Music

Lionel HAMPTON
Carte postale photographique signée
s. n.|s. l. s.d. (ca 1970)|15.50 x 23 cm|une feuille
Color photographic postcard showing Lionel Hampton on stage.
Handsome copy.
Manuscript signature by Lionel Hampton on the verso in blue felt-tip pen.
Provenance: from the collection of the great autograph collector Claude Armand.
€170
Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois, dite MISTINGUETT
Photographie dédicacée de Mistinguett
s. n.|s. l. s.d. (circa 1905)|17.50 x 24.50 cm|Photograph|une feuille
Reprint of a photograph of Mistinguett posing in stage costume.
Autograph inscription signed by Mistinguett, the queen of Music-Hall, in the upper left of the photograph to Monsieur Ghidionesco.
Provenance: from the collection of the great autograph collector Claude Armand.

€300
Yves MONTAND
Photographie originale dédicacée
Studio Philips|Paris s.d. (ca 1960)|18 x 24 cm|Photograph|une feuille
Original photograph from Studio Philips showing Yves Montand posing with his hands crossed over his mouth.
On the verso of the photograph a press clipping has been pasted alongside which is written this notation in blue felt pen: "Photo J.L. Sieff libre droits de presse".
Autograph inscription signed by Yves Montand in the lower left portion of the photograph to Claude Armand.
Provenance: from the collection of the great autograph collector Claude Armand.

€150
Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois, dite MISTINGUETT
Portrait photographique dédicacé de Mistinguett à sa mère
Studio Macari|Rome s.d. (circa 1905)|9.50 x 14.50 cm|Photograph|une photographie sur carton
Fine photographic portrait of Mistinguett, from the Macari photographic studio (Rome and Naples), with their stamp on the verso.
Moving autograph inscription signed by Mistinguett, the queen of Music-Hall, in the upper left portion of the photograph: "A ma maman Jeannette que j'adore. Miss." (To my dear mama Jeannette whom I adore. Miss.)
Provenance: from the collection of the great autograph collector Claude Armand.

€800
Jacques BREL
Carte postale photographique signée au verso
Studio Barclay|Paris s.d. (ca 1964)|10.50 x 15 cm|une feuille
Photographic postcard of Jacques Brel, from the Barclay studio with his discography on the verso.
A very small paper loss to the lower left margin of the postcard.
Rare autograph signature of Jacques Brel on the verso of the photograph in black ballpoint pen.
Provenance: from the collection of the great autograph collector Claude Armand.

€750
Herbert von KARAJAN
Carte postale photographique signée
s. n.|s. l. 1970|10.50 x 14.50 cm|broché
Photographic postcard depicting Herbert von Karajan, in the nineteen-forties, his conductor's baton in his right hand.
Handsome copy.
Manuscript signature of Herbert von Karajan in the lower margin of the photograph.
Provenance: from the collection of the great autograph collector Claude Armand.
€450
Maxime DETHOMAS, Jean-Louis VAUDOYER
Variations sur les ballets russes
Souffles|Paris 1910|16 x 24 cm|agrafé
First edition printed in 212 copies of this offprint from the Revue de Paris, ours one of 200 on ordinary paper.
Small marginal tears to covers.
Illustrated pamphlet with headpiece and tailpiece by Maxime Dethomas.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Jean-Louis Vaudoyer: "A Carle Dreyfus / son ami / Jean Louis Août 1910."

€750
"Skating Rink, a ballet where roller skating plays the leading role"
"Skating Rink, a ballet where roller skating plays the leading role"
Ricciotto CANUDO
Skating-ring à Tabarin - Ballet-aux-patins pour la musique de...[Swedish ballets]
Mercure de France|Paris 1920|14 x 23 cm|broché
First edition printed in small numbers of this offprint from the Mercure de France published on May 15, 1920. OCLC does not locate any copies in North America and only three in Europe (Bnf, Bibliothèque Doucet, Universitätsbibliothek Basel).
Covers with frayed margins, second cover partially shaded, one small piece of paper missing from the right margin of a page due to the fragility of the paper.
Signed and inscribed copy to painter Bernard de Blois: “En sympathie de voisin de logis et d'esthétique. Canudo 1922.” [”In sympathy as a neighbor of lodgings and aesthetics. Canudo 1922.”]
Extremely rare first edition of the libretto of...
€2,500
Adolphe WILLETTE, Rodolphe DARZENS
Poëmes d'amour
Edition Le Journal|Paris 1895|19.50 x 28 cm|relié
First edition published in a small number of copies of this poem by Rodolphe Darzens set to music by Auguste Chapuis, one of the rare copies on Japan paper.
Work illustrated with 10 original lithographs by Adolphe Willette.
Full flexible grey cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine decorated with central gilt fleuron, gilt date at foot, slight rubbing to joints without gravity, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
On the half-title page, Rodolphe Darzens has transcribed the poem "Clair de lune", the tenth and final poem of this collection.
€300
Prosper MERIMEE
La Guzla, ou choix de Poésies illyriques recueillies dans la Dalmatie, la Bosnie, la Croatie et l'Herzégovine
F.G. Levrault|Paris 1827|11.30 x 17.50 cm|relié sous étui
First edition.
Bradel binding, red half Russian morocco, smooth spine elaborately decorated in gilt and black, date stamped in gilt at foot, title label in brown morocco, tiger eye patterned boards, yellow endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, marbled paper slipcase.
Frontispiece portrait on chine paper of Hyacinthe Maglanovich, a guzla musician.
A very intimate creation by Prosper Mérimée, the Guzla is a literary interpretation of slavic ballads. Only one of them is authentic, titled "the sad ballad of the noble bride".
Handsome copy elegantly bound.

€680
Jean LORRAIN (Yvette GUILBERT)
"Fleur de Berge a été chantée plus de mille fois par tous et partout et je n'ai jamais, jamais touché un sou ! "Autograph letter signed to Yvette Guilbert, performer and composer of her Fleur de Berge about her copyrights as a lyricist
S. n.|Paris 30 Septembre 1893|10 x 19.50 cm|trois pages et demie sur un bifeuillet + une enveloppe
Autograph letter signed by Jean Lorrain, 47 lines written in black ink on a double sheet, addressed to the café-concert singer Yvette Guilbert.
Fold marks inherent to the envelope enclosure, envelope included.
Jean Lorrain is recovering with difficulty and very slowly from his operation: "Not yet healed! All the misfortunes, all the complications, all the relapses. Operated on June 30th, fifty-eight days of filth, anguish and suffering and two dressings per day..." and feels aged by this harsh physical ordeal: "Vous me retrouverez avec des cheveux blancs et plus mince que vô."
His convalescence will take him outside Paris: "Je pars...
€600
Maurice CHEVALIER
Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée à Alice Rim depuis le Waldorf Astoria de New York
S. n.|New York 15 Novembre 1955|18.50 x 26.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter dated and signed by Maurice Chevalier addressed to Alice Rim from the prestigious Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York, 15 lines in blue ink.
Fold marks inherent to the original mailing.
"15 - 11 - 55,
Chère Amie,
j'espère que votre travail vous donne les joies qu'une aussi sincère créatrice mérite. On ne s'écrit pas beaucoup parce que on est trop dans ce qu'on fait mais on sait bien qu'on se souhaite mutuellement le meilleur. Ami Maurice. ici jusqu'au 15 décembre" (Dear Friend, I hope your work brings you the joy that such a sincere creator deserves. We don't write much because we are too absorbed in what we do, but we know we wish...
€150
An exceedingly rare Saint-Saëns unpublished score
An exceedingly rare Saint-Saëns unpublished score
Camille SAINT-SAENS
Signed Autograph Manuscript of an Unpublished Persian Melody
novembre 1870|33.20 x 24.50 cm|un bifeuillet
Unpublished and signed autograph score by Camille Saint-Saëns. Two pages of handwritten music for solo voice and piano, on an oblong bifolium with twenty staves. Autograph inscription on the first page signed by Saint-Saëns, with his signature and date ("Nov. 1870") appearing again on the second page.
Trace of vertical fold, with a tiny tear along the fold, a small marginal tear on 1 cm of the first page, without damage to the manuscript.

