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ORIGINAL EDITION and FULL COLLECTION of the 27 volumes of this novel cycle published between 1932 and 1946.
ONE OF 100 COPIES ON PUR FIL OUTHENIN CHALANDRE PAPERAfter 10 copies on Japon and 30 copies on Hollande, All copies are personal and printed specially for René Maublanc.
Volumes 19 to 24, published during the author's exile from 1941 to 1944 and published simultaneously in New York at published by Maison Françaiseare here in the Flammarion edition.
René Maublanc (1891-1960) became involved with the Ligue des droits de l'homme (Human Rights League) in 1917 and passed his agrégation in philosophy in 1919. He was soon sidelined from teaching because of his trade union involvement, but was appointed secretary-archivist at the Centre de Documentation Sociale de l'École Normale Supérieure, where he developed the Charles Fourier archives. In 1920, he discovered unanimism through André Cuisenier, who also introduced him to Jules Romains, whom he met for the first time in the summer of 1921. René Maublanc became part of the writer's inner circle and contributed to his scientific, literary and artistic work.
In 1923, René Maublanc took over the management of the Reims-based magazine, Le Pampre, the antechamber of the Grand Jeu, and publishes Roger Gilbert-Lecomte, Roger Vailland and René Daumal.
He returned to teaching in 1934, joining the Lycée Henry IV in 1936, while continuing to publish fiction, literary works and political texts. Close to the Communist Party, René Maublanc was extremely active in a group of Marxist intellectuals including Paul Langevin, Henri Wallon, Marcel Prenant and Marcel Cohen. From 1942, he joined the active resistance and became director of the Free University in autumn 1943, after the execution of the magazine's founders, Georges Politzer, Jacques Decour and Jacques Solomon. He then joined the Front national universitaire et is editor-in-chief of Free thought.
15 COPIES INCLUDE A SIGNED AUTOGRAPHIC SENDER and 8 COPIES THE AUTOGRAPHIC SIGNATURE OF THE AUTHOR :
Vol 1: 6th October (1932, 308 pp )
"To René and Yanic Maublanc,
their affectionate
Jules Romains
Vol 2: Quinette's crime (1932, 246 pp)
" to René and Yanic Maublanc,
their faithful friend
Jules RomainsVol 3: Childhood love (1932, 332 pp)
"to René and Yanic Maublanc,
their faithful friend
Jules RomainsVol 4: Eros de Paris (1932, 281 pp) Author's signature.
Flight 5: The superb (1933, 320 pp)
" to René and Yanic Maublanc,
their friend
Jules RomainsFlight 6: The humble (1933, 310 pp) Author's signature
Flight 7: Search for a church (1934, 332 pp)
" to Yanic and René Maublanc,
have become very distant
their friend
Jules RomainsFlight 8 : Province (1934, 318 pp) Author's signature
Vol 9: Rising perils (1935, 340 pp)
" to René and Yanic Maublanc,
their affectionate
Jules Romains
Flight 10: The powers (1935, 333 pp) Author's signatureVol 11: Recourses to the abyss (1936, 318 pp)
Flight 12 : The designers (1936, 288 pp)
Flight 13 : Mission to Rome (1937, 312 pp)
"to René Maublanc
with kind regards
Jules RomainsFlight 14: The black flag (1937, 318 pp)
"to René Maublanc
his friend
Jules RomainsFlight 15: Prelude to Verdun (1938, 294 pp)
"To René Maublanc
thanking him for the nice article
which he devoted to the XIII and XIV
with my loyal friendship
Jules RomainsFlight 16: Verdun (1938, 306 pp)
"To Yanic and René Maublanc,
their friend
Jules RomainsFlight 17 : Vorge versus Quinette (1939, 246 pp)
"To René Maublanc
his friend
Jules RomainsFlight 18 : The sweetness of life (1939, 282 pp) Author's signature
Flight 19: That great glow in the east (1941, 305 pp)
"To René Maublanc
to Mrs René Maublanc
their faithful
Jules RomainsFlight 20 : The world is your adventure (1941, 358 pp)
Flight 21: Days in the mountains (1942, 295 pp)
"To René Maublanc,
his faithful
Jules RomainsFlight 22 : Work and joy (1943, 326 pp) Author's signature
Flight 23 : Birth of the band (1944, 300 pp)
"To René Maublanc
his friend
Roman Julius
Hotel Rejina, Place des Pyramide" (Pyramid Square)Flight 24: Appearances (1944, 324 pp)
Flight 25: The magic carpet (1946, 324 pp) Author's signature
Flight 26 : Françoise (1946, 284 pp) Author's signature
Flight 27 : 7 October (1946, 372 pp)
"To René Maublanc
his friend
Jules Romains
Complete paperback collection, uniform and with mailing, a rare condition for this river novel.
Large margins. Lower covers rubbed on 6 books. Slightly warped and spines sunned. A few stains on the front cover of 8 copies.
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