La photographie n'immortalise rien ni personne et porte sa part de mensonge, mais en saisissant l'instant, elle crée une intimité avec le passé. En mettant en exergue une autre vérité, parfois éloignée de l'imaginaire collectif, elle introduit dans l'histoire figée des hommes et femmes d'exception la savoureuse fragilité de la vie.
First edition, illustrated with photographs by Lucien Clergue.
Publisher’s binding in full boards, smooth spine,
With a text by Jean-Marie Magnan.
Signed autograph inscription by Lucien Clergue to the writer Christiane Baroche: "Pour Christiane ces images de notre éternelle jeunesse ! et avec la bise de Lucien. 5.X.2002."
New edition.
Spine lightly toned.
Work illustrated with photomontages by Val Telberg.
Inscribed by Anaï Nin to her friend, the writer Christiane Baroche : "Christiane Baroche whose dreams are strong and have roots and bear fruit. Anaïs Nin."
Original photograph of the first edition of Des Hommes by Joseph Kessel on a library background.
Printed on Premium Luster 270 g...
Handsome and uncommon album comprising 36 vintage silver-print photographs (18.5 × 23 cm, mounted and captioned by hand), depicting exterior views—façades, gardens, and architectural perspectives—of this English neo-Gothic estate built between 1868 and 1872 by Thomas Smith and the Cannes contractor Scavy for one Michael Hugh Scott, who never lived in it: the property quickly passed to the businessman Debionne, who resold it to Lord Wolverton after furnishing and decorating the interior.
Publisher’s blue percaline binding, smooth unlettered spine, blind-ruled frame on the boards, gilt-lettered title to the upper cover, marbled endpapers and pastedowns; contemporary binding.
A...
Exceptionally rare first edition of this remarkable photographic album, printed in Cairo by Mourès & Cie, the press operated by Antoine Mourès. Produced under the direction of Auguste Mariette, it constitutes the first illustrated photographic catalogue of the Boulaq Museum, the first Egyptian museum devoted to Pharaonic antiquities and the direct predecessor of the present Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
The work comprises forty albumen prints (approximately 24.5 × 18 cm), mounted on heavy card leaves hinged on guards. Each photograph is accompanied by a printed descriptive leaf - with the exception of plates 4 and 11, which are accompanied by two - the photographs being...
First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on offset, only print after 20 numbered copies.
Title vignette glued on the first board.
Text in French, English and German.
Illustrated with 14 photographs of the author performing different kinds of suicides.
First edition illustrated with original photographs by Robert Doisneau, Marcel Arthaud, Pierre Jahan, Jean Roubier, Pierre Roughol, René Zuber, and Suzanne Laroche.
Publisher’s binding in full tricolour boards, smooth spine without lettering, slightly faded, upper cover decorated with a celebrated photograph by Robert Doisneau, minor spotting to the boards.
A pleasing copy.
First bilingual edition, one of 270 copies on Arches Ingres paper, including a photographic portrait of Ratna Mohini by her husband Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Rare and handsome copy.
A substantially cropped print bearing the same penciled number on the back of our photograph (11214), is in the Reutlinger archives at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Album Reutlinger de portraits divers vol. 53, p.3). We have been unable to find any other examples of this photograph in other public collections. A similar photograph belatedly dedicated to Maurice Chevalier went on sale in 2008.
A beautiful, sultry shot of...
Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
Binding of the editor in full black fabric.
Iconography.
Slips slightly warped in margins, the book that had stayed in a damp place previously, otherwise nice copy.
Rare autograph signed Kenzo Takada Gilles Brochard.
Black and white photograph depicting a smiling Tony Curtis.
A handsome example, with slight ink smudging affecting the last two letters of 'Curtis.'
Bold blue ink autograph by Tony Curtis in the left margin of the image.
Provenance: from the collection of renowned autograph collector Claude Armand.
Reprint of a photograph showing a young Shirley Temple lying on a bed.
A fine copy.
Inscribed and signed in black felt-tip pen by Shirley Temple, dated 1988, to the renowned autograph collector Claude Armand.
Black and white photographic portrait depicting the Philippine dictator seated at his desk.
Accompanied by an official letter on the headed paper of the Office of the President of the Philippines, together with its envelope.
