New York & Cleveland: World Publishing Co., (1954) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this French existentialist writer, social theorist, and feminist activist, and only her fifth book to be published in the US. Inspired by her own life and her long relationship with Sartre, it both challenges the traditional roles assigned to men and women and dissects the psychological turmoil of a codependent trio in 1930s Paris, exploring the complexities of freedom, jealousy, and the destructive nature of relationships. The story's intense examination of how one's sense of self is both challenged and defined by another left a lasting mark on existentialist literature. Originally published as L'InvitŽe in France in 1943. 404 pp. Dust jacket by Laszlo Matulay.

New York & Cleveland: World Publishing Co., (1962) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second autobiographical work by this important French existentialist and feminist, this covers the years from 1929 to 1944, and details her struggle to define her life and values during the tumultuous period leading up to World War II. It documents her intellectual journey, her unconventional partnership with Jean-Paul Sartre, and her growing political engagement - although it was noted that she was "still full of bourgeois idealism and is focused on happiness, which she marks as characteristic of the times." (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Translated from the French by Peter Green. 479 pp plus colophon.

New York: Harper & Row, (1976) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Includes ten pieces, selected both to provide an introduction to Heidegger's writing and for being particularly throught-provoking: six complete essays, two uncut excepts and two abridged pieces, four of them in translations especially prepared for this volume. Edited and with a preface, general introduction an introduction to each selection by David Krell. INSCRIBED by editor David Farrell Krell to the late noted Oklahoma book collector, Larry Owens, on the half title page, and dated in 1996.Suggestions for further study. xvi, 397 pp. ISBN: 0-06063846X.

New York: Bantam, (1971.). The best known work of this Nobel prize winning author - one that has spoken to generations of young people. Translated by Basil Creighton. 248 pp. ISBN: 0-553-04789.

Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, (1969) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A refutation of the criticism that Sartre's later works are a betrayal of the existentialism he had earlier expoused. INSCRIBED by the author James Sheridan on the title page to the noted book collector Larry Owens "with my appreciation for your interest in things Sartrean" Notes. xii, 168 pp. ISBN: 0-82140055X.

New York: George Braziller, (1965.). Hardcover - Literary autobiography of this existentialist writer. Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman. 255 pp.

New York: Pantheon, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - Notebooks kept by a young Jean-Paul Sartre when he was a mobilized reservist in Alsace, during the so-called Phoney War, and only discovered forty years later. Sartre was a French existentialist philosopher, writer and activist, who refused the Nobel Prize in literature he was awarded in 1964. Translated from the French and with an introduction by Quintin Hoare.Index. xix, 306 pp. ISBN: 0-394538137.