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1959ref. 140594Paris: Cinedis 1959. Archive of press material compiled by Cinedis a French press and film agency concerning the formation and founding members of the Ministere de la Culture Ministry of Culture of France. The Ministry of Culture was created by Charles de Gaulle in 1959 and the first Minister was writer Andre Malraux whose responsibilities included the democratizing of access to culture museums monuments and elevating postwar France. He created several cultural centers throughout France actively sponsored the arts television film visual dance literary etc. but his tastes although wide-ranging remained conservative. During the early years of the Ministry M. Jacques Jaujard was its general secretary and he was instrumental in coordinating various organizations like Arts and Humanities National Theaters Monuments Cinema Tourist propaganda popular Education. Jaujard eventually left eh Ministry in 1967 and Malraux left shortly after upon de Gaulle's final term as President. The Ministry is still in operation to this day keeping the artistic and culture heritage of France and making the countries museums and cultural centers widely accessible. An engrossing collection regarding a much advertised birth of one of France's finest organizations the archive consists of thirty single sheets of Cinedis parchment with various stapled French newspaper articles pertaining to Malraux Jaujard and the Ministry. Nearly all sheets bear annotations in manuscript ink noting the date of the article 1959 throughout mostly early in the year and a few loose newspapers and clippings are included. Near Fine overall. Cinedis unknown books
1955ref. 123482Lausanne: La Guilde du Livre 1955. First edition. Softcover. Copy 7916 of 15000 numbered copies. Text in French by Malraux and color and black and white photographs by Izis. Chagall designed cover and frontispiece. An about good copy in stiff wrappers with separation to the front hinge some minor loss at the spine ends and corners and with some bumping to the bottom corner of the text block. Still a serviceable copy. La Guilde du Livre unknown books
1968ref. 9010511New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston 1968. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. The dust jacket has minor closed tears to the head and the heel of the spine. Holt, Rinehart & Winston hardcover books
1960ref. 9008494Garden City: Doubleday 1960. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Housed in a slipcase. Doubleday hardcover books
ref. 3449Malraux Andre. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ART. VOLUME III THE TWILIGHT OF THE ABSOLUTE. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. New York Pantheon Books 1950. Cloth. Dust jacket. Slipcase. "In this volume M. Malraux concludes his subtle analysis of the psychology of artistic creation." Very good condition. hardcover books
1946ref. 346586Paris: Gallimard 1946. Review copy marked S.P. on back wrapper. 342 6 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Wrappers printed in red and black. Toned at edges short closed tear to lower wrapper; textblock toned as usual. Very good. Review copy marked S.P. on back wrapper. 342 6 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to Eve Curie the daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie whose biography of her mother Madame Curie 1937 was an international success the American edition won the National Book Award. "Pour Eve Curie - comme un devoir être fier d'echanger de sigros livres avec le très sympathique souvenir d' Andre Malraux Oct 46" After the second world war Malraux 1901-1976 was named minister of information by de Gaulle. Eve Curie also served in de Gaulle's administration. A distinguished presentation linking two great public intellectuals. Gallimard unknown books
1948ref. 334901Geneva: Skira 1948. Illustrated. 2 vols. 4to. Printed wrappers some wear. Illustrated. 2 vols. 4to. Each volume is inscribed to Eve Curie the daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie. Eve won a National Book Award for her biography of her mother. Skira unknown books
1972ref. 40668Monaco: Editions André Sauret 1972. Near fine. Beautifully produced catalogue with full-page photographic reproductions of over 200 Chagall pieces many in color and an original color lithographic frontispiece by Chagall. This is the English edition of the catalogue translated from the French. 12.5'' x 9.5''. Original grey cloth in original color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated with color lithographic frontispiece by Chagall and photographic images throughout. 249 3 pages. Only trace wear to jacket edges and typical offsetting to verso of original lithograph. Editions André Sauret unknown books
1950ref. 229361Paris: La Galerie de La Pléiade 1950. First edition. 20 colour plates and numerous black & white illustrations by Goya. 186 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in full blue polished calf with the Thaw family motto stamped in gilt on the upper cover: "Ou le Sort Appelle" Where Destiny Calls top edge gilt. Fine spine slightly faded. First edition. 20 colour plates and numerous black & white illustrations by Goya. 186 pp. 1 vols. 4to. La Galerie de La Pléiade unknown books
1975ref. 225804Paris: Gallimard 1975. First edition No. 143 of 355 copies on vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre. 1 vols. 8vo. Original white wrappers printed in red and black. Mint copy unopened in quarter leather slipcase with chemise. First edition No. 143 of 355 copies on vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on the half-title from Madeleine Malraux the author's widow to Jane Engelhard "ma chère amie . en souvenir d'André Malraux et avec mon admirative pensée et mon affection très fidèle . New York May 18 '78. Gallimard unknown books
1929ref. 80362NY: Harcourt Brace and Company 1929. First US edition. 270 pp. Small spot to front interior hinge else near fine in full maroon cloth with gold stamping to spine. Lacks dust jacket. Translated from the original French by Winifred Stephens Whale. NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover books
