Literature & Cinema

Georges SIMENON
Le bateau d'Emile
Gallimard|Paris 1954|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 56 numbered copies on pure thread paper, ours one of the 6 hors commerce lettered copies, the only deluxe copies.
Two small wormholes on the first endpaper.
Rare and handsome copy of this collection of short stories comprising: La femme du pilote, Le doigt de Barraquier, Valérie s'en va, L'épingle en fer à cheval, Le nègre s'est endormi, Le deuil de Fonsine, L'homme à barbe, Le bateau d'Emile and Le Baron de l'écluse ou la croisière du Potam.
This last story was masterfully brought to the screen in 1960 by Jean Delannoy with Jean Gabin and Micheline Presle in the leading roles.
€1,700
Georges DARIEN
Le voleur
P.V. Stock|Paris 1898|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper and without statement of edition.
Bradel binding in orange half cloth, smooth spine very slightly darkened decorated with a central gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, navy blue shagreen title label, some rubbing to headcaps, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved very slightly trimmed, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing, particularly on the cover boards.
We include a correspondence of 5 letters and telegrams, spanning the year 1955, between two admirers of Georges Darien's work who wish to preserve his memory and have his works republished: Georges Quesnel whose father served as model...
€1,700
Joseph-Charles MARDRUS
Les mille et une nuits
Fasquelle|Paris 1908|25 x 33 cm|8 tomes en 4 volumes reliés
Edition in the complete translation by Dr. J. C. Mardrus and illustrated with facsimiles of Persian and Indian miniatures that adorn the original manuscripts. Pages with oriental frames in various colors, green, red, yellow, blue... Chromotypes engraved by Mulot, Kriéger et Cie; Text and Frames printed by Motteroz et Martinet; Color plates printed by G. de Malherbe.
Contemporary half navy blue shagreen bindings with corners signed Flammarion Vaillant at the top of the first endpaper. Smooth spines now uniformly green, decorated with oriental tools in mirror effect and inlaid with ochre shagreen. Ruled fillets on boards. Top edges gilt. Some rubbing. Several corners slightly bumped...
€1,200
Daniel DEFOE
La vie et les aventures surprenantes de Robinson Crusoé
Chez Z. Chatelain & fils|A Amsterdam 1768|9.50 x 17.50 cm|4 tomes en 2 Volumes reliés
New edition illustrated with 12 captioned figures (the same as in the first edition of 1721 from the same publisher).
Contemporary full marbled brown sheep binding. Raised spine decorated. Red morocco title labels. Head caps worn with small losses. 3 corners slightly bumped. Upper edge of volume 1 rubbed and scraped. Some scattered foxing. Good copy.
All editions of Robinson Crusoe have become rather rare today, and they are encountered less and less often, except for that of 1784 from the same publisher. The first edition remains very rare, especially in a good copy. In the preface, Robinson Crusoe is presented as a real person and not as a fictional being.

€750
DE MAX [Edouard Alexandre MAX]
Envoi autographe signé d'Edouard de Max sur une carte postale photographique le représentant dans le rôle du Roi de Rome
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1910]|9 x 14 cm|une feuille verso
Photographic postcard depicting the great stage and screen actor Edouard de Max costumed as the King of Rome, slightly facing forward with a pensive expression, taken in the photographic studio of Boissonnas.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Edouard de Max to H. Clerlé framing his portrait.

€150
Oskar WERNER
Carte postale photographique signée d'Oskar Werner le représentant en chef d'orchestre
S. n.|Hambourg [Hamburg] s. d. [circa 1960]|9.50 x 14.50 cm|une feuille
Photographic postcard depicting the Austrian actor Oskar Werner costumed as an orchestra conductor, his baton raised in his right hand, taken in the photographic studio of Hanno Thurau.
Handsome copy.
Manuscript signature of Oskar Werner in green ink.

€100
Herman MELVILLE, Jean GIONO
Moby Dick
Gallimard|Paris 1941|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
Moby Dick, Gallimard, Paris 1941, 14,5x21cm, original wrappers.

First edition of the French translation by Lucien Jacques, Joan Smith and Jean Giono, one of 112 numbered copies on alfa, only deluxe copies (grand papier) after 7 on Chine and 55 on pur fil.
A fine and very rare deluxe copy of this masterpiece of American literature.
€4,000
René FALLET
Paris au mois d'août[Paris in August]
Denoël|Paris 1964|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
A fine copy of this work adapted for the cinema in 1966 by Pierre Granier-Deferre, starring Charles Aznavour and Susan Hampshire, with dialogue by Henri Jeanson.
€1,500
Calder WILLINGHAM
Demain ce seront des hommes
Flammarion|Paris 1951|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 106 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned as usual.
Handsome copy of this work adapted for cinema by Jack Garfein in 1957.
€120
Pierre DRIEU LA ROCHELLE
Le feu follet
Nrf|Paris 1931|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 647 copies on pur fil, the only deluxe issues along with 109 copies printed on large paper.
Bookplate affixed to the verso of the front cover.
A pleasant copy.
€2,500
Alain ROBBE-GRILLET
L'année dernière à MarienbadLast Year at Marienbad
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1961|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with 48 photographs hors-texte from this cult film directed by Alain Resnais.
Alain Robbe-Grillet submitted the screenplay version of "L'année dernière à Marienbad" to the filmmaker before shooting, this version presenting some slight variations from the film.
€1,500
Pierre MAC ORLAN
Lettre autographe datée et signée au jeune poète artésien Roger Valuet à propos de l'adaptation au cinéma de son ouvrage Marguerite de la nuit
S. n.|Saint-Cyr-sur-Morin 4 Mai 1955|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter dated and signed by Pierre Mac Orlan (13 lines in turquoise ink) to his young friend the beginning poet Roger Valuet.
Fold marks inherent to postal handling, a small tear at the head of the letter at the letterhead.
Pierre Mac Orlan must decline the presidency of a meeting to which Pierre Nord and Roger Valuet had invited him because he will be detained in Honfleur, where scenes from one of his novels will be filmed, probably Marguerite de la nuit, adapted for cinema: "Il s'agit d'un film inspiré d'un de mes livres et il faut que je sois là entre le 5 et le 9 juin pour participer à ce travail..." ["It is a film inspired by one of...
€180
Betty GRABLE
Photographie dédicacée de Betty Grable, la première pin-up de l'histoire du music-hall
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1950]|12.50 x 18 cm|une feuille
Reproduction of a photographic portrait showing Betty Grable, standing, in pin-up attire, hands crossed behind her neck, her right leg folded over the left.
Autograph inscription signed by Betty Grable: "Hello, Eileen, greetings from Betty."
The first pin-up girl in history, Betty Grable was one of the great stars of musical comedies, especially those created by Fox, from before and after the war to the point of accompanying American G.I.s during the Second World War, her legs being insured by Lloyd's for one million dollars. The arrival, in the early 1950s, of Marilyn Monroe, Fox's new star, would eclipse the aura that Betty Grable had with the...
€120
Johann Rudolf WYSS
Le Robinson Suisse
Lavigne|Paris 1841|15 x 23.80 cm|relié
Romantic illustrated edition in first printing with 6 hors-texte on chine appliqué before letters and 200 in-text vignettes by Lemercier. The hors-texte are numbered and have been bound out of order. First edition of the translation by Elise Voiart. Preface by Charles Nodier.
Half black shagreen binding. Smooth spine decorated with cold and gilt rococo tooling. Gilt edges. Some scattered foxing. Rubbing, particularly to edges and corners. Charming copy.
This Swiss novel was a great success upon publication and has enchanted multiple generations to this day.
€350
"We fed on the magic of the sands, others perhaps will dig their oil wells there"
"We fed on the magic of the sands, others perhaps will dig their oil wells there"
Antoine de SAINT-EXUPÉRY
Un feuillet manuscrit autographe de "Terre des Hommes" Original autograph manuscript by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
1938|21 x 27 cm|1 page sur un feuillet
Original autograph manuscript by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, one page in black ink on a yellow paper sheet, numerous corrections, and rewritings.

