesquet, C. Scalabrino and various correspondents of the review.
Handsome and rare copy.
The front page is illustrated with a drawing by Giroud.

First edition of this issue.
Texts by various correspondents of the review.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition of this issue.
Texts by various correspondents of the review.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition of this issue.
Texts by various correspondents of the magazine.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition of this issue.
Texts by various correspondents of the magazine.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition of this issue.
Texts by various correspondents of the review.
Handsome and rare copy.

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.

First edition.
Covers discolored, a tear to upper right corner of second cover, minimal corner losses to covers lightly soiled.

First edition of this issue.
Texts by Jean Metais, Jean-François Dumas and various correspondents of the review.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition of this issue.
Texts by Michel Thomas, Maurice Buzard, Boris Coutlat and various correspondents of the magazine.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition of this issue partly devoted to the Franco dictatorship.
Texts by Michel Rotman, C. Scalabrino and various correspondents of the magazine.
Handsome and rare copy.
The front page is illustrated with a drawing by Giroud.

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

First edition of this issue.
Texts by R. Norman, A. Bertrand and various correspondents of the journal.
Handsome and rare copy.
The last page of issue N°63 is a scathing critique of the film adaptation of "L'aveu" by Artur and Lise London by Costa-Gavras and Jorge Semprun.

First edition of this issue.
Texts by Michel Lenoir, Christiane Tilier and various correspondents of the review.
Handsome and rare copy.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine and boards marginally sunned without gravity.
Cover illustrated with a drawing by Raoul Ubac.
Retaining publisher's wraparound band.
Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Jean Lescure to Georges Goldfayn: "A toi mon cher Georges ce 1848 dont la révolution n'a pas empêché la gauche d'être gauche et ne l'a pas pas rendu adroite pour autant. Avec l'amitié de Karl. J. Lescure" ["To you my dear Georges this 1848 whose revolution did not prevent the left from being left and did not make it skillful for all that. With the friendship of Karl. J...

First edition of this issue.
Texts by Christiane Tilier, Philippe Sabathé, Hélène Bertau and various correspondents of the review.
Handsome and rare copy despite minor tears of no consequence at the foot of the last page.

First edition of this issue.
Texts by J. Tonnac, M.S. Cherbourg and various correspondents of the review.
Handsome and rare copy complete with its double-leaf insert "L'Italie après Brescia" placed in the middle of the journal.

First edition of this issue denouncing the Franco dictatorship.
Texts by various correspondents of the magazine.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition of this issue denouncing the visit to France of a minister from General Pinochet's dictatorial regime.
Texts by various correspondents of the magazine.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition of this issue denouncing violence related to racism in France.
Texts by various correspondents of the review.
Handsome and rare copy.

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.

Pléiade library edition printed on India paper.
Publisher's bindings in full green grained sheep, grey top edges, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets.
Fine complete set retaining its cellophane wrappers but lacking its soft cases.

First edition, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Handsome copy despite minor stains of no consequence to one edge.
Bibliophile's blind stamp as bookplate at foot of endpaper.
Signed autograph inscription from François Mitterrand to Catherine Poulen.

New edition.
Blind bibliophile's stamp as bookplate at foot of first endpaper.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly ridged as usual, minor stains of no consequence on one edge.
Autograph inscription signed by François Mitterrand to Jean Yssert on the first endpaper.

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.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite small wormholes on the edges.
Amusing signed autograph inscription by Bernard Thomas on the half-title page to Jean-Pierre Richard, Carlo Rim's son: "Pour Jean-Pierre, par ma chandelle verte, j'espère que ça va faire de l'oseille." ["For Jean-Pierre, by my green candle, I hope this will make some money."]
A Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker, Carlo Rim was the friend and confidant of numerous artists and authors among the greatest figures of the 20th century: Antonin Artaud, Marcel Pagnol, Fernandel, Raimu, Max Jacob, Edith Piaf, Tristan Bernard, Jacques Prévert...

First edition of this issue with the original etching by Charles Cottet.
A lack at the foot of the spine, foxing on the first cover and endpapers.
Other contributions by Jules Laforgue: "Inédits", Gustave Kahn: "Le roi fou (suite)", Edmond Jaloux: "La parc où s'évaillaient", Lucien Muhlfeld: "Petite chronique de la littérature"...

