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First editions and antique editions of philosophical treatises, metaphysics, logic, ethics and critical thought from humanists to modern philosophers

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  1. L'autre volonté
    Louis MERMAZ

    L'autre volonté

    Robert Laffont|Paris 1984|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy complete with publisher's slip.
    Signed autograph inscription by Bernard Stasi to Europe 1 journalist Jacques Ourévitch.

    €50
  3. La démocratie grecque vue d'ailleurs
    Pierre VIDAL-NAQUET

    La démocratie grecque vue d'ailleurs

    Flammarion|Paris 1990|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
    First collected edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite two small stains at the foot of the lower edge.
    Signed autograph inscription from Pierre Vidal-Naquet to Jacques Ourévitch.
    €60
  4. Libération. Collection complète des vingt premières années du journal
    Jean-Paul SARTRE, Serge JULY

    Libération. Collection complète des vingt premières années du journalLiberation. Complete collection

    Libération|Paris 1973-2004|6200 numéros|en feuillets

    Complete run of the first twenty years of the newspaper Libération, founded in 1973 by Jean-Paul Sartre, Serge July, Philippe Gavi, Bernard Lallement and Jean-Claude Vernier.

    6,200 issues in pristine condition (never opened).

    This unique collection comprises 6,200 issues of Libération in impeccable condition (never opened), and is absolutely complete – including all the “numéros zéros”, promotional issues, special reports, thematic supplements (including the entire series of the celebrated “Sandwich” issues), and the commemorative twentieth anniversary album – from Monday 5 February 1973 to Monday 3 January 1994.  
    The collection...

    €30,000
  5. Impressions anciennes
    René CHAR

    Impressions anciennes

    GLM|Paris 1964|14 x 19 cm|en feuilles
    First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Very handsome copy of this tribute that René Char paid to Martin Heidegger on the occasion of the German philosopher's seventy-fifth birthday.
    Manuscript signature by René Char below the justification page.
    €700
  7. 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 paper, 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.
    The French army claiming that he had escaped, some personalities including Pierre Vidal-Naquet protested and denounced his martyrdom after he was certainly tortured by the French army, General Aussaresses acknowledging much later having given the order to kill Maurice Audin.
    Handsome and rare copy.
    €800
  8. Esprit. "La paix possible". N°3 de la 19ème année
    COLLECTIF

    Esprit. "La paix possible". N°3 de la 19ème année

    Esprit|Paris Mars 1951|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.
    This issue contains a main section: "La paix possible" with Pierre Emmanuel "Plus que la sentinelle", Jean Lacroix "Faire la paix", Jean-Marie Domenach & Paul Fraisse "De la paix à la coexistence", Paul Ricoeur "Pour la coexistence pacifique"...
    Rare foxing mainly marginal.


    €60
  9. "J'ai mené une vie de chien". In Esprit N°12 de la 17ème année
    Georges BERNANOS, COLLECTIF

    "J'ai mené une vie de chien". In Esprit N°12 de la 17ème année

    Esprit|Paris Décembre 1948|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.
    This issue is partly devoted to Georges Bernanos who had died five months earlier with Albert Béguin "Bernanos n'appartient à personne", Georges Bernanos "J'ai mené une vie de chien", Bertanrd d'Astorg "Mort au champ de son honneur".
    Other contributions by Paul Ricoeur "Dimension d'une recherche commune", Marius Gandilhon "Derrière le silence de l'Espagne", Jacques Ayencourt "Ils ont voté Roosevelt"...
    Occasional foxing mainly marginal.


    €80
  10. Esprit. "L'Orient et l'avènement de la valeur monde". N°9 de la nouvelle série
    COLLECTIF

    Esprit. "L'Orient et l'avènement de la valeur monde". N°9 de la nouvelle série

    Esprit|Paris Septembre 1970|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.
    This issue includes a main section: "L'Orient et l'avènement de la valeur monde" with Michel Panoff "Ethnologie et économie", Henri Provisor "Dépendances critiques et entreprises multinationales", Philippe Jacques "New York, couleurs croisées"...
    Occasional foxing mainly marginal, minor rubbing to spine.


