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

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

First edition in French of this offprint from the article published in No. 9 of "Internationale communiste" from February 1920.
Spine and boards marginally sunned and soiled, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition in French, one of 25 numbered copies on superior laid paper, ours being one of 5 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Spine lightly sunned, tiny tear at foot of front board, a full-margined copy.

New edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Vidal-Naquet to a couple of his friends.

First edition.
Handsome copy despite a vertical fold at the center of the first cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Vidal-Naquet to a couple of his friends.

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

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Photographic cover.
Very handsome copy despite a small tear at the foot of the back cover.
Rare.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Fine copy, iconography.
Rare dated autograph inscription signed by Yaël Dayan to Christian Melchior-Bonnet.

Second edition.
Illustrated work, with an engraved portrait of the author as frontispiece to the first volume, and a facsimile.
Spine cracked with some lacks, some corner lacks to boards, foxing.

First edition.
Handsome copy despite spine and covers marginally discolored.
Preface by André Chamson, Director General of the Archives of France.

First edition, one of the rare copies on Japan paper, of which no mention is made.
Half dark blue shagreen binding, smooth spine richly decorated with gilt typographical and floral motifs, some rubbing traces on one joint and the lower headcap, gilt fillet outlining the marbled paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt.
A handsomely bound copy.
Provenance: from the personal library of Gustave Le Bon with his bookplate representing Buddha meditating in the lotus position pasted on a pastedown.

First edition without statement of edition, illustrated with 2 portraits including one in color of the Duke of Reichstadt, 4 facsimiles and 2 maps, as well as a folding table. The 10th volume, in uniform binding, is the refutation of Raguse's memoirs by Laurent de Lardeche: Réfutation des Mémoires du Maréchal Marmont, Duc de Raguse devant l'histoire.
Contemporary half black shagreen binding. Smooth spine in Jansenist style with cold fillets. Gilt title and volume number. Boards rubbed. One library label at the foot of volume 5. Some foxing on an otherwise fresh set. Good copy.
"Of first order for Bonaparte's youth, but only for this period. Does not Marmont declare that he admires...

First edition, one of 110 numbered copies on pure paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half old rose morocco binding with corners, spine very lightly faded with four raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed Burkhart.
Handsome copy.

First edition of this issue.
Spine very lightly sunned with also a small stain at head.
Contributions by Paul J. Weber & Henri de Lavalette "Réflexions sur ls émeutes aux Etats-Unis", Pierre Chauleur "L'Afrique noire à l'heure des militaires", Raphaël Terdjian: "Le journal en miettes de Ionesco", Jean Collet "La chinoise de Jean-Luc Godard", Louis Beirnaert "L'irréductible violence"...

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on vellum paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on China paper, deluxe copy,
Four minute marginal lacks and small corner tears to the covers.
Handsome full-margined copy as issued.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean-Michel Palmier to Henri and Dominique Jongiver.

First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
Half caramel morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, printed bookplates on endpapers, binding signed Devauchelle.
Handsome copy elegantly bound.

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

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

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

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine being very lightly sunned.
Preface by Henri Alleg.

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

Edition with most parts in first edition, one of the numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 79 Japan.
Introduction, variants and notes by André Babelon.
Spines slightly sunned, otherwise a handsome complete set in three volumes.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 10 Japan.
Introductions and notes by André Babelon.
Spines very slightly sunned, first cover of the second volume also very slightly sunned, otherwise a handsome complete set in two volumes.
Press clippings included.

Edition with some parts in first edition.
Handsome copy despite light scuffs of no consequence to boards and spine.

First edition.
Spine and covers marginally faded, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition.
Light marginal scratches on covers with paper erosion.
Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Gilbert Gratiant: "Pour mon ami - et je veux aussi dire camarade - Lalande dont je voudrais voir le talent en plus intime accord avec la générosité et le courage bien connus de sa vie, et afin qu'il juge en pensant : Martinique. Fidèlement." ["For my friend - and I also want to say comrade - Lalande whose talent I would like to see in closer harmony with the well-known generosity and courage of his life, and so that he may judge while thinking: Martinique. Faithfully."]

