Published correspondences

Autograph letter signed by Pierre-André Benoit (13 lines in black ink written from his château at Rivières-de-Theyrargues in the Gard region which he has occupied since 1970) addressed to bookseller Pierre Clerc who had sent him New Year's wishes for 1986.
Envelope included.
In turn, Pierre-André Benoit extends his wishes for the year ahead and writes that he finds it difficult to leave his retreat in the Gard at Rivières-de-Theyrargues : "... je ne bouge jamais de Rivières..." ["... I never leave Rivières..."] and therefore favors a telephone appointment with his correspondent: "... oui par...

Signed autograph letter from Pierre-André Benoit (13 lines in black ink written from his château de Rivières-de-Theyrargues in the Gard which he has occupied since 1970) addressed to the bookseller Pierre Clerc who had sent him his wishes for the year 1986.
Fold mark inherent to envelope insertion. Pierre Clerc has inscribed, in pencil at the top of the letter, the name and surname of his correspondent.
Pierre-André Benoit believes his correspondent is busy with his summer occupations, particularly mycological : "... vous êtes sans doite à Chateauneuf de Randon et les champignons ne doivent pas manquer.."...

Autograph letter dated and signed by Pierre Mac Orlan (16 lines in black ink) to his young friend the budding poet Roger Valuet.
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Pierre Mac Orlan thanks his friend for sending him tobacco which he seems to appreciate greatly and sends him a check to reimburse him: "... if you don't accept my check, I won't accept the tobacco... thank you again for the St Claude blue."
A native of Arras, Roger Valuet is a popular writer who signed, under the pseudonym Roger Vilard, numerous detective and espionage novels. At the beginning of his career, he was helped by Pierre Mac Orlan who wrote the preface to his first...

Autograph letter dated and signed by Pierre Mac Orlan (13 lines in black ink) to his young friend the budding poet Roger Valuet.
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Pierre Mac Orlan, tired from his past year, thanks his friend for offering him a pipe and promises to send him his latest work: "... in about two weeks, I will send you my latest poem: it's a small, unencumbering book (30 pages)..."
He sends his regards to Roger Valuet's family and to the people of Arras: "I send you first my best friendship for you, your young wife... and your parents. Kind regards to Arras and my dear friends in that city."
A native of...

Laudatory autograph letter dated and signed by Pierre Mac Orlan (15 lines in blue ink) to his young friend the beginning poet Roger Valuet who has just sent him his collection of poems Embruns: "... le livre est très bien présenté, avec soin et goût. Vous pouvez féliciter le metteur en pages et l'imprimeur." ["... the book is very well presented, with care and taste. You can congratulate the typesetter and the printer."]
He provides him with the addresses of his friends Francis Carco, Roland Dorgelès and Léonce Peillard so that they too might receive their copies of Embruns in order to better publicize and distribute this work.
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Touching autograph letter dated and signed by Henri Béraud addressed to his mother-in-law while imprisoned at Poissy prison (65 lines in blue then black ink on three pages) relating his situation as a prisoner while praising the love of the latter and his wife who watch over him and allow him to envisage prison life under better auspices.
The letter is on the letterhead of the infirmary of the central prison of Poissy, with fold marks inherent to being placed in an envelope.
Henri Béraud rejoices at having been able to see his mother-in-law in good health and worries about the sacrifices she inflicts upon herself for the well-being of her imprisoned...

Autograph letter dated and signed by André Malraux (14 lines in blue ballpoint pen from his Boulogne home on avenue Victor Hugo) confirming a scheduled appointment.
He thanks him for his ever-benevolent friendship: "J'ai trouvé la Parisienne à mon retour. Je vous écris, vous ayant lu, ce que je vous ai dit avant de vous avoir lu : votre attitude m'est allée au coeur..." ["I found la Parisienne upon my return. I am writing to you, having read you, what I told you before having read you: your attitude touched my heart..."]
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Resistance fighter participating in Combat, André Parinaud is a...

Autograph letter dated and signed by André Malraux (14 lines in blue ballpoint pen from his Boulogne home on avenue Victor Hugo) discussing his workload related to the preparation and delayed publication of the work Des bas-reliefs aux grottes sacrées for which André Parinaud is sending him documentation.
André Malraux is not yet ready to send his work to the publisher: "... le livre ne parait pas cette année. Peut-être en mars 54. Et pour savoir où nous allons, il faudrait que la préface au moins fût terminée. J'en ai encore pour deux mois." ["... the book is not coming out this year. Perhaps in March 54. And to know where we...

Autograph letter signed and dated by André Malraux (20 lines in blue ballpoint pen from his Boulogne home on avenue Victor Hugo) thanking him for his favorable review either of Des bas-reliefs aux grottes sacrées or of Le Monde chrétien, both published in 1954.
He apologizes for not being able to respond quickly to his laudatory article before thanking him: "... it is certain that by emphasizing both the technical aspect and the other (underlined words), you render the book a great service, and take the animal by the right end...", he also acknowledges the clairvoyance and pertinence of his article...