    €60
  11. [POESIE HONGROISE] Esprit N°4 de la nouvelle série
    Emmanuel MOUNIER, COLLECTIF

    [POESIE HONGROISE] Esprit N°4 de la nouvelle série

    Esprit|Paris Avril 1970|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 Emmanuel Mounier with contributions by Jean-Marie Domenach "Mounier surpassed?", Marcel Reggui "How I knew Mounier", Michel Steiner "Pages to read in the present"...
    This issue also deals with Hungarian poetry with Sandor Csoori, Gyula Illyes, Zoltan Jekely, Laszlo Nagy, Otto Orban, Gyorgy Raba, Judith Toth, Zsuzsa Takacs...
    Other contributions by Steven Kehnan & Dick Howard "The new student left in the United States".
    Occasional light foxing, principally marginal.


    €60
  12. Esprit N°11 de la nouvelle série
    COLLECTIF

    Esprit N°11 de la nouvelle série

    Esprit|Paris Novembre1969|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 protest in the U.S.S.R.: "The interrogation of P. Litvinov", "V. Bukovsky before his judges", "General Grigorenko", "The clandestine writers"...
    Other contributions by Joseph Rovan "Two Socialist Germanys", Casamayor "The Deveaux affair", Jean-Marie Domenach "The United States under Nixon"...
    Occasional light foxing, principally marginal.


    €60
  13. Impromptus
    André COMTE-SPONVILLE

    Impromptus

    P.U.F.|Paris 1996|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by André Comte-Sponville to Françoise Garçin.
    €120
  14. L'évanouissement
    Jorge SEMPRÚN

    L'évanouissement

    Gallimard|Paris 1967|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
    A handsome copy despite minor worming to the top edge and at the head of the spine.
    €500
  15. Le neveu de Rameau
    Jules Léon PERRICHON, Bernard NAUDIN

    Le neveu de Rameau

    Editions d'art Edouard Pelletan|Paris 1922|16 x 21 cm|relié
    Edition illustrated with 7 original wood engravings by Jules Léon Perrichon and a portrait of Denis Diderot by Bernard Naudin, one of 20 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
    Bradel binding in full boards with overlapping flaps in vellum style, endpapers and pastedowns of gold and silver effect paper, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges, contemporary binding.
    Fine copy, well complete, at rear, with its duplicate suite on China paper of the original woodcuts and the double state of the frontispiece portrait.
    €250
  16. Portrait photographique du philosophe Alain à sa table de travail
    ALAIN

    Portrait photographique du philosophe Alain à sa table de travail

    S. n.|s. l. s. d. [ca 1940]|24 x 30.50 cm|une photographie encadrée
    Original period silver gelatin print photograph showing philosopher Alain at his work table, his gaze distant and a fountain pen in his hand.
    The photograph is mounted on cardboard which is itself adhered under a mat.
    Handsome little-known portrait of the Norman philosopher.
    €450
  17. Mémoires du Cardinal Dubois
    Jean GRADASSI, Cardinal DUBOIS [Guillaume DUBOIS]

    Mémoires du Cardinal Dubois

    Edmond Vairel|Paris 1949|19 x 26 cm|4 volumes en feuilles sous chemises et étuis
    Illustrated edition with 254 original color compositions by Jean Gradassi, one of 800 numbered copies on Lana paper, ours being one of the few hors commerce copies reserved for collaborators and presentation purposes.
    Some angular splits to the slipcases, one strip of the second volume's slipcase detached.
    Handsome set.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by Jean Gradassi to René Garrin below the print statement in the first volume.
    €400
  18. Essais critiques
    Roland BARTHES

    Essais critiques

    Seuil|Paris 1964|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Handsome copy.
    Signed and inscribed by Roland Barthes to Hubert Juin.
    €380
  19. Trajectoire inverse - Almagestes - Portulans
    Alain BADIOU