An exceptional unpublished autograph manuscript of a Persian melody for voice and piano, composed by Camille Saint-Saëns during the Siege of Paris in November 1870, enriched with a autograph inscription: 'A...
€15,000
Marcel PROUST, Reynaldo HAHN
Portraits de Peintres. Pièces pour Piano d'après les poésies de Marcel Proust
Heugel & Cie • Au Ménestrel|Paris 1896|28 x 37.50 cm|en feuilles sous couverture
First edition of this rare fascicle, unnumbered, published in a small number of copies on Dutch laid paper.
Work illustrated with a portrait of Albert Cuyp after Maurin.
In sheets under grey-green publisher's wrappers printed in black and red, 5 pages of lithographed music (Imp. Delanchy), publisher's blind stamp on verso of final blank leaf. Very small tears to margins of spine and boards, handsome copy.
Poetic and musical portrait of the Dutch Golden Age painter Albert Cuyp, created collaboratively by Marcel Proust and Reynaldo Hahn who accompanies the writer's verses with a piano melody.
This is the first of four...
€700
Jack ROBERTS, GALERIES LAFAYETTE
"Pour être, en sortant du chou, à la mode à la mode, pour être, en sortant du chou, à la mode de chez nous"Promotional Puzzle from Galeries Lafayette, with an Accompanying Nursery Rhyme
Galeries Lafayette|Paris s.d. (ca 1925)|12 x 17 cm|environ 45 pièces cartonnées sous enveloppe de papier cristal
First edition of this rare and fragile advertising object for the Galeries Lafayette consisting of 47 cardboard pieces with a medallion illustration designed by Jack Roberts and a children's song of four verses.

Handsome copy complete with its original crystal paper envelope.

€280
The Manifesto of Naturalism
The Manifesto of Naturalism
Emile ZOLA, Guy de MAUPASSANT
Les Soirées de Médan
Charpentier|Paris 1880|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition.
Half blue morocco shagreen, smooth spine, gilt date at foot of spine, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Exceptionally inscribed by Emile Zola to the playwright and opera librettist Ludovic Halévy, with the autograph signatures of Guy de Maupassant, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Léon Hennique, Paul Alexis and Henri Céard on the first flyleaf.
Provenances: from the libraries of Ludovic Halévy and Marcel Lecomte, with their bookplates on front pastedown.
Our copy also includes, on a flyleaf, an autograph note by Ludovic Halévy: "See a letter by Guy de Maupassant at the end of the volume. L.H. Inscribed by the six authors of the volume...
€15,000
Serge LIFAR
La Danse - Les grands Courants de la Danse académique
Denoël|Paris 1938|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine sunned and with some worming.
Work illustrated with 36 photographs in and outside the text.
Autograph inscription signed by Serge Lifar to Guy Haumet.

€120
Prosper MERIMEE
Carmen - Arsène Guillot - L'abbé Aubain - La dame de pique - Les Bohémiens - Le hussard - Nicolas Gogol
Calmann Lévy|Paris s.d. (ca 1910)|12 x 19 cm|relié
New edition.
Half morocco binding with corners in red, spine with four raised bands set with black fillets and decorated with triple black compartments, anthracite grey morocco title-label and author's name, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy beautifully executed of one of the most famous and sought-after titles by Prosper Mérimée, which was immortalized in opera by Georges Bizet.
€150
XANROF
Chansons à madame
Georges Ondet|Paris 1889|-|relié
First edition illustrated with drawings by Alberti, Bataille, E. Brun, Capy, M. de Thoren, Payen...
Half black morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt typographical motifs, gilt date at foot, gilt fillet on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Preface by Clovis Hugues.
€100
Adolphe WILLETTE, ROEDEL
Chansons nouvelles
Henri Tellier • A. Quinzard & Cie|Paris s. d. [1885]|25 x 33.50 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
First edition on ordinary paper for each volume.
Half-red sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with triple gilt fillets, pebbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, color illustrated covers by Adolphe Willette and Auguste Roedel preserved, speckled edges.
Poetry by Emile Goudeau, George Auriol, Léon Durocher, Prosper Marius, Victor Meusy, Albert Tinchant, Maurice Vaucaire for the first volume; poetry by Henri Bernard, Maurice Boukay, Théodore Botrel, René Dubreuil, Emile Goudeau, Victor Meusy and Raoul Gineste for the second.
Work illustrated with 17 original lithographs hors-texte by Adolphe Willette for the first volume, and 15 original lithographs by Auguste...
€250
Guy BRETON
La chanson satirique de Charlemagne à Charles de Gaulle, tome 1 - Mille ans de chronique scandaleuse
Librairie académique Perrin|Paris 1967|14.50 x 22.50 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Iconography.
Some foxing to the chemise and slipcase.
Handsome copy presented with double wrappers and cream white slipcase.

€150
Henry COHEN, Ludovic-Napoléon LEPIC
L'opéra - Eaux-fortes et quatrains par un abonné
Jouaust Librairie Des Bibliophiles|Paris 1876|11 x 18 cm|relié
First edition, one of 150 copies on China paper, deluxe copies.
Half-burgundy red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers.
Handsome copy attractively bound.
Work illustrated with 1 frontispiece and 52 etchings engraved by Ludovic-Napoléon Lepic depicting the most famous artists of the time in song and dance, several represented in stage costume.

€200
ANONYME
Chansons et rondes enfantines. Contes et fables en chansons
Chez P. Martinon|A Paris 1858|15.50 x 24.20 cm|relié
First edition, very rare. Not listed in Carteret (illustrated Romantic books). 8 hand-colored engravings, including a frontispiece, all published by Gabriel de Gonet, and several lithographs placed as headpieces. Printed on heavy laid paper.
A manuscript on a loose leaf occupying 2 pages, written in brown ink and dated 1845: Le renard et la cigogne, signed L. Fortoul, text which appears in the collection on p.33. Other texts by the same author are found in the work. Louis Fortoul was an author of tales and works for young people.
Full burgundy morocco binding signed at bottom of front pastedown Quinet. Spine with raised bands, compartments richly decorated and inlaid with brown...
€1,500
“I prefer the soldiers; the officers are even more obnoxious than the French sub-lieutenants, and that is saying something - those fellows send the stink-meter off the charts, with their little sticks for buggering horses.”
“I prefer the soldiers; the officers are even more obnoxious than the French sub-lieutenants, and that is saying something - those fellows send the stink-meter off the charts, with their little sticks for buggering horses.”
Boris VIAN
"Martin m'a téléphoné"Autograph manuscript of Boris Vian's first short story
S. n. • [chez l'auteur]|s. l. 10 octobre 1945|22 x 17 cm|17 pages sur 9 feuillets
Original autograph manuscript of a short story by Boris Vian, written in 1945 and published posthumously in the collection Le Loup-Garou in 1970.
Highly dense manuscript of 17 pages on 9 sheets, written in black ink with deletions and corrections, on perforated graph paper, dated “25.10.45” at the end of the text. One of the very rare manuscripts dated by the author.

