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Jean JAURES

Lettre autographe signée à Arthur Huc

s.d. (1909), 13,5x21cm, 2 feuillets sur une page rempliée.

Autograph letter signed by Jean Jaurès, headed by the Chamber of Deputies, politician and journalist Arthur Huc (1854-1932), co-director of the newspaper La Dépêche in which Jean Jaurès publishes weekly articles.
Jean Jaurès apologizes for the irregularity with which he [...]

900 €

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Jean JAURES

Lettre autographe signée à Arthur Huc

s.d. (1909), 13,5x21cm, 2 feuillets sur une page rempliée.

Autograph letter signed by Jean Jaurès, headed by the Chamber of Deputies, politician and journalist Arthur Huc (1854-1932).
Returning from the Tarn, Jean Jaurès sends him congratulations and thanks for invaluable information that will help him to support and reinforce one of [...]

800 €

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Lawrence DURRELL

Carte postale autographe inédite signée de Lawrence Durrell à son amante française : "je n'aime ...

22 juillet 1970, 14,6x10,1cm, une feuille.

After many years spent in Greece, Egypt and Rhodes, travel writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to independence. With only a shirt and a typewriter, but with the success of his Bitter Lemons novels, he arrived in France in 1956 and [...]

350 €

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Lawrence DURRELL, Mark GERSON

Photographie signée de Lawrence Durrell à une jeune française

1970, 21,9x16,2cm, une feuille.

Photograph signed by Lawrence Durrell to a young French lady

1970 | 21.9 x 16.2 cm | one photograph

Original black and white photograph of Lawrence Durrell signed and dated, taken by the photographer Mark Gerson, and bearing his stamp on the back: [...]

500 €

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(Oscar EPFS), Lawrence DURRELL

Deux gouaches originales recto-verso signées offertes à son amante française

1968, 66x47,4cm, une feuille.

Two original double-sided gouaches signed, presented to his French lover

1968 | 66 x 47.4cm | single sheet

Original double-sided gouaches on thick paper, signed and dated 1968, bearing an autograph inscription.
Skillfull repairs.
Exceptional original [...]

1 800 €

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Antoine de LA SALLE

L'histoire plaisante, et chronique du petit Jehan de Saintré, de la jeune dame des belles cousines

1750, In-4 (18,5x24,5cm), 400pp., relié.

Manuscript realized on the original Gothic edition of 1523, with the black pen, of a relatively readable writing. The manuscript is paginated from p.1 to 400. About 28 lines per page.

Binding full icy blond calf vintage. Back with ornate nerves. title label in red morocco. 2 corners [...]

600 €

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Lawrence DURRELL

"Vaumort" : poème autographe signé et illustré par l'auteur à son amante française

1969, 30,4x39,5cm, une feuille.

“I knew that whenever
I want to be perfectly alone
With the memory of you, of that whole day,
It's to Vaumort that I'll be turning.”
 
Exceptional handwritten poem dated 1969, signed and illustrated with original drawings in graphite, markers and colour pencils [...]

1 700 €

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Guy de MAUPASSANT

Manuscrit autographe à la Comtesse Potocka : « Vous prenez un chien enragé que vous faites ...

s.l. s.d. [juillet-août 1885], 9,6x15,5cm, une feuille.

Autograph manuscript by Guy de Maupassant to Countess Potocka, 36 lines in ink on one page. Horizontal fold at center. Published in Philippe Dahhan, "Guy de Maupassant et les femmes : essai", Bertout, 1996.
Unusual manuscript by Maupassant, giving a false rabies vaccine formula he calls [...]

3 800 €

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