Autograph letter signed by André Malraux (20 lines in blue ballpoint pen from his Boulogne home on avenue Victor Hugo) making witty reference to the release of his work, probably Le musée imaginaire published in 1947, and to the article devoted to him by André Parinaud in Arts.
André Malraux mocks the massive aspect of his work: "... avec le retard qu'implique le poids du livre, poids qui affirme aux esprits non prévenus le sérieux de l'auteur... Un des premiers "voix du silence" paru en même temps que votre article" ["... with the delay implied by the weight of the book, weight which affirms to unprejudiced minds the seriousness of...

Autograph letter dated and signed by Pierre Mac Orlan (15 lines in turquoise ink) to the budding poet Roger Valuet.
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He urges his young colleague to send him his latest writings: "Bien sûr ! Envoyez-moi vos poèmes dès que vous les aurez réunis. Je les lirai et vous répondrai à ce sujet..." ["Of course! Send me your poems as soon as you have gathered them together. I will read them and respond to you on the subject..."] and hopes to return to the North to see him again: "Je ne désespère pas de revenir à Arras dans le début de printemps prochain, si... Votre vieil ami." ["I do not despair of returning to...

Autograph letter dated and signed by Max Jacob addressed to Madame Léon Daudet (17 lines in black ink from Saint Benoit-sur-Loire) in which the poet expresses all his sadness and solicitude for the Daudet family mourning the loss of Philippe Daudet: "... j'ai appris tout le malheur qui frappe votre famille..." ["... I learned of all the misfortune striking your family..."] but also all his piety: "... croyez aussi à mes prières ferventes sinon pour le bienheureux enfant dont le ciel accueille l'innocence du moinsd pour les pauvres parents à qui le destin arrache hélas ! leur chair vive." ["... believe also in my fervent prayers if not for the blessed...

Autograph letter dated and signed by Francis Viélé-Griffin addressed (31 lines in violet ink from his Parisian residence) to Edouard Ducoté, poet, bibliophile and director of the review l'Ermitage since 1895 in which he requests a little patience before he sends the promised verses to the review, he also assures him that he will send his forthcoming works: "... however small the print run of my next volume may be, I naturally intended to reserve a copy for you. For are you not one of those for whom I wrote it?... I will enclose the offprint of sainte Julie - of which I have three copies left - but are you not a bibliophile?"
Finally, Francis...

Autograph letter dated and signed by Francis Viélé-Griffin (30 lines in violet ink from his Parisian residence) addressed to Edouard Ducoté, poet, bibliophile and director of the review l'Ermitage since 1895.
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He showers praise on his fellow poet Edouard Ducoté who has just sent him his latest work and also thanks him for the article that l'Ermitage devoted to his latest collection (L'amour sacré published in 1903): "... I have written my thanks to the critic... I have a copy for him that I have not yet been able to send him..."
Francis Viélé-Griffin also mentions a painting by his...

Autograph letter dated and signed by Francis Viélé-Griffin (20 lines in violet ink from his property in Nazelles, Indre-et-Loire) addressed to Edouard Ducoté, poet, bibliophile and director of the review l'Ermitage since 1895.
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He thanks his fellow poet Edouard Ducoté for the latest book he has just sent him with a dedication, and expresses his delight at having been invited by him to contribute some of his poems to the review l'Ermitage: "I shall gladly collaborate, in the form of some poems, with your review which I always read with interest and profit..."
Francis Viélé-Griffin also mentions...

Autograph letter dated and signed by André Breton (11 lines in black ink from his Parisian residence on rue Fontaine) acknowledging receipt of a cheque he received from Jean-Jacques Pauvert's publishing house.
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He apologizes for responding so late to his correspondent, asks him to thank Jean-Jacques Pauvert and to convey his regards.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches vellum, ours one of the few hors commerce copies justified H.C. in pencil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Half red shagreen binding, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved.

Autograph letter signed by Charles Maurras (33 lines in black ink) to a lady on letterhead of the Lyon address of the newspaper "L'Action française" of which Charles Maurras was editor-in-chief and one of the most prolific contributors.
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He thanks his correspondent for allowing him to meet a collector of paintings and apologizes for not being able to attend a reception she is organizing: "... l'horaire du journal m'interdit bien malheureusement de me joindre à vous demain matin... je serai de tout coeur avec vous et les vôtres..." ["... the newspaper's schedule unfortunately...

Autograph signed photographic postcard by Paul-Jean Toulet (17 lines in black ink) addressed to his nephew Pierre-Henri de la Blachetai and depicting the Vassincourt church in the Meuse during the Battle of the Marne.
The poet gives him news of his precarious health before they meet again at the château de La Rafette, the family property located in Saint-Loubès, northwest of Bordeaux, where Paul-Jean Toulet lived after his definitive departure from Paris in 1912: "... tu n'y trouveras rien de changé, qu'un compagnon nouveau pour tes vacances..." ["you will find nothing changed there, except a new companion for your holidays..."]
Paul-Jean Toulet...

Autograph signed photographic postcard from Paul-Jean Toulet (19 lines in black ink) addressed to his sister Jane to whom he gives family news.
The postcard depicts the entrance to the main street of Monfort-en-Chalosse in the Landes.
An opium-addicted and inveterate alcoholic dandy, a poet unknown to the general public but admired by his peers, notably by José Luis Borges, Paul-Jean Toulet was a novelist (Monsieur du Paur, Mon amie Nane) but above all a master of poetic prose. His masterpiece Contrerimes, a collection of quatrains published after his death combining enclosed rhymes and crossed metrical structure, assured him posthumous success and inspired his...

