Economics & Politics

Geneviève CLANCY, Philippe TANCELIN
Les tiers idées
Hachette|Paris 1977|14 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine and covers marginally yellowed, lacking dust jacket.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Geneviève Clancy to philosopher and writer Bernard Teyssèdre: "Bernard j'aimerais que tu l'aimes. A toi Geneviève" with the manuscript signature of Philippe Tancelin.
Below the autograph inscription, Bernard Teyssèdre has added in blue ballpoint pen: "Y-à-intérêt."
€170
Régine DEFORGES
Pêle-mêle. Chroniques de l'Humanité
Arthème Fayard|Paris 2004|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Lana Ingres laid paper, ours one of 10 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€250
Jules Edouard ALBOIZE, Auguste MAQUET
Les prisons de l'Europe, Bicêtre, La Conciergerie, La Force, La Salpêtrière, Le For-L'Evêque, Saint-Lazare, Le Chatelet, La Tournelle, L'Abbaye, Sainte-Pélagie, Pierre en Cize, Poissy, Ham, Fenestrelles, Le Chateau d'If, Chateau Trompette, Le Mont-Saint-Michel, Clairvaux, Les îles Sainte-Marguerite, La Tour de Londres, Pignerolles, Le Spielberg, Les Plombs de Venise, Les Mines de Sibérie, Les Sept Tours, Les Cachots de l'Inquisition
Administration de librairie|Paris 1845|16.50 x 25.50 cm|8 volumes reliés
First edition illustrated with hors-texte engravings.
Some foxing.
Publisher's full midnight blue boards, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with gilt double compartments, gilt roulettes on headcaps, covers framed with gilt fillets and wide gilt dentelle, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, pastedowns framed with double gilt fillets, top edge gilt, gilt fillets on edges, some corners slightly bumped, elegant contemporary Romantic bindings.
Handsome copy attractively presented in a fine Romantic publisher's binding.
€700
Maurice LELOIR, Gustave TOUDOUZE
Le roy soleil
Combet & Cie|Paris 1904|30 x 39 cm|en feuilles sous une chemise en pleine percaline
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on China paper, the only deluxe copies with 50 on Japan paper
Work illustrated with 40 magnificent watercolors by Maurice Leloir including 34 full-page and 2 double-page, printed in chromotypography.
Publisher's binding in full royal blue percaline, smooth unlettered spine, front cover ornamented with a large polychrome and gilt plaque on the upper board depicting Louis XIV on horseback haloed by the sun, gilt paper endpapers, corners very slightly bumped, binding signed Engel.
The blue silk ribbons are damaged and missing from the right margin of the boards.
Bookplate pasted on one pastedown.
Handsome copy.

€2,000
Sigmund FREUD
Malaise dans la Civilisation
Denoël & Steele|Paris 1934|16 x 24 cm|agrafé
First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome copy.
€500
William FAULKNER
Le bruit et la fureur
Gallimard|Paris 1938|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.

Spine sunned with dampstains, pale dampstain to right margin of front board.

Autograph inscription signed by the translator Maurice Edgar Coindreau to Pierre Ripault.
€750
Jules de GONCOURT
"Vous dessinez cette grande danse des morts de Paris qui s'en va à la fosse commune..."Beautiful signed autograph letter addressed to Jules Vallès on the subject of the recent publication of his book Les réfractaires
s. n.|Paris s.d. [1865]|13.50 x 21 cm|deux pages sur un double feuillet
Laudatory autograph letter signed by Jules de Goncourt, signed E&J de Goncourt, addressed to Jules Vallès who had just published his polemical work "Les réfractaires" in which he notably exalts the proletariat, 51 lines in black ink, two pages on a double sheet.
Fold marks inherent to postal handling.
Jules de Goncourt does not hide his enthusiasm and admiration for the work of the sulfurous and terrible Jules Vallès: "We have often had, recently, the urge to put our sympathies for you at the tip of our pen, to write to you how much pleasure we had in catching an article, a page, twenty lines signed with your name, your artist's mark; a...
€1,200
Michel ROCARD, Pierre LARROUTUROU
La gauche n'a plus le droit à l'erreur - Chômage, précarité, crise financière : arrêtez les rustines !
Flammarion|Paris 2012|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Dated autograph inscription signed by Michel Rocard to Bernard Kouchner: "A Bernard Kouchner avec la chaude et ancienne amitié de M. Rocard." (To Bernard Kouchner with the warm and longstanding friendship of M. Rocard.)
Founder of Médecins sans frontières and later Médecins du monde, Bernard Kouchner was appointed Secretary of State for Social Integration and then Secretary of State to the Prime Minister for Humanitarian Action in Michel Rocard's government from 1988 to 1991.

