2.5 x 14cm, 28pp. Original wrappers. First edition of this essay on the influence of the "divine marquis" on the French novel of the 30s from the acknowledged 'inventor of Sade' in the 20th Century, owing to his passionate and tireless scholarly searching out and subsequent re-contextualization of the latter's oeuvre.

Anecdotally, Heine had made a pact of sorts with Apollinaire to carry out a similar project. However, the poet's premature death left Heine to his own devices. Throughout the 20's and 30's (beyond the aforementioned Sadean pursuits), Heine participated in Surrealist group activities and those of the short-lived 'Contre-Attaque' faction.

This is one of 195 signed and numbered copies and has internally one small alteration to the text in Heine's own hand. Fine.

18.5 x 12cm, 96pp. Original wrappers. First edition thus, of this late work by the pioneering theorist of Anarchism, issued soon after his last return from exile. Some wear to wrappers, some foxing, some original weak binding issues (due to period technology) and internal tax stamps on one page, else a solid example. Very scarce.

17.8 x 11cm, 222pp. One photo-portrait of the author and facsimile manuscript page. Printed wrappers. First edition of Benjamin's diary of his journey to the USSR in 1926. A fine copy.

17.8 x 11cm, 136pp. Wrappers. Second issue of Benjamin's influential cross-disciplinary theoretical work. A fine copy in dustwrapper with minor soiling, else very good.

18 x 11.5cm. 338pp. Printed wrappers. First edition thus of this keynote work from the seminal French philosopher and quintessential 'man of feeling' of the Romantic period. Here, Foucault contributes an 18 pages preface; surely routed through the like discursive methodology, which resulted in his first published work 'Histoire de la Folie a L'Age Classique' (1961) and his dissertation 'Maladie Mentale et Personalite'. Minor sunning to spine, else a very good example. Uncommon.

19 x 14.2cm, 159pp. 13 documents and two letters by Sade reproduced in facsimile. Photographic wrappers. First edition of these selections from Sade's hectic oeuvre, as edited by the Surrealist Lely. After WWII, Lely continued the legacy of Sadean scholarship and archeology set forth by Maurice Heine. Includes prologue, introduction, a poem and admirable bio-bibliographic material by Lely. A close to fine example. Increasingly scarce.