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In praise of socialism. A concrete utopia.

ORIGINAL EDITION illustrated with 15 original lithographs by Paul Rebeyrolle, including the signed and numbered double-page frontispiece.

Limited edition of 150 copies on Arches vellum, signed by the author and the artist.

ONE OF 25 OFF-COMMERCE PRINTS reserved for the author and contributors.
Exceptionally accompanied by a suite of 11 numbered and signed lithographs.  (5 in 38 x 56 cm format and 6 in 76 x 56 cm format) in a large-format titled publisher's folder. As well as all being signed, the double-page lithographs in the suite are unique in that they have not been folded.

The text In Praise of Socialism appeared in review in Man and society, revue internationale de recherches et de synthèses sociologiques, no. 31-32, January-June 1974. The Franco-Egyptian economist Samir Amin (1913-2018) explains this thesis, already mentioned in Unequal development (Éditions de Minuit, 1973), about cultural standardisation or the maintenance of variety.