SARTRE, Jean Paul (1905-1980). Group of autograph manuscripts, comprising:

“Property (Ideology).” 19 pages. Provenance: Sold Kenneth W. Rendell. A lengthy reflection on property rights especially in 18th-century and Revolutionary France. – “Property (Social Utility).” 13 pages. Provenance: Sold Kenneth W. Rendell. Essay draft with numerous citations from Sartre's research on the subject. He states that "the concept of social utility appeared...as an arm against the concept of feudal possession." He explores the concept of property as a social utility, its Puritan and Calvinistic origins, and later secularization. -- Untitled manuscript fragment. 2 pages. Provenance: Sold Goodspeed's, Boston. A short narrative, possibly a war-time remembrance: "At the time when I saved the orphans I took care, above all in hiding them behind a wall, behind a bush: luckily this forbade them the sight of blood; they hid their eyes, bent in prayer, disappeared...Strange heroism, this, already corrupted by contempt: it required that one risk, without illusions, the highest values in order to save the lowest." -- Untitled fragment. 1 page. A few lines regarding the war in Algeria. -- Untitled fragment. 2 pages. Short thoughts on the Henri Martin Affair. -- Untitled fragment. 1 page. A discussion about de Gaulle's relationship with certain communists. -- Together, 38 pages of autograph manuscripts, all undated, 4to, on graph paper, occasional toning or creases.