Exceptional manuscript of Boris Vian’s first short story, written at the age of 25, just a few months after the Liberation.

€15,000
SAINT-GEORGES DE BOUHÉLIER
L'hiver en méditation ou les passe-temps de Clarisse suivi d'un opuscule sur Hugo, Richard Wagner, Zola & la poésie nationale
Mercure de France|Paris 1896|14 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, service de presse stamp at head of second cover.
One crease in left margin of first cover.
Dated manuscript signature of Saint-Georges de Bouhélier on the endpaper.
€100
Jules FERRY
Lettre autographe signée à une amie à propos de la difficulté d'organiser un concert du compositeur et pianiste Anton Rubinstein alors en tournée en France
s. d. [ca 1880]|11 x 17.50 cm|une page
Autograph letter signed by Jules Ferry, 14 lines in black ink, to a lady, apologizing for a delay beyond his control.
Traces of folds inherent to being placed in an envelope.
"Ma chère Céline,
il y a donc une question Rubinstein ! ou plutôt une question "Colonne". En deux mots la société des concerts de [...] s'inquiète de voir installer dans la salle dont elle a le monopole de faire jusqu'au 15 avril, tous les soirs, un orchestre rival. Ces messieurs me porteront demain leurs doléances. Rubinstein, oui, mais son orchestre, c'est toute une affaire. Voilà le pourquoi du retard. Fraternellement vôtre. Jules Ferry." (My dear Céline,
so there is a Rubinstein...
€250
Paul CHAMBOT, Ambroise GIRIER
La Chanson des Cabots
Librairie Gueteville|Paris 1895|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with a cover and drawings by Théophile Alexandre Steinlen.
Spine cracked at head and foot.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Paul Chambot, with the additional signature of Ambroise Girier, to A. Patay.

€120
Wagner's influence on literary and artistic avant-garde
Wagner's influence on literary and artistic avant-garde
Richard WAGNER, Catulle MENDÈS
Revue wagnérienne, collection complète
Imprimeries Morellet • Boyer & Cie|Paris 1885-1888|16.80 x 24.60 cm|3 volumes reliés
Complete collection in 36 issues (including three double issues) bound in three volumes - First year: 12 issues, from 8 February 1885 to 6 January 1886 - Second year: 12 issues, from 8 February 1886 to 15 January 1887 - Third year: 12 issues, from February 1887 to January 1888.
Illustrated with 4 full-page lithographs by Fantin-Latour: L'Évocation d'Erda - Odilon Redon : Brünnhilde - Jacques-Emile Blanche : Tristan et Isolde and Le pur-simple.
Three quarter brown morocco binding, smooth spine titled in gilt, marbled paper boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, orignal wrappers preserved, binding signed by Dupré.
Numerous contributions...
€10,000
Music before all else
Music before all else
Gioacchino ROSSINI
"Cose importantissime per le nostre intraprese"Autograph letter signed by the composer Gioacchino Rossini to a very dear friend
Passy [Paris] 3 octobre 1863|17 x 21.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed addressed to a friend, written from the village of Passy, now Paris, on October 3, 1863.

Having received news from Count Cesare Mattei, he begs his correspondent to come see him as soon as possible regarding a mysterious matter that brings them together. Indeed, during his stay in France, Rossini, who was both patient and friend of Mattei, attempted to patent his potion against rheumatism. For the "alchemist count" was the inventor of a miracle remedy, "electro-homeopathy". This complex technique based on granules and "electric fluids" was the most widely used alternative medicine in the world from 1870 to 1930, and was marketed by Mattei laboratories until...
€2,000
Maurice CHEVALIER
Soixante-quinze berges
Julliard|Paris 1963|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the only deluxe copies along with some hors commerce copies.
Some light foxing to endpapers and edges.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Maurice Chevalier to Georges Feutrel.
€200
Maurice BÉJART
"Ici je pense à vous avec toute mon affection"Signed autograph postcard
Ravello s. d. [ca 1970]|14.50 x 10.50 cm|une carte postale
Signed autograph postcard by Maurice Béjart, written in blue ballpoint pen on the verso of a photographic reproduction depicting Villa Rufolo in Ravello, on the Amalfi coast.
Villa Rufolo was immortalized by Richard Wagner in his "Parsifal" as Klingsor's enchanted castle.

€180
Jules MASSENET
Billet autographe signé adressé à André Dupuis
Paris 6 Mars 1911|11.50 x 9 cm|une carte postale + une enveloppe
Autograph letter signed by Jules Massenet addressed to André Dupuis and written in black ink. Envelope included.
"I am still very unwell... For days! ... bedridden! ... the flu! ... fever! ..."
André Dupuis having asked him for seats for his next performance, Jules Massenet assures him he will do everything to satisfy him: "At the theater, they promise me to seat my friends as soon as the first boxes are reserved. Thus I would like to think of you..."
€300
Émile ZOLA
"Je vous attends demain matin... pour causer des trois derniers tableaux"Signed autograph letter addressed to librettist Louis Gallet
Paris 20 Février 1890|13.50 x 20.50 cm|une page
Autograph letter dated and signed by Emile Zola, 12 lines in black ink, addressed to librettist Louis Gallet concerning the operatic adaptation by Alfred Bruneau of the novel "Le rêve".
Folds inherent to postal dispatch.
Emile Zola was to meet jointly with Alfred Bruneau who had adapted the novel "Le rêve" for the opera and Louis Gallet, the librettist of this adaptation. "Je vous attends demain matin... pour causer des trois derniers tableaux... J'écris également à Bruneau pour lui donner rendez-vous" ["I await you tomorrow morning... to discuss the last three tableaux... I am also writing to Bruneau to arrange a meeting with...
€1,350
Joseph JOFFO, AVOINE
Anna et son Orchestre
Jean-Claude Lattès|Paris 1975|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Joseph Joffo to a woman named Lyne: "... la vie sans musique n'est rien...." ["... life without music is nothing...."]
€60
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
Jacques BENOIST-MÉCHIN
La musique et l'immortalité dans l'oeuvre de Marcel Proust
Simon Kra|Paris 1926|19.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Small stains to head of front cover, spine very lightly sunned.
Handsome full-margined copy.
€500
Gustave CHARPENTIER
Lettre autographe datée et signée à propos d'une solennité musicale devant être jouée après l'inauguration d'un monument consacré à Ludwig van Beethoven
S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) Juillet 1927|11.50 x 18 cm|une page
Autograph letter dated and signed by Gustave Charpentier (14 lines in black ink) regarding musical pieces to be performed after the inauguration of a monument commemorating Ludwig van Beethoven
Traces of folding inherent to postal delivery, a filing number in blue felt-tip pen in the lower right corner of the letter.
The composer seeks: "... pour des sonneries de trompettes ou de cors... des thèmes, bien caractéristiques, assez courts, pris dans les oeuvres du maître..." ["... for trumpet or horn fanfares... themes, quite characteristic, fairly short, taken from the master's works..."], for this he asks for help from a composer friend: "...
€150
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
Boris VIAN
Ensemble complet du manuscrit et du tapuscrit de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Westminster ballade"
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [entre 1950 et 1954]|21 x 27 cm|2 feuillets
Complete set of the manuscript and working typescript by Boris Vian, genesis of the song "Westminster ballade".
- one perforated sheet written by hand in ink by Boris Vian. Numerous deletions and corrections. Some marginal lacks.
- one perforated sheet typed on machine, fair copy of the manuscript.
This song was never performed.
Ah, Westminster
Fol inventeur
Aurais-tu peur
De compter jusqu'à douze ?
Provenance: Fondation Boris Vian.
€1,200
Boris VIAN
Ensemble complet du manuscrit et du tapuscrit de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Un pauvre petit garçon"
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [entre 1950 et 1954]|21 x 27 cm|3 feuillets
Complete set of Boris Vian's working manuscript and typescript, genesis of the song "Un pauvre petit garçon".
- two perforated leaves handwritten in ink by Boris Vian.
- one perforated leaf typed, fair copy of the manuscript.
This profoundly anticlerical song was never performed.