Autograph signed photographic postcard from Paul-Jean Toulet (27 lines in blue ink) addressed to his cousin Mauricia Chaline who was his great provider of alcohol, food, tobacco and laudanum.
Penniless, he begs his cousin to come to his aid: "l'argent des pardessus... et autant pour le voyage et menues dépenses... me sont devenues indispensables quoi que je fasse..." ["the money for overcoats... and as much for the journey and small expenses... have become indispensable to me whatever I do..."] and confesses to feeling better in Avignon: "... le climat d'Avignon me convient assez - je n'y ait pas du tout de fièvre, c'est ce qui fait je pense...

Autograph letter signed (23 lines in black ink on Echo de Paris letterhead) from the illustrator and caricaturist Sennep, addressed to his friend the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim about an article that Carlo Rim had published in his magazine "Vu" contravening artistic property: "Mon cher Carlo Rim, puisque tu es rédacteur en chef, je t'absous ! Et Vu en sera quitte pour les inévitables droits de reproduction que lui réclamera sans doute le syndicat de la propriété artistique. "L'incident sanglant" avait pour origine une reproduction intempestive de quinze ou vingt dessins (sans autorisation préalable, et sans indication d'origine et servant...

Autograph postcard signed by Georges Sadoul sent from Moscow to his friend Carlo Rim: "Meilleurs souvenirs de Moscou. Georges Sadoul" ["Best regards from Moscow. Georges Sadoul"]
The postcard shows on the front a colored view of the Moscow metro.
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.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Cover illustrated by Jean Hugo.
One joint slightly reglued at head, minor stains without consequence on the back cover.
Signed autograph inscription from Maurice Sachs to the tragedienne and theatre actress Andrée Tainsy.
Our copy is enriched with an autograph letter dated and signed by Maurice Sachs in which he inquires about the dedicatee.

Autograph letter signed by Joséphin Peladan addressed to Marius Richard, the father of Carlo Rim (46 lines in black ink, 2 pages on a recto-verso sheet) concerning the upcoming creation of a theatrical play, which will be Sémiramis, in the ancient amphitheatre of Nîmes which Marius Richard is organizing.
Light foxing in the margins of the letter, fold marks inherent to the folding for mailing.
"10, rue de la Vierge
Nîmes.
Mon cher confrère,
hier on m'a dit chez vous que vous ne reviendrez pas de la campagne avant un mois & je pars dans quelques jours. J'aurais bien voulu avancer le beau projet que vous avez conçu. Si, comme vous en avez eu la première idée...

Draft autograph signed letter from Joséphin Peladan addressed to Marius Richard, the father of Carlo Rim (63 lines in black ink, 3 pages on two sheets, one recto-verso) regarding the upcoming creation of a theatrical play, which will be Sémiramis, in the ancient amphitheater of Nîmes which Marius Richard is handling.
Light foxing in letter margins, fold marks inherent to postal handling. Some passages have been crossed out in blue pencil but remain entirely legible.
"24. Rue A. de Neuville
Paris XVII
Mon cher confrère,
mille mercis des détails très précis que vous me donnez. Laissez-moi vous d'abord rectifier un point que j'ai dû mal exprimer. Je n'ai pas...

Autograph signed letter from Henri Bosco addressed to his summer friends and neighbors Alice and Georges Raillard (23 lines in blue ink on a recto-verso sheet) discussing the baptism of his godson Henri Raillard which will not be compromised despite the fragile health of the writer returning ill from Italy.
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"Lourmarin le 12 Mai 54
Bien cher amis,
Oui, je regrette de nous être manqués à Autun. Nous rentrons d'Italie. Je suis assez fatigué - et souffrant encore. Il me faut du repos (underlined sentence). Je ne puis donc envisager d'aller à Limoust pour la Pentecôte. Cela me navre, mais il est nécessaire que je...

Autograph letter signed by Henri Bosco addressed, from his Nice home, to his summer friends and neighbors Alice and Georges Raillard (39 lines in green ink on a recto-verso leaf) notably about a couple of friends for whom he requests the services of Georges Raillard. He also speaks of his literary production currently occupying him.
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"Le 6. IV. 64
Mon cher ami,
Je viens vous demander quelques renseignements. Il s'agit d'un jeune ami et de sa femme. Lui, Georges Comet, Agrégé d'histoire, présentement prof. au lycée de Reims - Elle, Sylvette Comet, licenciée CAPES (ienne) Prof. de français moderne, et aussi...

Autograph letter signed by Maurice Barrès addressed to Madame Léon Daudet (39 lines in black ink on a four-page folio).
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"Chère madame,
J'avais espéré voir Léon et peut-être aussi vous-même en Provence (et ce que je rêve, vous faire connaître ce beau site de Mirabeau). Du moins j'y ai votre conversation écrite, si claire, rapide, souple, intéressante, ces pages pas fabriquées, mais jaillissantes et si aimables ! Je vois que je ne vous déplairais en vous disant que je vous apparente à celle de madame Millet. Robinel que j'ai tant lue, quand j'étais enfant, parce qu'elle était un des livres de notre maison, et que je vous tiens pour...

