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Franc-Nohain (1873-1934)

FRANC-NOHAIN

Homme de lettres. A ausi écrit à "L'Echo de Paris" sous les pseudonymes "Pickwick" et "Oncle Bertrand"

Languages

French

Pays

France

Birth

25 octobre 1873

Death

18 octobre 1934

Other names

LEGRAND Maurice Étienne (Legal name)
PICKWICK (Alias)
ONCLE BERTRAND (Alias)
NOHAIN Franc- (Alias)
LEGRAND Maurice
LEGRAND Maurice Etienne
BERTRAND Oncle (Alias)
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  2. Poème autographe signé intitulé "Sensations de lupanar" et dédié à Yves Guyot
    FRANC-NOHAIN
    Poème autographe signé intitulé "Sensations de lupanar" et dédié à Yves Guyot
    S. n.|s. l. 1894|12 x 19 cm|2 feuillets
    Autograph poem by poet Franc-Nohain entitled "Sensations de lupanar".
    Fold mark inherent to postal handling, four tears repaired to verso of leaves.
    The poem, 27 lines in black ink on two leaves, signed and dedicated to Yves Guyot, was included in the collection "Inattentions et sollicitudes" published in 1894 under the title "Sensations des endroits de luxure" with some variants concerning essentially the punctuation:
    "Sensations de lupanar
    A Yves Guyot
    Très douce et mélancolique, la négresse,
    Fredonnant quelque lascive bamboula, déroule ses tresses.
    Do, ré, mi, do,
    Pianos, pianos !
    Mes soeurs, mes soeurs, allumez les bougies,
    Nous allons commencer l'orgie !
    Holà, ho, piquante soubrette,
    Ne nous apporteras-tu pas quelque menthe verte ?
    C'est vraiment un très beau coup d'oeil,
    Tous ces divans, tous ces fauteuils,
    et, de tous les côtés, des glaces,
    De dos, de trois-quarts, et de face ;
    Et ces peintures, lascives plutôt,
    Où se joua le pinceau (je présume) de M. Bouguereau !..
    Très douce et très mélancolique, la négresse,
    Fredonnant quelque lascive bamboula, déroule ses tresses.
    Certes, ce sont des raffinements, des luxes,
    Que ne soupçonnèrent jamais les peuples Etrusques,
    Et pourtant, quand on réfléchit bien,
    On trouve que les Etrusques n'y perdaient rien.
    Ces populations primitives
    Avaient le coeur naif, avaient l'âme naïve :
    Dans les maisons de prostitution,
    C'est l'AMOUR que nous prostituons !
    Très douce et mélancolique, la négresse,
    Fredonnant quelque lascive bamboula, déroule ses tresses.
    Franc-Nohain."



    €250
  3. Poème quatrain autographe signé intitulé "Du pays tourangeau""
    FRANC-NOHAIN
    Poème quatrain autographe signé intitulé "Du pays tourangeau""
    S. n.|s. l. 1894|12 x 19 cm|1 feuillet

    Autograph signed poem quatrain by poet Franc-Nohain entitled "Du pays tourangeau".
    Fold marks inherent to postal handling.
    The signed poem, 31 lines in black ink on one leaf, was included in the collection "Inattentions et sollicitudes" published in 1894 under the same title with some variants:
    "Du pays tourangeau
    Lai médiévite.
    Du pays tourangeau
    La belle châtelaine
    Garnit de blanche laine
    Son agile fuseau.
    C'est Yette qu'on l'appelle,
    Et Yette est la plus belle...
    A tourné, pour se voir,
    Les yeux vers son miroir :
    Rajuste sa cornette,
    Et se voit si proprette
    Dedans ses, beaux atours,
    - se fait une risette...
    Ris, Yette,
    Ris, Yette de Tours !
    Un chant mélodieux
    Chante sous sa fenêtre,
    Et puis voici paraître,
    Gentil page aux doux yeux.
    - Oh ! dit-il, ô ma Dame,
    Moult (1) amour ai dans l'âme ;
    Si ne m'écoutez pas,
    Pour moi c'est le trépas ! -
    Mais point ne s'inquiète
    La cruelle coquette :
    Et rit de ses amours...
    - Il s'est coupé la tête...
    Ris, Yette,
    Ris, Yette de Tours !
    Franc-Nohain."
    (1) moult (underlined word), beaucoup

