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Economics & Politics

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

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  1. Esprit N°3 de la nouvelle série
    COLLECTIF

    Esprit N°3 de la nouvelle série

    Esprit|Paris Mars 1960|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition of this issue of this important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Issue largely devoted to the subject "From coexistence to peace, twenty years of history": The confrontation: "American and Soviet positions", "economic systems", "between writers" by Pierre Emmanuel, André Fontaine, Claude Gruson notably. ; "The socialist camp": "The socialist bloc and détente", "China" by Bernard Feron and Stuart Schram ; "The trials of coexistence": "Laos", "Iraq", "Cuba", "Berlin", "Formosa" by Robert Guillain, Louis Péronne and Pierre Rondot notably ; "From coexistence to cooperation": "A new international order", "Prospects for French policy", "The politics of humankind" by Jean Conilh, Stanley Hoffmann...
    Occasional foxing mainly marginal.


    €60
  2. Esprit N°9 de la nouvelle série
    COLLECTIF

    Esprit N°9 de la nouvelle série

    Esprit|Paris Septembre 1967|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    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 L. Vandermeersch: "Les frontières sino-soviétiques" ["The Sino-Soviet borders"], Dina Dreyfus "Télévision et enseignement" ["Television and teaching"], Gamé Guilao: "La mort des fétiches" ["The death of fetishes"], "Socialisme et développement en Zambie et au Cambodge" ["Socialism and development in Zambia and Cambodia"] by René Dumont and Thierry de Beaucé...
    Occasional foxing mainly to margins.


    €60
  3. Esprit N°2 de la 18ème année
    COLLECTIF

    Esprit N°2 de la 18ème année

    Esprit|Paris Février 1950|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    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.
    Issue partly devoted to Yugoslavia: J.M. Domenach: "Une révolution rencontre le mensonge" ["A revolution encounters lies"], J. Baboulène: "Le sens de l'édification socialiste en Yougoslavie" ["The meaning of socialist construction in Yugoslavia"], H. Queffelec: "Perspectives" ["Perspectives"].
    Other contributions by JH. Duméry "L'athéisme sartrien" ["Sartrean atheism"], E. Mounier "Notes scandinaves ou du bonheur" ["Scandinavian notes or on happiness"]...
    Occasional foxing mainly to margins.


    €60
  4. Esprit N°5 de la 18ème année
    COLLECTIF

    Esprit N°5 de la 18ème année

    Esprit|Paris Mai 1950|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    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.
    Issue partly devoted to the French army: L. de Villefosse: "Armée nationale ou armée de guerre civile ?", J. Lacroix: "L'armée et la politique", A. Berger: "L'armée de nos moyens", Colonel X: "Positions et propositions", J.M. Domenach: "Pour la défense nationale"...
    Occasional light foxing mainly marginal.


    €60
  5. Parce qu'elle était Noire... Une Réserve en Australie
    Dymphna CUSACK

    Parce qu'elle était Noire... Une Réserve en Australie

    Les Editeurs Français Réunis|Paris 1966|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    A tear with loss at the head of one joint, a small blue ballpoint pen inscription in the upper left corner of the title vignette on the front cover.
    Rare dated manuscript signature by Dymphna Cusack on this work denouncing the ostracism and racism suffered by Aborigines in their native land of Australia.




    €300
  8. Lettre à Frédéric Lefèvre In Chroniques N°2
    Georges BERNANOS, Nicolas BERDIAEFF

    Lettre à Frédéric Lefèvre In Chroniques N°2

    Plon|Paris 1926|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 225 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe issue.
    A transverse fold at head of front cover, otherwise a handsome full-margined copy.
    Contributions by Georges Bernanos: "Lettre à Frédéric Lefèvre", Max Jacob: "Renoncer à toute richesse" & "Jeunesse lacustre" & "Angoisses et autres", Henri Massis: "Charles Maurras et le sentiment de la mort" & "Paul Valéry et sa pensée", Nicolas Berdiaeff "Le destin de la culture", Jean Cocteau: "Daisy en France", Daisy Ashford: "Les jeunes visiteurs ou le plan de Mr Salteena", Julien Green: "La traversée inutile"...
    €80
  9. Louis XVII en Suisse. Son ami Frédéric Leschot de Genève - In Bibliothèque Universelle & Revue Suisse N°109
    E.A. NAVILLE

    Louis XVII en Suisse. Son ami Frédéric Leschot de Genève - In Bibliothèque Universelle & Revue Suisse N°109

    Bibliothèque Universelle & Revue Suisse|Lausanne • & Paris Janvier 1905|14 x 22.50 cm|2 fascicules reliés en 1
    First edition published in two instalments (we have not been able to determine the publication date of the second part nor the number of the journal in which it was printed).
    Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt garlands and gilt fleurons, gilt friezes at head and foot, wood-effect paper boards, front cover of the first fascicle preserved, sea-green paper endpapers and pastedowns, bookplate pasted on a pastedown, contemporary binding signed F. Vanzeghbroeck.
    Library stamp in upper right corner of the first text page.
    €80
  23. Céline and his Vision
    Erika OSTROVSKY

    Céline and his Vision

    New york university press • University of London press limited|New York • & London 1967|14 x 21.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur

    First edition.
    A shadow left by a piece of postal label on an endpaper and on the facing page where the autograph inscription appears.
    Publisher's binding in full black cloth, smooth spine, complete with its photographic dust jacket which has small marginal tears.
    Autograph tribute dated and signed by Erika Ostrovsky in French to Nadine Nimier, widow and wife of Roger Nimier who, after the war, rehabilitated Louis-Ferdinand with French publishers: "Avec beaucoup d'amitiés. Erika Ostrovsky. Juin 1967."
    We include a promotional bookplate from the "New york university press" enriched with Erika Ostrovky's signature.