Autograph letter signed by Joséphin Peladan addressed to Marius Richard, Carlo Rim's father (62 lines in blue ink, 4 pages on a recto-verso sheet). The Sâr recommends to his friend Marius Richard, in charge of programming at the amphitheatre of Nîmes, the Adonis created by the niece of one of his best friends:
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"Villenoy par Meaux
Seine & Marne
Mon cher ami,
J'ai vu que vous alliez donner une oeuvre à l'amphithéâtre : vous ne doutez point qu'elle m'intéresse & je vous prie d'abord de m'envoyer la brochure puisque je ne pourrai pas vous applaudir. Je compte donc, au...

Autograph letter signed by Joséphin Peladan addressed to Marius Richard, Carlo Rim's father (41 lines in black ink, 2 pages on a recto-verso sheet). The Sâr gives his final instructions for the creation of his Sémiramis in the ancient amphitheatre of Nîmes directed by Marius Richard.
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"Mon cher confrère,
Je vous remercie de me rassurer enfin, sur la scène. Je vous écrivais ce matin encor à ce sujet. Voici l'indication pour les quatre spectacles le Sacrifice, la Fête de Tammuz, La Pyrrhique & l'Aruspice à intercaler dans la tragédie. Cela suffit au comité pour comprendre qu'il...

Autograph letter signed by Joséphin Peladan addressed to Marius Richard, Carlo Rim's father (29 lines in blue ink) asking him to publicize Paul Mounet, the Sâr's favorite actor whom he feels is not sufficiently recognized at his true worth.
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Autograph letter signed by Joséphin Peladan addressed to Marius Richard, Carlo Rim's father (44 lines in blue ink on a recto-verso sheet). The Sâr is indignant about the pretensions, notably financial, of Paul Mounet and his brother, he also suggests to his correspondent the distribution of roles for the theatrical play on which he is collaborating.
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"Mon cher confrère,
J'ai vu par mes amis Placide que vous aviez été fort affairé, ces temps-ci, par les soins politiques. Et sans doute, vous attendiez d'avoir des choses précises pour m'écrire. Je voudrais non pas vous mettre en garde, mais que vous mettiez les membres du...

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:
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"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...

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...

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.
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"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...

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 68 lines written in black ink on seven folios recto, probably addressed to his friend and bibliographer, the critic Henri Lapauze:
"Artagnan,
My dear friend,
the interesting review (which I would very much like to know...) has escaped me. Can you send it to me; or, at least, a date indication that would allow me to find it? As for what you write to me about my "social successes," you don't think the first word of it (fortunately for us!) - otherwise, you would start by "not speaking to me" as Favre used to say; and you would be quite right. Well! in all things, one must consider not only the end, but the true and the false...

Autograph letter signed by Roger Martin du Gard addressed from Nice to his friends Rim (3 pages, 46 lines in black ink) great suppliers of sweets and other delicacies for the author of Les Thibault who seems to rediscover, under the Provençal sun and tranquility; a soothed sweetness and carefree spirit of living simply, the proximity of a school further facilitating this ideal peace :
"Nice. 1er novembre 34
Chers amis, pour si agréable qu'il soit, c'est un rôle bien gênant à tenir que celui du vieux monsieur qu'on gave de sucreries ! Je suis attendri jusqu'aux larmes que vous pensiez ainsi à me régaler à distance, et le coeur me fond dans la poitrine en...

Autograph letter signed by Roger Martin du Gard addressed from Cassis to his friend Alice Rim (3 pages, 48 lines in black ink) in which he savors his peaceful solitude in deserted Cassis. He thanks her for all the delicacies and confectioneries with which she supplies the Provençal hermit who only deplores the absence of his friends Carlo and Rim at his side :
"Cassis. 8 janvier 34
Chère madame, Et serait-ce de petites crottes de musaraignes dans du papier d'argent, que je serais déjà pénétré de reconnaissance par votre amicale attention ! Imaginez donc ce que je puis éprouver en décortiquant ces délicieux tortillons de La Rochelle, croquants et onctueux, insinuants comme...

Signed autograph letter from the dandy count, 68 lines written in black ink on six recto leaves, probably addressed to his friend and bibliographer, the critic Henri Lapauze, to whom he almost orders him to review his latest work in one of his upcoming chronicles. The proud Robert de Montesquiou also evokes, with complete immodesty, his intellectual height and depth, qualities cruelly lacking in some of his contemporaries:
"Cher ami,
avec plaisir, je consens à faire partie de votre comité, avec d'autant plus de plaisir que, sans le vouloir ou, peut-être intentionnellement (je préfère le croire) vous donnez raison à mon dernier livre. Voir page 143 : "nulle ne serait mieux...

Signed autograph letter from the dandy count, on a sealed pneumatic card of 12 lines written in black ink, addressed to his friend and bibliographer, the critic Henri Lapauze:
"Cher confrère et ami, je viens de vous écrire un mot, et mes inquiètudes de garde-malade. Un mot troublé au point de vous adresser (je crois) au Figaro, ce qui devait s'arrêter avant... Cela me donne le plaisir d'inscrire deux fois votre nom apprécié. RM." ["Dear colleague and friend, I have just written you a word, and my anxieties as a nurse. A troubled word to the point of addressing you (I believe) at Le Figaro, which should have stopped before... This gives me the pleasure of inscribing...