Exceptional working manuscript of a passage from the original French version of Wind Sand and Stars [Terre des Hommes] from chapter VI "Dans le désert", a magnificent ode to the barren wilderness of deserts doomed to disappear due to the inevitable development of the industrial age. This section from the original French novel was removed for the English version translated by Galantière and remains unpublished in English. Moreover, the final two paragraphs of the manuscript are unpublished in the original French version...
€10,000
Pierre VÉRY
Goupi mains rouges à Paris
Editions de Flore|Paris 1949|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a service de presse (advance) copy.
Spine browned, paper yellowed.
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Véry to the poet Albert-Jean who was close to the Grand-Guignol theatre.
€150
Marguerite DURAS
L'amant[The lover]
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1984|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 106 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches, the only deluxe issue (grands papiers).
A fine copy of this novel, winner of the 1984 Prix Goncourt.
€3,500
Robert MERLE
Malevil
Gallimard|Paris 1972|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned.
Rare and handsome copy.
€1,500
Robert MERLE
Week-end à Zuydcoote
Gallimard|Paris 1949|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.

€450
LUGNE-POE [Aurélien-Marie LUGNE]
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Carlo Rim concernant la bonne réception de son film Justin de Marseille
Paris 20 Mai 1935|15.50 x 17.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter, 7 lines in purple ink on a leaf, signed by Lugné-Poe addressed from his Parisian home to his friend Carlo Rim in his telegraphic and laconic style:
Fold marks inherent to mailing.
"May 20, 1935
Very sincerely my dear comrade, I saw last night, on Radio Luxembourg, praise given to the quite superior dialogue of Justin de Marseille - of the film as well, for that matter - Your faithful, LugnePoe."
Provenance: from the Carlo Rim collection, who was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André...
€120
André SALMON
"Hercule vaut Justin et vous pouvez croire que Jeannot et moi avons applaudi de bon coeur."Signed autograph letter addressed to his friend Carlo Rim about the success of the film entitled Hercules, for which the latter is the screenwriter
Paris Mars 1938|15.50 x 17.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter, 33 lines in black ink on one leaf, signed by André Salmon congratulating his friend Carlo Rim on his screenplay for the film Hercule, directed by Alexandre Esway:
Fold marks inherent to mailing. In the upper right margin, Carlo Rim inscribed in pencil the date "Mars 1938" ["March 1938"], probably the date he received the letter.
"Cher Carlo Rim,
En vain ai-je espéré pouvoir vous féliciter un soir même d'un si grand et si légitime succès. Mais vous tardiez beaucoup, retenu sans doute par ceux qui ayant eu la chance de vous saisir les premiers ne vous lâchaient pas volontiers. Merci d'avoir offert la primeur d'Hercule, au spectateur...
€250
Pierre BOST
" Il y a un an que mon père mourait, à Marseille. C'est tout près encore, je devine ce que tu sens, je prévois ce que tu sentiras quand les mois passeront - pas encore les années. Et cet étonnement, il faut le dire, de se trouver orphelin, à un âge où l'on croyait, bêtement, que le mot n'est plus de mise.Moving autograph letter signed to his friend Carlo Rim showing him his tender affection for the recent bereavement of his father and the accident of his wife
Paris 8 février 1944|15 x 19 cm|une feuille
Touching autograph letter signed, 32 lines in black ink on one leaf, from Pierre Bost to his friend Carlo Rim in which he shares his grief concerning the death of a loved one and how friendship can somewhat ease overwhelming sadness.
Traces of creases inherent to folding for mailing.
"8 février 44
Cher Carlo, oui je t'envoie, oui, nous vous envoyons de bons voeux, s'il en est temps encore ; c'est à ça que servent les amis, c'est à dire à pas grand'chose, mais à quelque chose, après tout. J'ai pensé à toi avec beaucoup d'affection, dans ton deuil. Il y a un an que mon père mourait, à Marseille. C'est tout près encore, je devine ce que tu sens, je...
€100
Vincent SCOTTO
Lettre autographe signée à son grand ami Carlo Rim à propos d'un projet réunissant Raimu, Albert Willemetz, Carlo Rim et Vincent Scotto
S. n.|Paris 2 Septembre 1941|13.50 x 21.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by the composer Vincent Scotto, sent from Marseille to his great friend the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob (16 lines in blue ink) regarding a joint project with the director of the Bouffes Parisiens Albert Willemetz, Raimu, Carlo Rim and Vincent Scotto.
Fold mark inherent to mailing.
"Mercredi le 2 septembre 1941,
Mon cher Carlo, as-tu vu Raimu ? Je pars vendredi matin pour Paris, j'aurais aimé avoir une réponse. Voici une nouvelle lettre de Willemetz pour toi. J'espère que tu seras content de ton collègue Vincent...
€120
(John STEINBECK)
[PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de John Steinbeck pris sur le tournage du film "O. Henry's Full House"[PHOTOGRAPH] Photographic portrait of John Steinbeck taken during the filming of "O. Henry's Full House"
s. d. [1952]|20.80 x 25.50 cm|une photographie
Original silver print portrait of the American writer John Steinbeck in front of a library.
This beautiful photograph was taken on the set of O. Henry's Full House in 1952, an anthology film narrated by Steinbeck, who introduces a quintet of five of O. Henry's most celebrated stories.
The author of The Grapes of Wrath made his only on-camera appearance in this role of narrator.
Some very slight marginal traces of folding. Handwritten annotations in pencil on the back.
Rare.
€750
Vincent SCOTTO
"Voici mon cher Carlo à peu près ce que j'aurais voulu apporter à Willemetz. Bien entendu si cela ne te plait plus, je suis toujours de tout coeur avec toi mais réfléchis bien car il y a des occasions qui ne se retrouvent plus."Autograph letter signed to his great friend Carlo Rim urging him to contact the director of the Bouffes Parisiens, Albert Willemetz, so that the project for their play could succeed in this period of scarcity due to the German occupation
S. n.|Paris 16 septembre 1941|14.50 x 10.50 cm|une feuille recto-verso
Autograph letter signed by composer Vincent Scotto, addressed from his Parisian home, to his great friend the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob (44 lines in black ink)
Vincent Scotto insists with his friend and collaborator Carlo Rim, whom he considers too hesitant and indecisive, that he find the motivation to contact theater man Albert Willemetz so that the latter will stage the play that the two Marseillais created together for fear that their project might fall through:
"July 2nd
My dear Carlo,
in response to your...
€400
(Georges SIMENON) Pierre HEBEY
Album Simenon
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 2003|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
First edition.
Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheep, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy complete with its cellophane wrapper and slipcase.
€60
Abel GANCE
"La cigale que je suis écrit au lion de la forêt que vous êtes en l'occurrence... pour vous dire que mon prochain hiver s'annonce mal... "An alarming autograph letter signed and addressed to Carlo Rim in which the filmmaker is concerned about his professional future
Paris 21 mai 1954|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
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...
€500
Louis JOUVET
"... si le cinéma reprenait, il serait plus utile que tu fasses des scenarii que de la charpie..."Typed and handwritten letter addressed to his great friend Carlo Rim, then mobilized, on the letterhead of his Athénée theater
Paris 16 octobre 1939|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
Typed letter (15 lines) then manuscript (11 lines) signed by Louis Jouvet addressed, on letterhead of his Athénée theater, to his great friend Carlo Rim, then mobilized as a corporal-orderly in the Gard.
