Jean-Paul Sartre Presentations To Michelle [Boris] Vian 

An Interesting Group of Association Copies. Sartre began a life-long affair with writer & maverick creative force, Boris Vian's first wife, Michele L'Eglise in the late 40's, which lasted until Sartre's death in 1980. L'Eglise & Vian divorced in 1951. Sartre & de Beauvoir loved Boris & promoted him often. Sartre nominated Vian for a celebrated literary prize for the novel, L'Ecume. Vian's extraordinary work mirrored his fascinating life. A jazz trumpeter, film actor, cabaret singer, translator, record company executive, jazz writer, inventor of the elastic wheel, Vian moved in both the world of Miles Davis & Dizzie Gillespie, as well as that of Sartre & de Beauvoir. 

JPS, Boris, Michele, & Simone

[26707] Alleg, Henri & Sartre, Jean-Paul. LA QUESTION - UNE VICTOIRE. Signed.. Lausanne: La Cité, 1958. First Edition and the First Collected Edition of these important texts exposing the methods of torture used by French troops in the Algerian War. Near fine or better in the publisher's printed wrappers, Inscribed and Signed by Jean-Paul Sartre on the half-title page to close friend Michelle Vian, (Boris Vian's wife). Housed in an elegant custom clamshell case, black cloth over marbled paper, red morocco spine label with gilt titles. $3,550.00

Vittorini Presentation to J-P Sartre

[26708] (Sartre, Jean-Paul]. Vittorini, Elio. LES HOMMES ET LES AUTRES. (UOMINI E NO). Signed.. Geneva: Editions du Continent, 1945., First Edition &. First French Edition of 'Uomini e No', (Men and not Men), a novel of resistance against the German occupation of Italy, Inscribed and Signed by the author to Jean-Paul Sartre on the front endpaper. With Cesare Pavese, Vittorini, an acclaimed translator, novelist, (his Conversations In Sicily was published in the United States with an introduction by Ernest Hemingway), editor and anti - fascist, was a pioneer in translating English, French and American authors into Italian. A bright, fresh copy in the original wrappers. Housed in an elegant custom clamshell case, black cloth over marbled paper, red morocco spine label with gilt titles. A significant Association. . $2,975.00

Manuscript Page 

[29536] Sartre, Jean-Paul. Le Diable et Le Bon Dieu. Manuscript. n.d. [c. 1950-51], n.p. [Paris]., . First Edition. 1 holograph page - small 4to. On his typical graph paper from his famous play, Le Diable et Le Bon Dieu published in 1952 & staged in Paris in 1951. A fragment of the second act, Scene IV with part of the dialogue between Hilda & Goetz. A few corrections & certain departures from the published printed version. Rare. $8,750.00

Jean-Paul Sartre Presentation To John P. James 

[26709] Sartre, Jean-Paul. THE WORDS. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JEAN-PAUL SARTRE. Signed.. New York: George Braziller, 1964. First Edition. First American Edition Inscribed and Signed by Jean-Paul Sartre on the title-page in blue ballpoint: 'A John P. James, Jr. trés cordialement [signed] Sartre, 18 Oct. 69'. 8vo. 255 pp. A near fine copy in black cloth, white titles to the spine, rose topstain, (John P. James, Jr's neat bookplate on the front pastedown), in a bright, fresh, price-clipped dustwrapper. Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman. A brilliant autobiography that is often compared with, Rousseau's, Confessions. Housed in an elegant custom clamshell case, black cloth over marbled paper, red morocco spine label with gilt titles. $5,750.00

Inscribed Presentation Copy

[26705] Sartre, Jean-Paul., REFLEXIONS SUR LA QUESTION JUIVE. Signed. Paris: Paul Morihien, 1946. First Edition. . . First Edition Inscribed by Jean-Paul Sartre on the half-title page. A fine unopened copy in the publisher's wrappers and glassine cover. Housed in an elegant custom clamshell case, black cloth over marbled paper, red morocco spine label with gilt titles. A lovely copy indeed. $3,350.00

Presentation Service de Presse Copy

Jean-Paul Sartre First Book First Edition

[26701] Sartre, Jean-Paul. L'IMAGINATION. Paris: Félix Alcan, 1936. First Edition. First Edition of Sartre's first book, written when he was a high school teacher. A fresh, bright, near fine copy in the publisher's original printed wrappers and glassine cover. (tiny signature dated 1945, neatly painted out in a thumbprint sized oval). Housed in an elegant custom clamshell case, black cloth over marbled paper, red morocco spine label with gilt titles. A rare book. $1,875.00

Presentation Copy To Françoise Adelson

[26700] Sartre, Jean-Paul. L'AFFAIRE HENRI MARTIN. COMMENTAIRE DE JEAN-PAUL SARTRE. Signed. Paris: Paris: Gallimard, 1953., 1953. First Edition. . . First Edition of this collection relating to the famous post-Indo-China war political scandal in France. Inscribed and Signed by Sartre on the half-title page to Françoise Adelson. Introduction by Jean-Paul Sartre. A fine copy in the publisher's printed wrappers and original glassine. Housed in an elegant custom clamshell case, black cloth over marbled paper, red morocco spine label with gilt titles. An excellent copy. $3,250.00