<p>Classic theater, <em>boulevard</em>, <em>vaudeville</em>, drama, comedy... Aside from being shown upon a stage, a play is a text: dialogues &amp; stage directions can be found in precious books, signed first editions, bound or unbound.</p>

Theater: Classic Plays

Classic theater, boulevard, vaudeville, drama, comedy... Aside from being shown upon a stage, a play is a text: dialogues & stage directions can be found in precious books, signed first editions, bound or unbound.

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Theater: Classic Plays
  1. Iphigénie
    Jean MORÉAS

    Iphigénie

    Mercure de France|Paris 1904|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of the numbered copies from the first printing run printed at the press.
    Half red moroccan shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly darkened, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on a pastedown with manuscript library shelf notation.
    Autograph inscription signed by Jean Moréas to the poet Paul Morisse.
    €150
  2. Théâtre / Roman
    Louis ARAGON

    Théâtre / Roman

    Gallimard|Paris 1974|15 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
    A very handsome copy.
    €500
  5. Théâtre II
    Michel DE GHELDERODE

    Théâtre II

    Gallimard|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First collected edition, one of 53 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only deluxe copies after 13 copies on Hollande.
    Handsome copy.
    €60
  6. Hamlet
    William SHAKESPEARE, Louis Nicolas MENARD

    Hamlet

    Librairie académique Perrin & Cie|Paris 1886|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation established by Louis-Nicolas Ménard, no mention is made of deluxe copies.
    Interior foxing and to the covers, a small tear in the left margin of the second cover.



    €120
  8. Une visite en été
    Jacques de LACRETELLE

    Une visite en été

    Gallimard|Paris 1953|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 105 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite very slight and insignificant yellowing to spine.
    €60
  9. Le château du carrefour
    Odette JOYEUX

    Le château du carrefour

    Gallimard|Paris 1951|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 43 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite the spine being very lightly yellowed without significance.
    Presentation by Jean Cocteau.
    €150
  10. La corde au cou
    André GILL

    La corde au cou

    Marpon & Flammarion|Paris 1876|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition illustrated with an original etching by the author as frontispiece.
    Shaded parchment covers with some foxing, handsome interior condition.









    €70
  11. Histoires de ma vie
    Jean MARAIS

    Histoires de ma vie

    Albin Michel|Paris 1975|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    The work also includes a Poetic Suite composed of one hundred and fifteen unpublished poems by Jean Cocteau.
    Iconography and drawings by Jean Cocteau.
    Spine slightly creased as usual, otherwise handsome copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Jean Marais to Claude Wingerter.
    €120
  13. Les viaducs de Seine-et-Oise
    Marguerite DURAS

    Les viaducs de Seine-et-Oise

    Gallimard|Paris 1960|12 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.
    €1,200
  14. Le roi pêcheur
    Julien GRACQ

    Le roi pêcheur

    José Corti|Paris 1948|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies with 45 Marais.
    Spine with skilful restorations, light foxing to first endpaper.
    €1,200
  15. Envoi autographe signé d'Edouard de Max sur une carte postale photographique le représentant dans le rôle du Roi de Rome
    DE MAX [Edouard Alexandre MAX]

    Envoi autographe signé d'Edouard de Max sur une carte postale photographique le représentant dans le rôle du Roi de Rome

    S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1910]|9 x 14 cm|une feuille verso
    Photographic postcard depicting the great stage and screen actor Edouard de Max costumed as the King of Rome, slightly facing forward with a pensive expression, taken in the photographic studio of Boissonnas.
    Handsome copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Edouard de Max to H. Clerlé framing his portrait.




    €150
  16. Les viaducs de Seine-et-Oise
    Marguerite DURAS

    Les viaducs de Seine-et-Oise

    Gallimard|Paris 1960|12 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
    Rare and handsome copy.
    €1,500
  17. Le lion écarlate précédé de La fin de Byzance et d'Isabeau de Bavière
    Paul MORAND

    Le lion écarlate précédé de La fin de Byzance et d'Isabeau de Bavière

    Gallimard|Paris 1959|13.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Spine lightly sunned without gravity.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Paul Morand: "A Jouhandeau, ces spectacles sans théâtre, son ami Morand." ["To Jouhandeau, these spectacles without theater, his friend Morand."]
    €450
  19. Lucienne et le boucher
    Marcel AYMÉ