    €250
  4. Poème autographe signé intitulé "Quelques chameaux" et dédié à Paul Verlaine
    FRANC-NOHAIN
    Poème autographe signé intitulé "Quelques chameaux" et dédié à Paul Verlaine
    S. n.|s. l. 1898|11.50 x 18 cm|une feuille
    Autograph signed poem by the poet Franc-Nohain entitled "Quelques chameaux".
    The poem, 15 lines in black ink on one leaf and dedicated to Paul Verlaine, was integrated into his second work, the collection of poems "Flûtes" published by Editions de La Revue Blanche in 1898 under the title "Chameaux":
    "Quelques chameaux
    A Paul Verlaine
    J'ai connu, dans mon enfance, un vieux lapidaire
    Qui avait fait emplette de trois ou quatre dromadaires,
    A l'encan - ou peut-être même dans une liquidation,
    Ce qui alors simplifierait beaucoup la question.
    Il faudrait d'ailleurs, aimable lecteur, que je le confesse,
    Ce n'était pas des dromadaires de la grosse espèce.
    Mais ce n'était pas des petits dromadaires non plus :
    Ils étaient de la bonne moyenne - et même un peu plus.
    Par malheur le lapidaire dut les placer dans sa commode :
    Les logements, à Paris, sont si incommodes.
    Et alors les pauvres dromadaires
    Sont tous morts PARCE QU'ILS N'AVAIENT PAS ASSEZ D'AIR.
    Franc-Nohain."     ["Some camels / To Paul Verlaine / I knew, in my childhood, an old lapidary / Who had purchased three or four dromedaries, / At auction - or perhaps even in a liquidation, / Which would then greatly simplify the question. / I should moreover, dear reader, confess to you, / These were not dromedaries of the large species. / But they were not small dromedaries either: / They were of good average size - and even a bit more. / Unfortunately the lapidary had to place them in his chest of drawers: / Lodgings, in Paris, are so inconvenient. / And then the poor dromedaries / All died BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH AIR. / Franc-Nohain."]
    Fold mark inherent to being placed in an envelope, two words having smudged ("trois" in the second stanza and "Nohain" from the signature.