    Trajectoire inverse - Almagestes - Portulans

    Seuil|Paris 1964-1967|14 x 20.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
    First edition of each volume, of which there were no deluxe copies, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies for the first.
    A small tear at the head of the spine of the first volume which is lightly sunned.
    Rare signed autograph inscription by Alain Badiou to Jean Ballard co-founder of éditions du Seuil on the half-title page of the first volume.
    €700
  20. Le néo-malthusianisme
    Paul ROBIN

    Le néo-malthusianisme

    Librairie de la régénération|Paris 1905|10.50 x 17.50 cm|agrafé
    First edition.
    Covers and spine with marginal tears and small lacks, copy disbound, name of a previous owner written in pen at the head of the front cover.
    Rare libertarian and Malthusian pamphlet.

    €60
  21. La Russie sous la révolution et la dictature maximaliste
    R.J. PIERRE

    La Russie sous la révolution et la dictature maximaliste

    Société d'édition belgo-russe • Félix Alcan|Bruxelles [Brussels] • & Paris 1919|14 x 18 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Spine sunned, handsome interior condition.
    Preface by M. Lauwick.
    €60
  22. Eloge des Bolcheviks
    Boris SOUVARINE

    Eloge des Bolcheviks

    Librairie du "Populaire"|Bruxelles [Brussels] s. d. [circa 1925]|11.50 x 17.50 cm|agrafé
    New edition.
    An angular fold at foot of front board with a tiny tear but no loss, handsome copy.
    €50
  23. Soyez maudits, Bolcheviks !
    Vladimir BOURTZEFF

    Soyez maudits, Bolcheviks !

    Imprimerie "Union"|Paris 1919|13.50 x 21 cm|agrafé
    Rare first edition in French.
    Handsome copy.
    €150
  25. Vladimir Iliitch Lénine
    Maxime GORKI

    Vladimir Iliitch Lénine

    Librairie du Parti Socialiste et de L'Humanité|Paris 1920|11.50 x 17.50 cm|plaquette
    New edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Covers slightly and very marginally sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.
    Illustrated pamphlet with a portrait of Lenin.
    Preface by A. Pierre.
    €50
  26. La fin du six février, In Combat N°2 de la première année
    Maurice BLANCHOT

    La fin du six février, In Combat N°2 de la première année

    Combat|Paris Février 1936|21.50 x 28.50 cm|broché
    First and only publication of this pamphlet published in the review Combat directed by Thierry Maulnier.
    Vertical fold inherent to the distribution of this review, small marginal tears.
    Other contributions by Robert Brasillach "Ce qui est perdu", Thierry Maulnier "Les deux violences", Pierre Andreu "Fascisme 1913", Jean de Fabrègues "Indépendance ? Oui, sauf de la vérité...
    Very rare document bearing witness to the anti-democratic period of the young Maurice Blanchot.


    €120
  27. La grande passion des modérés, in Combat n°9 de la première année
    Maurice BLANCHOT, Robert BRASILLACH

    La grande passion des modérés, in Combat n°9 de la première année

    in Combat|Paris Novembre 1936|21.50 x 28.50 cm|agrafé
    First edition and sole publication of this pamphlet published in the magazine Combat directed by Thierry Maulnier.
    Vertical fold inherent to the distribution of this magazine and small marginal tears.
    Other contributions: Robert Brasillach "La machine à botter les culs", Thierry Maulnier "Sortirons-nous de l'abjection française ? ", Georges Blond "Chapeau bas devant la casquette", Jean-Pierre Maxence "A nous la liberté ! "...
    Very rare document testifying to the anti-democratic period of the young Maurice Blanchot.
    €120
  28. L'homme nu
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    L'homme nu[The Naked Man]

    Plon|Paris 1971|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Spine and covers slightly and marginally yellowed, handsome interior condition.
    Signed autograph inscription from Claude Lévi-Strauss to Claude Roy.