    Lucienne et le boucher

    Gallimard|Paris 1947|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition printed on ordinary paper.
    Half red sheep binding, spine with four raised bands outlined with black fillets, a very slight and harmless scratch at head of spine, marbled paper boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, modest contemporary binding.
    Light worming to top edge.
    Provenance: from the library of Marcel Augagneur with his curious bookplate pasted on a pastedown.
    Signed autograph inscription from Marcel Aymé to journalist Marcel Augagneur ("Gringoire" and "L'écho de Paris") who used the pseudonym Marc de Saligny for his writing.
    €120
  20. Hôtel du lac
    François-Marie BANIER

    Hôtel du lac

    Plon|Paris 1975|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 32 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
    Handsome copy.
    €80
  21. Paolo Paoli
    Arthur ADAMOV

    Paolo Paoli

    Gallimard|Paris 1957|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pure linen paper, ours one of 5 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite the spine being lightly sunned.

    €100
  22. Théâtre III
    Arthur ADAMOV

    Théâtre III

    Gallimard|Paris 1966|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First collected edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite the spine lightly sunned, without gravity.

    €100
  23. Le diable et le bon Dieu
    Jean-Paul SARTRE

    Le diable et le bon Dieu

    Gallimard|Paris 1951|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 410 numbered copies on pure linen paper.
    Spine very slightly sunned at head and foot, otherwise a handsome copy.
    €180
  24. Les Séquestrés d'Altona
    Jean-Paul SARTRE

    Les Séquestrés d'Altona

    Gallimard|Paris 1960|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 210 numbered copies on pure paper, the only deluxe copies with 45 on Holland paper.
    Minor sunning at head and foot of spine, otherwise handsome copy.
    €150
  25. Le silence suivi de Le mensonge
    Nathalie SARRAUTE

    Le silence suivi de Le mensonge

    Gallimard|Paris 1967|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pure laid paper Lafuma-Navarre, the only deluxe copies.
    Fine copy despite the spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned.
    €500
  26. La putain respectueuse
    Jean-Paul SARTRE

    La putain respectueuse

    Nagel|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vellum alma paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    €200
  27. Ici et maintenant
    Arthur ADAMOV

    Ici et maintenant

    Gallimard|Paris 1964|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the numbered copies on pure laid paper, ours bearing No. 31, the only deluxe copies.
    Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.
    iconography.
    €100
  28. Kean
    Alexandre DUMAS, Jean-Paul SARTRE

    Kean

    Gallimard|Paris 1954|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition of Jean-Paul Sartre's adaptation, one of 46 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copies.
    Two small sun marks at head and foot of spine.
    Handsome copy.
    €800
  29. "... Des études spéciales me permettent de restituer dans ses détails lyriques la tragédie du temps de Périclès & ces restitutions constituent un spectacle d'un éclat nouveau. "
    Joséphin PÉLADAN

    "... Des études spéciales me permettent de restituer dans ses détails lyriques la tragédie du temps de Périclès & ces restitutions constituent un spectacle d'un éclat nouveau. "Signed autograph letter addressed to Marius Richard in which he mentions the possibility of creating a play (Semiramis) in the amphitheatre of Nîmes directed by his correspondent

    S. n.|Villenoy s. d. [circa 1903]|17.50 x 22.50 cm|un feuillet recto-verso
    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...
    €450
  30. Lettre autographe signée adressée à Marius Richard abordant quelques détails pécuniaires de sa future pièce créée dans l'ampithéâtre de Nîmes, notamment ceux concernant les cachets des acteurs
    Joséphin PÉLADAN

    Lettre autographe signée adressée à Marius Richard abordant quelques détails pécuniaires de sa future pièce créée dans l'ampithéâtre de Nîmes, notamment ceux concernant les cachets des acteurs

    S. n.|Villenoy s. d. [circa 1903]|17.50 x 22.50 cm|deux feuillets dont un recto-verso
    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...
    €580
  31. "... Car c'est mon acteur ; mon unique... son succès m'est plus cher que le mien..."
    Joséphin PÉLADAN

    "... Car c'est mon acteur ; mon unique... son succès m'est plus cher que le mien..."Signed autograph letter addressed to Marius Richard praising the precious help of his favorite actor, Paul Mounet, too little known for the taste of the Sâr

    S. n.|s. l. 19 juillet 1903|17.50 x 22.50 cm|une feuille
    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.
    Fold marks inherent to mailing, small marginal foxing.


