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Autograph letter dated and signed by André Gide, 25 lines in black ink, addressed to his secretary Pierre de Massot.
Folding trace inherent to envelope insertion.
André Gide has recently failed in all his duties as a friend toward Pierre de Massot: "J'étais furieux contre moi, l'autre dimanche, de me rendre compte qu'il eût suffi peut-être d'un signe de ma part pour provoquer votre venue - et j'aurais eu grand plaisir à vous revoir ! Trop tard ! J'ai été très bas ces temps derniers..." (I was furious with myself, last Sunday, to realize that perhaps a simple sign from me would have been enough to bring about your visit - and I would have had great pleasure...
Original photograph by Lewis Carroll (Charles Ludwidge Dodgson), rectangular albumen print. The tondo portrait of the little girl gives way to a particularly visible collodion emulsion, also bearing the number added by Carroll in the negative at top left. Discreet restoration at the ends of the plate, a diagonal fold in the upper left corner.
Extraordinary photograph of Lewis Carroll's favorite sitter Xie Kitchin, one of the first portraits of his young muse, then aged 5. One of the few retaining as much of the collodion emulsion peeling away from the edges of the glass negative - a deliberate artistic choice by Carroll.
The use of the...
Autograph signed postcard, dated 8 February 1984, 8 lines in black ballpoint pen, addressed to her friend, the woman of letters Christiane Baroche, warmly thanking her for her friendship and for her laudatory reviews of her books.
Manuscript envelope addressed to Christiane Baroche included.
The postcard depicts a view of the leisure park at Cergy, in the Ile-de-France region.
"Christiane
tout ce que tu m'écris me fait très chaud au coeur. Je ne sais ce qui me touche le plus, ce que tu penses de moi comme auteur (écrivain c'est trop lourd ! ) ou ton amitié. Je t'embrasse. Annie."
Autograph card signed, dated 7 September 1984, 20 lines in blue ballpoint pen, addressed to her friend, the writer Christiane Baroche, in which she congratulates her on her latest work "Plaisirs amers" which she "devoured" and enjoyed. Annie Ernaux humorously refers to her property plans linked to the sale of her book "La Place".
"Ma chère Christiane,
j'ai reçu "Plaisirs amers" le 6, l'ai lu le soir d'une traite (comme tu sais bien parler de l'amour, c'est merveilleux ! Et de la vieillesse... Un seul regret : que ces deux-là n'aient pas fait l'amour ensemble, enfin, tu ne dis rien ! ). Le 7, jai voulu t'appeler, la belle avait quitté le nid, je...
A collection of two first editions of Italian translations, each devoted to a figure of eighteenth-century French secret diplomacy and published during their lifetimes: the Chevalier d'Éon and Prince Charles Edward Stuart, d. 1810 and 1788 respectively.
This sammelband, combining two separately published works, in fact possesses a genuine thematic unity: cross-dressing.
Printed calling card of G. Clemenceau bearing the following autograph addition: "avec tous mes remerciements. GC."
A fine copy.
Autograph letter dated June 10th (1929) and signed by Somerset Maugham addressed in French to the writer Marcel Prévost, who had just sent him an inscribed copy of his book "L'homme vierge".
27 lines in blue ink on one recto-verso page on Villa Mauresque letterhead from Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, printed stamp of Marcel Prévost's library in the upper right corner of the letter.
Mailing folds as usual.
Somerset Maugham thanks him for the inscription and praises the innovative literary qualities of his correspondent: "... je vous remercie infiniment. Je l'avais lu quand il s'appelait Amal et suis très content de le posséder maintenant en forme plus permanente. Vous...
Pirate edition from the same year as the first edition of this bible of chess strategy, published by Philidor at the age of twenty-two.
Full olive morocco binding, dentelle boards framed by a gilt roulette motif, central gilt decoration in mandorla shape composed of a quatrefoil formed by basket-handle motifs richly decorated in gilt inside the lobes, gilt edges, top spine-end slightly rubbed, corners bumped, some rare spots of foxing, binding attributable to René-François Fétil, pupil of the great Padeloup, based on numerous tools found on bindings bearing Fétil’s ticket and listed...
First edition (cf. Quérard II, 200. Perrod, 711).
Contemporary marbled fawn calf, spine with five raised bands gilt with gilt fillets, gilt compartments decorated with floral tools, gilt rolls to the headcaps partly rubbed, covers framed with a double blind-tooled fillet, some surface wear and losses to the boards, gilt fillet to the turn-ins, worn corners, red edges.
The sole, uncommon edition of this defence of the serfs of the Abbey of Saint-Claude in their dispute with their lord.
Christin (1744–1799) acted as their counsel before the Parlement of Besançon.
Despite his intervention (and that of Voltaire – see below), the sixteen canons of Saint-Claude...
Photographic postcard issued by the television weekly Télé 7 Jours, depicting Guy Lux smoking a cigarette.
A well-preserved example.
Signed by Guy Lux in blue felt-tip pen.
Original black and white photograph depicting Valéry Giscard d'Estaing posing frontally.
A fine copy. Original envelope with the letterhead of the French Presidency included.
Inscribed and signed tribute by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in blue ink.
Provenance: from the collection of the noted autograph collector Claude Armand.
Original black and white photograph, dated and inscribed by Jacques Chirac.
A handsome copy.
Autograph inscription, dated and signed by Jacques Chirac: "Avec mes amitiés J. Chirac 24 4 74."
Provenance: from the collection of the noted autograph collector Claude Armand.
Autograph postcard signed by André Malraux, sent from Port-au-Prince to their friends Minka and Karl Hans Strauss, 15 lines in blue ballpoint pen.
The postcard reproduces the painting by Haitian artist Philomé Obin entitled: "Philomé Obin recevant quelques clients étrangers".
"Chers amis, je vous remercie du beau sac qui se promène avec moi sous les palmiers... Il fait beau, la peinture est passionnante et nous vous envoyons tous nos souhaits de bonne année."
After separating from his wife Madeleine in the late 1960s, André Malraux entered into a new relationship with the writer Louise de Vilmorin and moved in with her at the Château de...