    €100
  31. Chronique d'un Temps troublé
    (to Sacha GUITRY) René BENJAMIN

    Chronique d'un Temps troublé

    Plon|Paris 1938|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper reserved for the service de presse.
    Significant ink stains at head of second volume affecting only very slightly and marginally the final front endpaper, small marginal tears to boards.
    Precious dated inscription signed by René Benjamin: "A Sacha Guitry, ce livre qui n'a qu'une idée, parbleu, c'est de lui plaire." ["To Sacha Guitry, this book which has only one idea, by Jove, it is to please him."]
    €60
  35. L'Affaire Audin
    Pierre VIDAL-NAQUET

    L'Affaire Audin

    Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1958|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on Ghaldwill, the only deluxe copies.
    Preface by Laurent Schwartz.
    Maurice Audin, French mathematician and member of the Algerian Communist Party, was arrested during the Battle of Algiers on June 11, 1957 and disappeared without his body ever being found.
    While the French army claimed he had escaped, several prominent figures including Pierre Vidal-Naquet protested and denounced his martyrdom after he was certainly tortured by the French army, with General Aussaresses much later acknowledging having given the order to kill Maurice Audin.
    Handsome and rare copy retaining its publisher's wraparound band (which has a lack): "Massu et ses complices"..
    €800
  38. La Révolution trahie
    Léon TROTSKY, Victor SERGE

    La Révolution trahieThe Revolution Betrayed

    Grasset|Paris 1936|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    La Révolution trahie [The Revolution Betrayed], Grasset, Paris 1936, 11,5x18,5cm, relié.
    First edition of the French translation, one of 26 numbered copies on alfa, the only deluxe issue (grands papiers).
    Red half morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, grey paper pastedowns endpapers, original soft covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Goy & Vilaine.
    A rare and very fine copy.
    €2,800
  40. Pour l'Honneur de Paris. Chronique 1977-2020
    Bertrand DELANOE

    Pour l'Honneur de Paris. Chronique 1977-2020

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1999|15 x 23 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite three light stains on the lower edge without any damage to the text.
    Autograph inscription signed by Bertrand Delanoë to a close collaborator named Cécile: "A toi, chère Cécile, au nom des valeurs et des combats partagés. De l'amour de la vie ; de la ville. Amicalement." ["To you, dear Cécile, in the name of shared values and struggles. For the love of life; of the city. With friendship."]

    €50
  56. Bristol de S.A.S. la Princesse de Monaco signé de Grace Kelly
    Grace, Princesse de Monaco KELLY

    Bristol de S.A.S. la Princesse de Monaco signé de Grace KellySigned bristol of Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco

    S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1980]|13.50 x 9 cm|une feuille
    Signed bristol of Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco
    [ca 1980] | 13,5 x 9 cm | one card
    Specimen visiting card with the signature of Her Serene Highness Princess of Monaco Grace Kelly.
    Pleasant copy, stamp printed “specimen” on the verso of the visiting card.
    Handwritten signature of Grace Kelly in blue felt pen.
    €1,500
  66. Quand le Boeuf montait sur le Toit
    Jacques CHASTENET

    Quand le Boeuf montait sur le Toit

    Arthème Fayard|Paris 1958|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché

    First edition, with service de presse stamp at head of second cover.
    Spine slightly sunned, the page bearing the autograph inscription is partially shaded, otherwise a handsome copy complete with publisher's slip.
    Precious and fine autograph inscription from Jacques Chastenet to his fellow Immortal of the Académie Française, General Weygand: "... cette esquisse d'une époque qui n'a pas profité de la victoire à laquelle il avait tant contribué." ["... this sketch of an era that did not benefit from the victory to which he had so greatly contributed."]

    €60
  68. Commentaire. De Vienne à Alger 1938-1944. - D'Alger à Berne 1944-1952. - De Berne à Paris 1952-1962
    Jean CHAUVEL

    Commentaire. De Vienne à Alger 1938-1944. - D'Alger à Berne 1944-1952. - De Berne à Paris 1952-1962

    Arthème Fayard|Paris 1971-1973|14.50 x 22.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
    First edition, one of a few numbered copies on alfa paper for the first volume, one of a few numbered copies on Japan bamboo paper for the second and one of a few numbered copies on alfa paper for the third and final volume, the only deluxe copies.
    Bound in half chocolate brown shagreen with corners, spines with four raised bands set with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spines preserved, top edges gilt on deckled edges.
    A handsome copy handsomely bound and complete in three volumes.
    €300
  90. La Crise du Capitalisme américain
    Bertrand de JOUVENEL

    La Crise du Capitalisme américain

    Gallimard|Paris 1933|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Signed and inscribed by Bertrand de Jouvenel to Alfred Fabre-Luce and his wife Charlotte: "... ce travail de documentation d'où l'on peut tirer des faits à l'occasion. Il a été fait pour servir de 'silo à faits' avec respectivement, mes hommages et mes amitiés..." ["... this work of documentation from which one can draw facts as needed. It was made to serve as a 'silo of facts' with respectively, my respects and my friendship..."]
    €80
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