Dans sa triste chambre
Le petit s'endort
Il gèle à pierre fendre
Le froid le dévore

On l'a trouvé dans son lit
Mort dans un sourire
Et Jésus là-haut s'est dit
Ca m'ôte un souci
["In his sad room / The little one falls asleep / It's freezing hard / The cold devours him // They found him in his bed / Dead with a smile / And...
€1,800
Boris VIAN
Ensemble complet du manuscrit et du tapuscrit de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Quand fleurit le marronnier du square"
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [entre 1954 et 1959]|21 x 27 cm|2 feuillets
Complete set of Boris Vian's working manuscript and typescript, genesis of the song "Quand fleurit le marronnier du square".
- one perforated leaf handwritten in pencil and ink by Boris Vian.
- one perforated leaf typed, fair copy of the manuscript.
This song was never performed.

Quand fleurit le marronnier du square
Autour de nous, le printemps se prépare
De ses doigts verts, il bat le jeu
Donnant aux deux amoureux
Un as de coeur, la carte du bonheur
["When the chestnut tree blooms in the square / Around us, spring is preparing / With its green fingers, it plays the game / Giving to the two lovers / An ace of hearts, the...
€1,200
Boris VIAN
Ensemble complet du manuscrit et du tapuscrit de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "La première fois"
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [entre 1950 et 1954]|21 x 27 cm|2 feuillets
Complete set of Boris Vian's manuscript and working typescript, genesis of the song "La première fois".
- one perforated leaf handwritten in ink by Boris Vian. One deletion and correction in pencil.
- one perforated leaf typed by machine, clean copy of the manuscript.
This song, narrating the composer's first encounter with a lady, was never performed.

La première fois, sur ton tailleur bleu
Un grand foulard vert !
["The first time, on your blue suit
A big green scarf!"]

Fausse note
["False note"]

La seconde fois, j'ai baisé ta main
["The second time, I kissed your hand"]

Tu sentais...
€1,200
Vernon Sullivan is dead, long live Vernon Sinclair!
Vernon Sullivan is dead, long live Vernon Sinclair!
Boris VIAN
Ensemble complet du manuscrit et du tapuscrit de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Pour bercer ma peine" rédigée pour son examen d'admission à la SACEM
S. n.|s. l. 6 janvier 1951|divers|6 feuillets
Complete set of Boris Vian's manuscript and working typescript, genesis of the song "Pour bercer ma peine".
- one leaf and two perforated slips handwritten in ink by Boris Vian. Numerous deletions.
- One leaf folded in two written in ink in Boris Vian's hand as well, containing the title of the song and the following mentions: "6.1.51 - Boris Vian 3 rue D'Aumale St Tropez Var"
- two perforated leaves typed by machine, clean copy of the manuscript.
The music for this text was composed by Louis Bessières and the song was performed by Magali Noël.

"On January 6, 1951, Boris Vian takes the obligatory admission examination to the Sacem on the...
€2,500
The taboo anthem of the master of the zazous
The taboo anthem of the master of the zazous
Boris VIAN
Ensemble complet du manuscrit et du tapuscrit de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Les gens de Saint-Germain"[Complete set comprising the manuscript and typescript of Boris Vian’s song entitled “Les gens de Saint-Germain”]
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [1948-1949]|31 x 20 cm|3 feuillets
Secret and early song, hastily written with numerous corrections, probably written on the corner of a cellar table, homage to famous troglodytes and anonymous zazous of Saint-Germain-des-Prés

- A perforated squared sheet written by Boris Vian in blue ink, numerous deletions and corrections, some marginal tears. This sheet is folded in three, as if it were the template for a leaflet. At the head of the sheet, some manuscript attempts in Vian's hand confirm that this text was perhaps intended to become the anthem of a circle of Saint-Germain residents:

"CLAC: Cercle Littéraire des amis des caves / Cercle libre des amateurs de cuisse." ["Literary Circle of...
€3,000
Boris VIAN
Ensemble complet du manuscrit et du tapuscrit de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Une vocation"
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [entre 1954 et 1959]|21 x 27 cm|3 feuillets
Complete set of Boris Vian's manuscript and working typescript, genesis of the song "Une vocation".
- two perforated lined sheets handwritten in blue ink by Boris Vian.
- one double lined sheet having probably served as a folder for the set bearing at the head of the first page the title, in Boris Vian's hand
- one perforated sheet typed on machine, fair copy of the manuscript
This song, evoking the destiny of a tipsy worker from Bois Colombe who joins the navy, was never performed.

Il était né à Bois Colombe
Mais ne rêvait que d'océan
Et l'appel des sirènes blondes
Lui travaillait déjà le sang
Un soir en sortant de...
€1,500
Boris VIAN
Ensemble complet du manuscrit et du tapuscrit de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "La vie en rock" pastiche de "La vie en rose"
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [1956]|21 x 27 cm|3 feuillets
Complete set of Boris Vian's manuscript and working typescripts, genesis of the song "La vie en rock".
- one perforated lined sheet handwritten in pencil by Boris Vian. At the head of the sheet, he inscribed: "Musique J. Vermont" and "Paroles J. Vermont", at the bottom right: "Poursuites J. Vermont". Numerous crossings-out and corrections.
- one perforated lined sheet handwritten in blue ink by Boris Vian.
- one perforated sheet typed on machine, fair copy of the manuscript.
This song, a pastiche of Edith Piaf's song La Vie en rose, was never performed.