    €500
  29. Lénine & la philosophie suivi de Marx & Lénine devant Hegel
    Louis ALTHUSSER

    Lénine & la philosophie suivi de Marx & Lénine devant Hegel

    Petite collection François Maspero|Paris 1972|11 x 17.50 cm|broché
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    Fine signed autograph inscription from Louis Althusser: "Pour Jean Kahn (qu'il sache que j'estime plus que tout au monde le jugement d'un juriste : Marx aurait dû écrire : "le droit et l'idéologie juridique continuent l'anatomie (mot souligné) de toute l'idéologie bourgeoise) . Avec ma considération et mon amitié" ["For Jean Kahn (let him know that I value a jurist's judgment above all else in the world: Marx should have written: 'law and legal ideology continue the anatomy (word underlined) of all bourgeois ideology') . With my consideration and my friendship"].




    €450
  30. Thèmes et variations
    Aldous HUXLEY

    Thèmes et variations

    Plon|Paris 1951|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 60 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    €300
  31. Lettre autographe datée, signée et adressée à Jani Brun depuis son domicile parisien du Quai aux fleurs
    Vladimir JANKÉLÉVITCH

    Lettre autographe datée, signée et adressée à Jani Brun depuis son domicile parisien du Quai aux fleurs

    S. n.|Paris 9 Avril 1981|14.50 x 21 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
    Autograph letter dated and signed, one page (10 lines) addressed to Jani Brun regarding an interview she requests with the philosopher then immersed in completing "un ouvrage difficile" ["a difficult work"] (Le Je-ne-sais-quoi et le Presque-rien, probably), envelope included.
    Central fold inherent to the mailing.
    "9 Avril 1981,
    Madame, je préférerais, si un ajournement vous semble possible, remettre l'entretien que vous me proposez à la fin de mai ou au cours de juin. J'achève en ce moment un ouvrage difficile qui me prend beaucoup de temps.
    Pourriez-vous à cette occasion, m'indiquer le nom (mot souligné) de la revue pour laquelle vous envisagez...
    €300
  32. Esprit. Les opposants en U.R.S.S. isolés ou internés. Nouvelle série : N°7-8 de la 39ème année
    COLLECTIF

    Esprit. Les opposants en U.R.S.S. isolés ou internés. Nouvelle série : N°7-8 de la 39ème année

    Esprit|Paris Juillet-Août 1971|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.
    Light foxing to spine.
    Contributions by René Dumont "La commune de Ceylan et le chômage", Jacques Caroux "Les ouvriers aisés", other articles contained in this issue: "Les intellectuels russes et l'année Lénine, Lettre d'un hôpital spécial, Le procès de Nathalie Gorbanevskaïa, Qui est fou ? c'est à nous, psychaitres de le dire...



    €60
  33. Esprit. Les Chrétiens et les Juifs. Nouvelle série : N°6 de la 34ème année
    COLLECTIF

    Esprit. Les Chrétiens et les Juifs. Nouvelle série : N°6 de la 34ème année

    Esprit|Paris Juin 1966|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    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.
    Very light foxing to spine.
    Contributions by Joseph Rovan "Treblinka", André Laude "Kateb Yacine", Maximilienne Jacques "La liberté de conception", other articles contained in this issue: "Les Chrétiens et les Juifs" by Joseph Hoffmann, Lucien Lazare and F. Lovsky, Arturo Serrano Plaja "Le chant de l'exil", Jean Meyer "Chili 1966"...


    €60
  34. Esprit. N°10 de la 17ème année
    COLLECTIF

    Esprit. N°10 de la 17ème année

    Esprit|Paris Octobre 1949|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    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.
    Handsome copy.
    Contributions by Marc Beigbeider "Théâtre philosophique ?", J.J. Brieux "La Chine de Mao Tse-Tung : I. Bilan du Kuomintang", J. Vialatoux and A. Latreille "christianisme et laïcité"...


