Bidspirit auction | André Spire – Les Juifs

André Spire – Les Juifs et la Guerre, First Edition, Paris 1917 - A rare and important volume by the French-Jewish writer and intellectual André Spire, published during World War I. This book offers a sweeping examination of Jewish participation, opinion, and reflection on the Great War, through essays, speeches, and political commentary from across Europe and beyond. Features voices from key figures such as Herzl, Zangwill, Agafonov, the Baron de Rosen, and many others, engaging with topics including Zionism, Jewish soldiers in the Russian army, American Jewry, and antisemitism in Germany and Poland. • Title: Les Juifs et la Guerre • Author: André Spire • Publisher: Librairie Payot, Paris, 1917 • Original softcover binding; age-related foxing but solid and complete • Pages: 281 pp. including appendices and detailed contents • Language: French A rare, valuable collector’s edition with deep historical significance – an exceptional artifact of Jewish European thought during the First World War.