€150
Hélène CARRERE D'ENCAUSSE
Victorieuse Russie
Fayard|Paris 1992|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Hélène Carrère d'Encausse to Bernard Kouchner: "... en témoignage d'admiration pour son action et son courage. Et en vive sympathie..." (in testimony of admiration for his action and courage. And in warm sympathy...)
€150
Elizabeth TEISSIER
Sous le signe de Mitterrand - Sept ans d'entretiens
Edition N°1|Paris 1997|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Elizabeth Teissier, François Mitterrand's favorite astrologer, to Bernard Kouchner: "Pour vous cher Bernard Kouchner... sous le signe de Mitterrand et du scorpion bien sûr ! Bien cordialement." ("For you dear Bernard Kouchner... under the sign of Mitterrand and of Scorpio of course! With warm regards.")
€150
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
Jean-Pierre FRANCOIS
Vol d'identité - Le conseiller occulte de Mitterrand raconte
Albin Michel|Paris 2000|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on bouffant vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Jean-Pierre François to Bernard Kouchner.

€170
Georges DARIEN
La belle France
P.V. Stock|Paris 1901|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in full paper, smooth spine, chocolate brown morocco title-label, covers preserved, signed binding by Thomas Boichot.
Handsome copy attractively bound.
Autograph inscription signed by Georges Darien to Henri Fèvre.
€1,000
E. GALLUT
L'oeuvre de Charles Maurras - Essai de bibliographie
Les amis des beaux livres|Paris 1930|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on green paper, the only deluxe copies together with copies reserved for the "Amis des beaux livres".
Spine and boards marginally sunned, otherwise handsome copy complete with its addenda leaf.
Precious autograph inscription signed by E. Gallut: "A mon second fils Raymond Artignan, à ma fille chérie, Odette, ce livre que j'ai écrit en pensant beaucoup à eux." (To my second son Raymond Artignan, to my dear daughter, Odette, this book that I wrote thinking much of them.)

€150
Michael BARRY
Le royaume de l'insolence - La résistance afghane du Grand Moghol à l'invasion soviétique
Flammarion|Paris 1984|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy. Afghan postal stamps used as bookmarks, a circled date and an underlined sentence in black ink on pages 202-203
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Michael Barry to Bernard Kouchner: "... en remerciement de tout ce que vous avez fait pour lui, domaine de l'impertinence..."
Founder of Médecins sans frontières then Médecins du monde, Bernard Kouchner was appointed Secretary of State for Social Integration then Secretary of State to the Prime Minister for Humanitarian Action in the Michel Rocard government from 1988 to 1991.

€150
Henri MINCZELES
Histoire générale du Bund, un mouvement révolutionnaire juif
Denoël|Paris 1999|15 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy, illustrated.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Henri Minczeles to Bernard Kouchner: "... en souvenir d'une rencontre à Varsovie le 15 avril 2008..." (in memory of a meeting in Warsaw on April 15, 2008...)
Founder of Médecins sans frontières then Médecins du monde, Bernard Kouchner was appointed Secretary of State for Social Integration then Secretary of State to the Prime Minister for Humanitarian Action in Michel Rocard's government from 1988 to 1991.

€150
DEPARTEMENT DE L'INFORMATION DES NATIONS UNIES
Charte des Nations Unies et statut de la cour internationale de justice
Nations unies|New York 1948|7.50 x 11.50 cm|agrafé
First edition containing the 70 articles of the United Nations Charter.
Two stamps affixed to the first cover.
Handsome and rare copy.