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, on a closed pneumatic card of 18 lines written in black ink, addressed to his friend and journalist Henri Lapauze in which, stung to the quick in his pride, Robert de Montesquiou asks the latter, imposing this correction upon him, to kindly rectify the almost unforgivable error of the Gaulois:
"Cher monsieur et ami,
me faisant l'amitié d'annoncer, ce matin, mon volume, il est regrettable que le Gaulois ait omis de dire qu'il était de moi. Je compte sur vous pour combler cette lacune (dans le numéro qui doit paraître lundi matin) par deux lignes ainsi conçues - ou à peu près : "c'est par erreur que signalant hier à nos lecteurs...

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, on a closed pneumatic card of 14 lines written in black ink, addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze:
"Cher monsieur, il est bien convenu que vous rappelez n'est-ce pas ? nos fêtes de lundi dans votre numéro de ce soir par un petit entrefilet invitant et signfiant avec l'heure du départ et les attractions etc... Merci et bon sentiment. Cye R.de M." ["Dear sir, it is well understood that you will remind, is it not? our Monday festivities in your issue this evening with a small inviting and meaningful paragraph with the departure time and attractions etc... Thank you and good feelings. Cye R.de...

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 27 lines written in violet ink, addressed to his friend and bibliographer, the critic Henri Lapauze:
"14 avenue Bosquet,
Cher monsieur et ami,
j'ai le plaisir de vous envoyer mon livre, que, je l'espère, vous aimerez assez pour lui concéder la gracieuse faveur que je vous demande. Quelques lignes, un alinéa, en première page, rappelant à vos lecteurs son apparition, avec un bout de commentaire que vous tracerez, je le sais, obligeamment et savamment, seront pour dédommager, et, peut-être, récompenser le poète, qui s'entête à chanter en ces époques troublée. Un compte-rendu de M. Perret m'a été promis, mais il viendra en son...

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.
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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...

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...

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 27 lines written in blue ink, addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze:
"Neuilly,
Dear friend, thank you for your note. I am going to see Coppée again. When you speak again, you, of my book, you will please me (of course if this accords with your views) first, by recalling that it is dedicated to Barrès, then by observing, if not admiring what is rare, in the spectacle (shall we say the example?) given by an artist, who has proven himself, and publishes his eleventh volume (books in which there are things) without ever having cared about anything other than the esteem of those who please him; by a man...

Autograph postcard signed by the dandy count, 13 lines written in black ink, addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze:
"Dear sir,
I offer you Thursday morning (half past eleven) between many trunks! to come see me (and show La Tour) according to the desire you expressed to me. If 2:30 would suit you better would you kindly let me know and receive my friendship. Count Robert de Montesquiou 24 Oct. 14, avenue Bosquet."

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 22 lines written in black ink, addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze:
"Neuilly,
Indeed, dear friend, you would give me great pleasure by continuing to point out to your readers the faithfulness of word & the good conduct of this edition, which encounters more and more the serious reception to which, I hope, it is entitled, by showing more clearly what those titles that have become famous contained, a little confidence, and which want to deserve to be so after a more mature examination. And, if you insist on the poor passiflora, of which your wife speaks to me so eloquently and elegantly in a letter...

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 22 lines written in pencil, addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze:
"Neuilly,
Cher ami, voici ce que je vous envoie, d'accord avec Monsieur Schmoll, qui m'en a téléphoné, ce matin. Ne soyez pas effrayé par l'importance physique de ce document, elle ne vient que de la grosseur des caractères. L'étendue n'en demeure pas moins normale. J'ajoute que les pièces ont été choisies, parmi les transformées, et remaniées, comme elles le sont, d'ailleurs à peu près toutes. Il serait désirable que cette publication eut lieu demain, pour ne pas retarder l'apparition du volume. Dans ce cas, j'enverrais, ce soir...

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 54 lines written in black ink on two leaves recto-verso, addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze:
"4 février Westminster hôtel New-York,
Cher monsieur et ami,
j'ai le plaisir de vous adresser ci-joint une copie manuscrite du salut d'ouverture qui servira de prélude de bienvenue à la première de mes conférences dont la date est fixée à demain. J'espère que vous ferez bon accueil à cet envoi de l'absent et le publierez en bonne place. Les documents ci-joints vous aideront à faire rédiger les lignes explicatives dont je vous demande d'accompagner l'article. Merci à vous , à Mr Galdemar et à Sem pour...

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 56 lines written in black ink on three sheets, addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze, notably mentioning a work by Ingres in his possession, also thanking his correspondent for his always lucid and benevolent critiques regarding him.
"16 mai 911,
Cher ami,
merci pour le magnifique volume, au sujet duquel je me félicite (sans trop insister...) que votre catégorique réponse de l'autre jour, sur la non-participation des non-contemporains, à votre index me permette de n'avoir pas à vous adresser le beau reproche que j'avais préparé, non sur "Phidias absent" puisqu'il y est... mais sur moi-même oublié...

