Paul CLAUDEL

"New edition, with parts in first edition, incorporating an unpublished preface; the first edition had appeared in 1927 in Tokyo at the close of Claudel’s ambassadorship in Japan (1921–1927) and was issued in three fan-shaped quarto volumes. Work illustrated with Japanese characters calligraphed by Ikuma Arishima. Composed between June 1926 and January 1927, this essay (blending traditional calligraphy, haiku, and short Western-style verse) bears witness, among Claudel’s other creations, to the influence of the Far East on his poetic practice.

Moving and exceptional presentation inscription, signed and dated by Paul Claudel to his eldest daughter, Marie Claudel, known as "C

Original autograph signed and dated manuscript by Paul Claudel, for his preface to Jacques Rivière's 'A la trace de Dieu'. Seventeen and a half pages in black ink on five double leaves.
A few words crossed out and rewritten. Horizontal fold, some foxing to the first page, pencil notes by a bibliographer on the last blank page. The preface, dated June 1925, first appeared in Le Correspondant on September 25, 1925, then with Rivière's Carnets published the same year by his wife under the title 'A la trace de Dieu' (Gallimard, pp. 9-24).



Complete manuscript of Paul Claudel's moving preface to the notebooks kept by Jacques Rivière during his captivity in WW1. The writer pays

First edition, one of 1050 numbered copies on laid paper.
Publisher's binding after Paul Bonet's original design.
Handsome copy despite a slight scratch at the head of the spine.

First edition. Pre-original edition of Considérations sur la mythologie Grecque by André Gide.
Other contributions by Jacques Rivière, Georges Simon, André Lhote, Paul Claudel, Albert Thibaudet.
With the NRF subscription bulletin, handsome copy of one of the first issues of the most famous French literary review.

First edition, one of the rare deluxe copies on Japan paper. Pre-original edition of Trois Hymnes by Paul Claudel.
Other contributions by Henri de Régnier, Paul Valery, Francis Carco, André Ruyters, Eduard Ducoté and André Gide.
A tiny tear without loss at the foot of the second cover, otherwise a handsome copy.
Extremely rare deluxe copy of one of the very first issues of the most celebrated French literary review of the twentieth century.

Autograph note dated and signed by Paul Claudel, one page addressed to Thierry Maulnier (12 lines in blue ink on a single sheet).
Central folds.

First edition, one of 6 numbered copies on China, deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Beautiful copy wide-margined.