€200
Emile ZOLA
Photographie originale dédicacée au critique d'art Vittorio Pica
Benque & Cie|Paris s.d. (ca 1880)|10.50 x 16.50 cm|une feuille
Original dedicated photograph representing Emile Zola facing forward, head slightly turned to the right. Vintage silver gelatin print.
The photograph is mounted on cardboard. On verso, studio stamp of Benque & Cie.
Worming to verso of the photograph. Small stain in lower left margin of the photograph and a clear fingerprint stain in lower right margin.
Autograph inscription signed by Emile Zola to the art critic and great friend of the Goncourt brothers Vittorio Pica.
Art critic of Neapolitan origin, Vittorio Pica took an early interest in French naturalist and symbolist movements: "Curious about all avant-garde movements, he first...
€3,500
Jean-Denis BREDIN
Mots et pas perdus - Images du Palais
Plon|Paris 2005|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Jean-Denis Bredin to Bernard Kouchner: " Pour toi, mon cher Bernard, pour te dire ma si vive affection. A quand le bonheur de te revoir? Ton ami." (For you, my dear Bernard, to tell you of my deep affection. When will we have the joy of seeing each other again? Your friend)
€150
Mike JACKSON
Soldier - The autobiography
Bantam press|London • & Toronto • & Sydney • & Aukland 2007|15.50 x 24 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy, iconography.
Publisher's full black paper boards binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Mike Jackson to Bernard Kouchner: " Bernard with many thanks indeed for our time together in Kosovo, and with every best widh for your present appointment. Comme toujours, Mike Jackson." (Bernard with many thanks indeed for our time together in Kosovo, and with every best wish for your present appointment. As always, Mike Jackson)
€200
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
Laurent FABIUS
Cela commence par une balade
Plon|Paris 2003|13.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Laurent Fabius to Christine Okrent and Bernard Kouchner: "Pour Christine et Bernard, en fidèle et affectueuse pensée. Laurent Fabius." (For Christine and Bernard, in faithful and affectionate thoughts. Laurent Fabius.)
€150
Louis-Ferdinand CELINE
Lettres à Tixier - 44 lettres inédites à Maître Tixier-Vignancour
La flûte de Pan|Paris 1985|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
| When Céline judges his judges |

First edition, one of 170 numbered copies on conquéror laid paper, ours being one of 20 hors commerce copies, deluxe copy.
Text established and presented by Frédéric Monnier.
Very handsome copy.
€230
Jean-François LYOTARD, Jean-Loup THEBAUD
Au juste - Conversations
Christian Bourgois|Paris 1979|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Fine copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Jean-François Lyotard: "Pour Pierre Vidal-Naquet amitié" enriched with an autograph tribute signed by Jean-Loup Thébaud.
€180
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
Marc BRUWIER
Indios adios - Le corsaire de la forêt amazonienne
Filipacchi|Paris 1991|15 x 24 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite minor foxing affecting principally the edges.
Iconography.
Fine and political autograph inscription signed by Marc Bruwier to Pascal Ben Soussan: "... pour une meilleure connaissance des minorités ethniques. Continuons notre combat pour que survivent les populations amérindiennes, aussi par le biais de la pellicule. Paris le 25/01/91. Marc Bruwier." (for a better understanding of ethnic minorities. Let us continue our fight for the survival of Amerindian populations, also through film. Paris 25/01/91. Marc Bruwier.)

€300
Albert DECARIS, Jean de DUC DE GUISE
Paroles royales - Lettres et manifestes de monseigneur le Duc de Guise
Les amis des beaux livres|Paris 1933|21.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 125 numbered copies on handmade laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 3 proof copies.
Endpapers very lightly and marginally shaded, without consequence.
A handsome full-margined copy.
Work illustrated with a wood engraving by Albert Decaris.

€150
Gérard RONDEAU
Missions - Médecins jusqu'au bout du monde
Gallimard|Paris 2005|19.50 x 26.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, illustrated with numerous photographs by Gérard Rondeau.
Black paper boards, smooth spine, handsome copy complete with illustrated dust jacket.
Precious autograph inscription signed by photographer Gérard Rondeau to Bernard Kouchner, one of the 11 founders in 1980 of the N.G.O. Médecins du monde: "Pour Bernard Kouchner sans qui - c'est sûr- ce rapport de missions n'existerait pas ! Amitiés. Gérard Rondeau."
We include a card from Françoise Jeanson, president of Médecins du monde, on which she has written this autograph inscription: "Voici un album de famille sans autre...
€200
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
Lionel JOSPIN
Le monde comme je le vois
Gallimard|Paris 2005|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
A handsome copy complete with its dust jacket.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Lionel Jospin to his friends Christine Okrent and Bernard Kouchner: " Pour Bernard, pour Christine, avec mon amitié. L. Jospin." (For Bernard, for Christine, with my friendship. L. Jospin.)