Edition from the year of the first edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy despite a small lack at foot of spine.

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

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

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

Original black and white lithograph, second state, created for Le Charivari and printed on heavy paper.
Delteil, 2738
Light foxing throughout the plate and a tiny tear to the upper margin.

First edition printed on laid paper.
Some foxing concentrated mainly on the endpapers.

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

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

First edition.
Nice and rare copy.

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

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double gilt compartments adorned with gilt fleurons at the corners, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns (small paper lack at foot of one endpaper), original wrappers preserved, speckled edges.
Some foxing, very light marginal discoloration at head of first board, small black stains in margins of boards.
Rare autograph inscription signed, in German, by Kurd don Schlözer, on the first wrapper to a Madame de Staal.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Signed and inscribed by Xavier Martin to Pierre Gourdin.

Collected edition.
Handsome copy, with newspaper cutting.
Signed autograph inscription from Jacques Faizant to Geneviève Gourdin.

First edition on ordinary paper.
A small tear at head of spine, pencil annotations throughout the first endpaper.

First edition in French.
Publisher's full green cardboard bindings, smooth spines decorated with a black fleuron, triple black fillet frames on boards, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
Some minor rubbing of no consequence on certain boards, one leaf of the first volume detached (pages 139 to 142).
Handsome complete set in 6 volumes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Third edition.
Bradel binding in full orange cloth, smooth browned spine decorated with a central gilt fleuron, double fillet and gilt initials at foot, black shagreen title-label with minor traces of rubbing, mauve paper endpapers and pastedowns marginally discolored, covers preserved, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy attractively bound.

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

Edition published in the author's complete works.
Half navy blue sheep binding, smooth spine lightly browned decorated with gilt arabesque, gilt frieze at foot of spine which also features two fleurons stamped in blind at head and foot, marbled paper boards, bookplate pasted on pastedown, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Foxing, a paper flaw at foot of table of contents page not touching text.

First edition.
Two small tears at head of spine, the first gathering was slightly mis-cut causing minor lacks without gravity at heads of pages.
Work illustrated with a photographic portrait of Edgar Faure as frontispiece.
Signed autograph inscription from Jean Sarrus to André Morice, several times minister and former mayor of Nantes.

Edition illustrated with an etching by Adolphe Lalauze as frontispiece.
Half chocolate brown morocco binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral frieze, small traces of rubbing at foot of spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsomely bound copy.

First edition.
A small stain at foot of front cover, handsome copy.
Illustrated pamphlet with figures in text and hors-texte.

Edition published by Paul de Rémusat of this fundamental correspondence for the Restoration.
Half tawny shagreen bindings, spines browned with five raised bands showing minor rubbing, gilt dates at foot, author's name in red shagreen, green shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
Spines of bindings browned and showing rubbing.
Handsome interior condition.

Edition published with notes and an introduction by chevalier Alfred d'Arneth and A. Geffroy.
Half black shagreen bindings, browned spines with five raised bands decorated with double compartments and black fillets showing traces of rubbing, gilt dates at foot, black paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edges gilt, armorial bookplates pasted on pastedowns.
Spine of bindings showing rubbing, handsome interior condition.
Work illustrated with two facsimiles at beginning of volumes.
Rare complete correspondence in three volumes.

First edition.
Half red shagreen bindings, spines with five raised bands decorated with double gilt fillets and dotted gilt ornaments showing traces of rubbing, one joint of the first volume fragile, upper headcaps of volumes rubbed, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary bindings.
Pleasant interior condition.

New edition.
Half olive green shagreen binding, rubbed spine with five raised bands, date and gilt arms at foot of spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Occasional foxing.
Provenance: from the library of the Bourlon de Rouvre family with their engraved bookplate pasted on a pastedown.

New edition with a folding map as frontispiece.
Work presented in its original wrappers with the characteristic covers of the "Collection des mémoires relatifs à la Révolution française" of which this present work is the twentieth volume.
Light scattered foxing.