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Louis Althusser to Monsieur Derché.

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."]

First edition.
Handsome copy.
Dated and signed autograph inscription by Frigide Barjot to a friend named Pierre: "... toi qui a vécu les affres de la sortie, depuis Palamos. Et voici le bébé de ce printemps pas comme les autres. Je t'embrasse. Ta Frigide." ["... you who lived through the agonies of the release, since Palamos. And here is the baby of this spring unlike any other. I embrace you. Your Frigide."]

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy, blind-stamped bookplate at foot of half-title page.
Signed autograph inscription by François Mitterrand to René Doré on the half-title page.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine slightly sunned and warped, blind-stamped bookplate at foot of half-title page.
Complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.
Signed and inscribed by François Mitterrand to Claude Bourdet on the title page which has a tiny marginal lack at head.

First edition of this issue of the important humanist journal founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Contributions by Esprit: "Avortement, quelle liberté ?" ["Abortion, what freedom?"], Jack Jones: "Le socialisme des profondeurs" ["Socialism from the depths"], Louis Soubise: "Présence de Nietzsche" ["Presence of Nietzsche"], Hicham Djait: "L'idée d'unité arabe" ["The idea of Arab unity"], Marcio Moreira Alves: "La gauche chilienne au pouvoir" ["The Chilean left in power"], Michel Winock "Drumont et l'antisémitisme" ["Drumont and antisemitism"]...
Some worming to spine and boards, handsome interior condition.

First edition of this issue of the important humanist journal founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Contributions by Bernard d'Astorg: "La sirène et le mécano", Emmanuel Mounier: "Le décret du Saint-Office", J. Iwaszkiewisz: "Le moulin sur le Lutynia"...
Some light foxing.

First edition of this issue of the important humanist journal founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Other contributions by Albert Béguin: "Fidélité et imagination", Charles Piquois: "Au pays de mes pères", Antoine Pelletier: "Le protestantisme aux Etats-Unis", André Berthelot: "Le problème de l'élimination des armes atomiques"...
Light worming without significance.

First edition of this issue of this important humanist journal founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies. Contributions by P.C. Nappey: "Lettre sur l'homosexualité", Jacques Brault: "Patience", Robert Marteau: "Giacometti", André Clair: "Freud et le fait de la violence", Jacques Madaule: "Visages de Claudel", Michel Mesnil "Le jeune cinéma japonais"...
Three stains to covers, handsome interior condition.

First edition of this issue of this important humanist journal founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Contributions by Michel Winock: "Les élections présidentielles", Roger Errera: "L'indifférence au génocide", Robert Marteau: "Marat, de David", Pierre Vidal-Naquet: "Le procès stalinien"...
Handsome copy.

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 Albert Béguin: "L'âge des robots", Paul Chauchard: "Psycho-physiologie des cerveaux artificiels", Raymond Barkan: "Films de gangsters", Jean Cayrol: "Chris Marker"...
Two stains to margins of covers, handsome interior condition.

Bibliothèque de La Pléiade edition printed on bible paper.
Publisher's full green grained sheep bindings, blue tops, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets.
Complete set with rhodoids but lacking some slipcases and dust jackets.

Bibliothèque de La Pléiade edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full blue grained sheep bindings, blue top edges, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets.
Fine complete set retaining protective wraps but lacking dust jackets and slipcases.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine slightly yellowed at head, small tear to the wraparound band.
Handsome copy retaining publisher's wraparound band: "André Bergeron s'interroge sur le syndicalisme".
Fine dated and signed autograph inscription from André Bergeron to Jean-Jacques Oechslin who was for several years president of the "Groupe des employeurs": "... en amical hommage, ce message que je sais de bon sens, vertu rare aujourd'hui. Puisse l'Europe se faire - et se faire vite - avant qu'il ne soit trop tard. Avec mes voeux pour lui et pour l'organisation dont il se charge. le 3.10.1996." ["...in friendly homage, this...