Quand
J'descends dans mon bistro
J'mets vingt ball'dans l'phono
€1,500
Boris VIAN
Ensemble complet du manuscrit et du tapuscrit de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Veux-tu fout' le camp"
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [1959]|21 x 27 cm|3 feuillets
Complete set of the manuscript and working typescripts by Boris Vian, genesis of the song "Veux-tu fout' le camp".
- two perforated sheets handwritten in pencil by Boris Vian. Numerous strikethroughs and corrections.
- one perforated sheet typed on machine, fair copy of the manuscript.
This song was not performed.

C'est en allant acheter des nougats
Aux magasins du printemps
Que j'entendis pour la première fois
Ce cha cha cha obsédant

Provenance: Fondation Boris Vian.
€1,500
Boris VIAN
Ensemble complet du manuscrit et du tapuscrit de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Un poisson d'avril"
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [1958]|17 x 22 cm|2 feuillets
Complete set of the manuscript and working typescript by Boris Vian, genesis of the song "Un poisson d'avril".
- one perforated ruled sheet handwritten in pencil by Boris Vian. Numerous strikethroughs and corrections.
- one perforated sheet typed on machine, fair copy of the manuscript.
This song was performed by Max Rongier and by les Marche-Pied.

Un poisson d'avril
Est venu me raconter
Qu'on lui avait pris
Sa jolie corde à sauter

Provenance: Fondation Boris Vian.
€1,500
Boris VIAN, Henri SALVADOR
Ensemble complet du manuscrit et du tapuscrit de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Java Mondaine"
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [1957]|21.30 x 27 cm|4 feuillets
Complete set of Boris Vian's manuscript and working typescripts, genesis of the song "Java mondaine".
- one perforated squared sheet handwritten in blue ballpoint pen by Boris Vian. At the bottom of the sheet, also in Boris Vian's hand, the mention: "Music H. Salvador - Lyrics B. Vian"
- one perforated typewritten sheet, fair copy of the manuscript, on which Boris Vian wrote in the margin the name "Chantal" which he considered to replace that of Hubert in the song. This modification was not retained.
- two other typewritten sheets on tissue paper, one pasted onto cardboard paper
Also included is the sheet music of the song published by Eddy Barclay...
€1,800
Boris VIAN
Ensemble complet du manuscrit et du tapuscrit de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Toi l'inconnu(e)"
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [entre 1954 et 1959]|17 x 22 cm|2 feuillets
Complete set of Boris Vian's working manuscript and typescript for the genesis of the song "Toi l'inconnu(e)".
- one perforated squared sheet handwritten in blue ink by Boris Vian.
- one perforated sheet typed on machine, fair copy of the manuscript
This song was set to music by Claude Vence and performed by Magali Noël in 1990.

Toi l'inconnu(e)
Ombre entrevue
Tendre mirage
Soleil de ma vie
Emporte mes soucis

Provenance: Fondation Boris Vian.
€1,200
Boris VIAN
Ensemble complet du manuscrit et du tapuscrit de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Un beau matin"
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [1956]|21 x 27 cm|2 feuillets
Complete set of Boris Vian's working manuscript and typescript for the genesis of the song "Un beau matin".
- one sheet of yellow paper handwritten in purple ink by Boris Vian, numerous crossed-out words and corrections revealing the different variants considered by the songwriter.
- one perforated sheet typed on machine, fair copy of the manuscript
This song was never performed.

Un beau matin
En suivant la fanfare
Je vis soudain
Devant la gare
Une belle enfant
Qui vendait des mouchoirs
Pour vingt-cinq francq
Devant la gare

Provenance: Fondation Boris Vian.
€1,200
Isidore ISOU
Introduction à une nouvelle poésie et à une nouvelle musique
Gallimard|Paris 1947|12 x 19 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy of the author's first work.
Very rare dated and signed autograph inscription by Isidore Isou, one of the founders of Lettrism and important precursor to Situationism, to film producer and director Roland Tual who was close to the Surrealists: he opened the Surrealist gallery in 1926 with the exhibition "Paintings by Man Ray and objects from the islands".
€1,200
Paul CLAUDEL
Figures et paraboles
Nrf|Paris 1936|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
A small tear to the middle of the front cover, discreet numbering in the upper right corner of the verso of the front cover
Precious autograph inscription signed by Paul Claudel to Ida Rubinstein: "à Ida Rubinstein son ami. P. Claudel." ["to Ida Rubinstein his friend. P. Claudel."]
Star dancer of the celebrated Ballets Russes, icon of the Belle Époque, patron of the arts, Ida Rubinstein played the role of Joan in Paul Claudel's Joan of Arc at the Stake, during the first orchestral version performed in May 1938 in Basel. She also commissioned Maurice Ravel's famous Boléro. After leading a...
€350
Serge LIFAR
La Danse - Les grands Courants de la Danse académique
Denoël|Paris 1938|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Light worming to boards.
Work illustrated with 36 photographs in and hors-texte.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Serge Lifar: "Au grand Sacha Guitry en témoignage d'admiration et d'amitié profondes, hommage respectueux de Serge Lifar." ["To the great Sacha Guitry in testimony of deep admiration and friendship, respectful homage from Serge Lifar."]

€350
François FERTIAULT
Histoire anecdotique et pittoresque de la danse chez les peuples anciens et modernes
Auguste Aubry|Paris 1854|9 x 15.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands outlined with black fillets and decorated with gilt fleurons, small black stain to head of spine, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Tripon at foot of spine.
Handsome copy with some minor foxing.
€120
Léonid GUIRCHOVITCH
Têtes interverties
Verdier|Paris 2007|14 x 22 cm|broché
First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy retaining publisher's wraparound band.
Rare signed autograph inscription by Léonid Guirchovitch with an original drawing of a violinist on the facing page.

€300
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
Maurice MAC-NAB
Humoristique chanson autographe en octosyllabe datée et signée intitulée "Le banquet des maires"
S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) 14 juillet1888|13.50 x 21 cm|trois feuillets
Autograph song in octosyllables dated and signed by Maurice Mac-Nab entitled "Le banquet des maires", 58 lines in black ink on three leaves.
Maurice Mac-Nab, poet and hydropath songwriter (he wrote a thesis on hangovers), performed notably at the famous Montmartre cabaret Chat Noir where he recited "advertising songs".
"Le banquet des maires"
Enfant gâté de mon canton
Depuis quartorze ans je suis maire
Bien que je me flatte, dit-on,
D'être un peu réactionnaire
Un beau matin monsieur Floquet
Me dépêche une circulaire :
Il me convie au grand banquet
Que nous offre le Ministère (bis)
"Je t'en prie, Hector, n'y va pas,
Me...
€400
Maurice CHEVALIER
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Alice Rim
S. n.|Marnes-la-Coquette 27 juin 1956|21 x 13.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter dated and signed by Maurice Chevalier from his property "La Louque" in Marnes-la-Coquette to Alice Rim, 7 lines in blue ink.
Fold marks inherent to postal handling.
The letter is addressed to Caro Canaille, pen name of Alice Rim, Carlo's wife:
"27 - 6- 56,
Chère Caro,
merci pour les "Truands" et bravo pour ce bouillonnement de joie que l'on sentait dans votre voix l'autre jour au téléphone. Maurice". ["27 - 6- 56, Dear Caro, thank you for the 'Truands' and bravo for that bubbling joy we could feel in your voice the other day on the phone. Maurice"]
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author of "Ma belle...
€120
Boris KOCHNO
Lettre manuscrite adressée à Alice Rim à propos de la disparition d'une amie commune
Paris 13 septembre 1974|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
Handwritten letter (9 lines) signed by the writer and librettist Boris Kochno addressed to his friend Alice Rim, concerning the death of a mutual friend: "... pour moi, la mort de notre amie, c'est l'écroulement d'un univers..." ["... for me, the death of our friend is the collapse of a universe..."]
Fold marks inherent to mailing.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker: "Justin de Marseille", "L'armoire volante", "La maison Bonnadieu", and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.