    €350
  32. Lettre autographe signée adressée à Carlo Rim concernant la bonne réception de son film Justin de Marseille
    LUGNE-POE [Aurélien-Marie LUGNE]

    Lettre autographe signée adressée à Carlo Rim concernant la bonne réception de son film Justin de Marseille

    Paris 20 Mai 1935|15.50 x 17.50 cm|une feuille
    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:
    Fold marks inherent to mailing.
    "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...
    €120
  33. "Hercule vaut Justin et vous pouvez croire que Jeannot et moi avons applaudi de bon coeur."
    André SALMON

    "Hercule vaut Justin et vous pouvez croire que Jeannot et moi avons applaudi de bon coeur."Signed autograph letter addressed to his friend Carlo Rim about the success of the film entitled Hercules, for which the latter is the screenwriter

    Paris Mars 1938|15.50 x 17.50 cm|une feuille
    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...
    €250
  34. " Il y a un an que mon père mourait, à Marseille. C'est tout près encore, je devine ce que tu sens, je prévois ce que tu sentiras quand les mois passeront - pas encore les années. Et cet étonnement, il faut le dire, de se trouver orphelin, à un âge où l'on croyait, bêtement, que le mot n'est plus de mise.
    Pierre BOST

    " Il y a un an que mon père mourait, à Marseille. C'est tout près encore, je devine ce que tu sens, je prévois ce que tu sentiras quand les mois passeront - pas encore les années. Et cet étonnement, il faut le dire, de se trouver orphelin, à un âge où l'on croyait, bêtement, que le mot n'est plus de mise.Moving autograph letter signed to his friend Carlo Rim showing him his tender affection for the recent bereavement of his father and the accident of his wife

    Paris 8 février 1944|15 x 19 cm|une feuille
    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.
    Traces of creases inherent to folding for mailing.
    "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...
    €100
  35. Lettre autographe signée adressée à Carlo Rim le remerciant d'avoir à sa demande embauché son gendre "... c'est moi qui le pousse vers la production avec le sentiment soucieux de l'avenir d'un beaupère de Labiche, que j'ai endossé avec une jaquette, le jour du mariage... Cher Carlo Rim, si vous avez une fille faites la religieuse, le rôle de beaupère rend con."
    Jean ANOUILH

    Lettre autographe signée adressée à Carlo Rim le remerciant d'avoir à sa demande embauché son gendre "... c'est moi qui le pousse vers la production avec le sentiment soucieux de l'avenir d'un beaupère de Labiche, que j'ai endossé avec une jaquette, le jour du mariage... Cher Carlo Rim, si vous avez une fille faites la religieuse, le rôle de beaupère rend con."

    Chesières-sur-Ollon [Chesières-sur-Ollon] s. d. [circa 1960]|21 x 29.50 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by Jean Anouilh addressed to 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 (37 lines in blue ink) from his chalet in Chesières-sur-Ollon in Switzerland.
    Two letters and one word having smudged: the "C" of dear Carlo Rim, the "L'" of the intermission and, just above the word "avec"
    Jean Anouilh warmly thanks Carlo Rim who intervened in favor of his son-in-law, Alain Tesler, so that he would join the staff of the Marseillais filmmaker. He nevertheless recommends not to spare him, a way for Jean Anouilh to exorcise his thorny role as...
    €400
  36. Der Bürgermeister
    Gert HOFMANN

    Der Bürgermeister[The Mayor]

    S. Fischer verlag|Frankfurt-am-Mein [Frankfurt am Main] 1963|18 x 24 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Small stains on the covers.
    Rare dated and signed autograph inscription by Gert Hofmann written from Edinburgh to a couple of friends.
    €200
  37. "... si le cinéma reprenait, il serait plus utile que tu fasses des scenarii que de la charpie..."
    Louis JOUVET

    "... si le cinéma reprenait, il serait plus utile que tu fasses des scenarii que de la charpie..."Typed and handwritten letter addressed to his great friend Carlo Rim, then mobilized, on the letterhead of his Athénée theater

    Paris 16 octobre 1939|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
    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...
    €250
  38. Lettre autographe signée adressée à Carlo Rim le félicitant pour la naissance de son fils
    Robert TOURNEUR

    Lettre autographe signée adressée à Carlo Rim le félicitant pour la naissance de son fils

    S. n.|Paris 4 août 1937|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
    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...
    €150
  39. Lettre autographe signée adressée à Carlo Rim concernant ses écrits sur le cinéma ravivant la mémoire de Jacques Audiberti
    Jacques AUDIBERTI

    Lettre autographe signée adressée à Carlo Rim concernant ses écrits sur le cinéma ravivant la mémoire de Jacques Audiberti

    S. n.|Paris 25 décembre 1959|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
    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...
    €200
  40. Carte postale adressée depuis Ténérife à Carlo Rim
    LUGNE-POE [Aurélien-Marie LUGNE]