    €60
  35. Esprit. Nouvelle série : N°4 de la 27ème année
    COLLECTIF

    Esprit. Nouvelle série : N°4 de la 27ème année

    Esprit|Paris Avril 1959|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.
    Handsome copy.
    Contributions by Pierre Lieulliette "Aventure d'un parachutiste" and Benoit Verhaegen "Le sous-développement" in the Algérie viable section, Gilles Ferry "Guerre scolaire ? ", Simone Lacouture "Gel de la culture en Egypte"...


    €60
  36. Esprit. Nouvelle série : N°6 de la 27ème année
    COLLECTIF

    Esprit. Nouvelle série : N°6 de la 27ème année

    Esprit|Paris Juin 1962|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.
    Handsome copy.
    Contributions by Etienne Jovignot "L'enfance inadaptée", Konrad Bieber "La casemate de l'Oncle Sam", Casamayor "Justice française ? ", Henri Lefebvre "Marxisme et technique"...


    €60
  37. Esprit. N°9 de la 19ème année
    COLLECTIF

    Esprit. N°9 de la 19ème année

    Esprit|Paris Septembre 1951|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.
    Handsome copy.
    Contributions by F. Jeanson "Montaigne et l'expérience du soi", A. Serrières "De la Corée au Viet-Nam", A. Béguin "Massis historien", A. Bazin "Carné et la désincarnation", A. Dansette "L'église et l'Action française"...


    €60
  38. Esprit. Nouvelle série N°2 de la 28ème année
    COLLECTIF

    Esprit. Nouvelle série N°2 de la 28ème année

    Esprit|Paris Février 1960|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.
    Handsome copy.
    Contributions by Lanza Del Vasto "Le problème de la bombe", Serge Mallet "Gaullisme et néo-capitalisme", Jean Rabaut & Madeleine Reberioux "Jean Jaurès", Ephraïm Tari "A propos du Dernier des justes"...


    €60
  39. Esprit. Nouvelle série N°4 de la 35ème année
    COLLECTIF

    Esprit. Nouvelle série N°4 de la 35ème année

    Esprit|Paris Avril 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.
    Handsome copy despite light worming to the first cover.
    Contributions by Yves Bertherat "Ode numéro 9", Alfred Simon "Le T.N.P. de Vilar à Wilson", Henry Kissinger & Stanley Hoffmann "Les Etats-Unis dans le monde"...


    €60
  40. Esprit. Nouvelle série N°1 de la 26ème année
    COLLECTIF

    Esprit. Nouvelle série N°1 de la 26ème année

    Esprit|Paris Janvier 1958|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.
    Handsome copy.
    Contributions by Alfred Simon "Le théâtre est-il mortel ?", Harry Bloom "Mort d'un nègre", Kostas Axelos "Politique planétaire", Marc Jussieu & Paul Thibaud "Crise financière, mouvements sociaux...


    €60
  41. Esprit. Nouvelle série N°2 de la 35ème année
    COLLECTIF

    Esprit. Nouvelle série N°2 de la 35ème année

    Esprit|Paris Février 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.
    Handsome copy.
    Contributions by Pierre Sourys "Langue et réification", Robert Marteau "Le lieu de la poésie", André Siniavski "La poésie de Pasternak", L'affaire Siniavski-Daniel...


    €60
  42. Esprit. Nouvelle série N°5 de la 38ème année
    COLLECTIF

    Esprit. Nouvelle série N°5 de la 38ème année

    Esprit|Paris Mai 1970|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.
    Handsome copy.
    Contributions by Paul Thibaud "Sur place ou innnovation ?" ["In Place or Innovation?"], Michel Winock "La contradiction du P.C.F." ["The Contradiction of the P.C.F."], François Fetjo "Le Lénine anti-stalinien" ["The Anti-Stalinist Lenin"], Candido Mendès "L'armé au Pérou" ["The Army in Peru"], Jacques Madaule "Antijudaïsme; antisémitisme, antisionisme" ["Anti-Judaism; Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism"]...