€150
BERTHOLD-MAHN
"Elle crée en ce moment le rôle de Truchement dans les "Tréteaux de maître Pierre" de Manuel de Falla" dont la répétition générale était cet après-midi. Elle a eu beaucoup de succès dans ce rôle important et difficile à tenir. Par ailleurs elle est très artiste, très musicienne mais très effacée et ne demande jamais rien pour elle-même."Signed autograph letter asking his correspondent to intercede on behalf of the sister-in-law for a position as an extra
s. l. 9 mars 1928|13.50 x 18.50 cm|une feuille recto-verso
Autograph letter signed by Berthold Mann, written in black ink (28 lines) requesting his friend's intervention to find, for his young sister-in-law from the Opéra Comique, a position in an upcoming theatrical production : "Cher ami,
puis-je vous demander de bien vouloir pistonner auprès du critique musical de Paris midi - ou d'ailleurs - une artiste de l'Opéra comique ? - voilà direz-vous une singulière demande - c'est qu'il s'agit de la soeur de ma femme, mademoiselle Kamienska (j'espère qu'elle aura ainsi que toute la famille le plaisir de faire votre connaissance bientôt). Elle crée en ce moment le rôle de Truchement ( en espagnol : Trujaman) dans les...
€300
Maurice CHEVALIER
"... Puis je vais chanter quatre semaines... en afrique du sud... pour goualer une dernière fois en angliche avant New York en septembre prochain."Signed autograph letter addressed to Alice Rim
S. n.|Marnes-la-Coquette 8 Mai 1955|21.50 x 27.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed and dated by Maurice Chevalier from his property "La Louque" in Marnes-la-Coquette to Alice Rim (34 lines in blue ink, envelope included) praising the sensitivity of his correspondent who compares herself to a cow. He also writes to her about savoring his freedom to be independent and manage his career alone.
Fold mark inherent to the mailing.
The letter is addressed to Caro Canaille, pen name of Alice Rim, Carlo's wife:
"5 - 5- 55,
Dear Caro,
thank you for your letter where sensitivity - warm sympathy - passes through the words like rays of life. I will be delighted to read your play which I am quite certain is not...
€350
André GAVOTY
La Grassini - Première Cantatrice de S.M. l'Empereur le Roi
Grasset|Paris 1947|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Montval paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome full-margined copy.

€120
Georges AURIC
Lettre autographe signée adressée à son ami Carlo Rim à propos notamment de la reprise d'Iphigénie en Tauride de Christoph Willibald Gluck
S. n.|Paris 17 octobre 1965|14 x 19.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter dated and signed by Georges Auric addressed to his friend Carlo Rim, 23 lines in blue ink on letterhead of the Réunion des théâtres lyriques nationaux et du théâtre de l'Opéra de Paris, in which he asks for his friend's indulgence as he is overwhelmed with work: "Pardonne-moi si je ne t'ai pas répondu encore : tu peux imaginer sans trop de peine ce qu'est devenue mon existence ! ... je viens d'avoir à préparer la reprise d'Iphigénie en Tauride - opéra des plus nobles et que "notre" public n'avait pas eu l'occasion d'écouter depuis 1931 " ["Forgive me if I haven't answered you yet: you can imagine without too much trouble what my...
€400
Ottorino RESPIGHI
[PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Ottorino Respighi
Becker & Maatz|Berlin 1930|24 x 31.40 cm|une feuille
Fine photographic portrait of Ottorino Respighi. Photogravure-type print with pen inscription: A Mr. G. Hogge. Ottorino Respighi. In ricordo cordialissimo. Liege. 26. III. 1931. ["To Mr. G. Hogge. Ottorino Respighi. In fondest remembrance. Liege. 26. III. 1931."] Hogge was artistic director of the Liège opera.
One sheet. Portrait size: 16.1x22cm. At top a thin 0.5 cm tear with creasing. One corner at bottom of page with small creases. A small crease in left margin extending 10 cm. On verso, traces of removal in upper margin, and 2 circles at bottom. Good copy.
Ottorino Respighi was a composer, conductor and violinist. Having died in 1936, this photograph represents one of his final...
€450
Maurice BÉJART
"Voilà ma nouvelle étoile..."Signed autograph postcard addressed to André-Philippe Hersin shipped from Cairo
Le Caire [Cairo] s. d. [ca 1970]|15 x 10 cm|une carte postale
Autograph postcard signed by Maurice Béjart addressed to André-Philippe Hersin, written in violet felt-tip pen on the verso of a photomontage showing a belly dancer in front of a mosque which appears to be the Al-Azhar mosque.
"Voilà ma nouvelle étoile... Je pense à vous souvent. Affectueusement. Maurice" ["Here is my new star... I think of you often. Affectionately. Maurice"]
Journalist, dance critic and editor-in-chief of Les Saisons de la danse, Hersin was a great champion of Béjart's choreographic style and devoted laudatory articles to him in his magazine as well as monographic fascicles of his work.

€180
Carlo RIM
Dessin original au crayon de papier rehaussé aux feutres noir, rouge et jaune représentant Mistinguett; l'esquisse d'un portrait d'Antonin Artaud figurant au dos
Paris s. d. [circa 1950]|15 x 20.50 cm|une feuille
Original drawing in pencil heightened with black, yellow and orange red felt-tip pens by Carlo Rim depicting Mistinguett in profile, hands crossed over her belly.
On the verso, a sketch of a portrait of Carlo Rim's close friend Antonin Artaud has been executed with blue ink stains; above, the names of the following celebrities have been inscribed in pencil: "Simenon - Jeanson - Pagnol - Achard - Anouilh - Jos. Baker.", all framed by blue pen scribbles.
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...
€100
Giuseppe VERDI
Lettre autographe signée à M. WustembergAutograph letter signed by composer Giuseppe Verdi, written from his sumptuous apartment on the Champs Elysees.
Paris 18 décembre 1866|13 x 20.50 cm|une page sur un bifeuillet remplié
Autograph letter signed by composer Giuseppe Verdi, written from his sumptuous apartment on the Champs Elysées. 12 lines in ink on a folded leaf. Some foxing at the top of the first leaf. Pencil note by the addressee at the bottom of the first page, piece of paper pasted over a note by the addressee in ink on the verso of the blank folio. Small piece of paper missing at foot of blank page, some traces of folding.
Handsome autograph letter signed by the famed composer of La Traviata, Rigoletto and Aida.
€1,800
Marc ANDRY
Charles Trenet
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1953|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy.
Preface and poems by Charles Trenet, iconography.