Manuscript signature of Ferdinand Marcos in black ink.
Provenance: from the collection of renowned autograph collector Claude Armand.
Black-and-white photograph depicting cosmonaut Boris Yegorov in uniform adorned with his military decorations.
A handsome copy.
Rare autograph signed in blue felt-tip pen by Boris Yegorov in the left margin of the print.
On October 12, 1964, aboard Voskhod 1, Boris Yegorov completed his sole spaceflight as a physician, participating in the first mission in history to carry a crew of three.
Provenance: from the collection of renowned autograph collector Claude Armand.
Black-and-white photograph showing a young Melina Mercouri lying in straw and chewing on a blade of it.
A handsome example. Press clippings mounted on the verso.
Signed by Melina Mercouri in blue ink.
Provenance: from the collection of the noted autograph collector Claude Armand.
Color postcard depicting a young Ginger Rogers wearing a hat.
A fine copy.
Boldly signed by Ginger Rogers in blue felt-tip pen.
Provenance: from the collection of renowned autograph collector Claude Armand.
Black-and-white photograph showing Debbie Reynolds smiling in profile.
A fine example. With the autograph envelope sent by Debbie Reynolds to the prominent autograph collector Claude Armand.
Signed autograph inscription from Debbie Reynolds to Claude Armand: "To Claude best wishes. Debbie Reynolds."
Original black and white photograph showing Pierre Daninos with a slight smile.
A handsome ensemble. We enclose the handwritten envelope in which the photograph was sent.
Inscribed, dated and signed by Pierre Daninos in blue felt-tip pen, addressed to the prominent autograph collector Claude Armand.
Also included is a ten-line autograph letter, dated and signed, in which Pierre Daninos thanks Claude Armand and shares the title of his forthcoming book, the result of his journey around the world: "Les touristocrates".
Original black and white portrait of Mistinguett wearing a hat.
Very slight, superficial scuffing to the margins, not affecting the image.
Vintage gelatin silver print. Printed stamp of the P. Apers photographic studio in Paris to the right margin of the image.
Inscribed by Mistinguett to André Saudemon, signed and dated in black ink, at the foot of the photograph.
Original black and white photograph by the Associated Press British showing Cliff Richard posing in Athens with the Acropolis in the background, taken on the occasion of the release of the film "Summer Holiday".
A fine example. Associated Press British label affixed to the verso. Autographs of actors Roy Castle and Lebbi Siffre below the image.
Cliff Richard’s autograph in black felt-tip pen in the left margin of the print.
Provenance: from the collection of renowned autograph collector Claude Armand.
Black and white photograph depicting Betty Grable.
A handsome copy. Press clippings mounted to the verso of the print.
Manuscript signature by Betty Grable in violet felt-tip pen in the left margin of the photograph.
Provenance: from the collection of the renowned autograph collector Claude Armand.
Photographic portrait of Erroll Garner, seated at his piano.
A fine copy.
Inscribed and signed by Erroll Garner in blue ink in the upper left margin of the photograph.
Provenance: from the collection of the renowned autograph collector Claude Armand.
Black-and-white photographic portrait of Glenn Ford, dating from the 1930s–1940s.
A handsome print.
Boldly signed by Glenn Ford in black felt-tip pen in the upper left margin of the image.
Provenance: from the collection of noted autograph collector Claude Armand.
Black and white photograph depicting a young Alice Faye.
A fine copy.
Signed by Alice Faye in silver ink in the right margin of the photograph.
Provenance: from the collection of renowned autograph collector Claude Armand.
Attractive promotional album, complete with its 600 sepia-toned photographs (small prints, each approximately 7 x 5 cm), produced by the La Corona cigar brand. Each vignette was originally included inside the brand's cigar boxes and was meant to be collected and mounted in the album, following a well-established marketing model that remains in use to this day.
Publisher’s original flexible boards with black cloth tape along the margins; some scuffing to covers, corners rubbed.
Facsimile edition limited to 1,000 numbered copies of the exceedingly rare 1931 first edition published by Jeanne Walter.
Introduction by Fernand Léger.
Splendid volume illustrated with 80 photographs by Moï Ver.
A rare and desirable copy, complete with its original grey full cloth chemise and slipcase.