    €60
  43. Esprit. Nouvelle série N°11 de la 35ème année
    COLLECTIF

    Esprit. Nouvelle série N°11 de la 35ème année

    Esprit|Paris Novembre 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.
    Handsome copy despite two stains on the first cover.
    Contributions by Daniel Artigues "Qu'est-ce que l'Opus Dei ?" ["What is Opus Dei?"], Robert Marteau "Le message biblique de Chagall" ["Chagall's Biblical Message"], Henri Corbin "Un chemin sans écho" ["A Path Without Echo"], Roger Akriche "La paix entre Israël et les Arabes" ["Peace Between Israel and the Arabs"], Jean-Marie Domenach "Les anti-mémoires" ["The Anti-Memoirs"]...


    €60
  44. Statuts de l'Oeuvre humanitaire L'Etoile d'Orient
    COLLECTIF

    Statuts de l'Oeuvre humanitaire L'Etoile d'Orient

    L'étoile d'Orient|Jérusalem [Jerusalem] 1896|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Foxing to covers.
    Copy complete with its membership slip for the Star of the Orient, an association created for the foundation of the observatory and the religious, scientific and philanthropic museum of Jerusalem.



    €50
  45. Le monde des Tsiganes
    François de VAUX DE FOLETIER

    Le monde des Tsiganes

    Berger-Levrault|Paris 1983|20 x 28 cm|broché
    Copiously illustrated first edition.
    Spine and boards marginally sunned, plastic film covering the boards peeling at corners.
    Fine autograph inscription signed by François de Vaux de Foletier to Jean-François Tournaire accompanied by a few words in Romani.

    €60
  46. La rhapsodie - Verve et improvisation musicale
    Vladimir JANKÉLÉVITCH

    La rhapsodie - Verve et improvisation musicale

    Flammarion|Paris 1955|15 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Spine lightly sunned without damage with small tears at head and foot.
    Autograph inscription signed by Vladimir Jankélévitch in Cyrillic.
    €400
  50. Le capitalisme est-il moral ?
    André COMTE-SPONVILLE

    Le capitalisme est-il moral ?

    Albin Michel|Paris 2004|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Handsome copy, some passages underlined in black felt-tip pen by the dedicatee on certain pages at the beginning of the volume.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by André Comte-Sponville to a friend: "Pour toi, cher Frédéric, en amical hommage. André " ["For you, dear Frédéric, in friendly homage. André"]
    €90
  52. La crise de la psychologie moderne
    Georges POLITZER

    La crise de la psychologie moderne

    Editions sociales|Paris 1947|11.50 x 15.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Sunned unlettered spine with a small lack at head, otherwise a handsome copy.

    €30
  54. Population et prudence procréatrice
    Paul ROBIN

    Population et prudence procréatrice

    Bidault éditeur|Paris 1916|10.50 x 15.50 cm|broché
    New edition.
    Covers marginally sunned with small lacks.
    Rare libertarian and Malthusian pamphlet.

    €60
  55. Quoi ? L'éternité
    Marguerite YOURCENAR

    Quoi ? L'éternité

    Gallimard|Paris 1988|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the 80 numbered copies on Holland paper, the "tirage de tête" (first deluxe copies).
    Very nice copy.
    €2,000
  56. Civilisation française en Indochine
    Marcel MARTINET

    Civilisation française en Indochine

    Comité d'Amnistie et de Défense des Indochinois et des Peuples Colonisés|Paris 1933|12 x 15.50 cm|agrafé
    First edition published and distributed by the Committee for Amnesty and Defense of Indochinese and Colonized Peoples.
    Covers marginally discolored, an orange stain at foot of front cover.
    Rare.
    €100
  57. Israël dans le monde
    Pierre PARAF

    Israël dans le monde

    Flammarion|Paris 1947|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 56 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Foxing to margins of covers and spine, a slight tear without loss at foot of rear cover, otherwise a handsome copy.
    €300
  58. Population et prudence procréatrice
    Paul ROBIN

    Population et prudence procréatrice

    Librairie de Régénération|Paris 1907|11.50 x 18 cm|broché
    New edition, with some parts in first edition as it is revised and expanded.
    One corner lacking at foot of front board, small worming to boards.
    Rare libertarian and Malthusian pamphlet.