€100
Émile BLÉMONT, ADAM DE LA HALLE
Le jeu de Robin et Marion
Jean Jobert|Paris s. d. [circa 1923]|12.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition of Emile Blémont's adaptation of this 13th-century comic opera by the trouvère Adam de La Halle.
Handsome copy complete with publisher's slip.
Musical adaptation by Julien Tiersot.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Emile Blémont to the hydropath Joseph Uzanne.
€150
Arthur ARNOULD
Béranger - Ses amis, ses ennemis et ses critiques
Joël Cherbuliez|Paris 1864|11.50 x 18.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition.
Half red shagreen bindings, spines with four raised bands set with black fillets and decorated with double black compartments adorned with central gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary bindings.
Some foxing otherwise handsome copy.
Our copy is enhanced with an original photograph of a painted portrait representing Béranger pasted on an endpaper of the first volume.

€100
Émile AUGIER, Charles GOUNOD
Sapho
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1851|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition of this play set to music by Charles Gounod.
Bradel binding in half grey cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot of spine, navy blue shagreen title-label with minor rubbing, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, binding signed in blind by Victor Champs.
Handsome copy.
€150
LAUJON, MOREAU LE JEUNE
Les A propos de societé de ou chansons de M. L*** (suivi de) Les a propos de la folie ou chansons grotesques, grivoises et annonces de parade
S. n.|s. l. 1776|12.50 x 20 cm|3 volumes reliés
First edition, illustrated with 3 engraved titles with frames and figures, 3 handsome frontispieces as well as a figure repeating a frontispiece by Moreau le jeune and engraved by Monnet, Simonon, Launay and Duclos.
The work is also decorated with vignettes (including a vignette with a camera obscura) and tailpieces.
Bound in half havana calf with corners, spines with four raised bands set with double gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt compartments and angularly decorated with gilt typographical motifs, navy blue morocco title and volume labels, light rubbing to spines, blind-ruled frames on marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, some corners slightly...
€1,000
Carlo RIM
Dessin original au feutre bleu et rehaussé au crayon de papier, sur papier calque, représentant son ami le compositeur Vincent Scotto
s. l. s. d. [circa 1947]|18 x 20 cm|une feuille
Original drawing, on tracing paper, signed by Carlo Rim in blue felt-tip pen and heightened with pencil, depicting his friend the composer Vincent Scotto, with a slightly sullen expression and muffled in a scarf.
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.
€120
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
Boris VIAN
Ensemble complet du manuscrit et des tapuscrits de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Adélaïde blues"
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [1957]|21.10 x 27 cm|trois feuilles perforés et deux feuillets encollé sur carton
Complete set of Boris Vian's manuscript and working typescripts, genesis of the song "Adélaïde blues".
- three perforated white sheets handwritten in blue ballpoint pen by Boris Vian with numerous deletions and corrections
- two perforated sheets typed on machine and mounted on cardboard, fair copy of the manuscript.
This humorous love serenade was never performed by an interpreter.

Adélaïïïïïde lui dis-je
Je vous aime d'amour
Mon oeil timiiiiide
Vous doit son plus beau jour
Question vocabulaire, c'est pas brillant
Adélaïïïïïde
Faites-moi signe et j'accours !...
["Adélaïïïïïde I tell her / I love you with love /...
€2,000
Boris VIAN
Ensemble complet du manuscrit et du tapuscrit de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Premier bal"
S. n.|s. l. 1958|13.50 x 21 cm|3 feuillets
Complete set of Boris Vian's manuscript and working typescripts, genesis of the song "Premier bal".
- two perforated white sheets, slightly creased, handwritten in blue ballpoint pen by Boris Vian with numerous deletions and corrections
- one perforated sheet typed on machine, fair copy of the manuscript.
This waltz was never performed by an interpreter.

Elle est devant sa coiffeuse
Dans sa robe à falbalas
Les yeux pleins d'éclat
Et l'air si heureux
Premier bal...grand gala
["She stands before her dressing table / In her dress with flounces / Eyes full of sparkle / And looking so happy / First ball...grand gala"]
€1,200
Boris VIAN
Ensemble complet du manuscrit et du tapuscrit de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Un bateau"
S. n.|s. l. 27 mars 1958|20.90 x 27 cm|2 feuillets et 2 autres contrecollés sur carton
Complete set of the working manuscript and typescript by Boris Vian, genesis of the song "Un bateau".
- two perforated white sheets handwritten in blue ballpoint pen by Boris Vian on the verso of "Jazz-Programmes" letterhead paper with numerous deletions and corrections
- two perforated sheets typed and mounted on cardboard, fair copy of the manuscript.
This song had no interpreter during Boris's lifetime, but was sung in 2009 by the group Les Marche-Pied.

Un bateau
Et de l'eau
Et du vent pour gonfler la grand'voile
Une amie
Près de moi
Sur les mers de saphir tout là-bas

Provenance: Boris Vian...
€1,800
Boris VIAN
Ensemble complet du manuscrit et du tapuscrit de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Demandez à l'intérieur"
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [entre 1954 et 1959]|21.30 x 27 cm|2 feuillets et 2 autres contrecollés sur carton
Complete set of the working manuscript and typescript by Boris Vian, genesis of the song "Demandez à l'intérieur".
- two perforated squared sheets handwritten in blue ballpoint pen by Boris Vian with numerous deletions and corrections
- one perforated sheet typed and mounted on cardboard, fair copy of the manuscript.
This song, evoking crustaceans and a sexually transmitted disease received from a young waitress, was never performed.

Demandez à l'intérieur
C'que vous n'voyez pas en d'vanture
Venez tenter l'aventure
Nos produits sont les meilleurs

Provenance: Boris Vian Foundation.
€2,200
Politically incorrect - poetically incorrigible
Politically incorrect - poetically incorrigible
Boris VIAN
Une bonne paire de claques. Important manuscrit autographe en partie inédit complet du tapuscrit et de la partition de cette chanson irrévérencieuse interprétée notamment par Salvador, Mouloudji, Les Charlots et Boris Vian lui-même.
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [1958]|21.20 x 27 cm|5 feuillets (13,5x21cm) + 1 feuillet (20,8x27,1cm) + 2 feuillets cartonnés (20,9x27,9cm) + 2 feuillets de partition (19,9x27,5cm)
Complete set of the working manuscript and typescript by Boris Vian, genesis of the song "Une bonne paire de claques".
- five perforated sheets of white paper written in blue ballpoint pen in Boris Vian's hand presenting the complete text of the song. Numerous deletions and corrections.
- one perforated sheet of graph paper written in blue ballpoint pen in Boris Vian's hand of an unpublished verse never added to the song.
- two perforated sheets mounted on cardboard, transcriptions of the complete text and the unpublished verse.
- two sheets of piano-vocal score printed by Éditions de la Lyre in 1962.
This song, whose gentle melody...
€3,500
Boris VIAN
Ensemble complet des manuscrits et du tapuscrit de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Mambo mon coeur"
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [entre 1956 et 1959]|21.30 x 27 cm|trois feuilles perforées
Complete set of Boris Vian's working manuscripts and typescripts, genesis of the song "Mambo mon coeur".
- one perforated squared sheet written in pencil in Boris Vian's hand. Numerous deletions.
- one perforated white sheet written in blue ink also by Boris Vian.
- a fair copy typed on a typewriter on a perforated white sheet.
This love song was never performed.

