Guillaume APOLLINAIRE (to Max JACOB)
"Viens tout de même me voir, dirait le père Janvier qui doit pour le moins parler aussi bien que le père de Victor Hugo"Unpublished signed autograph letter addressed to Max Jacob
Paris s. d. [ca 1918]|13.30 x 21 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet
Unpublished autograph letter signed by Guillaume Apollinaire, addressed to Max Jacob. Two pages written in black ink on a sheet with the letterhead of the Chamber of Deputies.
Folds inherent to mailing.
Unpublished letter, concerning the deputy Charles Régismanset, then Director at the Ministry of Colonies: "Veux-tu dire à ton ami, que Régismanset m'a prié de te faire savoir que son cas ne comportait point d'atténuation au point de [vue] des sous-vêtements militaires."
"La colonie a écrit en personne et émettant l'avis le plus défavorable car la maison en question a bénéficié pour l'heure d'une démobilisation importante..." "These 'colonies' a
€3,500
“For Henri Ghéon whose poetry I am fond of, Guillaume Apollinaire”
“For Henri Ghéon whose poetry I am fond of, Guillaume Apollinaire”
Guillaume APOLLINAIRE, Pablo PICASSO
Alcools. Poèmes 1898-1913[Alcools: Poems 1898–1913]
Mercure de France|Paris 1913|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
The first edition, first printing, numbered in the press, with only 23 large paper copies on Hollande paper.
With a frontispiece portrait of Apollinaire by Picasso.
Discreet restorations to spine.

With a chemise of half red morocco over paper boards by Boichot, spine in six compartments, date to foot of spine, identical paper slipcase with red morocco edging.

Rare autograph inscription signed by Guillaume Apollinaire: “for Henri Ghéon whose poetry I am fond of, Guillaume Apollinaire”.
This copy also with five manuscript corrections by Apollinaire on pages 71, 77, 92, 110 and 189.
A good copy with a rare autograph inscription by the poet.
€17,000
"I will come to see you to speak to you about naturalization I am appalled by the new law"
"I will come to see you to speak to you about naturalization I am appalled by the new law"
Guillaume APOLLINAIRE
"Vous avez senti mon âme comme personne."Unpublished signed autograph letter addressed to Jean Royère after the release of Alcools
s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [ca. juin 1913]|15.70 x 24.50 cm|une page sur un feuillet
Unpublished autograph letter signed by Guillaume Apollinaire addressed to Jean Royère, one page written in black ink on a sheet. Transverse folds inherent to posting.
Very fine letter of thanks from poet to poet.
"I thank you for the admirable article you devoted to me. You have felt my soul like no one else." Jean Royère had indeed written a laudatory article upon the publication of Alcools in the June 20, 1913 issue of La Phalange: "Here, gathered in an 18mo of barely two hundred pages, is almost the entire poetic work of Apollinaire. Fifteen years of poetry rest in this small volume. I therefore do not open it without almost a
€3,000
Guillaume APOLLINAIRE
« Je crois qu'on ne peut parler d'une école que si elle existe et non de ce qu'elle pourrait être si elle existait »Unpublished signed autograph postcard addressed to Marcel Mayer
Paris 1913|13.30 x 21 cm|une carte
Unpublished autograph signed postcard by Guillaume Apollinaire addressed to the Dijon art historian Marcel Mayer. Two pages written in black ink on a photographic postcard depicting the courtyard of the Louvre.
Charming letter praising the attachment to their roots of the "...fameux Flamands-Espagnols, Hollandais et Bourguignons que j'admire tant" ["famous Flemish-Spanish, Dutch and Burgundians whom I admire so much"] and informing his correspondent of the writing and forthcoming publication of a "petit livre sur Rude" ["little book on Rude"] that Guillaume Apollinaire will not fail to send him.
Fine autograph signature with the au
€2,300
Guillaume APOLLINAIRE, Pablo PICASSO
Calligrammes
Mercure de France|Paris 1918|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First edition, a first impression copy numbered in the press.

Binding in half brown morocco, spine in five compartments, gilt date at the foot, geometric pattern paper boards and endpapers in the same paper, top edge gilt, wrappers and spine preserved in perfect condition, binding signed by T. Boichot.

Apollinaire's second major poetic work with bold graphic innovations and a portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire by Pablo Picasso as frontispiece.
“Some of the best war poems, all languages combined, are brought together in this collection, alongside experimental works such as Les Fenêtres (close to Cubism) and La Jolie Rousse, which were far ahead of their ti
€7,500
Guillaume APOLLINAIRE, ANONYME
Julie philosophe ou le bon patriote
Bibliothèque des Curieux|Paris 1910|9 x 15 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition of the introduction as well as the bibliographical essay by Guillaume Apollinaire, one of 500 numbered copies on Arches paper, this copy not justified, the only printing after 5 copies on Japan.
Contemporary half grey cloth Bradel bindings over marbled paper boards, spine with gilt floral motif (slightly sunned), double gilt fillets to foot, black sheep title-pieces, upper corners slightly bumped, the fragile parchment-effect covers preserved, two small snags to upper edges, top edge gilt.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Guillaume Apollinaire to his publisher P.V. Stock at head of endpaper of first volume.
Paper lack to lower cover of se
€2,300