€150
Dominique LAPIERRE, Larry COLLINS
Cette nuit la liberté
Robert Laffont|Paris 1975|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
About the history of India in the 20th century.
Iconography.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Dominique Lapierre to Madame Louvel: "... ce grand voyage au pays de Kipling et de Gandhi..." ("... this great journey to the land of Kipling and Gandhi...") enhanced with the manuscript signature of Larry Collins.
€150
(Emile ZOLA) Robert MASSIN
Zola photographe
Denoël|Paris 1979|21.50 x 27.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with 480 documents selected and presented by François Emile-Zola and Massin.
Handsome copy despite light foxing to edges.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with illustrated dust jacket.
Autograph inscription signed by Massin with a small drawing of an eye to the Immortal Pierre-Jean Rémy, nom de plume of Jean-Pierre Angremy: "Pour Jean-Pierre Angremy (qui a l'oeil), avec l'amitié fidèle, Massin." ("For Jean-Pierre Angremy (who has the eye), with faithful friendship, Massin.") with the manuscript signature of François Emile-Zola.
€150
Avi PAZNER
Les secrets d'un diplomate
Editions du Rocher|Paris 2005|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Precious autograph inscription dated and signed by Avi Pazner: " Jérusalem, Août 2006. A Christine Okrent et à Bernard Kouchner. Avec mes sentiments d'amitié et mon admiration pour tous les deux, et en espérant qu'en fin de compte viendra la paix pour notre région. A. Pazner" (Jerusalem, August 2006. To Christine Okrent and Bernard Kouchner. With my feelings of friendship and my admiration for both of you, and hoping that peace will finally come to our region. A. Pazner).
€150
Wesley Kanne CLARK
Waging modern war
Publicaffairs|New York 2001|16 x 24 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's grey cardboard binding, black cardboard spine, handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Precious dated autograph inscription signed by General Wesley Kanne Clark to Bernard Kouchner: "26 June 2001. For Bernard with best wishes and heartfelt approvation for your friendship and support. Wes."
During the Kosovo War, General Wesley Kanne Clark notably commanded Operation Allied Force as Commander of Allied Forces Southern Europe NATO from 1997 to 2000.
From 1999 to 2001, Bernard Kouchner served as Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo.
€150
Emile ZOLA
La république et la littérature
Charpentier|Paris 1879|14 x 23 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Full tawny morocco binding, spine with four raised bands set with black fillets bearing small stains at foot, gilt fillet frame on burgundy morocco pastedowns, brown watered silk endpapers, following endpapers of marbled paper, original wrappers preserved, all edges gilt, elegant signed binding by Georges Cretté.
Scattered foxing, covers marginally and lightly faded.
Autograph inscription signed by Emile Zola to the painter and photographer Eugène Montrosier at the head of the title page.
€2,000
(Michel HOUELLEBECQ) Robin GERSON
Michel Houellebecq soumission nationale ?
Robert Laffont|Paris 2015|12.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition of this "special current affairs" issue directed by René Chiche and entirely devoted to the recent publication of Michel Houellebecq's novel titled "Soumission".
A handsome and rare copy.
Text by Robin Gerson.