    Carte postale adressée depuis Ténérife à Carlo Rim

    Tenerife 13 avril 1936|14 x 9 cm|une feuille
    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.
    €120
  41. Lettre autographe signée Elvire et adressée à ses amis Alice et Carlo Rim à propos de l'état de santé précaire de son ami et longtemps amant Louis Verneuil alors en exil aux Etats-Unis : "Il fait tout ce qu'il peut pour me faire rester ici, moi je fais tout ce que je peux pour le ramener dans notre pays où nous avons ensemble laissé au théâtre toute notre jeunesse."
    Elvire POPESCO

    Lettre autographe signée Elvire et adressée à ses amis Alice et Carlo Rim à propos de l'état de santé précaire de son ami et longtemps amant Louis Verneuil alors en exil aux Etats-Unis : "Il fait tout ce qu'il peut pour me faire rester ici, moi je fais tout ce que je peux pour le ramener dans notre pays où nous avons ensemble laissé au théâtre toute notre jeunesse."

    S. n.|Los Angeles s. d. [1943]|21.50 x 28 cm|une feuille recto-verso
    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...
    €400
  42. L'adversaire
    Alfred CAPUS, Emmanuel ARÈNE

    L'adversaire

    Charpentier • Fasquelle|Paris 1904|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper, ours bearing the N°, the only deluxe copies.
    Covers very lightly soiled and spotted, handsome copy.
    €120
  43. Garin
    Paul DELAIR

    Garin

    Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1880|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of the rare copies on Holland paper of which no mention is made.
    Handsome copy despite some very occasional light foxing.
    Half red morocco binding with corners, spine very slightly faded with five raised bands, date gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, top edge gilt.
    Precious and beautiful signed autograph inscription from Paul Delair to Coquelin cadet, major figure of late 19th-century theater: "A mon cher Coquelin - absent de l'interprétation, vous ne l'étiez pas de l'oeuvre, à laquelle ont contribué vos conseils, et vous savez que vous ne le serez jamais du coeur de l'auteur." ["To my dear Coquelin...
    €150
  44. Lettre dactylographiée signée adressée à son grand ami Carlo Rim à en-tête de son théâtre de l'Athénée
    Louis JOUVET

    Lettre dactylographiée signée adressée à son grand ami Carlo Rim à en-tête de son théâtre de l'Athénée

    Paris 1er août 1939|20.50 x 27 cm|une feuille
    Typed letter signed by Louis Jouvet addressed, on letterhead from his Athénée theater, to his great friend Carlo Rim, expressing joy and reassurance at receiving news from him: "What are you doing so far from me in Sanary? I had no more news from you, which made me confide to Charles that you must have disowned me, or that at least you were ashamed when thinking of me." He also mentions his state as a caregiver being at the bedside of his suffering wife. Finally, Louis Jouvet questions the silence of Carlo Rim's wife and son, from which he seems to suffer: "You tell me nothing about the bambino nor his mother: would you have disowned them too? or could it be...
    €120
  45. Bristol autographe signé adressé à sa grande amie Alice Rim
    Louis JOUVET

    Bristol autographe signé adressé à sa grande amie Alice Rim

    Paris s. d. [circa 1950]|13 x 10.50 cm|une feuille
    Autograph signed card by Louis Jouvet addressed, on letterhead of his Athénée theatre, to his great friend Alice Rim, 12 lines in blue ink : "Ma petite Alice. J'ai été fâché de ne pouvoir aller à Cassis l'autre jour et dîner avec toi - Nous avons tous été retenus ici par un arrivage !! J'espère que Carlo t'es arrivé. J'espère pousser jusque là-bas dès que ma voiture sera arrangée - Le Babou est magnifique ! Je t'embrasse affectueusement. Louis J." ["My little Alice. I was sorry not to be able to go to Cassis the other day and dine with you - We were all held up here by an arrival!! I hope Carlo reached you. I hope to push on down there as soon as my car is fixed - The Babou is...
    €200
  46. Holocaustum ou le borgne
    Eduardo MANET

    Holocaustum ou le borgne

    Gallimard|Paris 1972|11 x 16.50 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Second cover uniformly soiled.
    Handsome autograph inscription dated and signed by Eduardo Manet to a man named Jean-Claude: "... qui a eu la gentillesse de trouver cette vieille pièce que j'aime bien." ["... who was kind enough to find this old play that I like very much."]
    €50
  47. Montserrat
    Emmanuel ROBLÈS

    Montserrat

    Seuil|Paris 1954|12.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    Dated and signed autograph inscription by Emmanuel Roblès: "A monsieur Cohen, cette tragédie de tous les temps..." ["To Mr. Cohen, this tragedy of all times..."]