Louis Jouvet ironizes about his situation as a "disinherited man of the rear who... does not have the possibility of meeting his friends... who bathes in the blue of passive defense..." and demands the presence of his filmmaker friend at his side: "...si le cinéma reprenait, il serait plus utile que tu fasses des scenarii que de la charpie.. ceci est une pensée impérieuse de l'effiloché... est-ce clair?" ["...if cinema resumed, it would be more useful for you to make...
€250
Robert TOURNEUR
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Carlo Rim le félicitant pour la naissance de son fils
S. n.|Paris 4 août 1937|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter dated and signed by theater and cinema man Robert Tourneur addressed to Carlo Rim (15 lines in black ink on letterhead of the Léon Voltera establishments - Théâtre de Paris - Théâtre Marigny) enhanced with a small drawing representing two intertwined tricolor flags to celebrate the happy event that is the birth of Alice and Carlo Rim's son on this July 14, 1937:
"VIVE LE 14 juillet 1937 QUI VIT VENIR AU MONDE UN ENFANT AUSSI BEAU QUE JEAN-PIERRE-MARIUS CARLO RIM ET FELICITATIONS A SES HEUREUX PARENTS. Robert Tourneur." ["LONG LIVE JULY 14, 1937 WHICH SAW THE BIRTH OF A CHILD AS BEAUTIFUL AS JEAN-PIERRE-MARIUS CARLO RIM AND CONGRATULATIONS TO HIS HAPPY...
€150
Vincent SCOTTO
"... Willemetz demande, dans notre intérêt, que Edith Piaf soit épaulée par une vedette homme faisant affiche. Si nous avons Raimu ou Charpin, nous sommes sûrs d'un succès."Autograph postcard signed to his great friend Carlo Rim concerning a film project with Edith Piaf and Raimu or Charpin
S. n.|Paris 16 septembre 1941|14.50 x 10.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph postcard dated and signed by composer Vincent Scotto, addressed from his Parisian home, to his great friend the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob (15 lines in black ink)
"Le 16 sept. 41
Mon cher Carlo,
Il faudrait que nous ayons au plus tôt une réponse soit de Raimu soit de Charpin ou bien encore de Delmont quoique pour ce dernier l'affaire sera difficile à Paris car Willemetz demande, dans notre intérêt, que Edith Piaf soit épaulée par une vedette homme faisant affiche. Si nous avons Raimu ou Charpin, nous sommes sûrs...
€200
Roland DORGELÈS
"... L'interprète idéal eu été Raimu. Je le lui avais demandé fin 42. Il parait que c'est impossible. Alors qui verriez-vous dans le rôle ? Qui exigeriez-vous si vous aviez fait le film? Pourriez-vous, en même temps, me donner une liste des meilleurs artistes méridionaux ?Signed autograph letter addressed to Carlo Rim to whom he asks advice for the role of Tartarin, after Raimu withdrew from his film adaptation of Tartarin in the Alps
Paris 8 février 1943|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Roland Dorgelès addressed to Carlo Rim, written in blue ink (50 lines in blue ink) seeking advice from the latter for the casting of his film adaptation of "Tartarin dans les Alpes":
"Cher Carlo,
vous êtes retiré, m'a-t-on dit dans les Alpes. Moi dans les Pyrénées. D'une montagne à l'autre je vous dit bonjour. J'ai besoin d'un conseil que vous seul pouvez me donner. Il s'agit de Tartarin dans les Alpes, dont j'ai fait l'adaptation (nous aurions été encore marseillais que je vous aurai demander de collaborer...) L'interprète idéal eu été Raimu. Je le lui avais demandé fin 42. Il parait que c'est impossible. Alors qui verriez-vous dans le...
€300
Henry-Paul GASSIER [Henry-Paul DEYVAUX-GASIER]
Humoristique dessin original signé faisant référence au film Fanny de Marc Allégret et Marcel Pagnol réalisé à l'aide de plusieurs crayons de couleurs et adressé à ses amis Alice et Carlo Rim
s. l. 1937|14 x 9 cm|une feuille
Original signed drawing titled "Alice au pays des merveilles" ["Alice in Wonderland"] in comic strip form, created with several colored pencils and addressed to his friends Carlo Rim and his wife Alice.
The drawing references the film "Fanny" by Marc Allégret and Marcel Pagnol with, in the leading roles, Raimu (César Ollivier), Pierre Fresnay (Marius, son of César), Orane Demazis (Fanny), Charpin (Honoré Panisse, husband of Fanny); indeed Alice Rim is represented with the features of a benevolent and protective Orane Demazis and Carlo Rim with those of an infantile and mischievous Charpin.
On the verso, Carlo Rim noted: Dessin de H.P. Gassier Juillet 1937 ["Drawing by H.P...
€200
LUGNE-POE [Aurélien-Marie LUGNE]
Carte postale adressée depuis Ténérife à Carlo Rim
Tenerife 13 avril 1936|14 x 9 cm|une feuille
Postcard sent from Tenerife by Lugné-Poe to his friend Carlo Rim in his laconic style:
"Teneriffe 13 IV 36,
so?... when?.. Best regards. Lugné-Poe.
Will be Paris 21."
Provenance: from the Carlo Rim collection, friend of Henry-Paul Gassier, who was a Provençal writer, author notably of"Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.
€120
Elvire POPESCO
Lettre autographe signée Elvire et adressée à ses amis Alice et Carlo Rim à propos de l'état de santé précaire de son ami et longtemps amant Louis Verneuil alors en exil aux Etats-Unis : "Il fait tout ce qu'il peut pour me faire rester ici, moi je fais tout ce que je peux pour le ramener dans notre pays où nous avons ensemble laissé au théâtre toute notre jeunesse."
S. n.|Los Angeles s. d. [1943]|21.50 x 28 cm|une feuille recto-verso
Moving autograph letter signed (30 lines in blue ink from the Californian exile of Louis Verneuil, whose muse Elvire Popesco had become) Elvire, addressed to her friends Rim.
In this letter, entirely imbued with nostalgia linked to their shared youth and loves, Elvire Popesco expresses concern about the health condition of Louis Verneuil, whose muse she had become through their collaboration:
: "Chez Mr Louis Verneuil
474 North Faring Road
Holmby Hills
Los Angeles
California.
Mes chéris, je suis venue voir Louis Verneuil qui a été très gravement malade, un caillot dans l'aorte, et malgré une amélioration, les docteurs ne sont pas certains...
€400
Charles DICKENS
The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Chapman and Hall|London 1839|14 x 21.50 cm|relié
Rare first edition illustrated with 40 plates by Phiz (H. K. Browne) including a frontispiece portrait of Dickens with his signature. The printing contains all the errors of the first issue, except the first point: P. 123, "sister" corrected to "visiter". P. 245 l. 10 "flys" for "flies", uncorrected. "Visiters" instead of "Visitors" p. 272. l.2. ; P. 297. l.22 "incontestible" instead of "Inconstable" ; P. 586. l. 24 "suprise" for "surprise". All illustrated editions of Dickens were the result of close collaboration between the author and the illustrator.
Contemporary English half black glazed calf binding with corners. Spine with false raised bands decorated with cold grotesque...
€1,500
Abel GANCE
"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 ! "Lyrical Signed Autograph Letter of Thank You to Carlo Rim
Paris 18 décembre 1952|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
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...
€400
RAIMU
"... L'arlésienne ne pourra pas se faire parce que monsieur gendre Prouvost et cie sont des couillons. Et des gens sans aucune descisions"Virulent signed autograph letter addressed to his great friend Carlo Rim about an aborted film project
S. n.|Paris 13 juin 1941|14 x 19.50 cm|trois feuilles recto-verso
Autograph letter dated June 13th (Carlo Rim having specified in pencil at the head of the first leaf 1941) and signed by Raimu addressed to his great friend Carlo Rim, 98 lines in black ink, on three leaves recto-verso.
Folds inherent to mailing.
Raimu rails against the incapacity and indecision of those responsible for a film project entitled l'Arlésienne (quite a symbol!) of which Carlo Rim was part: "L'arlésienne ne pourra pas se faire parce que monsieur gendre Prouvost et cie sont des couillons. Et des gens sans aucune descisions. Donc affaire morte." ["l'Arlésienne cannot be made because monsieur son-in-law Prouvost and company are fools. And people...
€1,200
Alberto MORAVIA
L'Ennui[The Empty Canvas]
Flammarion|Paris 1961|15.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 60 numbered copies on alfa, the only deluxe paper issue after 30 copies on Lana wove.
Two small, light sunning marks at head and foot of the spine.
A fine and rare copy.