1934ref. UMALMAN00acmfModern Library 1934. Very Good. Malraux Andre. Man's Fate. NY: Modern Library 1934. 360pp. 16mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good with gentle bumping and rubbing. Edges yellowed. Modern Library paperback books
1936ref. UMALMAN00blcModern Library 1936. Good. Malraux Andre. Man's Fate. Chevalier translator Haakon M. New York: Modern Library 1936. 360pp. 12mo. Red cloth. Book condition: Good with previous owners name penned on front endsheet weak front hinge soiling and rubbing. Modern Library hardcover books
1934ref. UMALMAN00lhModern Library 1934. Very Good. Malraux Andre. Man's Fate. NY: Modern Library 1934. 360pp. 12mo. Book condition: Very good with bumped edges. Modern Library unknown books
1936ref. UMALDAY00drpRandom House 1936. Very Good. Malraux Andre. Days of Wrath. Chevalier Haakon M. NY: Random House 1936. 174pp. Small 8vo. Brown cloth. Book condition: Very good with bumped corners and rubbed backstrip. Previous owner's name penned onto front free endsheet. Random House hardcover books
1971ref. UMALFEL00BHc1971 c1971. Very Good. Malraux Andre. Felled Oaks: Conversation with De Gaulle. New York: c1971 c1971. 128pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Slight shelf wear. 1st edition in dj. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Slight shelf wear. Creasing to flap. c1971 hardcover books
1947ref. 25668France: Bibliotheque de la Pleiade 1947. Leatherette. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp clean copy of the 1947 1st thus the 1st appearance of the compact wonderful Pleiade edition of Andre Malraux's romans. Bright and Near Fine in its light-brown leatherette. And in a crisp Near Fine dustjacket plus a very sharp example of the publisher's thick unprinted outer mylar dustjacket. 12mo over 800 pgs of text exclusively in its native French published under the supervision of Raymond Queneau. Includes "Les Conquerants" "La Condition Humaine" and "L'Espoir Bibliotheque de la Pleiade unknown books
1945ref. 617888No place: Radio Photo 1945. Unbound. Near Fine. Gelatin silver photograph. Approximately 7" x 8.5". Small glue marks on back where it was likely affixed possible slight sunning in upper right corner near fine. Malraux seated at a desk looking foward and appearing to sign a book. Radio Photo unknown books
1960ref. 329890Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Octavo. 400 pp. Fine black & white and color gravure illustrations. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. Publishers' cloth boards gilt titles a fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Housed in a slipcase with rubbing to the printed cover and sunning to the edges. An excellent copy. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
1984ref. 2354032New York: Random House 1984. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 7x5x1. Book club edition. Jacket a bit toned. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1984 Hard Cover. vi 360 pp. Translated from the French by Haakon M. Chevalier with an introduction by John Leonard and illustrations by Madeline Sorel. No writer of our time has so vividly dramatized the living spirit of revolution nor so completely identified himself with the struggle for a new social order as Andre Malraux. Man's Fate dealing with the 1925-1927 uprising in China is indeed more than a novel of the fierce conflicts that tore a vast country asunder; it is a revelation of man's courage and heroism in the face of imminent annihilation. Winner of the Goncourt Prize for 1933 Man's Fate established Andre Malraux as one of the leading novelists of France and the world. Since then he has had a dramatic and distinguished career as a soldier and leader in the Resistance movement during World War Two as a strong political voice in France and as an eminent art historian. Random House hardcover books
1936ref. 605234New York: Random House 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Translated by Haakon M. Chevalier. Binding slightly cocked light bumping at the foot of the spine near fine in a very good dust jacket with chips and tear a toned spine and splitting along the front flap fold. Random House hardcover books
1936ref. 585447New York: Random House 1936. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. Translated by Haakon M. Chevalier. Binding slightly cocked with the top corners gently bumped and the spine gilt mostly rubbed away very good or better in a modestly tanned and soiled very good dust jacket with a couple of nicks and a neatly strengthened short tear at the crown. Random House hardcover books
1968ref. 554534New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. Translated by Terence Kilmartin. 437pp. Spotting on the page edges and staining on the boards thus very good in a very good dust jacket with fading on the spine edgewear and a stain on the front panel. Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover books
1944ref. 2308475New York: The Modern Library 1944. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 7x4x0. 1944-53 printing Toledano 033.3 no introduction binding/jacket style 8h 360 titles on verso grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Jacket rubbed jacket price clipped. vi 360 pp. 8vo. Grey cloth gilt titles Translated from the French by Haakon M. Chevalier. From the jacket: 'No writer of our time has so vividly dramatized the living spirit of revolution nor so completely identified himself with the struggle for a new social order as Andre Malraux. Man's Fate dealing with the 1925-1927 uprising in China is indeed more than a novel of the fierce conflicts that tore a vast country asunder; it is a revelation of man's courage and heroism in the face of imminent annihilation. Winner of the Goncourt Prize for 1933 Man's Fate established Andre Malraux as one of the leading novelists of France and the world. Since then he has had a dramatic and distinguished career as a soldier and leader in the Resistance movement during World War Two as a strong political voice in France and as an eminent art historian. The Modern Library hardcover books
1974ref. 47809Paris: Gallimard 1974. First trade edition 8vo pp. 252 6; original cream paper wrappers ruled and lettered in red and black near fine in well preserved glassine with a small "E" in red ink at the top of the spine. Inscribed by Malraux on half-title. Gallimard unknown books