    €80
  59. Le collectivisme
    Jules GUESDE

    Le collectivisme

    Librairie du Parti Socialiste et de L'Humanité|Paris 1919|11.50 x 17 cm|agrafé
    Fourth edition of this lecture given to the Society of Economic and Political Studies of Brussels on March 7, 1894.
    Handsome copy considering the fragility of this fascicle.


    €30
  60. Oeuvres inédites et posthumes (1850-1910)
    Léon TOLSTOI

    Oeuvres inédites et posthumes (1850-1910)

    Paul Dupont|Paris 1947|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
    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.
    €180
  62. Le trait empoisonné. Réflexions sur l'affaire Jean Moulin
    Pierre VIDAL-NAQUET

    Le trait empoisonné. Réflexions sur l'affaire Jean Moulin

    La Découverte|Paris 1993|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
    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.
    €80
  63. Onze poèmes pour le Vietnam
    Jacques GAUCHERON, Armand MONJO

    Onze poèmes pour le Vietnam

    S. n.|Paris 1967|17.50 x 12.50 cm|broché
    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.
    €50
  64. La psychologie politique et la défense sociale
    Gustave LE BON

    La psychologie politique et la défense sociale

    Flammarion|Paris 1910|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    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.
    €450
  65. Nouvelles pensées d'un biologiste
    (to Boris VIAN) Jean ROSTAND

    Nouvelles pensées d'un biologiste

    Stock|Paris 1947|11.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Handsome copy.
    Bradel binding in full decorated paper, black shagreen title-label, covers preserved, binding signed Goy & Vilaine.
    Very precious signed autograph inscription from Jean Rostand to his friend and neighbor Boris Vian: "Pour Boris, bien amicalement. Jean Rostand." ["For Boris, with warm friendship. Jean Rostand."]
    Jean Rostand, who was Boris Vian's neighbor in Ville d'Avray, introduced him to Gallimard and brought his works to Raymond Queneau's attention.
    €800
  66. Introduction à la musique de jazz
    (to Boris VIAN) André HODEIR

    Introduction à la musique de jazz

    Librairie Larousse|Paris 1945|11.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Very precious signed autograph inscription from André Hodeir to Boris Vian: "Bien amicalement à toi mon cher Boris. André Hodeir." ["With warm friendship to you my dear Boris. André Hodeir."]
    What a provenance!

    €500
  67. Etudes N° de Novembre 1967 : La violence. - La crise raciale aux U.S.A.
    COLLECTIF

    Etudes N° de Novembre 1967 : La violence. - La crise raciale aux U.S.A.

    Etudes|Paris Novembre 1967|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
    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"...
    €30
  69. Ile fédérée française de la Martinique
    Gilbert GRATIANT

    Ile fédérée française de la Martinique

    Editions Louis Soulanges|Paris 1961|14 x 19 cm|broché
    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."]
    €80
  70. Le jeu de l'amour et de la mort
    Romain ROLLAND

    Le jeu de l'amour et de la mort

    Albin Michel|Paris 1925|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    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.
    €80
  71. Les origines de la biologie expérimentale et l'abbé Spallanzani
    (to Boris VIAN) Jean ROSTAND

    Les origines de la biologie expérimentale et l'abbé Spallanzani

    Fasquelle|Paris 1951|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    Very precious autograph inscription signed by Jean Rostand to his friend and neighbor Boris Vian: "Pour Boris dont la curiosité s'étend jusqu'aux origines de la biologie expérimentale. En cordial souvenir. Jean Rostand" ["For Boris whose curiosity extends to the origins of experimental biology. In cordial remembrance. Jean Rostand"].
    Jean Rostand, who was Boris Vian's neighbor in Ville d'Avray, introduced him to Gallimard and made Raymond Queneau discover his works.
    €600
  72. Les grands courants de la biologie
    (to Boris VIAN) Jean ROSTAND