€800
Louis JOUVET
Lettre dactylographiée signée adressée à son grand ami Carlo Rim à en-tête de son théâtre de l'Athénée
Paris 1er août 1939|20.50 x 27 cm|une feuille
Typed letter signed by Louis Jouvet addressed, on letterhead from his Athénée theater, to his great friend Carlo Rim, expressing joy and reassurance at receiving news from him: "What are you doing so far from me in Sanary? I had no more news from you, which made me confide to Charles that you must have disowned me, or that at least you were ashamed when thinking of me." He also mentions his state as a caregiver being at the bedside of his suffering wife. Finally, Louis Jouvet questions the silence of Carlo Rim's wife and son, from which he seems to suffer: "You tell me nothing about the bambino nor his mother: would you have disowned them too? or could it be...
€120
René CLAIR
"... tu connais assez les exigences de notre métier pour m'excuser et pour ne voir en cette absence rien qui démente l'amitié..."."Signed autograph letter addressed to Carlo Rim apologizing for not being able to respond favorably to an invitation from the latter
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1940]|13.50 x 21 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by René Clair addressed to Carlo Rim, 22 lines in blue ink.
He cannot honor an invitation and presents his apologies to his friend : "... je t'embrasse, je te donne l'accolade - mais hélas, de loin. Je pars demain matin en "extérieur" et il est probable que je dorme sur place. Je suis navré de ne pouvoir être près de toi demain soir mais tu connais assez les exigences de notre métier pour m'excuser et pour ne voir en cette absence rien qui démente l'amitié très ancienne et bien vive que je te porte. Affectueusement. René." ["... I embrace you, I give you an accolade - but alas, from afar. I leave tomorrow morning for location shooting and it is...
€300
Jean COCTEAU
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Carlo Rim à propos du tournage de son film "La maison Bonnadieu"
Nice 9 février 1952|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Jean Cocteau addressed from Nice to Carlo Rim, 11 lines in blue ink, regarding the filming of "La maison Bonnadieu" which Carlo Rim is directing and for which he sought advice from Jean Cocteau who responds:
"Mon cher Carlo Rim,
je reçois la lettre Bonnadieu trop tard et sur la côte. Je vous souhaite notre soleil si vous avez des extérieurs et je vous félicite de travailler avec mon admiarble Hayer. Bonne chance ! Votre Jean Cocteau" ["My dear Carlo Rim, I received the Bonnadieu letter too late and from the coast. I wish you our sunshine if you have exterior shots and I congratulate you on working with my admirable Hayer. Good luck!...
€350
Marcel CARNÉ
"Rarement, en effet, je n'ai senti, comme ce jour-là, un tel esprit de solidarité, une telle estime affectueuse..."Signed autograph letter addressed to Carlo Rim
s. l. 27 juin 1966|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Marcel Carné addressed to Carlo Rim, 25 lines in blue ink, thanking him for the speech he delivered concerning notably the work of Marcel Carné but also the laws governing the cinema milieu.
Marcel Carné praises the clairvoyance and moral elevation of Carlo Rim's speech: "... indépendamment des éloges, trop flatteurs, que vous avez bien voulu me décerner, j'ai admiré son courage tranquille, sa fermeté dans sa concision et, par-dessus tout, son grand désir que les lois régissant la profession accordent, enfin, à chacun ce que devrait logiquement leur valeur leur travail..." ["... independently of the praise, too flattering...
€500
RAIMU
Importante lettre autographe signée adressée à Carlo Rim à propos d'un différend regardant le droit de propriété intellectuelle du film "Hercule"
Paris 5 avril 1938|20.50 x 26.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Raimu addressed from his Parisian home to Carlo Rim, 25 lines in black ink, assuring him of his support and providing his epistolary testimony, being unable to be physically present at a legal appointment concerning the film Hercule for which Carlo Rim claims authorship: "Je regrette de ne pouvoir me rendre en tant que témoin, à l'arbitrage que tu as solliciter (sic) de la société des auteurs. Mais ce que je puis te rappeler c'est que je connais Hercule depuis que je te connais toi même. Que tu m'as toujours parlé de ce film que tu me destinais d'ailleurs et que les évènements ne m'ont pas permis de tourner. Et surtout que tu m'as donné...
€600
René CLAIR
"... je suis né le 11 novembre. Ton fils le 14 juillet. Aux grands hommes les grandes dates."Humorous signed autograph letter addressed to Carlo Rim regarding the birth of Carlo Rim's son
S. n.|Iver (Buckinghamshire) [Iver] 24 novembre 1937|20.50 x 25.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by René Clair, on Pinewood studios letterhead in Iver, England, addressed to Carlo Rim, 26 lines in black ink, regarding the birth of Carlo Rim's son for which René Clair does not seem certain of having already congratulated him : "Avec honte, je découvre dans un dossier la carte par laquelle tu m'annonçais la naissance de ton fils. T'ai-je ou non envoyé des félicitations (dont la majeure partie s'adresse à Alice ?), je n'en sais rien. Au risque de me répéter, je t'écris "à nouveau" ave quelques mois de retard." ["With shame, I discover in a file the card by which you announced to me the birth of your son. Did I or did I not send congratulations...
€350
Abel GANCE
"... des détails insignifiants s'aggravent souvent avec les nerfs des femmes ! "Signed autograph letter addressed to Carlo Rim regarding Nelly Kaplan and Abel Gance's wife
Paris 1960|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
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...
€400
Marcel PAGNOL
Affectueuse lettre autographe signée adressée son grand ami Carlo Rim à propos du droit d'auteur au cinéma[Warm autograph letter signed addressed to his close friend Carlo Rim concerning copyright in the film industry]
Paris 19 mai 1959|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
Touching autograph letter signed by Marcel Pagnol addressed from Monte Carlo to his great friend Carlo Rim, 9 lines in blue ink, : "Petit Carlo, Où es-tu? Donne-moi ton adresse, car il faut que je t'écrive sérieusement à propos du droit d'auteur au cinéma. C'est urgent, et important pour tous. Je t'embrasse et aussi Alice, Marcel. Monte Carlo" ["Little Carlo, Where are you? Give me your address, as I need to write to you seriously about film copyright. It's urgent, and important for everyone. I embrace you and also Alice, Marcel. Monte Carlo"]
Central folds inherent to postal handling, Carlo Rim having inscribed a date in pencil, probably that of receiving the letter...
€450
Louis JOUVET
Bristol autographe signé adressé à sa grande amie Alice Rim
Paris s. d. [circa 1950]|13 x 10.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph signed card by Louis Jouvet addressed, on letterhead of his Athénée theatre, to his great friend Alice Rim, 12 lines in blue ink : "Ma petite Alice. J'ai été fâché de ne pouvoir aller à Cassis l'autre jour et dîner avec toi - Nous avons tous été retenus ici par un arrivage !! J'espère que Carlo t'es arrivé. J'espère pousser jusque là-bas dès que ma voiture sera arrangée - Le Babou est magnifique ! Je t'embrasse affectueusement. Louis J." ["My little Alice. I was sorry not to be able to go to Cassis the other day and dine with you - We were all held up here by an arrival!! I hope Carlo reached you. I hope to push on down there as soon as my car is fixed - The Babou is...
€200
Jean Georges AURIOL, Pierre KÉFER
Du Cinéma - Revue de critique et de recherches cinématographiques N°1 de la 1ère série
Librairie José Corti|Paris Décembre 1928|24 x 29 cm|agrafé
First edition of this important cinema review founded by Pierre Kéfer and Jean George Auriol (under the pseudonym Jacques Niel).
Two tears repaired with adhesive pieces at head of verso of covers, two small angular lacks to second cover, printed collection stamp at head of first page.
Contributions by Philippe Soupault "Quand Chaplin apparut", the editors "Avez-vous peur du cinéma?", Jean George Auriol "Le cinéma et les moeurs : la fenêtre magique", Bernard Brunius "Le cinéma et les moeurs : le cinéma et l'amour", André Delons "Chronique des films perdus", Louis Chavance "Le décorateur et le métier", Pierre Audard and Jean George Auriol "La critique des films", André R. Mauge...
€1,200
Louis ARAGON, Georges SADOUL
Constantes du cinéma français in Le Point N°LIX
Le Point|Souillac 1962|19.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with photographs
Handsome copy.
Texts by Louis Aragon "Du décor", Georges Sadoul "A la recherche de quelques fils conducteurs", Boisyvon "L'exemplaire de René Clair", Alain Resnais "Les serpents et les caducées".