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 14 lines written in blue ink, addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze, notably mentioning a work by Ingres in his possession, also thanking his correspondent for his always lucid and benevolent critiques regarding him.
"Cher ami,
envoyez-moi, je vous en prie, comme nous en sommes convenus, le schéma de ma donation au Petit-Palais, de ma grande statuette par TroubetzKoÿ, et du portrait, par Arthur Chaplin, de Mademoiselle Ehrmann, artiste lorraine élève d'Hébert, morte en 1918, ayant légué le portrait par elle, de sa mère, au Musée de Nancy, et dont le portrait, pareillement dû à son pinceau, de...

Autograph letter signed by Balthus addressed to gallery owner Henriette Gomès. 7 lines, envelope included.
Cross folds inherent to mailing, a small tear to left margin of the letter not touching text, the ink having faded.
"Chassy, mardi (the r and d having smudged)
Ma petite Henriette,
je reçois ce papier mystérieux - si tu trouves un moment pourrais-tu voir de quoi il s'agit ? En toute hâte - Je t'embrasse et André. B." ["My little Henriette, I receive this mysterious paper - if you find a moment could you see what it's about? In great haste - I embrace you and André. B."]
"During the summer of 1952, Balthus found...

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 40 lines written in black ink on tracing paper, addressed probably to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze.
"Neuilly,
Dear friend, the impossibilities that deprived me of your twice precious presence, have also deprived you of a moment which, I dare believe, was one of those that would have moved you. And, no doubt, all the more, I do not say! in revealing to you (you sense it well...) but in making you better know a character of sentiment curiously associated with the character of verve, that you received, the other day. If you judge it appropriate and can do so without difficulty, would you publish in full the...

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 52 lines written in black ink on tracing paper, addressed probably to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze.
"Neuilly,
Mon cher ami, je crains de vous avoir mal dit, en hâte, et en proie à de cruels mouvements, ce que je ressentais fort bien, et que, par suite, je devais exprimer mieux. L'épithète de "métallique" appliquée à votre voix (sans insister sur la richesse du timbre et la noblesse de la vibration) m'apparaît bien loin de ce que me dictaient mon sentiment et ma pensée. Je ne voulais que lui faire figurer l'accent mâle, en regard du contralto qu'il me plaisait de lui juxtaposer en plus. Ce que je voulais...

Autograph letter signed by Colonel Rémy, 10 lines written in blue ink from the seaside resort of Cascais, envelope included, addressed to Henri Petit author of a favorable review of the latest work entitled "Fatima" by the great resistance fighter recently published and entitled "Fatima"
"Merci, cher ami, pour les lignes comme toujours si bienveillantes - que vous avez eu la gentillesse de consacrer à mon "Fatima", et que je trouve ici en rentrant de France. Bonnes vacances ! Croyez-moi votre reconnaissant et dévoué Rémy." ["Thank you, dear friend, for the lines as always so benevolent - which you were kind enough to devote to my "Fatima", and which I...

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 37 lines written in black ink, addressed probably to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze.
"Neuilly,
Mon cher ami, laissez-moi vous donner ce beau nom. C'est avec une vive et charmante émotion que je lis les belles et "braves" louanges dont vous voulez bien honorer ma personne, et mon oeuvre. Il me plaît de penser que votre précieux éloge résulte d'une collaboration doublement sympathique, et, dans laquelle, auprès de votre timbre métallique, résonne l'accent le plus doux de l'aimable femme dont le talent m'était connu, mais dont la première minute de causerie m'a révélé la compréhension et le sentiment. En...

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 31 lines written in black ink, addressed probably to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze, notably mentioning a work by Ingres in his possession, also thanking his correspondent for his always lucid and benevolent critiques toward him.
"Cher ami,
je crois posséder une miniature d'Ingres père ; c'est laid, mais assez curieux, un tétard de Georges Rivière junior, mais un tétard sur ivoire ! Merci pour votre mot révélateur mais toujours compréhensif et sympathique en ce qui vous concerne, tous les deux, c'est l'important. Il n'y a qu'un terme que je n'accepte pas, dans votre protestation, c'est le monosyllabe tous...

Signed manuscript letter from Jean-François Lyotard addressed to art critic Georges Raillard, friend and specialist in the works of Joan Miro and Antoni Tapies.
"La Flèche ce 26 XII,
mon cher Raillard,
à mon tour de m'excuser : fin de trimestre chargée, inspection de Bridoux, et enfin un coup de claque assez vif - de là mon grand retard à vous répondre. Votre passage ici nous a été très agréable, et vous ne savez pas qu'on a pas tous les jours un maurrassien à se mettre sous la dent. (A ce propos nous avons ces jours-ci, Filioux, Durand et moi, fait la chasse à Letourneau dans le département, lui apportant la contradiction dans plusieurs réunions - très amusant.) Quant à...

New Year's card for 1973 illustrated with a lithograph by Emile Gilioli on the first cover and bearing this signed autograph inscription from the painter to his friend, art critic Georges Raillard, who is not named specifically:
"Bonne année 1973. Bonne santé. Bonne santé ! Babet et Emile Gilioli." ["Happy New Year 1973. Good health. Good health! Babet and Emile Gilioli."]
Small stains affecting mainly the back cover of the New Year's card.

