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First Edition of Jean-Paul Sartre's Existentialism
SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL.
Existentialism.
New York: The Philosophical Library 1947.
First edition of the philosopher’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated by Bernard Frechtman. An exceptional example.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 144092
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"Man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world – and defines himself afterwards": First Edition of Existentialism and Humanism; Signed by Jean-Paul Sartre
SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL.
Existentialism and Humanism.
London: Methuen and Co 1948.
First edition of Sartre’s seminal work on existentialism. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Jean-Paul Sartre on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Translation and introduction by Philip Mairet. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $5,000.00 Item Number: 144017
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First edition of Jean Genet's Our Lady of the Flowers; From the library of Peter Matthiessen
GENET, JEAN. TRANSLATED BY BERNARD FRECHTMAN. JEAN-PAUL SARTRE [PETER MATTHIESSEN].
Our Lady of the Flowers.
New York: Grove Press, Inc. 1963.
First American edition of Genet’s debut novel. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Peter Matthiessen with his bookplate to the pastedown. American writer Peter Matthiessen remains the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). A prominent environmental activist, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction in 2008 at the age of 81 for Shadow Country. “No one writes more lyrically [than Matthiessen] about animals or describes more movingly the spiritual experience of mountaintops, savannas, and the sea” (Michael Dirda). Near fine in a good dust jacket. Jacket design by Roy Kuhlman.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 142737
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Rare First edition of Jean-Paul Sartre's first book L'Imagination; inscribed by him to Brice Parain
SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL.
L’Imagination. [The Imaginary].
Paris: Librairie Felix Alcan 1936.
First edition of Sartre’s first book, published as volume 10 of the Nouvelle Encyclopedie Philosophique and commissioned by the editor, Henri Delacroix. Octavo, original wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “A Brice Parain en tout amitie! JP Sartre.” The recipient, Brice Parain was a fellow French philosopher and friend of Sartre’s, mainly interested in Communism, Surrealism, and Existentialism, the failures of which he anticipated in part in some of his earlier works, such as Essai sur la misère humaine (1934) and Retour à la France (1936). Parain was one of the chief collaborators in the beginnings of Éditions Gallimard (since 1927), as well as a close friend of the Gallimard brothers, particularly Gaston. He was the principal director of the Encyclopédie de la Pléiade collection, and translated various Russian classic works published through Gallimard, including works by Lev Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, and Aleksandr Pushkin. Near fine in the original glassine which is in near fine condition with a small annotation “Envoi” to the crown of the spine. First editions are rare, presentation copies exceedingly so.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 139855
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First edition of Jean-Paul Sartre's Le Mur
SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL.
Le Mur. [The Wall].
Paris: Gallimard 1939.
Limited edition of Sartre’s 1939 short story collection, containing one of his greatest existentialist works of fiction, The Wall. Octavo, original boards. One of 1,000 numbered copies, this is number 910. In near fine condition.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 137275
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First edition in English of Jean Paul Sartre's Sketch For A Theory of The Emotions
SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL. TRANSLATED BY PHILIP MAIRET.
Sketch For A Theory of The Emotions. [Esquisse d’une théorie des émotions].
London: Methuen & Co Ltd 1962.
First edition in English of Sartre’s work on the nature of psychoanalysis and phenomenology. Octavo, original cloth. Translated by Philip Mairet and with a preface by Mary Warnock. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $60.00 Item Number: 137129
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Rare silver gelatin print of French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre; inscribed by him
SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL .
Jean-Paul Sartre Signed Photograph.
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Rare silver gelatin print of French philosopher, novelist, and playwright Jean-Paul Sartre. Inscribed by him in the upper left corner of the image, “A M. Satoru Yamano, sympatheque hommage, Jean-Paul Sartre.” In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 14 inches by 11 inches.
Price: $9,500.00 Item Number: 123541