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0353774650.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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190411461904. Near fine. 3pp 4to. Holograph manuscript in pen in French writing on the rectos only the first two pages are filled with text the last page is trimmed with only 4 lines and Mirbeau’s signature. Creases stains smudges offsetting but cleanly written legible and very good. An article for the left-wing newspaper L’Humanité published 25/Sept/1904. The newspaper was founded only a few months earlier by SFIO leader Jean Jaures who also served as editor. In the article Mirbeau criticizes France for its refusal to intervene in the Russo-Japanese war. With biting irony he mimics the indifferent French attitude: "Let's wait two five ten twenty years if we have to. We'll keep on slaughtering each other over there. But what are we risking. Life is good our restaurants are still the best in the world. There are still the prettiest girls in the theaters of Paris." He exposes the hypocrisy of French foreign policy: "as allies not of the Russian people whose infinite sufferings like those of all peoples are of absolutely no concern to us but as allies of the czar whose glory alone is important to us let us be no less faithful czarists than the czar himself is." Drawing a powerful parallel Mirbeau connects the mounting casualties of the Russo-Japanese conflict with the Armenian massacres—which had already reached devastating proportions by 1904. A different but contemporary newspaper clipping is laid in seemingly part 2 by Mirbeau: it records a conversation with a merchant marine captain recently returned from the Far East who despite personally witnessing naval battles admits he comprehends little of the war's true nature beyond scattered disturbing details he finds too horrific to fully describe.<br /> <br /> The early 1900s particularly 1904-1905 marked a transformative period in the development of anti-imperialist critique within European leftist thought. The Russo-Japanese conflict illuminated the contradictions within Western powers' foreign policies particularly France's relationship with Tsarist Russia. The French left's growing disillusionment with the Franco-Russian alliance exemplified broader ideological shifts that would shape socialist internationalism for decades. As ordinary Russians died for imperial ambitions while French elites remained indifferent behind a facade of nationalist solidarity socialist thinkers increasingly recognized patterns linking capitalist interests to colonial violence. This period also witnessed the emergence of more sophisticated leftist analyses connecting imperial competition abroad with class exploitation at home. The juxtaposition of European indifference toward both the Russo-Japanese War casualties and the Armenian massacres demonstrated how Western powers selectively applied humanitarian concerns based on strategic interests—a critique that would become central to anti-colonial movements throughout the 20th century and presage the internationalist anti-war position that would later fracture the European left during World War I.<br /> <br /> Octave Mirbeau 1848-1917 emerged as one of France's most incisive social critics during the Belle Époque developing a literary voice defined by moral outrage and stylistic innovation that transcended conventional boundaries between journalism and literature. His artistic sensibilities were profoundly shaped by traumatic experiences—including abuse at a Jesuit school and service in the Franco-Prussian War—which fostered his lifelong commitments to anarchism pacifism and the defense of individual dignity against institutional power. Beyond his novels exposing societal hypocrisy including the controversial "Le Jardin des supplices" 1899 and "Le Journal d'une femme de chambre" 1900 Mirbeau distinguished himself as a prescient art critic who championed misunderstood avant-garde figures like Van Gogh Rodin and Monet recognizing artistic genius that his contemporaries often dismissed. His prolific output—spanning over twelve hundred works across multiple genres—consistently demonstrated his willingness to confront uncomfortable truths about violence sexuality and power that bourgeois society preferred to ignore establishing him as an intellectual forerunner to modernist aesthetic and political movements of the twentieth century. unknown
4916371Short description: In Russian. Mirbeau, Octave. Abbot Jul. typo. Vladimir Chicherin in Moscow. You are welcome to reach out to us for a detailed description of the copies currently available. Delivery of this book may take longer than usual including extended processing and pre-shipping time, no expedited shipping is available. Please advise us if you have a set date or a deadline to receive your order.SKU4916371
2001121616Séguier , Archimbaud 2001 In-8 broché 19 cm sur 13,8. 255 pages. Bon état d’occasion.
251891 volume grand in-8° broché, 291 p., illustrations dans et hors-texte, un des 3250 exemplaires sur vélin d'alfa. Très bel état.
9249Ernest Flammarion, Editeur, Paris, In-12, broché, 297 pp. Peintres et Sculpteurs 1897-1912 : Claude Monet. - Camille Pissarro. - Vincent Van Gogh. - Auguste RodinMusiciens 1884-1902: César Franck. - Gounod. - Franz Servais. - L'opéra. - L'opérette.