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 11 lines written in black ink, addressed probably to his friend and bibliographer, the critic Henri Lapauze.
"Neuilly, 14 juin
Cher monsieur & ami, mon dessin est à votre disposition (de préférence à partir du samedi 21). Je vous assure, et de mes sentiments les meilleurs. RMontesquiou." ["Neuilly, June 14
Dear sir & friend, my drawing is at your disposal (preferably from Saturday the 21st onwards). I assure you of my best regards. RMontesquiou."]
Folding traces inherent to the envelope, Henri Lapauze has inscribed, across the letter in blue pencil, the word "faire" ["to do"].

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 24 lines written in black ink on tracing paper, addressed probably to his friend and bibliographer, the critic Henri Lapauze.
"Pavillon des Muses,
Cher ami, je vous recommande, entre autres, Mortuis Ignotis, Sunt lacrymae hominum (dont les deux derniers vers sont beaux, je crois, & les sonnets de dédicace. J'ai été heureux de vous revoir, tous les deux, en le cadre étonnant, & charmant, qui nous promet des heures heureuses. Souvenirs envieux de mon "plus petit palais". Robert de M. 14 déc 06" ["Pavillon des Muses,
Dear friend, I recommend to you, among others, Mortuis Ignotis, Sunt lacrymae hominum (of which the...

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...

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 18 lines written in black ink, probably addressed to his friend and bibliographer, the critic Henri Lapauze, thanking him for his vigilance and for having corrected an error concerning one of his texts.
Traces of folding inherent to mailing, light creases in the left margin of the letter.
"Neuilly,
Dear friend,
thank you for your vigilant benevolence. I appreciate it all the more as the same newspaper which brought me a new flood of it, represented my client to me, elsewhere, in the form of a very vast Perrichon! ...But my Mont-Blanc described by you, regains its proportions! All is in order, and I am your affectionate...

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...

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, on a bristol card, 20 lines written in black ink, addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze about an article to appear in "Le Gaulois" and for which he sets his conditions:
"Cher Mr Lapauze, en réponse à votre aimable mot, veuillez dire à M. Meyer que je lui demande pour l'article en question la place de tête pour le 28. Et que je lui demande aussi le secret à l'égard de la destinataire, à qui je veux faire une surprise. Je sais qu'il sera d'accord avec moi dans ce dessein d'art et d'amitié. Merci et à bientôt. Cte R. de Montesquiou." ["Dear Mr Lapauze, in response to your kind note, please tell M...

Signed autograph letter from Balthus addressed to gallerist Henriette (Gomès). One page written in black ink on letterhead of the Académie de France in Rome of which Balthus was appointed director by André Malraux in 1961, 13 lines.
Transverse folds inherent to mailing, two small tears in left and right margins of the letter not touching the text, pin marks in upper left margin of the letter, the ink of certain words having faded.
"Ma petite Henriette,
imossible de me souvenir de l'adresse de Claude Hersent ni de celle de Lefebvre dont je ne trouve plus l'enveloppe. C'est donc à toi que j'envoie le papier ci-joint à remettre au personnage en question...

Signed autograph postcard from Balthus addressed to gallerist Henriette (Gomès), 17 lines in black ink.
A clear dampstain in the upper right margin of the postcard depicting a ski slope.
"Chassy le 30 XII 53
Ma petite Henriette,
comme il n'est pas impossible que mon petit mot de Rome ait été englouti par la pgrève, je préfère pour plus de sûreté t'envoyer une nouvelle litanie de souhaits et de bons voeux d'ici où je suis rentré hier - Quand viens-tu ? J'espère que tu t'arrangeras popur rester quelques jours. Je t'embrasse ainsi qu'André. B. L'adresse de Georges Parent G. Parent, 1, rue de Narbonne Paris 7e."" ["Chassy December 30th 53 /...

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 20 lines written in black ink on tracing paper, addressed probably to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze regarding verses commissioned from him by the newspaper "Le Gaulois":
"Neuilly,
Cher ami, puisque nous supprimons le dessin, remplaçons-le par par cette petite pièce qui servira de repos, entre les deux autres, et frappons un grand coup de vers. Les trois pièces (ce nombre est necéssaire pour fixer l'attention) sont les meilleurs que j'ai faites. Rendez notre cher Galdemar favorable à ce projet, et dites lui que ce n'est pas moi qui sollicite, du Gaulois, cette publication ; mais, bien, le Gaulois qui la...

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.

Autograph letter signed by Georges Polti probably addressed to Jean Ott, written in black ink (11 lines) expressing enthusiasm for the complicity binding them : "... Ami, je lis vos admirables volontés. Que d'enthousiasmes entre nous ! Mais que vous les vivez, que vous les exprimez bien ! Merci, merci ! " ["... Friend, I read your admirable intentions. What enthusiasm between us! But how you live them, how well you express them! Thank you, thank you!"]
Central fold mark inherent to envelope insertion, small creases to right margin of the letter not touching text.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Autograph letter dated and signed by the playwright Jacques Audiberti addressed to Carlo Rim (19 lines in blue ink) about his film chronicles acting as a memory box for Jacques Audiberti:
"25 décembre 1959,
Cher Carlo Rim, avec bien de l'amusement je lis vos souvenirs de cinéma dans "France Soir". Il m' été piquant de retrouver, dans vos souvenirs, l'idée d'une pièce, où vous présentez Mistinguett, que j'ai écrite et fait jouer aux "Noctambules" - ah ! qu'André ryba y brillait ! - quelque part vers 1947 ["25 December 1959,
Dear Carlo Rim, with great amusement I read your cinema memoirs in "France Soir". It was piquant for me to find, in your memories, the idea of a...