€50
Norman MAILER
Les nus et les morts
Albin Michel|Paris 1966|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation.
Preface by André Maurois.
Two fold marks at upper corner of front cover and lower corner of back cover, small stains on bottom edge.
Rare bilingual autograph inscription signed by Norman Mailer: "To Jean-Claude merci pour les bons mots. Cheers Norman Mailer".
€1,000
Georges BERNANOS
Sous le soleil de satan
Plon|Paris 1926|13 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper.
A tiny tear at the foot of the spine, some light foxing to the margins of certain leaves.
Dated autograph inscription signed by Georges Bernanos to Monsieur Bouvier.
€1,500
[Boris VIAN as] Vernon SULLIVAN
Affiche originale du film "J'irai cracher sur vos tombes" [Ik zal uw graven schenden !]
Edicolor|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1959|36 x 48 cm|un affiche
Original Belgian poster for J'irai cracher sur vos tombes adapted from the book by Vernon Sullivan alias Boris Vian who died during the first screening of the film.
Light horizontal folds.
€400
Carlo RIM
Dessin original au feutre noir représentant l'homme de lettres et scénariste Henri Jeanson
s. l. 1940|16 x 23.50 cm|une feuille
Original drawing in black felt-tip pen depicting the man of letters and screenwriter Henri Jeanson, the head was drawn on a piece of tracing paper which was added to the drawing.
The drawing monogrammed in black pen is captioned in the right margin in pencil: Henri Jeanson.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.
€80
Carlo RIM
Deux dessins originaux au stylo noir représentant l'acteur Fernand Trignol également spécialiste de l'argot
s. l. 1935|16 x 25 cm|une feuille
Two original drawings in black pen signed and captioned in black and red felt-tip pen "Fernand Trignol Joinville 1935. Page 134" depicting the actor Fernand Trignol.
In the first drawing Fernand Trignol is shown in profile wearing a checkered cap; in the second, he displays a good-natured expression with his arms crossed.
Fernand Trignol was also a specialist in slang to the extent of being the "Langue verte" advisor for several directors such as Jacques Tourneur, Sacha Guitry in "Les mémoires d'un tricheur", Claude Autant-Lara in "Fric-Frac" and Jacques Becker in "Casque d'or".
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author notably of...
€80
Pierre MAC ORLAN, Jacques DYSSORD
Jazz N°12 de la première série
Jazz|Paris Décembre 1929|24.50 x 31.50 cm|agrafé
First edition of this issue.
Light stains on the covers, a small lack to the lower right corner of the first cover, handsome interior condition.
The magazine "Jazz," celebrated for the quality of its illustrations and photographs, was founded in 1929 by Titaÿna with Carlo Rim as editor-in-chief, and appeared monthly between December 1928 and March 1930, comprising 15 issues plus 2 supplements.
Contributions by Pierre Mac Orlan "Vieille et jeune Bretagne" ["Old and young Brittany"], Jacques Dyssord "Clemenceau", Pierre Ichac "Un auteur dramatique chez les mangeurs d'homme" ["A playwright among the cannibals"], Claude Aveline "Le souvenir de Bourdelle" ["The memory of...
€250
TITAŸNA, Léo LARGUIER
Jazz N°14 de la première série
Jazz|Paris Février 1930|24.50 x 31.50 cm|agrafé
First edition of this issue.
Some tears to the spine, a lack to the lower left corner of the back cover.
The magazine "Jazz", celebrated for the quality of its illustrations and photographs, was founded in 1929 by Titaÿna with Carlo Rim as editor-in-chief, and appeared monthly between December 1928 and March 1930, totaling 15 issues plus 2 supplements.
Contributions by Léo Larguier "La brocante en l'an 2030", Jacques Maret "Peintures sous verre", Emile Condroyer "Islande", André Beucler "Batoum", Jean Schlicklin "Bréhat"...
Issue illustrated with numerous photographs by Germaine Krull, Sébastien Gallais, Paul Nadar, Henri Manuel, De Smet...

