Jehan RICTUS

First edition printed at the author's expense on laid paper.
Handsome and rare copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Jehan Rictus to Jules Clarétie.

First edition, one of 125 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Signed autograph inscription by Jehan Rictus to Félix Rey enhanced with an autograph poem.
Work illustrated, as frontispiece, with a portrait of the author signed in pencil by Steinlen and etched.
Endpapers lightly and partially shaded, handsome full-margined copy.

First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half black box calf binding with corners, smooth spine, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, retaining deckled edges.
Our copy contains only one state of the original drypoint by Steinlen.
A handsome copy in excellent condition.

First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half red morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands, date at foot, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges, J. Laurent's bookplate pasted to verso of front board, binding signed by Devauchelle.
Our copy includes the original Steinlen drypoint in two states.
The work is enhanced with a recto-verso autograph note from the author addressed to one of his friends.
Fine copy perfectly established.

Photographic postcard depicting Jehan Rictus from the front.
Traces of bedbugs at the corners of the postcard.
Signed autograph dedication of Jehan Rictus to his friend Félix Rey .

Autograph letter signed by Gabriel Randon (aka Jehan-Rictus) to Felix, a childhood friend, written in black ink .
A scratch of the author's hand.
Parisian address and signature of the author at the end of the letter.

The author writes this letter to warn his addressee of his literary celebrity debut in Paris under the name of Jehan-Rictus: "I jumped into fame under the pseudonym of Jehan-Rictus" . He first uses this name in a cabaret of Montmartre, the Quat'Zarts he quotes in his letter, as a singer and knows his first success in the year of this letter with the poem "the Revenant".
He describes his success to his friend whom he has not seen for a long time: "In Paris, I am getting a tremendous success" , and informs him of the upcoming publication of Soliloques du Pauvre. This success, however, remains to him tinged with bitterness because it cost him a lot: "For me, health is as fucked as they say, and if I reach as I hope fortune and happiness I do not believe that I 'enjoy it a long time.', 'Fifteen or eighteen years of misery will be rewarded' . The heart of the poet nevertheless survives his evils: "On the other hand, the soul is always ardent, in love and alive ".