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Signed books and manuscripts by Anatole France

Signed books and manuscripts by the author of Penguin Island, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard, The Revolt of the Angels, The Gods Are Athirst or The Gods Will Have Blood, Thais, The Red Lily...

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Signed books and manuscripts by Anatole France
  1. “It is no longer a question of conquering the world; but of pacifying it. Work, let us work together for world peace.”
    "Travaillez, travaillons de concert à la paix du monde" 
    Anatole FRANCE

    "Travaillez, travaillons de concert à la paix du monde" Autograph manuscript signed abundantly corrected

    Londres 12 décembre 1913|20 x 25.50 cm|en feuillets

    Complete autograph manuscript in French by Anatole France, 7 pages in black ink on 7 leaves and a signed autograph note on a bifolium.

    Complete and extensively corrected speech by Anatole France, on the occasion of a banquet given in his honor in London. The future Nobel Prize winner for Literature delivers a passionate appeal for peace between nations and an ode to England - its philosophy, literature and politics - less than a year before WW1.

    The writer offered this manuscript with a signed note: “Keep, dear colleague and friend, keep these leaves of paper if they are of any value to you. Anatole France London, December 12, 1913”.

    €1,500
  2. Les désirs de Jean Servien
    Anatole FRANCE

    Les désirs de Jean Servien

    Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1882|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Spine cracked with small lacks at head and foot, occasional foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.
    Autograph inscription signed by Anatole France to the historian of the Revolution and First Empire, man of letters and journalist Henri Welschinger.
    €200
  3. Le mannequin d'osier
    Anatole FRANCE

    Le mannequin d'osier

    Calmann Lévy|Paris s. d. [circa 1915]|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    New edition.
    Half navy blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary unsigned binding but attributable to Petitot.
    A small tear at head of spine at one raised band.
    Autograph inscription signed by Anatole France to Madame Henriette Lefebure.
    €250
  4. Vie de Jeanne d'Arc
    Anatole FRANCE

    Vie de Jeanne d'Arc

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1904-1908|15.50 x 24 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Half navy blue morocco bindings, spines with five raised bands showing some minor rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edges gilt, contemporary bindings signed Petitot.
    Autograph inscription signed by Anatole France to Madame Félix Roussel on the first volume.
    €400
  5. La vie littéraire, quatrième série - Exemplaire de Marcel Schwob
    Anatole FRANCE

    La vie littéraire, quatrième série - Exemplaire de Marcel Schwob

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1892|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Bradel binding in full brown cloth, smooth spine very lightly browned decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets and gilt date at foot, black shagreen title-label, original wrappers preserved with small marginal restorations, one upper corner slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
    The final endpaper is marginally creased.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Anatole France to his friend Marcel Schwob.
    €600
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