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Signed books and manuscripts by Paul Claudel

Signed books and manuscripts by the author of The Exchange, The Hostage, The Satin Slipper, The Tidings Brought to Mary, Break of Noon...

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Signed books and manuscripts by Paul Claudel
  1. His Daughter "Chouchette’s" Copy
    Cent phrases pour éventails - Exemplaire de la Chouchette, la fille de Paul Claudel
    Paul CLAUDEL

    Cent phrases pour éventails - Exemplaire de la Chouchette, la fille de Paul Claudel[Cent phrases pour éventails – Copy from “la Chouchette”, Paul Claudel’s daughter]

    Gallimard|Paris 1942|10.7 x 18.8 cm|Broché

    "New edition, with parts in first edition, incorporating an unpublished preface; the first edition had appeared in 1927 in Tokyo at the close of Claudel’s ambassadorship in Japan (1921–1927) and was issued in three fan-shaped quarto volumes. Work illustrated with Japanese characters calligraphed by Ikuma Arishima. Composed between June 1926 and January 1927, this essay (blending traditional calligraphy, haiku, and short Western-style verse) bears witness, among Claudel’s other creations, to the influence of the Far East on his poetic practice.

    Moving and exceptional presentation inscription, signed and dated by Paul Claudel to his eldest daughter, Marie Claudel, known as...

    €850
  2. Feuilles de saints
    Paul CLAUDEL

    Feuilles de saints

    Gallimard|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
    Reprint.
    Autograph inscription signed by Paul Claudel to Monsieur Julien.
    €120
  3. "J'espère que vous avez pu ravitaillez les librairies de la zone non occupée, et peut-être celles de l'autre ? "
    Paul CLAUDEL

    "J'espère que vous avez pu ravitaillez les librairies de la zone non occupée, et peut-être celles de l'autre ? "Autograph letter, dated and signed, addressed to his publisher Egloff concerning the distribution of his book Presence and Prophecy

    Morestel (Isère)|Paris 19 Octobre 1941|13.50 x 21 cm|une page et demie
    Autograph letter dated and signed by Paul Claudel (23 lines in black ink on letterhead of Château de Brangues in Isère) addressed to his publisher Egloff.
    Fold marks inherent to mailing.
    Paul Claudel acknowledges good receipt of the copies of Présence et prophétie that his publisher had sent him: "J'ai bien reçu les 50 ex. ordinaires et 3 ex. sur fil..." and hopes that, despite the difficulties related to the Occupation, the booksellers have been well supplied.
    The poet finally rejoices in the good news that his publisher had conveyed to him: "Je prends bonne note de ce que vous me dites du supplément de droits que...
    €250
  4. Billet autographe daté et signé adressé à Thierry Maulnier
    Paul CLAUDEL

    Billet autographe daté et signé adressé à Thierry Maulnier

    s. n.|Paris 28 Février 1945|11.50 x 14.50 cm|une feuille
    Autograph note dated and signed addressed to Thierry Maulnier (10 lines in blue ink on a sheet)
    Central folds inherent to postal handling.
    "Dear sir,
    an unexpected call makes it impossible for me to be at the hotel, as agreed, tomorrow at 11 o'clock. Would you postpone the appointment to the next day, Friday March 2nd at the same time? All my apologies! Your very devoted. Paul Claudel."
    €150
  5. Idéogrammes occidentaux
    Paul CLAUDEL

    Idéogrammes occidentaux

    Auguste Blaizot|Paris 1926|23 x 28.50 cm|broché
    Rare first edition printed in 200 copies numbered and justified by Paul Claudel.
    Some foxing to margins of leaves.
    €400
  6. Art poétique
    Paul CLAUDEL

    Art poétique

    Mercure de France|Paris 1907|12.50 x 18.50 cm|relié sous étui
    First edition, one of 12 copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Full red morocco binding, spine with five raised bands ornately decorated with double gilt compartments richly decorated with grotesques, gilt roulettes on headcaps, double gilt fillet frame on boards, watered pistachio silk endpapers and pastedowns, wide gilt dentelle border on pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, red morocco-backed slipcase, cat's-eye paper boards, white felt interior, slipcase split at foot, very elegant period binding signed by Huser.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by Paul Claudel to Henri Burnand.
    Very fine copy of the deluxe issue with an...
    €3,800
  7. And how much this emotion is heightened when the author of this book is our friend, when we have conversed familiarly with him, and when he is close to us by what has been attributed to him as transient and temporal, and close to God by what in him henceforth as eternal has begun!
    Préface pour A la trace de Dieu de Jacques Rivière
    Paul CLAUDEL (Jacques RIVIÈRE)

    Préface pour A la trace de Dieu de Jacques RivièreOriginal signed autograph manuscript

    Château de Lutaines [Cellettes] juin 1925|21 x 27 cm|17 pages sur 5 doubles feuillets

    Original autograph signed and dated manuscript by Paul Claudel, for his preface to Jacques Rivière's 'A la trace de Dieu'. Seventeen and a half pages in black ink on five double leaves.
    A few words crossed out and rewritten. Horizontal fold, some foxing to the first page, pencil notes by a bibliographer on the last blank page. The preface, dated June 1925, first appeared in Le Correspondant on September 25, 1925, then with Rivière's Carnets published the same year by his wife under the title 'A la trace de Dieu' (Gallimard, pp. 9-24).



    Complete manuscript of Paul Claudel's moving preface to the notebooks kept by Jacques Rivière during his captivity in WW1. The writer pays...

    €5,000
  8. Figures et paraboles
    Paul CLAUDEL

    Figures et paraboles

    Nrf|Paris 1936|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    A small tear to the middle of the front cover, discreet numbering in the upper right corner of the verso of the front cover
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Paul Claudel to Ida Rubinstein: "à Ida Rubinstein son ami. P. Claudel." ["to Ida Rubinstein his friend. P. Claudel."]
    Star dancer of the celebrated Ballets Russes, icon of the Belle Époque, patron of the arts, Ida Rubinstein played the role of Joan in Paul Claudel's Joan of Arc at the Stake, during the first orchestral version performed in May 1938 in Basel. She also commissioned Maurice Ravel's famous Boléro. After leading a...
    €350
  9. La Messe là-bas
    Paul CLAUDEL

    La Messe là-bas

    Nrf|Paris 1919|19.50 x 26.50 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Full brown cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, covers and spine preserved, bookplates pasted on one pastedown, contemporary binding signed in blind by Stroobants.
    Two light dampstains to upper right corner of first cover and upper left corner of second cover.
    Autograph inscription dated Brussels 1934 and signed by Paul Claudel to Gérard Bauër.
    Provenance: from the libraries of Gérard Bauër and Jean-François Lemaire with their bookplates pasted on one pastedown.

    €300
  10. Connaissance de l'est
    Paul CLAUDEL (inscribed to Charles MAURRAS)

    Connaissance de l'est[Knowledge of the East]

    Mercure de France|Paris 1900|13.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
    First edition printed in a small number on laid paper.
    Half bottle-green morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, date at foot, top edge gilt, binding signed Goy & Vilaine.
    Precious signed autograph inscription from Paul Claudel to Charles Maurras.
    €1,800
  11. Paul Claudel
    (Paul CLAUDEL) Pierre CLAUDEL

    Paul Claudel

    Bloud & Gay|Paris 1965|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Author's inscription.
    Iconography.
    A small marginal crease mark to foot of front cover.
    €20
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