190248934Budapest, Verlag von G. Grimm, 1902. 8°. 349 (1) S., 1 Bl., Etw. späterer HLwd.-Bd. m. goldgepr. Rückentitel.
191385Eugène Fasquelle éditeur, Paris 1913. Fort in-8 broché, 164 x 258 cm, 422 pp., non coupé, couverture blanche imprimée. Édition originale. 1 des Hollande réimposés "imprimé spécialement pour M.." Le tirage en grands papiers se compose de 25 Japon et 150 Hollande seulement.
4916372Short description: In Russian. Mirbeau, Octave. The diary of the maid. A.P. Poplavsky type. You are welcome to reach out to us for a detailed description of the copies currently available. Delivery of this book may take longer than usual including extended processing and pre-shipping time, no expedited shipping is available. Please advise us if you have a set date or a deadline to receive your order.SKU4916372
4907595Short description: In Russian. Mirbeau, Octave. The Maid's Diary. A.A. Trusov's Idea. You are welcome to reach out to us for a detailed description of the copies currently available. Delivery of this book may take longer than usual including extended processing and pre-shipping time, no expedited shipping is available. Please advise us if you have a set date or a deadline to receive your order.SKU4907595
15781EPHOTOS SUR DEMANDE. Broche parfait etat
4930763Short description: In Russian. Mirbeau, Octave. Calvary. EOS. You are welcome to reach out to us for a detailed description of the copies currently available. Delivery of this book may take longer than usual including extended processing and pre-shipping time, no expedited shipping is available. Please advise us if you have a set date or a deadline to receive your order.SKU4930763
4930764Short description: In Russian. Mirbeau, Octave. IVillage Stories. A.P. Poplavsky type. You are welcome to reach out to us for a detailed description of the copies currently available. Delivery of this book may take longer than usual including extended processing and pre-shipping time, no expedited shipping is available. Please advise us if you have a set date or a deadline to receive your order.SKU4930764
175Bibliothèque-Charpentier, Eugène Fasquelle éditeur, Paris, 1908. In-12, demi-basane, dos à 5 nerfs, titres en lettres dorées, signet, 416 pp. Dédicace. A M. Fernand Charron - Le Départ - Bruxelles - Chez les Belges - Anvers - En Hollande - La Faune des routes - Bords du Rhin.
BAZ6132WLWArcadia Editions BROCHE TRES BON ETAT . INTERIEUR TRES PROPRE. La Fée Dum-Dum: et autres contes parisiens. 2003.
p25674LWBroché état correct . Contenu propre . Tampon 1er plat .Couverture fragilisée . Rousseurs . 284 pages . 1918. PHOTOS SUR DEMANDE
191370988Un des 995 exemplaires sur Hollande Van Gelder (exemplaire n°279), 1 vol. petit in-8 reliure postérieure demi-chagrin à coins noir, dos à 4 nerfs orné, couverture et dos conservés, Collection des Chefs-d'œuvre, Librairie Ferreyrol, Paris, 1913, 2 ff., 354 pp.
199218288Arléa In-8 étroit Couverture souple Paris 1992
W1288XLWLE LEZARD NOIR Broché bon état . Contenu propre . Couverture abîmée . 2012. 329 pages . Le Jardin des supplices
194536581945 1 Monaco, Les Documents d'art, 1945, gd in-4° en feuilles sous emboitage, quelques piqüres, tiré à 540 exemplaires sur vélin pur fil Johannot, n° 241.
131741 volume in-12° relié demi-chagrin rouge, dos à nerfs, auteur et titre dorés, fleurons dorés en décor, date et patronyme dorés en queue, couverture conservée, 288 p., trace d'étiquette décollée par nos soins en queue, mention de 4e mille.
199418289La Bartavelle éditeur Petit in-8 Couverture souple Charlieu/France 1994
KN7753QLWE. Fasquelle Broché bon état.Contenu propre . Plusieurs pages non coupées . 519 pages . PHOTOS SUR DEMANDE
2001121665Buchet Chastel, Société Octave Mirbeau 2001 3 volumes. In-8 broché 24,4 cm sur 16,5. 1282p + 1362p + 1296p. Bon état d’occasion.