€300
Bernard-Henri LEVY
Sur la route des hommes sans nom
Grasset|Paris 2021|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy complete with its dust jacket.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Bernard-Henri Lévy to his friend Bernard Kouchner: " A Bernard, son ami, BHL" (To Bernard, his friend, BHL)

€150
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
Laurent FABIUS
C'est en allant vers la mer
Seuil|Paris 1990|14.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Laurent Fabius: "Pour Bernard Kouchner, en fidèle et chaleureuse amitié. Laurent Fabius" (To Bernard Kouchner, in faithful and warm friendship. Laurent Fabius).
€150
Geneviève DE GAULLE ANTHONIOZ
La traversée de la nuit[Crossing the Night]
Seuil|Paris 1998|11 x 19 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy, .
Rare signed autograph inscription by Geneviève De Gaulle-Anthonioz: "A toi nous n'oublierons jamais."
€350
Pierre MENDES FRANCE
Liberté, liberté chérie (1940-1942) suivi de Roissy-en-France, récit d'un vol du groupe Lorraine (3 Octobre 1945)
Fayard|Paris 1977|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Bibliophile's blind stamp at foot of endpaper.
Iconography, handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Pierre Mendès France to Roger Charoy.
€350
Maurice DRUON
Attention la France !
Stock|Paris 1981|13 x 22 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Blind stamp of a bibliophile in lower right margin of first endpaper.
Autograph inscription signed by Maurice Druon to Monsieur Hayet.
€150
Angela DAVIS
S'ils frappent à l'aube
Gallimard|Paris 1972|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition in French, for which no deluxe copies were printed, one of the service de presse copies.
Minor scratches to the front cover, otherwise a handsome copy.
€150
Jean BERAUD-VILLARS
L'empire de Gao - Un état soudanais aux XVe et XVIe siècles
Plon|Paris 1942|12 x 19 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Light worming to the front cover.
Work illustrated with 3 maps and 8 engravings.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Béraud-Villars to the newspaper La semaine de Vichy.
€150
Françoise GIROUD
Journal d'une parisienne
Seuil|Paris 1994|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Françoise Giroud to Bernard Kouchner: "Un petit signe d'amitié cher Bernard... Françoise" (A small token of friendship dear Bernard... Françoise).
€150
Georges BERNANOS
Le crépuscule des vieux
Gallimard|Paris 1956|11.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, one of 550 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies after 15 hollande and 66 pur fil.
Binding after the original design by Paul Bonet.
Handsome copy.
€150
Jacques SEGUELA
90 ans d'amour
Plon|Paris 2022|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Jacques Séguéla to his friend Bernard Kouchner: "A Bernard mon frère d'armes mon frère d'âme. Jacques." (To Bernard my brother-in-arms, my soul brother. Jacques.)
€120
Anne SINCLAIR
Une année particulière
Fayard|Paris 1982|13 x 21.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Anne Sinclair: "Pour Bernard Kouchner, que j'aime beaucoup mais n'aperçois jamais en dehors du Pays Basque ou de la place Dauphine. Je t'embrasse. Anne." (For Bernard Kouchner, whom I love very much but never see outside the Basque Country or Place Dauphine. I embrace you. Anne.)
€120
Pierre LE TAN, Frédéric MITTERRAND
Une adolescence
Robert Laffont|Paris 2015|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy with the illustrated dust jacket featuring a drawing by Pierre Le Tan.
Autograph inscription signed by Frédéric Mitterrand to Bernard Kouchner and Christine Okrent: "Pour Christine et Bernard avec toute ma profonde tendresse..."

€150
Jean VITIANO
Le génie français et son influence sur la science médicale roumaine
Les éditions de l'Etat nouveau|Vichy 1943|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, a service de presse (advance) copy.
Preface by Professor J.A. Barré.
Handsome copy retaining publisher's wraparound band.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Pierre Vitiano to Henri Guillaumet: "... j'offre avec plaisir cet ouvrage conçu à la gloire spirituelle d'une France qui vivra toujours !" (I offer with pleasure this work conceived for the spiritual glory of a France that will live forever!)
€150
Hillary CLINTON RODHAM
Le temps des décisions 2003-2013
Fayard|Paris 2014|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Hillary Clinton to Bernard Kouchner on the title page.