€300
Joseph CONRAD, Carlo RIM
Jazz N°9 de la première série
Jazz|Paris Septembre 1929|24.50 x 31.50 cm|agrafé
First edition of this issue.
Two tears to the spine, some stains to margins of covers.
The magazine "Jazz" celebrated for the quality of its illustrations and photographs, was founded in 1929 by Titaÿna with Carlo Rim as editor-in-chief, and appeared monthly between December 1928 and March 1930, totaling 15 issues plus 2 supplements.
Contributions by Joseph Conrad "Atterrissages et départs", Henri de Montherlant "Les conduites de taureaux en Camargue", Florent Fels "La route", Titaÿna "Panama", Pierre Lazareff "Vie intime des artistes du music-hall", Paul Chauveau "Jean Cocteau l'imposteur", Urbain Faure "plongeurs de nacre... pêcheurs de perles"...
Issue illustrated with...
€400
TITAŸNA, Carlo RIM
Jazz N°2 de la première série
Jazz|Paris Janvier 1929|24.50 x 31.50 cm|agrafé
First edition of this issue.
Small tears of no consequence to spine, some light stains at foot of front cover.
The magazine "Jazz," celebrated for the quality of its illustrations and photographs, was founded in 1929 by Titaÿna with Carlo Rim as editor-in-chief, and appeared monthly between December 1928 and March 1930, comprising 15 issues plus 2 supplements.
Contributions by Jacques Dyssord "Rue de Lappe," Florent Fels "Le port d'Amsterdam," Joseph Delteil "Le Paradis terrestre," Henri Thétard "Fêtes foraines," Waldemar George "Expressionisme," Carlo Rim: "La rue chinoise"...
Issue illustrated with works by Moïse Kisling, Louis Touchagues, Jean Cocteau, Bécan, Carlo Rim...
€400
TITAŸNA, Carlo RIM
Jazz N°11 de la première série
Jazz|Paris Novembre 1929|24.50 x 31.50 cm|agrafé
First edition of this issue.
Very light marginal worming to covers, handsome copy.
The magazine "Jazz," celebrated for the quality of its illustrations and photographs, was founded in 1929 by Titaÿna with Carlo Rim as editor-in-chief, and appeared monthly between December 1928 and March 1930, comprising 15 issues plus 2 supplements.
Contributions by Titaÿna "La vie à bord des grands paquebots," Carlo Rim "Lubaki, peintre nègre," Georges Altman "Vladimlir Iliitch Lénine," Serge "Promenade en avion," André Hunebelle "Images du verre," Legrand-Chabrier "Contorsions," Ivan Goll "Sodome et Berlin," Georges Thiry "Antoine, photographe nègre"...
Issue illustrated with works by...
€400
TITAŸNA, Carlo RIM
Jazz N°6 de la première série
Jazz|Paris Mai 1929|24.50 x 31.50 cm|agrafé
First edition of this issue.
Marginal stains to covers, pleasant interior condition.
The magazine "Jazz", celebrated for the quality of its illustrations and photographs, was founded in 1929 by Titaÿna with Carlo Rim as editor-in-chief, and was published monthly between December 1928 and March 1930, comprising 15 issues plus 2 supplements.
Contributions by Titaÿna "Bagdad", Ilya Ehrenbourg "Slovaquie", Marcel Zahar "Centenaire du bec de gaz", Carlo Rim "Rues", Pierre Scize "Le cinéma"...
Issue illustrated with works by Carlo Rim, Honoré Daumier, Eugène Delacroix, Francisco de Goya, Paul Gavarni as well as numerous photographs by Germaine Krull, Laszlo Moholy Nagy, Ilya...
€400
TITAŸNA, Carlo RIM
Jazz N°7 de la première série
Jazz|Paris Juin 1929|24.50 x 31.50 cm|agrafé
First edition of this issue.
Light marginal foxing to the covers, minor tears to the spine without consequence, handsome interior condition.
The magazine "Jazz", celebrated for the quality of its illustrations and photographs, was founded in 1929 by Titaÿna with Carlo Rim as editor-in-chief, and appeared monthly between December 1928 and March 1930, totaling 15 issues plus 2 supplements.
Contributions by Titaÿna "Alep", Florent Fels "Joris Ivens", Jean Dorsenne "L'Océanie à travers les artistes", Carlo Rim "Rues", Legrand-Chabrier "Frégoli"...
Issue illustrated with works by Carlo Rim, Serge and Sennep as well as numerous photographs by Germaine Krull, Joris Ivens...
€400
TITAŸNA, Carlo RIM
Jazz N°5 de la première série
Jazz|Paris Avril 1929|24.50 x 31.50 cm|agrafé
First edition of this issue announcing the forthcoming publication by "Sans pareil" of "Plan de l'aiguille" by Blaise Cendrars photographed with a cigarette between his lips.
Minor marginal foxing.
The magazine "Jazz," famous for the quality of its illustrations and photographs, was founded in 1929 by Titaÿna with Carlo Rim as editor-in-chief, and appeared monthly between December 1928 and March 1930, totaling 15 issues plus 2 supplements.
Contributions by Titaÿna "Jérusalem," Jacques Dyssord "Défense et illustration du chantage," Florent Fels "Acier," Paul Chauveau "Ubu de chair," Pierre Scize "Lorsque Charlot parut...," Jacques Heller "Le voyageur, le sauvage et le...
€400
Carlo RIM
Dessin original au feutre noir rehaussé à l'aquarelle représentant son grand ami Raimu sur son lit de mort
s. l. 20 Septembre 1946|23 x 16 cm|une feuille
Original drawing signed in black felt-tip pen heightened with watercolor dated and signed by Carlo Rim depicting his great friend Raimu on his deathbed at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
The drawing is captioned and signed in blue ink "20 sept. 1946 Carlo Rim" and "hôpital américain" in black felt-tip pen, with a mention "2me volume" inscribed in red felt-tip pen in the lower left corner of the drawing.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.
€200
Carlo RIM
Dessin original au stylo bleu et rehaussé aux crayons vert et noir représentant le scénariste et librettiste Albert Willemetz
s. l. 1964|18.50 x 24.50 cm|une feuille
Original drawing in blue pen heightened with black and green pencils by Carlo Rim depicting Albert Willemetz, looking placid and smoking a cigarette, with the Rosette of the Legion of Honor pinned to the lapel of his jacket.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.
€80
Akira KUROSAWA
Le livre de Ran
Seuil|Paris 1985|24 x 29 cm|broché
First edition in French.
Some inevitable lacks to the protective film covering the work, an angular crease mark at the head of the front cover.
Text by Bertrand Raison, work illustrated with photographs from the film.
Rare and precious autograph signature by Akira Kurosawa on the half-title page.
€2,500
Raymond QUENEAU, Roland BARTHES
Zazie dans son plus jeune âge - In Les Lettres nouvelles N°2 de la 7ème année de la nouvelle série
Les Lettres Nouvelles|Paris 11 Mars 1959|14 x 20.50 cm|agrafé
First edition of this issue.
Handsome copy.
Other contributions by Maurice Nadeau "Temps mort", Yves Bonnefoy "L'acte et le lieu de la poésie (fin)", Georges Limbour, Roland Barthes "Mythologie, cinéma, droite et gauche"...
€50
Heinrich HARRER
Sept ans d'aventures au Tibet
Arthaud|Paris 1953|14.50 x 20.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition in French.
Publisher's full grey cloth binding, smooth spine, front board decorated with chiseled vignettes, black paper endpapers and pastedowns.
Work illustrated with 40 heliogravures.
Small stains on verso of first endpaper and on the following page.
Rare autograph signature of Heinrich Harrer in Tibetan and Roman characters on the endpaper.