Autograph letter dated and signed by Jeanne Maréchal, co-founder, with her husband Maurice and caricaturist Henri-Pierre Gassier, of the famous weekly political-satirical publication "Le Canard enchaîné", addressed to the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim, 11 lines in blue ink, the letter on Le Canard enchaîné letterhead.
Jeanne Maréchal thanks Carlo Rim for his kind letter and for the vivid memory he retains of Maurice Maréchal, founder with his wife Jeanne and illustrator Henri-Pierre Gassier, of the famous Canard enchaîné. : "Hé oui, Maurice en aurait bien ri et je vous en remercie de vous en souvenir..." ["Oh yes, Maurice would...

First edition of this issue of the important humanist journal founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Contributions by Jean-Marie Domenach: "Soyons révisionnistes", J.P. Lambert: "Le massacre des cancres", Claude Olivenstein & Edith Milner: "Toxicomane et plaisir", François Chan: "Pour le Bangla Desh", Michel Pierdel & Marcio Moreira Alves: "Le fait colonial en Amérique du Sud"...
Occasional light foxing, mainly marginal.

First edition of this issue of the important humanist journal founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Contributions by Jean Cayrol: "Sacre et massacre", Paul Ricoeur & Jean-Marie Domenach: "Masse et personne", Rabi: "Faulkner", Pierre Emmanuel: "Cour martiale", Francis Jeanson: "Le coréen libéré"...
Small tear at foot of front cover.

First edition of this issue of the important humanist journal founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Contributions by Esprit: "Le pacte atlantique", Georges Friedmann: "Où va le travail humain?", Paul Sabant: "Entretien avec Alexandre Fadéev", Jean-Marie Domenach: "Le P.C.F. et les intellectuels", Jean Mabirini: "Budapest: le mois de culture soviétique"...

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 Mario Enaudi: "Lettre à Esprit", Jean Cayrol: "Jeu dramatique", Paul Fraisse: "Que seront les hommes du 17 Juin?", Marius Gandilhon: "L'Espagne bouge", Albert Béguin: "Réflexions sur l'Amérique, l'Europe, la neutralité"...
Light worming of no consequence to the back cover.

First edition of this issue of the important humanist journal founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on Alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Contributions by François Fetjö: "Bilan de la révolution culturelle en Chine", Gérard Chalian: "Vietnam", C. Olievenstein: "Toxicomane et psychanalyste", Jacques Choncol: "Chrétiens et marxistes", Conrad Detrez: "Le sous-impérialisme brésilien", Gérard Lurol: "Mounier et le surréalisme"...
Occasional light foxing, mainly marginal.

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 Paul Fraisse, Henri Marrou and Emmanuel Mounier notably on the subject of "Propositions de paix scolaire".
Handsome copy.

Illustrated edition with 4 plates.
Bradel binding in half red cloth, smooth spine very lightly faded decorated with a central gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet at foot, red shagreen title-label with some rubbing, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved,
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Half brown sheep bindings, smooth spines decorated with triple gilt fillets and gilt decorative motifs, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers (soiled, with black ink stains, lacks or corner restorations, significant lack to the rear board of the first volume) and spine preserved, modern pastiche bindings.
Foxing, one stain at the foot of the leaves in the first half of the second volume not affecting the text.
Very rare autograph inscription signed by François René de Chateaubriand on the half-title page of the first volume to his secretary and faithful friend [Bernard Jean Erhard Desmousseaux]...

First edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Françoise Giroud to Claude Merikelon.

New edition printed in 245 numbered copies on Arches paper and reserved for subscribers of Action Française, our copy printed for Fernand Derome.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Publisher's white paper boards, slight damage to headcaps without consequence, photographic cover.
Autograph inscription from Pierre Monnier to Jean-Pierre Rudin: "... qui aime que les pendules soient à l'heure avec l'amitié de Pierre Monnier." ["...who likes the clocks to be on time with the friendship of Pierre Monnier."]

First edition.
Bradel bindings in full marbled boards, smooth spines decorated with double gilt fillets, brown sheepskin title labels, tears without loss to headcaps, two corners slightly bumped, yellow edges.
Work illustrated with a portrait of B. Constant as frontispiece to the second volume and complete with the folding facsimile.
Scattered foxing affecting mainly the first volume.

First edition of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Handsome copy.
Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Michel Rocard to his close friends Eric Westphal and his wife Martine: "A Martine et Eric en souvenir de tant d'années de compagnonnage, avec toute mon amitié" [To Martine and Eric in memory of so many years of companionship, with all my friendship].

