Dreyfus Affair by Kayser Jacques (20 results)

Hardcover. Condition: G+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st (trans). D.j. tattered; boards soiled along edges; trans from the French; author was editor of French journal La Republique; true account of turn of the century French army and Dreyfus; illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Very Good condition. First edition, first printing. Previous owner's markings on inside front cover and front free end paper. Cover lightly soiled.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very minor shelf and perusal wear. Pages are well bound. Text appears clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 1st Edition. First English Edition. 442pp. Black cloth-covered boards, red titles on spine, red design on front. Spine ends bumped. Heavy shelf wear. Red stained top text block edge. Stain to top corner of text block edge which seems to have stuck the rear end paper to board and then was released causing some damage. Tanning on free end papers from when there still was a dust jacket. Translated from the French by Nora Bickley. Examines the important chapter in the history of France.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First English Edition. Very good book in black buckram covers with titles in red to the spine. Internally fine; owner's printed name to flyleaf; very well illustrated; binding tight; no foxing.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. Hardback. Tr. from the French by Nora Bickley. A nice copy of this classic book on the infamous events surrounding Captain Alfred Dreyfus in a political scandal which divided France in the 1890s and early 1900s. Dreyfus was convicted for treason and sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly having communicated French military secrets to the German Embassy in Paris. He was sent to Devil's Island and placed in solitary confinement. Two years later evidence came to light naming the true culprit, Ferdinand Esterhazy, but high ranking military officials suppressed the evidence and at trial was acquitted. Dreyfus was then tried for a further offence by officers seeking to confirm his conviction. Word of the military frame-up led to a public outcry, led by writer Emile Zola, in 1898 and eventually all accusations against Dreyfus were shown to be baseless. He was exonerated, reinstated in the French Army as a major and he served during the whole of World War 1. A scandalous affair. Illus., Chronological Table, Bibliog. and Index. 432pp. 8vo. h/back. Lightly browned edges. Vg+.

Cloth Bound Boards. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 1931 first edition. Size octavo, 8" tall, 432 pages. Black cloth with red vignette and letters R F to the front cover and red titles to the spine, top page edge dyed red, with the dust jacket. Book condition good, corners hinges and edges rubbed, covers rubbed through the glossy black coating to the cloth in patches around the edges and also on the spine, top edge red is faded, previous owner's name in pen and pencil notes to the front end-paper, pages are a little toned otherwise clean throughout. Dust jacket condition fair,back cover loose, corners chipped, edges creased spine sunned and with 2x2 inch missing from bottom of spine, toned all over and the paper is brittle, has not been clipped though no price is stated. With frontispiece photograph of Lieut.- Col Dreyfus during the war and further photographs throughout, both of people connected with the case and also some of the documents. The previous owner's signature turns out to be that of Henry Blofeld "Blowers" celebrated Cricket journalist.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, scarlet lettering to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains xvi, 432 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Without any ownership markings, corners sharp and pointed and in Very Good clean and sharp condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. FRANCE [Literature & History).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 432 pages. Cover has some wear and soiling. Small tears on top of spine. Edges somewhat rubbed. Frontis illustration. Illustrations. Eleven Chapters. Chronological Table. Bibliography. Index. Erasure residue and soiling on fep. Jacques Kayser (n. Paris , 13 February 1900 -m. Suresnes , 15 January 1963 ) was a French journalist and politician. Jacques Kayser, Alfred Dreyfus' nephew by marriage, studied law and literature and later became a journalist and writer. In the 1930s he was editor-in-chief of La République , the official organ of the Radical Party of which he was a member, and claimed to be among the "young Turks," a trend of the same radical party. Vice President and then Secretary General of the Radical Party, he was close to the left represented by Pierre Cot and Pierre Mendès France . Together with Jean Guéhenno and André Chamson , he wrote the oath of July 14, 1935, which marked the first stage of the constitution of the Popular Front; then he signed, on behalf of the Radical Party, the program presented for the legislative elections of 1936. He was, at the same time, a member of the Central Committee of the League for Human Rights. At age 39 he volunteered to join the resistance during World War II . Having left for London in 1943, he became an advisor to the French Embassy in London. He participated in the Normandy Landing as a war correspondent. After the war, he had no political responsibilities, dedicating himself to his work as a journalist. Jacques Kayser became part of the French delegation to the United Nations and UNESCO. The Dreyfus affair was a political scandal that divided the Third French Republic from 1894 until its resolution in 1906. "L'Affaire", as it is known in French, has come to symbolize modern injustice in the Francophone world, and it remains one of the most notable examples of a complex miscarriage of justice and antisemitism. The role played by the press and public opinion proved influential in the conflict. The scandal began in December 1894 when Captain Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason. Dreyfus was a 35-year-old Alsatian French artillery officer of Jewish descent. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly communicating French military secrets to the German Embassy in Paris, and was imprisoned in Devil's Island in French Guiana, where he spent nearly five years. In 1896, evidence came to lightâ"primarily through an investigation instigated by Georges Picquart, head of counter-espionage â" which identified the real culprit as a French Army major named Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy. When high-ranking military officials suppressed the new evidence, a military court unanimously acquitted Esterhazy after a trial lasting only two days. The Army laid additional charges against Dreyfus, based on forged documents. Subsequently, Émile Zola's open letter J'Accuse.! stoked a growing movement of support for Dreyfus, putting pressure on the government to reopen the case. In 1899, Dreyfus was returned to France for another trial. The intense political and judicial scandal that ensued divided French society between those who supported Dreyfus (now called "Dreyfusards"), such as Sarah Bernhardt, Anatole France, Henri Poincaré and Georges Clemenceau, and those who condemned him (the anti-Dreyfusards), such as Édouard Drumont, the director and publisher of the antisemitic newspaper La Libre Parole. The new trial resulted in another conviction and a 10-year sentence, but Dreyfus was pardoned and released. In 1906, Dreyfus was exonerated and reinstated as a major in the French Army. He served during the whole of World War I, ending his service with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He died in 1935. The affair from 1894 to 1906 divided France into pro-republican, anticlerical Dreyfusards and pro-Army, mostly Catholic "anti-Dreyfusards". It embittered French politics and encouraged radicalization. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Prior owner bookplate on inside front cover. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The First UK printing published by Heinemann in 1931. The BOOK is in near FINE condition. A little pushing to the upper spine and mild offsetting to the end papers. Top stain still present but lightly faded. A few minor superficial scratches to the upper text block. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near FINE condition. It is protected in a removable archival Brodart cover. The spine is a little toned and has minor edge wear to the tips. Very scarce with the original wrapper. 'The author, a nephew of Colonel Dreyfus, tells the whole truth about the most dramatic military persecution in modern history'. The basis for Robert Harris novel 'An Officer and a Spy'. Loosely laid in is an uncommon 9 page original unbound article taken from 'The Strand Magazine', 1901. The article is titled 'My Life on Devil's Island' by Captain Alfred Dreyfus. Collectible with such attributes. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.