First edition, with no deluxe copies printed.
Publisher's full blue cloth binding, smooth spine, copy complete with its photographic dust jacket, showing minor tears at the head and tail of the spine without loss.
Text by Françoise Dolto, photographs by Alecio de Andrade.
Inscribed and signed by Françoise Dolto and Alecio de Andrade on the front free endpaper.
Rich photographic album comprising the title page and 65 oval silver prints mounted on heavy paper, all on tabs.
Full bottle-green morocco binding, spine without lettering, raised bands framed with black fillets, double blind-ruled frame on covers, gilt roll tooling on the caps, gilt title stamped at the center of the upper cover, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, wide gilt dentelle borders on pastedowns, all edges gilt, one upper corner slightly rubbed, gilt fillets on board edges, an elegant contemporary binding signed by Thouvenin fils.
Minor surface scuffing.
One of the most renowned works by the photographer Alophe (1811–1883). A commemorative album featuring...
Black-and-white photographic promotional portrait for Disney studios, depicting Walt Disney. A minute black line is visible near the hair.
Rare and striking manuscript signature by Walt Disney in black ink, signed directly within the image.
First edition.
Contemporary Bradel binding in grey cloth-backed marbled boards, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, brown shagreen label, original wrappers preserved; a contemporary binding executed for Léon Vanier with the binder's ticket pasted ton front pastedown "Reliures Léon Vanier 19 quai Saint-Michel Paris" .
Our copy exceptionally contains a faded original photograph by Otto Wegener depicting Paul Verlaine standing with a cane and wearing a top hat; exceptional signed autograph inscription by Paul Verlaine in the lower right margin of the print: "A Léon Vanier son édité et ami. P. Verlaine." (To Léon...
Original photo - Christopher Street Liberation Day March, New York - "The Kiss, Judy Bowen and Philip..."On June 28, 1970, I attended the first New York Gay Pride March. The date marks the first anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which launched the LGBTQ+ liberation movement in the U.S. We left from Christopher Street, a gay cultural mecca in Greenwich Village, and walked up 6th Avenue to Central Park. To end the day, a kissing contest was held in the middle of the park! It was a great moment of joy, love and freedom. This couple, who kissed for hours under an umbrella, obviously didn't care about photographers" (Interview with Clément Thierry, 2021)
Original photograph depicting Charles Gounod, full face.
Vintage gelatin silver print mounted on cardboard, produced by photographer Isidore Alphonse Chalot at 18, rue Vivienne, Paris.
Autograph inscriptions in black then blue ink on the verso by the recipient, A. Lasserre, inspector at the Opéra Garnier: "Portrait de Ch. Gounod signé le soir de la 926eme représentation de Faust (samedi 29 septembre 1888) A. Lasserre."
Additional handwritten note in pencil in the right margin of the verso: 1867e représentation de Faust le 28 septembre 1929.
Printed stamp at foot of the verso: "Maison Martinet Albert Hautecoeur, 18, bd des Capucines."
...First edition in French, one of 1,000 numbered copies on Annonay rag paper, the only deluxe paper copies.
Illustrated with numerous photographs. Preface by Maurice Herzog. Foreword by the Duke of Edinburgh.
Publisher’s full flexible boards binding. Lacking slipcase, spine sunned with minor tears at head and foot.
Rare and handsome autograph inscription, dated and signed by General John Hunt: "A M. Robert Moch vous témoignant notre reconnaissance de nous avoir préparé la trace jusqu'au sommet du signal de l'Iséran le 3 janvier - et pour vous exprimer nos regrets de ne pas l'avoir suivie ! John Hunt...
Original photograph depicting Emilio Visconti-Venosta in frontal view.
Contemporary silver print bearing, at the foot of the image, the blindstamp of Roman photographer Lorenzo Suscipj, a pioneer of photography in Italy.
Minor black specks to the surface of the photograph.
Mounted on a stiff card sheet printed with the photographer’s address.
A rare dated and signed autograph inscription by Emilio Visconti-Venosta to the verso: “À M Henri Fournier, souvenir d’un ami, E. Visconti-Venosta. Rome. 18 January 1877”. ['To Mr Henri Fournier, a token from a friend, E. Visconti-Venosta. Rome, 18...