Cela fait bien longtemps que je te connaissais, mon coeur
Cela fait bien longtemps que je te connaissais
Et tu ne savais pas ce que c'est que d'aimer, mon coeur
Et tu ne savais pas ce que c'est que d'aimer
["It's been a long time since I knew you, my heart
€2,500
Boris VIAN
Ensemble complet du manuscrit et du tapuscrit de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Le Quatrième Homme"
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [entre 1950 et 1954]|21.20 x 27 cm|trois feuilles perforées
Complete set of Boris Vian's working manuscripts and typescripts, genesis of the song "Le Quatrième Homme".
- two perforated and slightly creased sheets written in green ink in Boris Vian's hand. Some annotations, also in his hand, in blue ballpoint pen in the margin.
- one sheet of machine-typed text on onionskin paper. Manuscript annotations in pencil at top right: "ne figure pas au catalogue SACEM. Manque 1 ligne demander à Ursula." ["not listed in the SACEM catalogue. Missing 1 line ask Ursula."] Other annotations notably indicating the chorus text in green felt-tip pen.
This song, referring to the music composed and recorded by Anton Karas for Carol...
€2,500
Boris VIAN
Ensemble complet du manuscrit et du tapuscrit de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Si tu m'aimais" [Quelle surprise]
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [1958]|21.80 x 27.20 cm|deux feuilles perforées
Complete set of Boris Vian's working manuscript and typescript, genesis of the song "Si tu m'aimais".
- one perforated squared sheet handwritten by Boris Vian with numerous crossings-out and corrections
- one perforated sheet typed on machine, clean copy of the manuscript.
This love song was set to music by Spartaco Andreoli and Jacques Gallicier, but never performed.

Si tu m'aimais
Si c'était vrai
Quelle surprise
Si tu voulais
Si tu venais
Quelle surprise
Si j'entendais
Dans l'escalier
Tes pas timides
Tes pas rapides
Qui se décident

Provenance: Boris Vian Foundation.
€1,400
Boris VIAN
"Piano-bar ou Piano cocktail. Ensemble complet du manuscrit et du tapuscrit de cette chanson jamais interprétée avant 2012
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [entre 1954 et 1959]|21.20 x 27 cm|trois feuilles perforées
Complete set of Boris Vian's working manuscript and typescript, genesis of the song "Piano-bar ou Piano cocktail".
- two perforated white sheets handwritten in blue ballpoint pen by Boris Vian with numerous crossings-out and corrections
- one perforated sheet typed on machine, clean copy of the manuscript.
This song, whose title recalls the famous "Pianocktail" from L'Ecume des jours, was not performed during the author's lifetime. The hip hop fanfare NMB Brass Band only gave a version of it in 2012.

Dans un quartier fréquenté par des gens argentés
Où le client ne boit que du whisky cent pour cent
Y'a un p'tit bar genre acajou...
€2,500
Jean RICHEPIN
Miarka
Charpentier & Fasquelle|Paris 1905|15.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition of this drama set to music by Alexandre Georges, one of the rare copies on pink paper of which no mention is made.
A rare and handsome copy with full margins.
€150
Albert FLAMENT
La Malibran
Flammarion|Paris 1937|18 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies along with 20 on pur fil.
Light foxing to some deckled edges, otherwise a handsome full-margined copy.
€80
Charles GOUNOD, William SHAKESPEARE
Roméo et Juliette - Partition de l'opéra en 5 actes de J. Barbier et M. CarréRomeo et Juliette - Opera score in 5 acts by J. Barbier et M. Carre
Choudens|Paris S.d (1867)|19 x 28 cm|relié
Roméo et Juliette - Opera score in 5 acts by J. Barbier et M. Carré
Choudens, Paris n.d (1867), 19x28cm, bound.
First edition. Opera in five acts based on the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, music by Charles Gounod for voice and piano and libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré.
Contemporary red half shagreen (color restored), gilt spine, glazed calico boards double ruled in gilt, central gilt initials of Ernest Beulé on the first board, moiré silk endpapers with some spotting and staining to the margins, first original cover preserved, all edges gilt, strictly contemporary binding.
Rare inscription signed by Charles Gounod to...
€3,500
Maurice CHEVALIER
Carte postale photographique dédicacée à Alice Rim représentant l'Empire State Building à New York
S. n.|New York 17 Octobre 1955|9.50 x 14 cm|une feuille
Photographic postcard inscribed by Maurice Chevalier to Alice Rim showing the imposing Empire State Building in New York.
The postcard is addressed, from New York, in telegraphic form, to Caro Canaille, pen name of Alice Rim, Carlo's wife:
"Première manche - la scène - gagnée - Il reste la TV - épreuve capitale - le 4 Déc. Mille pensées amicales. Maurice. Waldorf Astoria N.Y." ["First round - the stage - won - TV remains - crucial test - Dec 4th. A thousand friendly thoughts. Maurice. Waldorf Astoria N.Y."]
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...
€150
Maurice CHEVALIER
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Alice Rim lui présentant ses voeux pour l'année 1955
S. n.|Marnes-la-Coquette 3 Janvier 1955|21 x 27 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
Autograph letter dated and signed by Maurice Chevalier addressed from his property "La Louque" in Marnes-la-Coquette to Alice Rim (10 lines in blue ink, envelope included).
Crease mark inherent to folding for mailing, letter with letterhead featuring Maurice Chevalier's famous boater hat in upper left corner.
The letter is addressed to Caro Canaille, pen name of Alice Rim, Carlo's wife:
"3 - 1- 55,
Chère Caro,
merci de la pensée. J'arrive de Londres où j'ai fonctionné à la T.V. et me prépare à roucouler içi - la - et la bas (sic) Que 1955 vous apporte santé - travail - amour. Ami. Chevalier". ["Dear Caro, thank you for the thought...
€150
Maurice CHEVALIER
"Je ne compte pas ce que j'ai fait et continue de faire pour de vieux copains dans le malheur. Votre radin et ami Maurice"Humorous Signed Autograph Letter Addressed to Alice Rim
S. n.|Marnes-la-Coquette 12 Décembre 1954|21 x 13.50 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
Autograph letter dated and signed by Maurice Chevalier addressed from his property "La Louque" in Marnes-la-Coquette to Alice Rim (20 lines in blue ink, envelope included).
Fold mark inherent to envelope insertion.
The letter is addressed to Caro Canaille, pen name of Alice Rim, Carlo's wife:
"12 - 12- 54,
Chère Caro,
Pour ne pas qu'il y ait d'obscurités dans ce que vous me proposez si affectueusement de faire savoir au public - vous pouvez absolument dire que "entre ce que j'ai gagné par mes concours aux galas que j'organisais - entre ce que j'ai obtenu d'amis généreux - entre ce que j'ai souvent versé de ma propre poche pour - la maison de...
€250

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Une bonne paire de claques. Important manuscrit autographe en partie inédit complet du tapuscrit et de la partition de cette chanson irrévérencieuse interprétée notamment par Salvador, Mouloudji, Les Charlots et Boris Vian lui-même.