    Les grands courants de la biologie

    Gallimard|Paris 1951|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper, statement of edition, printed press service stamp on the head of the back cover.
    Paper yellowed.
    Very precious signed autograph inscription from Jean Rostand to his friend and neighbor Boris Vian: "Pour Boris bien amicalement. Jean Rostand." ["For Boris with warm friendship. Jean Rostand"]
    Jean Rostand, who was Boris Vian's neighbor in Ville d'Avray, introduced him to Gallimard and made Raymond Queneau discover his works.
    €400
  75. Machiavel et Montesquieu
    Marc DUCONSEIL

    Machiavel et Montesquieu

    Denoël|Paris 1943|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    A small tear at head of spine, pencil annotations throughout the first endpaper.
    €30
  76. Démonstration philosophique du principe constitutif de la société, suivie de méditations politiques tirées de l'Evangile
    Louis, vicomte de BONALD

    Démonstration philosophique du principe constitutif de la société, suivie de méditations politiques tirées de l'Evangile

    Adrien Leclère & Cie|Paris 1830|12.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
    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.
    €60
  77. La vie de l'homme nouveau
    Monseigneur CHEVROT

    La vie de l'homme nouveau

    Desclée de Brouwer|Paris 1939|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition with no mention of deluxe copies.
    Spine slightly sunned.
    Signed autograph inscription from Monseigneur Chevrot to Maurice Martin du Gard.
    €40
  78. Journaux intimes
    Benjamin CONSTANT

    Journaux intimes

    Gallimard|Paris 1952|14 x 23 cm|broché
    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.
    €70
  79. Correspondance de Benjamin et Rosalie de Constant 1786-1830
    Benjamin CONSTANT, Rosalie de CONSTANT

    Correspondance de Benjamin et Rosalie de Constant 1786-1830

    Gallimard|Paris 1955|14 x 23 cm|broché
    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.
    €50
  81. Marivaux sa vie et ses oeuvres d'après les nouveaux documents
    Gustave LARROUMET

    Marivaux sa vie et ses oeuvres d'après les nouveaux documents

    Typographie F. Le Blanc-Hardel|Caen 1894|13.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
    New edition.
    Half brown marbled sheep binding, spine with five raised bands with a scratch at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled top edge, original wrappers preserved.
    Handsome copy.

    €50
  82. Journal d'un ministre. Oeuvre posthume du comte Guernon-Ranville
    Martial-Côme-Hannibal-Perpétue-Magloire de GUERNON-RANVILLE

    Journal d'un ministre. Oeuvre posthume du comte Guernon-Ranville

    Typographie F. Le Blanc-Hardel|Caen 1874|13.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
    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.

    €100
  84. Montesquieu. La politique et l'histoire
    Louis ALTHUSSER

    Montesquieu. La politique et l'histoire

    P.U.F.|Paris 1959|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    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.

    €500
  86. Etude historique des idées sur la souveraineté de la France de 1815 à 1848
    Maurice BARBÉ

    Etude historique des idées sur la souveraineté de la France de 1815 à 1848

    Librairie Générale de droit et de jurisprudence F. Pichon & Durand-Auzias|Paris 1904|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
    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.

    €250
  87. L'exode
    Benjamin FONDANE

    L'exode

    La fenêtre ardente|Paris 1965|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 300 copies on offset, the only issue after 40 on pur fil.
    Boards very lightly and marginally sunned at head, pleasant and rare copy.
    Preface by Claude Sernet, autograph inscription signed by Claude Sernet, at the end of his preface, to Charles Dobzynski.


    €700
  90. Vingt et une scènes de comédie
    ALAIN

    Vingt et une scènes de comédie

    Paul Hartmann|Paris 1955|11.50 x 16 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Rives vellum, deluxe copy.
    Handsome copy.

    €120
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