First text: first edition, with no copies issued on deluxe paper; second text: first edition in part.
Publisher's full grey cloth binding, flat spine, complete with the original dust jacket.
Illustrated with photographs by Tony Armstrong-Jones.
A small stain to the lower part of the front endpaper, otherwise a pleasing copy.
Inscribed and signed by Paul Morand: "A maître Chérier, ce tunnel sous la manche, très fidèlement Morand."
Original black and white photograph depicting Maurice Druon in his Académie Française regalia.
A fine copy. Enclosed is the handwritten envelope addressed to the recipient by Maurice Druon.
Inscribed and signed by Maurice Druon in blue ink in the right margin of the photograph: "Avec mes meilleurs souhaits Druon."
Provenance: from the collection of the noted autograph collector Claude Armand.
Original black and white photograph depicting Michel Polnareff in the street, standing opposite a security guard.
A handsome example. Signed by Michel Polnareff on a piece of paper mounted to the verso of the photograph.
Signed by Michel Polnareff in the upper part of the image.
Provenance : from the collection of renowned autograph collector Claude Armand.
Original inscribed photograph showing Yves Montand dressed as a cowboy and pointing a revolver in his right hand.
Yves Montand is slightly facing forward. Vintage silver gelatin print.
On the verso, Yves Montand's name is misspelled twice.
Autograph inscription signed by Yves Montand at the bottom of the photograph: "Pour Michel amicalement Y.Montand."
Original inscribed photograph portrait of Emile Zola. Original albumen paper print on cardboard bearing the stamps of the Eugène Pirou studio, rue Royale, Paris.
Signed and inscribed by Emile Zola to Otto Eisenschitz: "à M. Otto Eisenschitz / cordialement / Emile Zola".
Sixth issue of the year 1947, richly illustrated with photographic reproductions, including numerous works by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Illustrated cover by Jean Lurçat. Contributions by Albert Camus, Alexandre Astruc, Darius Milhaud, Iain Lang, Robert Sabin, Nancy Newhall, Newton Arvin, Jacques Delamain, Beaumont Newhall, Jean Vermandoy, and Woody Guthrie.
Cover slightly rubbed and soiled, a loss to the spine, leaves slightly browned.
Ex-libris of Pierre Mercier.
Original albumen print photograph of Auguste Rodin, cabinet card format, mounted on stiff card. Nadar's signature in red in the lower margin. Advertisements in red on the verso. A small white area in the upper left margin, with a few imperfections from the glass plate in the same area, not affecting the portrait. Foxing to the margins.
Iconic portrait of the sculptor with close-cropped hair and pince-nez, staring fixedly into the lens.
Original albumen print photograph depicting Louis Pasteur, in cabinet card format, mounted on thick card with Chalot's imprint, photographer, 18 rue de Vivienne, Paris.
A photograph mounted on thick card, with the photographer's address printed in red in the lower margin.
A fine copy.
First edition on ordinary paper.
Publisher's full black cloth, smooth spine, black endpapers and pastedowns.
Illustrated with 100 photographs by Pierre Molinier, with text by Pierre Bourgeade.
A very good copy.
Rare first edition for which no large-paper copies were printed, one of the press copies.
Spine and boards lightly sunned as usual, a few light dampstains to the spine.
Illustrated with 32 photographic plates.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Michel Leiris to Gabrielle Gras, a discreet yet prolific critic for the Revue Europe, close to Surrealist circles and to numerous writers and artists.
Albumen print, mounted on cardboard with a printed brown ink border published by the Wesenberg studio in St Petersburg. Tolstoy's name has been stamped in Cyrillic on the verso. Slightly sun-faded, as usual. One spot and a slight white mark to the lower portion.
A handsome copy of this photograph depicting Count Tolstoy in peasant clothing.
Photograph depicting Henri Calet with his young son Louis Nordmann seated on his lap.
Contemporary print.
Minor tears without significance to the left margin of the photograph.
The photograph was taken by Jean-Nicolas De Boé, the writer's nephew.
Autograph postcard dated and signed by Florette Lartigue addressed to the woman of letters Christiane Baroche (12 lines in blue felt-tip), additionally initialled by Jacques-Henri Lartigue and embellished with a small drawn sun.