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Michel Rocard to his close friend Eric Westphal: "A Eric, mon plus vieux et complice ami dans l'existence, pour confirmer une fidélité indéracinable dans l'amitié" ["To Eric, my oldest and most complicit friend in life, to confirm an ineradicable faithfulness in friendship"].

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Dated and signed autograph inscription from Michel Rocard to his close friend Eric Westphal and his wife Martine: "... ce qui a suivi nos débuts communs, avec ma fidèle amitié..." ["... what followed our shared beginnings, with my faithful friendship..."]

Comment je vois le Monde [The World as I See It], Paris 1934, 12x19cm, bound.
First edition of the French translation published a year before the English translation, one of 10 numbered copies on Hollande, most limited deluxe issue.
Dark gray half morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, patterned paper boards, gray paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved (slightly wrinkled and with small tears), top edge gilt over untrimmed edges, binding signed P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
A few foxing spots to endpapers and to some leaves on the untrimmed edges, bookplate on pastedown.
A very rare untrimmed copy of this fundamental text by the...

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.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine very lightly sunned, one stain to margin of back cover.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Dominique de Roux to his friend Vladimir Dimitrijevic, founder of L'Age d'Homme publishing house: "Pour toi Vladimir notre exemple à tous. Affection. 21 Dec. 1967." ["For you Vladimir, our example to all. With affection. 21 Dec. 1967."]

First edition.
Some lacks to head and foot of spine as well as to corners of boards, worming to boards, offsetting from blue cover to title page.
Rare.
Autograph inscription signed by Frédéric Passy to Victor Modesse.

First edition.
Rare and handsome fascicle presented under temporary cover and in its original wrappers.

First edition.
A small stain on the first page, some marginal creases and tears, worming to the heads of some leaves.
Rare fascicle presented in its original wrappers.

First edition of this work addressed to the new King of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm against the three great impostors of the time: Cagliostro, Lavater and Mesmer.
First page creased (title page), some light foxing.
Rare work in original stitching.

First edition of these odes to the Emperor.
Some light foxing.
Rare work in temporary covers and original stitching.

First edition of this speech delivered by Charles Pichegru to the National Convention assembly.
Rare and handsome copy in original wrappers.

First edition of this speech delivered by Bertrand Barère, deputy of the département of Hautes Pyrénées, to the National Convention assembly.
Small tears to margins of leaves.
Rare and handsome copy in original wrappers.

First edition.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
Rare and handsome copy in its original temporary covers and original stitching.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets decorated with gilt compartments, a tear at foot of spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing.

First edition.
Rare and handsome copy presented in temporary covers in its original wrappers.

First edition.
Two tears to two covers, some marginal lacks to the temporary covers, those of the first part are rubbed.
Rare and handsome set, complete in 4 volumes, presented in their temporary covers and original stitching.

First edition.
A rare and handsome copy presented under its interim covers and in its original stitched wrappers.

First edition of this speech delivered by Lazare Carnot, the Organizer of Victory, to the assembly of the National Convention.
A rare and handsome copy presented in its original stitched wrappers.

First edition of this speech delivered by Charles Morisson, deputy of the Vendée department, at the session of November 13, 1792 of the National Convention assembly.
Rare copy presented in its original wrappers which has small tears on the spine.

First edition presented in its original wrappers.
Rare and handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by the author: "Pour monsieur le marquis de Chalvet. Na : cet écrit fut publié en xbre 1788." ["For monsieur le marquis de Chalvet. Note: this work was published in December 1788."]

Second edition, largely original as it was corrected and considerably expanded.
A stain on the temporary cover with offsetting onto the title page.
Rare and handsome copy presented in temporary cover in its original wrappers.

Third edition, with some parts in first edition, as revised, corrected and expanded.
A dampstain at foot throughout the pamphlet.
Copy presented in temporary wrappers with lacks and in its original stitching.

First edition.
A dampstain at foot throughout the work, spine split, title written in black ink at head of unlettered spine.
The frontispiece and two folding plans are lacking from our copy presented in temporary wrappers and in its original stitching.

First edition published anonymously.
Rare and handsome copy presented under temporary covers in its original wrappers.

First edition.
Some minor foxing.
Rare and handsome copy presented under temporary covers in its original wrappers.