    €250
  5. Poème autographe signé intitulé "La complainte de Monsieur Benoît" et dédié à Coquelin Cadet
    FRANC-NOHAIN
    Poème autographe signé intitulé "La complainte de Monsieur Benoît" et dédié à Coquelin Cadet
    S. n.|s. l. 1898|12 x 19 cm|une feuille
    Autograph poem signed by poet Franc-Nohain entitled "La complainte de Monsieur Benoît".
    The poem, 17 lines in black ink on a leaf, dedicated to Coquelin Cadet, was incorporated into his second work, the collection of poems Flûtes published by Editions de La Revue Blanche in 1898 under the same title but with some variants:
    "La complainte de Monsieur Benoît
    A Coquelin Cadet
    Dans sa coquette maison de campagne de St Mandé,
    Monsieur Benoît, hier matin, s'est suicidé.
    On peut dire que c'est joliment désagréable pour sa famille,
    Et il aurait peut-être aussi bien fait de se tenir tranquille.
    Avec cela que c'est une fichue existence que je prévois,
    (Dès lors), pour cette bonne Madame Benoît.
    Cette pauvre Mademoiselle Benoît est également bien à plaindre,
    Elle qui avait épouser un riche industriel de l'Indre.
    Et le fils Benoît, un garçon si rangé et si travailleur...
    Faut-il qu'il y ait des gens, tout de même, qui a du maheur !
    Le plus dégoûtant est que c'est encore une histoire de femmes :
    Chagrins d'amour... Monsieur Benoît était un vieux gaillard, bédame !
    N'empêche que toute la famille est allée à l'enterrement ;
    Et il faut avouer qu'il leur était bien difficile de faire autrement.
    Franc-Nohain."     ["The complaint of Monsieur Benoît
    To Coquelin Cadet
    In his charming country house in St Mandé,
    Monsieur Benoît, yesterday morning, committed suicide.
    One can say that it's quite unpleasant for his family,
    And he might perhaps have done just as well to keep quiet.
    What's more, it's a wretched existence that I foresee,
    (From now on), for that good Madame Benoît.
    That poor Mademoiselle Benoît is equally to be pitied,
    She who was to marry a wealthy industrialist from Indre.
    And young Benoît, such a well-behaved and hardworking boy...
    There really must be people, all the same, who have misfortune!
    Most disgusting is that it's still a story about women:
    Love troubles... Monsieur Benoît was an old rascal, by Jove!
    Nevertheless the whole family went to the funeral;
    And one must admit that it would have been quite difficult for them to do otherwise.
    Franc-Nohain."]
    Fold mark inherent to mailing, two small stains in the margins of the poem.

    €250
  6. Le canard sauvage N°6 de la première année
    Alfred JARRY, Charles-Louis PHILIPPE
    Le canard sauvage N°6 de la première année
    Le canard sauvage|Paris 25 Avril - 1 Mai 1903|24.50 x 31.50 cm|agrafé
    First edition of this issue denouncing the abuses of French colonialism in the Maghreb.
    Handsome copy of this issue which also spares no criticism of French military personnel.
    Cover illustrated with a color drawing by Hermann-Paul "A Biribi", back cover illustrated with a color drawing by Roubille "Le renégat".
    Literary contributions by Alfred Jarry "Le loubing The Loub, expédition française ou la dernière croisade", Franc-Nohain "Loubet l'africain", Charles-Louis Philippe "Comme Haroun-al-Raschid", Paul Acker "La cueillette algérienne", Jules Renard "Au théâtre"...
    Issue illustrated with drawings by Francisque Poulbot, Frantisek Kupka, Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, Félix Vallotton, Paul Iribe, Jules Grandjouan...
    €150
  12. Fables
    FRANC-NOHAIN
    Fables
    Grasset|Paris 1931|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, review copy.
    Signed autograph of Franc-Nohain Robert Garric
    Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the trenches the joys of camaraderie that removed social barriers. [...] To deny all limits and all separations, get out of my class, out of my skin: this slogan electrified me. [...] Must serve my life! Must serve all my life! "
    Pitting on the back and the first board, a poorly cut sheet that caused small, marginal shortages, complete copy of his please insert.
    €50
  13. Nouvelles fables
    FRANC-NOHAIN
    Nouvelles fables
    Editions Spes|Paris 1933|12 x 19 cm|broché
    first edition on the current paper.
    Signed autograph of Franc-Nohain Robert Garric.
    Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the trenches the joys of camaraderie that removed social barriers. [...] To deny all limits and all separations, get out of my class, out of my skin: this slogan electrified me. [...] Must serve my life! Must serve all my life! "
    Pleasant full copy of his please insert.
    €50
  14. Saint Louis
    FRANC-NOHAIN
    Saint Louis
    Flammarion|Paris 1932|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, review copy.
    Signed autograph of Franc-Nohain Robert Garric: "... Remember Lille ..."
    Catholic reformist, he was the   founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him   in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench"   "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the trenches the joys of camaraderie that removed social barriers. [...] To deny all limits and all separations, get out of my class, out of my skin: this slogan electrified me. [...] Must serve my life! Must serve all my life! "
    Tiny bites on slightly thinned back, a few minor foxing.
    €50
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