The postcard reproduces an original photograph by Jacques-Henri Lartigue entitled "Bibi à Marseille"; a crease to the lower right corner of the postcard. Florette Lartigue congratulates Christiane Baroche on all her publishing successes and would like to embrace her "de vive voix" et non toujours par écrit...
The postcard bears the photographer’s handwritten initials, which he enhanced with a small drawn...
First edition, of which no deluxe paper copies were issued.
A pleasing copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Georges Didi-Huberman to a couple of friends named Dominique and Danielle: "... cette trace d'année ombre. Je n'oublie pas vos paroles de coeur..."
Original albumen print photograph of Charles de Gaulle, wearing the Cross of Lorraine and the insignia of the Free French Forces, likely taken shortly after the Liberation. Studio stamp of Harcourt Paris within the photograph, under mat and light wood frame, with some minor damage to the frame.
Signed and inscribed by Charles de Gaulle below the portrait: "A M. Jules Guichet / Bien amicalement ! / 19.2.58 / C. de Gaulle".
First edition, one of 85 numbered copies and 3 hors commerce copies, ours one of the 70 on B.F.K. de Rives paper.
A fine copy complete with its chemise and slipcase in full black cloth, spine of the chemise slightly faded, a small tear at the foot of the lower panel of the slipcase.
Illustrated with 19 original photographs signed in pencil by Henri Maccheroni.
First edition, one of 37 numbered copies, ours one of a few hors commerce copies for collaborators and friends, signed by Man Ray on the justification. 15 photographs on watermarked vélin Montgolfier mounted on guards, each bearing Man Ray’s printed studio stamp (“Épreuve originale atelier Man Ray Paris”). The copy exceptionally contains the original subscription prospectus and an invitation to the book launch exhibition opening night organised by Simone Loliée.
Publisher’s binding by the renowned bookbinder...
First edition which supposedly had an issue of 500 numbered copies. “Gallimard donated the paper required for the production of this book, but only 258 copies could be printed, rather than the 500 announced in the justification” (from a note by Paul Éluard). A slight crease to the covers, slight marginal sunning primarily affecting the rear cover.
Illustrated with 11 photographs of Nusch Éluard by Man Ray and Dora Maar.
Le temps déborde is a collection of eleven poems published...
First French edition.
Profusely illustrated.
Text by Edgar Morin, Georges Lois, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Eric Troncy, Jérôme Sans.
Valuable signed autograph inscription from Jean-Paul Goude to Sonia (Rykiel) in capital letters: "POUR SONIA QUE J'AIME."
Original photographic portrait of the Arab leader at one of his hideouts in Jordan, taken by reporter Geneviève Chauvel for the French press photography agency Gamma. According to Hubert Henrotte, she was the only photographer Yasser Arafat agreed to meet during that period.
Minor loss to the upper right corner and a few faint folds. Good condition.
On the verso of the photograph appears a contextual note...
New edition, limited to 2,000 numbered copies on Lafuma vellum.
Signed autograph presentation inscription by Henri Barbusse beneath the limitation statement: "A Marcel Granoux fraternellement. Henri Barbusse."
Included are an original photograph of Henri Barbusse (8.9 × 13.8 cm, from the G.L. Manuel Frères studio), showing him full face, together with two typed letters dated 28 April and 2 July 1930, signed by Henri Barbusse, concerning an article he was late in sending and a copy of Le Feu that he promises to inscribe and forward to his correspondent.
The first typed letter also bears two manuscript corrections by Henri...
Original collage by Georges Hugnet, signed in white ink "G.H. 1961". Under mat and framed.
A whimsical photo-collage by the Surrealist artist and writer Georges Hugnet. Throughout his diverse oeuvre, collage represented an enduring passion for Hugnet, placing him among the leading innovators in the medium during the XXth century.
Original collage by Georges Hugnet, signed in white ink “G. H. 1961”. Matted and under a wooden frame without glass. A tiny marginal tear.
An irreverent, whimsical photo-collage by the Surrealist artist and writer Georges Hugnet. Throughout his diverse œuvre, collage represented an enduring passion for Hugnet, placing him as among the leading innovators in the medium in the 20th century.