€1,200
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
[ARAGON] François la Colère
Le musée Grévin
Les Editions de Minuit • Comité national des écrivains|s. l. [Aurillac] [circa aout] 1944|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
First deluxe edition of this masterpiece of Resistance literature, one of 100 numbered copies on coated paper, the only deluxe copies.
A small fold at the foot of the first cover also affecting the following leaves, minute foxing in the right margin of the first cover.
First published, probably simultaneously, in the northern zone as a leaflet by "Les éditions de Minuit" and in the southern zone, as a handmade brochure (the cover was wallpaper) inaugurating the famous "Bibliothèque française," this long poem would subsequently appear for the first time in volume form in October 1943 before it was decided to finally produce a deluxe edition (sold for 100 francs...
€2,500
Michel ROCARD
Si la gauche savait - Entretiens avec Georges-Marc Benamou
Robert Laffont|Paris 2005|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Michel Rocard to Christine and Bernard Kouchner: "... en signe de vieille complicité, avec mon amitié..." ("... as a sign of old complicity, with my friendship...")
Founder of Médecins sans frontières then of Médecins du monde, Bernard Kouchner was appointed Secretary of State for Social Integration then Secretary of State to the Prime Minister for Humanitarian Action in Michel Rocard's government from 1988 to 1991.

€150
Jean-François REVEL
Le regain démocratique
Fayard|Paris 1992|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Jean-François Revel to Bernard Kouchner: "Pour toi, mon cher Bernard qui, depuis toujours, a su traduire en actes tes idées et tes passions, dans ton combat pour la justice. Ton ami, Jean-François Dec. 91." ("For you, my dear Bernard who has always known how to translate your ideas and passions into actions, in your fight for justice. Your friend, Jean-François Dec. 91.")

€200
Sylviane AGACINSKI
Le passeur du temps - Modernité et nostalgie
Seuil|Paris 2000|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Iconography.
Autograph inscription signed by Sylviane Agacinski to Christine Okrent and Bernard Kouchner.

€150
René MARAN
Le cœur serré[With a Tightened Heart]
Albin Michel|Paris 1921|13 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 5 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
A small insignificant stain at head of spine.
Rare and handsome full-margined copy
€1,200
Jacques LE GOFF
La vieille Europe et la nôtre
Seuil|Paris 1994|13 x 18.50 cm|broché
First French edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Le Goff to Bernard Kouchner.
€180
Michel ROCARD
Les moyens d'en sortir
Seuil|Paris 1996|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Michel Rocard to Bernard Kouchner.
Founder of Médecins sans frontières then of Médecins du monde, Bernard Kouchner was appointed Secretary of State for Social Integration then Secretary of State to the Prime Minister for Humanitarian Action in Michel Rocard's government from 1988 to 1991.

€150
[DALAI-LAMA]
Kindness, clarity, and insight
Snow lion publications|Ithaca (New-York) [Ithaca] 1985|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
Second edition of the English translation by Jeffrey Hopkins.
Fine copy.
Autograph inscription dated by the Dalai Lama.

€1,700
Hubert, Maréchal LYAUTEY
Lettre autographe signée du maréchal Hubert Lyautey
Thorey (Meurthe-et-Moselle) [Thorey] 19 Août 1933|21 x 27 cm|une page
Autograph letter dated and signed by Marshal Lyautey to Monsieur Lanvoisin, journalist at the daily newspaper "Les débats", 11 lines in black ink written from his property at Thorey in Meurthe-et-Moselle.
Crease marks inherent to postal folding.
The Marshal congratulates and thanks his correspondent for his latest article: "Avec quelle émotion je lis ce matin "Les débats" ! Comme je suis touché de la façon dont vous parlez de ma "maison morte" et de ma "maison ressuscitée"..." (With what emotion I read "Les débats" this morning! How touched I am by the way you speak of my "dead house" and my "resurrected house"...)
and invites him to visit...
€150
[DALAI-LAMA]
Beyond religion - Ethics for a whole world
HARPER, "HarperCollins Publishers India"|New Delhi 2011|14.50 x 22.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
New edition.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine, retaining the illustrated dust jacket.
Handsome copy.
Dated autograph inscription from the Dalai Lama.

€1,500
Bill CLINTON
Back to work - Why we need smart government for a strong economy
Hutchinson|London 2011|14 x 22.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First English edition.
Publisher's full black cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its photographic dust jacket which shows no defects.
A handsome copy.
Manuscript signature dated by Bill Clinton on an endpaper.