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...

Autograph letter signed, on letterhead of the periodical "Le journal", by Lucien Descaves, 15 lines in blue ink, probably addressed to Raymond Escholier who published at Floury, in 1934, a biography of Honoré Daumier.
Fold mark inherent to envelope insertion.
"20 avril 34
Cher ami.
Je suis désolé de vous avoir, oh !, bien involontairement contrarié, mais je rendais compte de votre livre, comme je parlerai de celui que vous allez m'envoyer et que j'attends avec impatience. Alors, je dirai ce que Daumier vous doit et ne doit pas à Suarès. Si j'aime Daumier et ses amis ?... Vous verrez cela ! A bientôt, cher ami, le plaisir de dîner ensemble, et...

Greeting card "Bonne -âne née Bonne-sans thé" addressed to a fellow pataphysician for the year 1975, 20 lines in black ink, envelope enclosed.
"Cher Vernologue, j'essaie toujours de tenir mes promesses (pas celles des autres ! ) Aussi ayant mis (enfin ! ) la main sur un catalogue de mon exposition cyranesque, et sur "l'histoire de France au féminin", je me ferai un plaisir de vous les remettre à notro prochaine entrevue. Peut-être au cours du repas polidorien de 27? Patamicalement vôtre. Carelman. A.R." ["Dear Vernologist, I always try to keep my promises (not those of others!) So having finally got my hands on a catalog of my Cyranesque exhibition...

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.

Autograph letter signed (22 lines in black ink on Echo de Paris letterhead) from the illustrator and caricaturist Sennep, addressed to his friend the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim announcing his sudden departure from Paris and postponing the project that was to bring them together: "Mon cher Carlo Rim, je reçois votre petit mot. Vous savez que je compte sur cet échange dont je vous avais parlé, et que vous aviez bien voulu accepter. Malheureusement, je quitte Paris demain matin, et je ne sais pas exactement quand je repasserai par la capitale. Mais je vous ferai signe, à tout hasard quand je viendrai. Bien amicalement. J. Sennep." ["My dear Carlo Rim, I...

Pléiade library edition printed on India paper.
Publisher's full grained green sheep binding, blue top edge, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets.
Fine copy complete with its glassine, dust jacket and slipcase.

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...

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 39 lines written in black ink, probably addressed to his friend and bibliographer, critic Henri Lapauze, about the sadness that overwhelms him after the disappearance of a mutual friend. To honor his memory, Robert de Montesquiou requests an editorial favor from his correspondent.
Fold marks inherent to the envelope placement, water damage causing two letters of the word Reuilly to blur in the upper left corner of the letter.
"Neuilly,
My dear friend,
cette carte, toute seule, vous parlera de mon chagrin, trop grand pour que j'en puisse, moi-même, parler, et pour que je puisse m'en taire... Vous aurez assisté au dernier...

Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 55 lines written in black ink, probably addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze in which Robert de Montesquiou, refined and confirmed collector, rebels against the fact that his correspondent contests the authenticity of an Ingres drawing that forms part of his private collection. Stung to the quick as an experienced collector, he nevertheless consents, with grateful magnanimity, not to hold it against Henri Lapauze.
Fold marks inherent to mailing.
"7 décembre,
je vous ferai tout d'abord remarquer, mon cher confrère, que me voici de votre part, en butte à cette forme d'indignité qui menace les...

Autograph letter signed, on bristol board, by the dandy count, 17 lines written in black ink, probably addressed to his friend and bibliographer, the critic Henri Lapauze.
"Cher monsieur et ami,
je vous recommande ma bibliographie que j'ai hâte de lire de votre main qui voudra joindre à la bonne grâce de l'écrire, celle de me l'adresser. Je compte aussi sur vous pour recommander le livre à M. Paul Perret à qui j'ai demandé un entretien (d'accord avec M. Meyer) - et dont j'attend la réponse. Merci d'avance et mes meilleurs souvenirs. Cte R. de Montesquiou. 23 novembre." ["Dear sir and friend,
I recommend to you my bibliography which I am eager to read from your...

Grateful autograph letter dated and signed by the dandy count, 14 lines written in blue ink, probably addressed to his friend, the critic Henri Lapauze.
"Mon cher ami,
ne doutez pas que je ne sache, dans cet aimable, spirituel et bienveillant article, faire la part du critique intelligent qui l'a rédigé, et celle du fidèle ami qui l'a inspiré.
L'acte de donation, en faveur de votre musée, vous portera mon remerciement.
La statuette est de cire... , je l'espère, cependant, durable, et l'avalanche de roses, que vient décrire si poétiquement Alexandre, lui promet une compagnie délicate, elle aussi, plus précieuse d'être fragile. Votre RMontesquiou. 26 Octobre...

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...