Original photograph depicting a sculpted bust of Tristan Bernard, vintage print.
Printed stamp on verso "Universal press agency", some foxing.
Manuscript annotations by Carlo Rim on verso in blue ink: Tristan Bernard-Nicolas Wahl 1934.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, and filmmaker who was notably a friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol, as well as Max Jacob, Tristan Bernard and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.
First edition of this uncommon work, printed at Saint-Denis, Réunion, and illustrated by the local photographer E. Vidal, expanding upon a brief notice published as early as 1899 (cf. Ryckebusch II, 5358.)
Illustrated with a frontispiece map and 20 photographic plates hors-texte.
With a preface by M. Garsault.
Spine lacking, wrappers in poor condition, light waterstaining.
Scarce, offered in its present condition.
Born in Rennes, the military physician Jean-Marie Mac-Auliffe (1837-1908) was stationed in Réunion in 1864, and again from 1874 until his death, notably as physician to the thermal baths of Cilaos. In this remote locality he developed considerable...
Second edition, embellished with several figures in the text and illustrated with 5 albumen photographic plates, mounted on heavy paper and inserted on guards.
Contemporary half black shagreen, spine with five raised bands decorated with blind fillets, headcap rubbed, joints worn, marbled paper boards, speckled edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
This was the first published work of Abbé Louis Duchesne (1843-1922), who would go on to revolutionize both the methodology and conclusions of ecclesiastical history.
Written in collaboration with the future Byzantinist Charles Bayet (1849-1918), it is the result of their stay at the French School at Athens.
This...
First edition, illustrated with 11 photographic prints measuring 9 x 15 cm, mounted on heavy paper and hinged on stubs.
S.l., s.d. [circa 1890], oblong 12mo (12 x 19 cm),
Publisher's full green percaline binding, smooth unlettered spine, gilt and blind-tooled fillet borders on the covers, title stamped in gilt on the upper cover, a few stains to the covers, grey-blue paper pastedowns and endpapers.
A photographer active in Nice from the late 1860s to around 1883, Jean Walburg de Bray (1839-1901) subsequently moved to Cannes, where he remained until the early 1890s. His assistant Jean Gilletta (1856-1933) succeeded him in Nice and reissued part of the stock under his...
Album comprising 30 original albumen prints mounted on heavy card leaves.
Bradel binding in full black boards, smooth unlettered spine, gilt-ruled frame on the covers, title set within a central panel on the upper cover, corners rubbed; contemporary binding except for the renewed spine.
The first 22 photographs (approx. 12.5 × 17 cm) depict views of the City of the Doges; the following seven (various formats) reproduce paintings by Italian masters (Veronese, Titian, Raphael, Murillo...) held in Venice, Florence, and Paris; the final print shows a water-carrier.
Captions in Italian in black ink on the mount, on the verso.
The sequence of photographs is as follows...
Black-and-white photograph depicting Shirley Temple as a child.
A fine copy.
Inscribed and signed by Shirley Temple in 1988, with an autograph dedication to the noted autograph collector Claude Armand.
Original black and white photograph depicting Boris Yegorov in flight suit.
A fine copy.
Rare autograph of Boris Yegorov in blue ink in the left margin of the photograph.
On 12 October 1964, aboard Voskhod 1, Boris Yegorov made his sole flight as a physician, participating in the first mission in history to carry three crew members.
Provenance: from the collection of the renowned autograph collector Claude Armand.
Original black-and-white photograph depicting Elvire Popesco in a three-quarter profile.
A handsome print. Vintage print, with the printed stamp of the Nicolas Treatt Studio in Paris on the verso.
Signed in black ink by Elvire Popesco.
Provenance: from the collection of renowned autograph collector Claude Armand.
Postcard after an original photograph by David Hamilton depicting a young girl walking through a flower-filled meadow.
A fine copy.
Signed by David Hamilton in black felt-tip pen at the foot of the card.
Provenance: from the collection of the noted autograph collector Claude Armand.
Color photographic postcard depicting Johnny Hallyday, a guitar in his right hand, balancing on a locomotive.
Photographic postcard produced by Philips studios.
Signed in Johnny Hallyday's hand in the upper left margin.