€800
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
Léopold Sédar SENGHOR (Pierre TEILHARD DE CHARDIN)
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin et la politique africaine suivi d'inédits[Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and African Politics, followed by previously unpublished writings]
Seuil|Paris 1962|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on vélin neige, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy of the third volume of the Teilhard de Chardin notebooks.
€450
Karl MARX, Joseph ROY (trans.)
Le Capital
Librairie du Progrès - Directeur Maurice Lachatre & Cie|Paris s. d. [1875]|19.50 x 28 cm|relié
First edition in French, translated by Joseph Roy, partly previously unpublished, with corrections and additions by Karl Marx.
Complete with the two title pages addressed to Lachatre, a frontispiece portrait of Karl Marx, the facsimile of his letter to the publisher and his reply on the verso, removed from later editions.
Simple contemporary bronze half-cloth binding, smooth spine framed in gilt, gilt title, bookbinder's ticket at foot of the pastedown, "Buchbinderei Schey & Co, Zürich".
***
This first French edition of 'Das Kapital' was published in parts between 1872 and 1875, but met with no success, as the publisher writes in a letter to Marx dated 24 December 1873...
€3,500
Pierre MENDES FRANCE, Pierre ROUANET
Mendès France au pouvoir (18 Juin 1954 - 6 Février 1955)
Robert Laffont|Paris 1965|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Small worming to top edge, one stain to edge, one crease mark to lower left corner of front cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Mendès France to Irène Porchey with an additional autograph inscription signed by Pierre Rouanet.
€200
Pierre MENDES FRANCE, Jacques NANTET
Pierre Mendès France
Editions du centurion|Paris 1967|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Small worming to top edge, covers slightly and marginally soiled.
Iconography.
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Mendès France to Irène Porchey.
€200
François BOYER
L'émeute
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has two small stains on the back panel.
The work, the author's second after "Jeux interdits", begins on February 6, 1934, the day of anti-parliamentary demonstrations outside the Chamber of Deputies in Paris that were organized by right-wing groups, veterans' associations and extreme right-wing leagues to protest against the dismissal of police prefect Jean Chiappe following the Stavisky affair.
€150
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
CAROL II DE ROUMANIE
Royaume de Roumanie - Constitution du 27 Février 1938
S. n.|Bucarest [Bucharest] 1938|16 x 24 cm|broché
First edition in French.
Two tears at head and foot of front cover which also show small marginal lacks, a red pencil reading mark in left margin of article 9.
Rare.
€450
Pierre-Joseph-Marie PROUDHON
Les confessions d'un révolutionnaire pour servir à l'histoire de la Révolution de Février
Garnier frères|Paris 1850|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
New edition published one year after the first edition.
Spine cracked with small losses, second board detached, corner losses to boards, stains to front board, handsome interior condition.
Rare but in this condition.
€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
Madeleine LEMAIRE, Ludovic HALÉVY
L'abbé Constantin
Calmann Lévy • Boussod, Valadon & Cie|Paris 1888|17.50 x 26 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with full-page color plates and in-text black drawings by Madeleine Lemaire.
Half red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands outlined with dotted lines and decorated with richly ornamented double gilt compartments, slight rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of pebbled paper, corners slightly bumped.
Handsome copy.