First edition for which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Some foxing.
Autograph inscription signed by Pablo M. Turull in French to the director of the philosophical review.

First edition.
Split spine, marginal lacks to spine and boards, rear board detached and stained.
Rare but in poor condition.

First edition of this capital work for understanding the Second Empire. Preface by Louis-Antoine Léouzon Le Duc. Volume 1 is in second edition. A frontispiece portrait in lithography.

Copy with the cipher at foot of the Duke of Massa, Jean Louis Napoléon Régnier Duke of Massa (1875-1946). His cipher is JRM crowned and surmounted by an eagle.
Contemporary half chocolate shagreen bindings, spines with five raised bands decorated with various ornamental tools, including a mask, a ship... Rubbing to spines. 5 corners slightly bumped. One tear to the third volume in the last compartment. The Duke's usual binder was Affolter, but no binding is signed. Original wrappers...

First edition.
Spine folded.

Complete edition of the autograph manuscripts published for the first time, one of the numbered copies on châtaignier paper, the only printing after 88 on pur fil.
Index and notes by Alfred Roulin and Charles Roth.
Handsome copy despite slight sunning to the foot of the first cover.

Edition, one of the numbered copies on châtaignier paper, the only issue after 88 pur fil copies.
Introduction and notes by Alfred and Suzanne Roulin.
Handsome copy despite the spine being slightly sunned.

First edition.
Half green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt dotted lines and decorated with gilt fleurons, small traces of rubbing on the joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing affecting mainly the first leaves.

First edition.
Spine and covers marginally sunned, paper yellowed, small lack to foot of spine.

First edition.
Light lacks and angular tears to covers, some minor interior foxing, pages 104-105 shadowed due to the presence of a loose annotation sheet.
Copy in original wrappers.

First edition.
Introduction, notes and commentary by Ernest Daudet.
Half green shagreen binding, faded spine with five raised bands, gilt zodiacal Sagittarius at foot of spine, two friction marks on headcaps, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Work illustrated with a portrait of Joseph de Maistre and the Count of Blacas as frontispiece.

First edition printed on alfa paper with numerous plates.
Some spines lightly sunned, without significance.
Handsome complete set in 20 volumes.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Casamayor: "A Raymond Aron pour rester dans le concret..." ["To Raymond Aron to remain in the concrete..."]

First edition.
Half hazelnut morocco bindings with corners, slightly faded spines with five raised bands, gilt dates at foot, marbled paper boards marginally and slightly faded without concern, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edges gilt, bindings signed Bretault.
Introduction and notes by Count de Circourt and Count de Puymaigre.
Handsome copy.

First edition for the "Correspondance de Collé" and new edition with some parts in first edition as it is expanded with unpublished fragments for the "Journal et mémoires".
Half bottle-green shagreen bindings, faded spines with five raised bands, spines with minor scratches, marbled paper boards marginally and slightly faded without concern, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
The correspondence volume is decorated with a frontispiece portrait of Charles Collé.

Second edition, published by his secretary Julien Travers.
Half black shagreen binding, spine very slightly faded with five raised bands decorated with black fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, corners very slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy despite a small scratch at the foot of the first board.

First edition.
Half bottle-green shagreen bindings, faded spines with five raised bands, spines with minor scratches, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
A bookseller's description label pasted on an endpaper of the first volume, blue ballpoint pen annotations on the last endpaper of the second volume.

First edition.
Half blue shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets ornamented with gilt fillets and dotted lines, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Foxing affecting principally the edges.

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

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine very lightly sunned without significance and with two small tears at head and foot, otherwise handsome copy.
Signed and inscribed copy from Louis Althusser to Pierre Abraham.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half brown cloth, smooth spine, blue shagreen title-label with slight rubbing, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.

First edition of this thesis.
Half tan sheep binding, spine with five raised bands, author's name in blue morocco, red morocco title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.
O. Borelli bookplate pasted on a pastedown.

First edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Françoise Parturier to Boris Kidel.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Daniel Guérin to Roger Colombani.

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

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Rives paper, deluxe issue. Illustrations in text.
Copy in mint condition.

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