€1,200
FERNANDEL
Lettre dactylographiée et signée à son grand ami et biographe Carlo Rim à propos de sa filmographie et d'un article écrit par Alice Rim, la femme de Carlo, que Fernandel n'a toujours pas "digéré"
S. n.|Marseille 9 Janvier 1952|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
Typed letter dated and signed in blue ink by Fernandel, addressed from his Marseilles property "Les milleroses" to his great friend the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim, who was also his biographer.
(24 lines, creases inherent to folding for mailing as well as in the left margin).
Fernandel first conforms to the courtesies of New Year wishes: "Obligé de commencer ma lettre comme la tienne (par correction), je te présente mes meilleurs voeux pour toi et tous ceux que tu aimes." ["Obliged to begin my letter like yours (out of courtesy), I present my best wishes for you and all those you love."] before signifying that he will not delay in...
€150
Marguerite DURAS, Robert PINGET
Les lettres nouvelles N°12 de la 7ème année
Les Lettres Nouvelles • Julliard|Paris 30 Mai 1959|14 x 20.50 cm|agrafé
First edition of this issue.
Copy slightly warped at the head of the first cover.
Contributions by Marguerite Duras "Hiroshima on amour" and "Resnais travaille comme un romancier", Robert Pinget "Simultanément", Georges Limbour "Les arts", Louis Massignon "La guerre sainte de l'Islam"...
€40
Yann QUEFFÉLEC
Les noces barbares
Gallimard|Paris 1985|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
The work won the Prix Goncourt in 1985 and was adapted for cinema in 1987 by Marion Hänsel with Thierry Frémont in the leading role.

€50
Victor HUGO
L'homme qui rit
Librairie internationale Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie|Paris • Bruxelles [Brussels] 1869|15 x 23.60 cm|4 volumes reliés
First edition, without statement of edition. All half-titles present.
Contemporary bindings in red opera half morocco, Jansenist spine with raised bands, author, title, volume number and date in gilt, top edge gilt. Quality binding. Some scattered foxing. Uncut set.
Fine copy, without statement of edition, in good contemporary binding.
Armorial bookplate of the library of Emile Mancel engraved by Trouchou le Gavre; a second with his monogram. Naval Commissioner at Dunkirk 1886 then General Commissioner at Le Havre 1888, he wrote numerous articles on naval history, particularly on Jean Bart. His library was sold in 1896.
Certainly Hugo's masterpiece in the novelistic...
€900
Philippe TORRETON
Mémé
L'iconoclaste|Paris 2013|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Covers slightly and marginally sunned, otherwise handsome copy complete with its wraparound band and publisher's slip.
Autograph inscription dated by Philippe Torreton.
€50
Chris MARKER
Le coeur net
Seuil|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Minor tear at foot of spine, small worming on final endpaper.
A rare and handsome copy of the author's first book.

€480
Carlo RIM
Dessin original aux feutres bleu et noir rehaussé à l'encre noire représentant Robert Lamoureux souriant
s. l. s. d. [circa 1960]|16 x 25 cm|une feuille
Original drawing in blue and black felt-tip pens and heightened with black ink by Carlo Rim representing Robert Lamoureux in profile, smiling with crossed hands.
The drawing is captioned in pencil "Robert Lamoureux" in the upper right corner of the drawing.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.
€60
FERNANDEL, Carlo RIM
Photographie originale représentant le cinéaste Carlo Rim conseillant Fernandel pour une scène de "L'armoire volante", film de Carlo Rim
R. Bègue photo|Paris 1948|11 x 8.50 cm|une feuille
Original photograph taken on the set of "L'armoire volante", a humorous police intrigue, with Fernandel in the leading role.
The photograph shows Carlo Rim standing to the right of Fernandel, giving him advice, with three people involved in the filming present in the background, period silver gelatin print.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary."
Manuscript annotations, in pencil, by Carlo Rim, on the verso of the photograph: "Carlo Rim Fernandel L'armoire volante...
€300
Jeanne MARÉCHAL
Lettre manuscrite adressée à Carlo Rim
S. n.|Paris 31 juillet 1963|13.50 x 21 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter dated and signed by Jeanne Maréchal, co-founder, with her husband Maurice and caricaturist Henri-Pierre Gassier, of the famous weekly political-satirical publication "Le Canard enchaîné", addressed to the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim, 11 lines in blue ink, the letter on Le Canard enchaîné letterhead.
Jeanne Maréchal thanks Carlo Rim for his kind letter and for the vivid memory he retains of Maurice Maréchal, founder with his wife Jeanne and illustrator Henri-Pierre Gassier, of the famous Canard enchaîné. : "Hé oui, Maurice en aurait bien ri et je vous en remercie de vous en souvenir..." ["Oh yes, Maurice would...
€80
Alphonse DAUDET
Aventures prodigieuses de Tartarin de TarasconTartarin of Tarascon
Dentu|Paris 1872|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié sous chemise et étui
Very rare and highly sought-after first edition according to Clouzot, for which no copies on large paper were issued.

