Search Results: Paris Commune from Lorne Bair Rare Books

[Barcelona: Antonio Bosch / Imp. de Ramirez, 1871]. First Edition. Original pictorial letterpress broadsheet (31.5x21.5cm.); original woodcut illus. to recto and verso, text printed in double column. Tiny creases at corners, faint fold lines, else Near Fine. Uncommon newsheet recounting in highly critical terms the recent destruction following the assault on the Paris Commune, the recto woodcut depicting a scene of pillaging and destruction at the hands of both the army and the Communards, the city in flames; bottom verso margin adorned with a vignette of a Archbishop of Paris Georges Darboy being executed by firing squad at close range, one of a number of hostages that met such a fate as the Commune was about to be overthrown. The text concludes with a song, arguing that such uprisings destroy the people. None in the trade or auction records as of February, 2020; OCLC no. 803955908, listing no holdings.

London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1896. First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Maroon cloth hardcover with gilt spine-titles; viii,[1]-372pp; two frontispiece maps (one folding). Mild external wear and soil, occasional pencil marks to margins, still a sound and attractive, Very Good copy. Still one of the most reliable and detailed day-by-day chronologies of events before, during, and after the Paris Commune.

[Paris]: Amis de la Commune de Paris], 2001. First Edition. Large, slim folio (37cm.); publisher's pictorial staplebound wrappers; [18]pp.; color illus. throughout. Extremities rather worn, corners starting to curl, closed tear to rear wrapper fore-edge margin; Very Good only. Catalog of an exhibition commemorating the Paris Commune. Featured artists include François Arnal, Henri Cueco, François Féret, André Fougeron, Gérard Gosselin, François Hilsum, Ladislas Kijno, Peter Klasen, Jacques Monory, Melik Ouzani, Ernest Pignon-Ernest, Jean Rustin, Max Schœndorff, Antonio Segui, Anne Slacik, Yvon Taillandier, Boris Taslitzky, Vladimir Veli kovic, Jacques Villeglé, and Catherine Viollet. OCLC does not list any copies in North America as of December, 2019.

Paris: Librairie Socialiste Internationale / Achille Le Roy, 1887. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's pink pictorial wrappers; 21,[3]pp.; vignette at head of p. [1]. Wrapper extremities a bit toned and slightly chipped, else Very Good and sound. At head of upper cover: Bibliothèque Ouvrière Cosmopolite. At bottom of last leaf of text: "Deux cents exemplaires de la LIBERTÉ DE L'AMOUR seront vendus dans les réunions populaires au bénéfice des enfants perdus, des révoltés, qui râlent dans les chiourmes." Quite uncommon proto-anarchist treatise on Free Love ("Qu'est-ce encore? De la pornographie?") and its relation to socialism. Authored by the Communard proletarian typographer, poet, bookseller, and publisher Achille Le Roy, perhaps most significant for writing the song "Le Chant des Prolétaires" (1879) and publishing several of Louise Michel's works, including "Le Débâcle Universelle" and "L'Ère Nouvelle." The author describes human nature as driven by hunger and love, and that… Read More

Paris: Librairie de l'Echo de la Sorbonne, 1872. First Edition. Small octavo (ca. 19cm.); contemporary morocco-backed gilt-lettered cloth prize binding, gilt spine in five compartments, yellow endpapers; [4],264pp. Corners gently bumped, spine a shade sunned, foxing to textblock, else Very Good and sound. Account of the trial following the hostage situation at the rue Haxo in the final days of the Paris Commune, which resulted in forty-seven deaths and seven death sentences.

Barcelona: Librería Española de I. Lopez, 1871. First Edition. First title 4to; 46,[2]pp; chromolithographic half-title and advertising leaf; woodcut illustrations in text, one chromolithographic plate at end of text. Second title in two parts, with separate title pages (as issued), comprising: First Series, hojas 1-22; 174pp; Second Series, hojas 1-8, 64pp. All three parts bound as one in recent black quarter-leather over decorated boards. General toning, with occasional foxing, to contents; probable trimming to margins; color plates still bright and clean; Very Good. A popular and sensational account, for Spanish readers, of the Paris Commune and its aftermath. The first title provides a general narrative of events, heavily illustrated with portraits of the principal figures among both the communards and their opposition, as well as documentary images of Paris in the throes of insurrection. Of special interest is the vividly colored half-title, a striking portrayal of women revolutionaries, the… Read More