€200
Émile ZOLA, Alexandre DUMAS
Figures contemporaines tirées de l'album Mariani
Flammarion • Henri Floury|Paris 1894-1896|17.50 x 26 cm|2 volumes en reliures de l'éditeur
First edition of each volume.
Publisher’s full burgundy cloth bindings, flat spines, blue endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved for the second volume, front cover preserved for the first volume, gilt top edges.
Minor discoloration spots on the boards.
The first volume includes 75 biographies of notable figures of the time (each featuring a facsimile autograph and a wood-engraved portrait by Brauer), including Paul Arène, Léon Cladel, Coquelin ainé, Charles Gounod, Frédéric Mistral, Albert Robida, Octave Uzanne...
The second volume contains 76 biographies (each with a facsimile autograph and a wood-engraved portrait by Brauer) of figures such as Auguste...
€200
Marie de Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise du DEFFAND, Horace WALPOLE
Letters of the marquise du Deffand to the hon. Horace Walpole, afterwards earl of Oxford, from the year 1766 to the year 1780 - To which are added letters of the madame du Deffand to Voltaire from the year 1759 to the year 1775
Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme|London 1810|11 x 18 cm|4 volumes reliés
First edition.
Full caramel calf bindings, spines with fine raised bands highlighted with gilt fillets and decorated with richly ornamented double gilt compartments, author's name in red calf, olive green calf volume labels, triple fillets stamped in blind on boards, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, blind-stamped borders framing the pastedowns, two bookplates pasted on a pastedown of the first volume and following endpapers, gilt edges on cuts, red speckled edges, elegant English bindings
Our copy includes, in the first volume, the portrait of the Marquise du Deffand as frontispiece as well as a facsimile of her handwriting after the preface.
Fine copy very handsomely...
€450
Robert MERLE
Derrière la vitre
Gallimard|Paris 1970|15.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy of this novel which describes, hour by hour, the day of March 22, 1968 at the University of Nanterre.
€300
Jean-Louis FORAIN
Les temps difficiles
Charpentier & Fasquelle|Paris 1893|17 x 23 cm|agrafé
First edition consisting of 100 satirical drawings by Jean-Louis Forain dealing with the Panama Canal scandal.
Copy slightly warped, first cover yellowed, handsome interior condition.

€100
CHAM [Amédée de NOE] Auguste LIREUX
Assemblée nationale comique
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1850|17.50 x 26.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 20 hors-texte plates as well as numerous drawings in the text by Cham.
Half-green morocco-grained shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, six gilt fillets at head and tail of spine, spine with some rubbing, green cardboard boards with epidermures, endpapers and pastedowns of marbled paper, corners slightly bumped, contemporary romantic binding.
Foxing.
€150
Erik ORSENNA
L'avenir de l'eau - Petit précis de mondialisation II
Fayard|Paris 2008|13 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Erik Orsenna to Jean-Marie Paepegaey: "Bons voyages aux sources ! E. Orsenna" (Good travels to the sources! E. Orsenna)

€60
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
STENDHAL, Honoré de BALZAC
La Chartreuse de Parme
Jules Hetzel|Paris 1846|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First duodecimo edition.
Work preceded by a notice on the life and works of Beyle by his literary executor Romain Colomb followed by a literary study on Beyle by Honoré de Balzac.
Spine restored, small losses and marginal tears to boards, foxing.
Rare copy in original wrappers as issued.

€350
Jean JAURÈS
L'organisation socialiste de la France - L'armée nouvelle[The Socialist Organization of France – The New Army]
Jules Rouff & Cie|Paris 1911|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
First edition.
Contemporary half red sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with triple gilt fillets, some stains to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, some marginal rubbing to boards, contemporary binding.
Marginal lack affecting 3 letters on pp. 467-469, some reading marks by the dedicatee in pencil in margins of certain paragraphs.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Jean Jaurès: "Au citoyen Mauranges. Jean Jaurès."
Georges Mauranges (1884-1975), lawyer at the Parliament of Paris and member of the Socialist Party from 1905 (identified with the "right wing" of the movement). He was a member of the 11th SFIO section of Paris...
€2,800
Anatole FRANCE
Sur la pierre blanche
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1903|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Half-shagreen binding in burgundy, spine slightly faded with five raised bands set with black fillets, some rubbing to the bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.

€120
Alphonse JUIN
Le Maghreb en feu
Plon|Paris 1957|14.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe copy.
Spine and covers marginally sunned, final endpaper and facing page partially shaded.
The only general of the Second World War to have been elevated to the dignity of marshal during his lifetime, Alphonse Juin was one of the great leaders of the Liberation Army in 1944-1945 and distinguished himself throughout the Italian campaign at the head of the French expeditionary corps, notably at the Battle of Garigliano in May 1944, opening the gates of Rome to the Allies who had been bogged down before Monte Cassino.
€100
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
Edmond, Baron de MANDAT-GRANCEY
En visite chez l'Oncle Sam - New-York et Chicago
E. Plon, Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1885|16 x 20.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of the rare copies printed on Holland laid paper, of which no mention is made.
Bradel binding in half green cloth, smooth spine, red shagreen title-label with some scratches, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved.
Some foxing affecting mainly the endpapers and deckled edges of certain leaves.
€350