Full red morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt rolls on headcaps, inner dentelle border on off-white morocco pastedowns enhanced with a red morocco mosaic fillet and quintuple gilt fillets, the fillet and quintuple gilt fillets interlacing at corners, gilt fillet border on turn-ins, ivory watered silk endpapers, iron-grey wrappers and spine preserved (Clouzot notes two states of wrappers: iron-grey - the rarer - and bluish-grey), all edges gilt, double gilt fillets on board edges, half red morocco slipcase with bands, spine with five raised bands...
€8,000
Carlo RIM
Fernandel
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1952|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 170 numbered copies on Alfama paper, the only deluxe copies announced.
Copy lacking its illustrated dust jacket which has minor marginal tears and three stains at the foot of the spine.

€60
FERNANDEL, Carlo RIM
Photographie originale représentant le cinéaste Carlo Rim conseillant Fernandel pour une scène de "L'armoire volante", film de Carlo Rim
R. Bègue photo|Paris 1948|11 x 8.50 cm|une feuille
Original photograph taken during the filming of "L'armoire volante," a humorous police intrigue, starring Fernandel.
The photograph shows Carlo Rim from behind, his hands resting on a window balcony, offering his advice to Fernandel facing him, vintage silver gelatin print.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary."
Manuscript annotations in pencil by Carlo Rim on the verso of the photograph: "Carlo Rim Fernandel L'armoire volante 1948."
€300
Saturnin FABRE
"En 1954, année où le cinéma a été placé sous le signe des cuisses de Lollobrigida et des boites à lait de Martine Carol..."Humorous autograph letter dated and signed addressed to filmmaker and screenwriter Carlo Rim
s. l. 10 Janvier 1955|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
Humorous autograph letter dated and signed addressed to filmmaker and screenwriter Carlo Rim (17 lines in blue ink) presenting his wishes for the beginning of 1955.
Fold marks inherent to postal handling, a small tear at the head of the letter at the fold level.
Saturnin Fabre lavishes praise on the resistance of humor cinema embodied by Carlo Rim's achievements against the eroticization of cinema: "... in 1954, a year when cinema was placed under the sign of Lollobrigida's thighs and Martine Carol's milk boxes, you remained one of the last talented authors, a survivor of the funny ones. You stayed afloat!"
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle...
€100
Irène NÉMIROVSKY
David Golder
Grasset|Paris 1929|17.50 x 22.50 cm|broché sous chemise et étui
First edition, one of 31 numbered copies on Arches vellum and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe issue with 6 Japan and 15 Montval copies.
Slipcase with light corner rubbing, slight foxing to edges, bookplate pasted to chemise pastedown.
Fine copy with double wrappers presented in chemise and slipcase.
€580
Jean-Pierre DARROUSSIN
Et le souvenir que je garde au coeur
Fayard|Paris 2015|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Small light stains on the fore edge and on the back cover, a handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean-Pierre Darroussin to a woman named Stéphanie.
€50
Orane DEMAZIS
Carte postale photographique dédicacée par Orane Demazis
Studio Pathé Natan|Paris s. d. [1934]|9 x 14 cm|une feuille
Photographic postcard from Pathé Natan studio showing Orane Demazis slightly in profile, with a pensive expression.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Orane Demazis to Mademoiselle Coppio.
Handsome copy.
€80
Carlo RIM
Dessin original à l'encre noire rehaussé au correcteur blanc représentant l'acteur Saturnin Fabre
s. l. s. d. [circa 1930]|15 x 21 cm|une feuille
Original drawing in black ink heightened with white corrector fluid captioned in pencil "Saturnin Fabre" representing the actor Saturnin Fabre in bust and profile.
A mention "Vol II" in red felt-tip pen in the lower right margin of the drawing.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.
€60
Carlo RIM
Dessin original au stylo bille bleu rehaussé au crayon noir représentant son grand ami Raimu sur son lit de mort
s. l. 1946|27 x 21 cm|une feuille
Original drawing signed in blue ballpoint pen heightened with black pencil signed by Carlo Rim depicting his great friend Raimu on his deathbed at the American Hospital of Neuilly-sur-Seine.
The drawing is captioned and signed in blue ink "20 sept. 1946 Carlo Rim" and "hôpital américain" in black felt-tip pen (the last three letters having smudged).
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.
€200
Carlo RIM
Deux dessins originaux aux feutres noirs représentant Lugné-Poe dont l'un est rehaussé au feutre rouge
s. l. s. d. [circa 1935]|17.50 x 21 cm|une feuille
Two original drawings in black felt-tip pen, the second heightened with red felt-tip pen by Carlo Rim depicting the actor and theater man Lugné-Poe in profile wearing a bow tie.
The drawings are captioned in black and red felt-tip pen Lugne-Poe, the drawing is signed Carlo Rim in black felt-tip pen.
Two manuscript notations by Carlo Rim on the verso of the drawing "bon" and " le crâne plus plat".
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.
€80
René CLAIR
Lettre autographe signée à Carlo Rim à propos de démarches épistolaires à entreprendre auprès des Archives Françaises du Film (A.F.F.)
S. n.|s. l. 29 Novembre 1951|13.50 x 21 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by René Clair addressed to his friend the Provençal writer, caricaturist, screenwriter and filmmaker Carlo Rim.
(14 lines in black ink), fold marks inherent to being placed in an envelope.
"29 Nov. 51
Dear Carlo I thank you for your letter. Yes, I think it would be good for you to send a letter in the name of the A.F.F. to the Director General, a letter which could be inspired by the one signed by de Sica and by me. That would help us greatly. Thank you in advance and no less very affectionately René Clair."

€150
Carlo RIM
Dessin original au feutre noir représentant son ami le cinéaste René Clair
s. l. s. d. [circa 1940]|16 x 25.50 cm|une feuille
Original drawing in black felt-tip pen, lightly heightened with white correction fluid, captioned in black felt-tip pen "René Clair Carlo Rim" depicting in profile with his head turned to the right his friend the filmmaker René Clair, hands in his pockets.
The drawing on tracing paper is captioned a second time in pink felt-tip pen "René Clair".
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.
€80
Nicole CALFAN
La guerrière
Edition N°1|Paris 1986|12.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition.
One crease to upper left corner of second cover.
Photographic section at end of volume.
Signed and inscribed copy from Nicole Calfan to Jean-Pierre Richard.

€50
Carlo RIM
Dessin original au feutre noir rehaussé au feutre rouge représentant Jean Renoir
s. l. 1950)|21 x 14.50 cm|une feuille
Original drawing in black felt-tip pen heightened with red felt-tip pen by Carlo Rim depicting filmmaker Jean Renoir in bust, head turned to the left.
The drawing is captioned in black felt-tip pen Jean Renoir on a sheet of tracing paper folded in half.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.
€80