Abel GANCE

Two autograph poems from youth dated and signed with fourteen stanzas each in alexandrines by Abel Gance, then aged 20, 18 and 21 lines written in violet ink for each of the poems; these poems written on a sheet detached from a schoolboy's exercise book.
On the recto, the first poem is dated 3 January 1909 and it is dedicated to a couple of friends: "To Myriam Deroxe to Victor Fransses pious admirers of Salomé, this testimony of a spirit almost understanding their enthusiasm. "
The second, on the verso, is entitled "Vague Song"; it is dated Brussels 28 January 1909 and signed AGance.
Fold marks inherent to postal folding.
These poems were probably...

Autograph manuscript of a youthful poem signed by Abel Gance, comprising twenty-four stanzas in alexandrines written when he was 20 years old, 32 lines written in black ink on a torn sheet from a school notebook.
Manuscript note by Abel Gance at the beginning and end of the poem: "A false idea can have such arguments that reason can only combat them to the detriment of the reasoner's feelings". Composed in Paris this October 3rd in 2 hours following a reading of Dédé a novel by Essbach" (sic), (actually Achille Essebac).
Fold marks inherent to envelope insertion, one black ink deletion in the lower left corner of the sheet.
Beautiful poem inspired by Achille...

Dated and signed autograph poem by Abel Gance, then aged 18. 18 lines written in violet ink on a torn sheet of a school notebook. The poem was written in Montluçon and dated 1907. Usual folds, a black ink trace in the lower left-hand corner of the leaf.

A mournful and beautiful poem dedicated to Charles Baudelaire entitled "La pluie" (The Rain), probably published in Abel Gance's only and very rare collection of poems "Un doigt sur le clavier, 1909 (A Finger on the Keyboard) when he set out to begin a theater career in Brussels.

"Desolate vertigo of dreary rainwater
Perversely spurting on the pavement,
Weeping lethargy awakening salutes,

Two autograph quatrains from his youth dated and signed with sixteen and twelve stanzas in alexandrines by Abel Gance, then aged 20, 18 and 14 lines written in black ink with additions in purple ink for the first poem and in purple ink for the second; these poems written on a sheet torn from a school exercise book.
On the recto, the first poem is dated May 1909 and is dedicated in purple ink: "A ma chère Line adorée. Mai 1909. AGance".
The second, on the verso, is dated Bruxelles 9 Janvier 1909 AGance.
Fold marks inherent to postal mailing, corrections and additions in purple ink or pencil for the first quatrain.
This melancholic poem was probably...

Pessimistic and handsome autograph letter signed by Abel Gance addressed to Carlo Rim, 37 lines in blue ink, in which the director of "Napoléon" worries about the vacuity of his professional future and the resulting financial difficulties: "My dear Carlo, like brother ass - I see nothing precise taking shape, from the top of my ruined tower - in this leaden cinema horizon which smells of storm as much as that of politics. The grasshopper that I am writes to the lion of the forest that you are in this instance - as our President - to tell you that my next winter looks bad. I therefore cling, perhaps naively, to the promise you were kind enough to make me of this gala for the...

Grateful and beautiful signed autograph letter from Abel Gance addressed to Carlo Rim, 25 lines in blue ink in which the director of "Napoleon" praises the salvific friendship that the author of "Ma belle Marseille" has always shown him: "Je ne saurais oublier que vous avez été le bon sourcier de cette oasis inattendue qui s'est dressée vers mes pas à l'heure de la soif - dans ce sombre désert du cinéma dans lequel je m'avance en solitaire depuis 8 ans ! " , "Grâce à vous & mes confrères, j'y reprendrai des forces pour aller défricher plus loin - et, peut-être est-ce là ma providence & ma fatalité - je veux espérer que "lorsque le grand froid aura pris mes...

Autograph letter signed by Abel Gance, from his Parisian home, addressed to Carlo Rim, 19 lines in black ink, requesting Carlo Rim's discretion in order to spare the sensitivities of Nelly Kaplan and Abel Gance's wife : "Cher Carlo, soyez gentil - & je compte sur votre discrétion totale, de ne rien dire à Nelly Kaplan au sujet de la demande que je vous ai faite pour mad.e Gance - Des détails insignifiants s'aggravent souvent avec les nerfs des femmes !" ["Dear Carlo, be kind - & I count on your complete discretion, to say nothing to Nelly Kaplan about the request I made to you for Mrs. Gance - Insignificant details often become aggravated with women's nerves!"]
Abel...

First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of seventh edition.
Precious and beautiful autograph inscription signed by Abel Gance to Henri Béraud: "Il y a de si beaux mensonges que la vérité se tend vers eux comme une déesse altérée; vous en trouverez quelques uns dans ce livre, mon cher Béraud, vous que j'admire comme un des derniers vrais amoureux de la France..." ["There are such beautiful lies that truth reaches toward them like a thirsting goddess; you will find some of them in this book, my dear Béraud, you whom I admire as one of the last true lovers of France..."]
Spine sunned, worming to boards, a pen mark to front board, foxing to endpapers.

First edition of each of the 9 issues of this important literary magazine published in Carcassonne by Joë Bousquet and René Nelli.

Contributions by Joë Bousquet, André Cayatte, Paul Éluard, Max Ernst, Henri Féraud, Benjamin Fondane, Ferdinand Alquié, Pierre and Jean Audard, André Gaillard, Abel Gance, Marcel Jouhandeau, Michel Leiris, Georges Malkine, René Nelli, Claude-André Puget, Zdenko Reich, André de Richaud, Carlo Suarès, Gilbert Trolliet, André Gaillard, among others...

A few minor, inconsequential tears to the foot of the spine on some issues, a few spines slightly sunned; a handsome set.

A rare complete set of the literary and poetic periodical...

Illustrated programme-booklet of the film “La roue”
Paris 1922, 27.6 x 22.6 cm, stapled
Rare first edition of the Abel Gance screenplay for the film “La Roue,” illustrated with drawings and photographs from the film. Elegant printing in black and red by Ducros, Lefèvre & Colas.
A missing corner at the top of the first board, the first two letters of the name Pathé are missing, another at the top of the spine, a stain on the second board.