    €60
  48. Jean la Croûte
    Georges LETERVANIC

    Jean la Croûte

    Librairie Blériot|Paris s. d. [1900]|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Rare and handsome copy despite slight marginal worming to the boards.


    €60
  49. Mémoires d'Hyppolite Clairon, et réflexions sur l'art dramatique
    Hyppolite Léris de la Tude CLAIRON

    Mémoires d'Hyppolite Clairon, et réflexions sur l'art dramatique

    Chez F. Buisson|Paris An VII (1800)|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition presented in its original wrappers and under plain orange interim cover.
    Title written in pen on a pasted label at head of spine.
    One joint split at foot, small marginal lacks to covers.
    Memoirs of the very famous tragedienne Hyppolyte de la Tude Clairon (1723-1803), who was venerated by the greatest (Diderot, Voltaire, Louis XV...). The actress was not content merely with her success but contributed to profoundly regenerating French theater. Marmontel was her lover and encouraged her to abandon the declamatory style. The portrait of Mlle Dumesnil, who was long her rival, contains great acrimony. The work is not composed like classical memoirs but rather as a...
    €120
  50. La France en général - Une certaine idée de Gaulle et des français
    [Charles DE GAULLE] André FROSSARD

    La France en général - Une certaine idée de Gaulle et des français

    Plon|Paris 1975|13.50 x 21 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Publisher's full blue paper boards, smooth spine.
    Handsome copy complete with dust jacket which has two corner tears.
    Signed autograph inscription from André Frossard to Jean Deneux.
    €70
  51. Antigone à New York
    Janusz GLOWACKI

    Antigone à New York

    Editions théâtrales|Paris 2005|15 x 21 cm|broché
    New edition of the French translation of Janusz Glowacki's masterpiece.
    An email address inscribed in the margin of the last endpaper, handsome copy.
    Rare handwritten signature dated by Janusz Glowacki made in Warsaw.


    €100
  52. La vie d'un joueur - Trente ans de souvenirs
    Roger GAILLARD

    La vie d'un joueur - Trente ans de souvenirs

    Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1953|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on vélin alfama paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite the wrinkled spine, small marginal scratches on the boards.
    Inscribed by Roger Gaillard to one of his friends named Yvonne.
    €80
  53. Le jeu de Robin et Marion
    Émile BLÉMONT, ADAM DE LA HALLE

    Le jeu de Robin et Marion

    Jean Jobert|Paris s. d. [circa 1923]|12.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition of Emile Blémont's adaptation of this 13th-century comic opera by the trouvère Adam de La Halle.
    Handsome copy complete with publisher's slip.
    Musical adaptation by Julien Tiersot.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Emile Blémont to the hydropath Joseph Uzanne.
    €150
  54. Les justes
    Albert CAMUS

    Les justes

    Gallimard|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché

    First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the deluxe issue after 2 reimposed on pur fil vergé hors commerce reserved for Jacques Hébertot and 13 on holland paper.
    A handsome and rare copy of this response by Albert Camus to Jean-Paul Sartre's "Les mains sales".

    €4,500
  55. A souffert sous Ponce Pilate
    Paul RAYNAL

    A souffert sous Ponce Pilate

    Stock|Paris 1941|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 14 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the deluxe issue after 4 on old Japan paper.
    Some worming on the slightly dusty deckled edges, a few minor foxing spots, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.
    €80
  56. Holocaustum ou le borgne
    Eduardo MANET

    Holocaustum ou le borgne

    Gallimard|Paris 1972|11 x 16.50 cm|broché
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Handsome copy.
    Fine autograph inscription signed by Eduardo Manet to Guy Dumur: "... à qui nous devons, tous, une sincère gratitude pour sa courageuse défense de 'l'autre' théâtre." ["... to whom we all owe sincere gratitude for his courageous defense of 'the other' theater."]
    €60
  57. Fau l'ana, dialogo prouvençau
    Joseph ROUMANILLE

    Fau l'ana, dialogo prouvençau

    J. Roumanille|Avignoun [Avignon] 1877|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
    Second edition with some parts in first edition as revised and expanded and offering the French translation on facing pages.
    Handsome copy.
    €50
  58. Les lionnes pauvres
    Émile AUGIER, Edouard FOUSSIER

    Les lionnes pauvres

    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1858|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition of this play comparing bourgeois marriage to legalized prostitution.
    Bradel binding in half grey percaline with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, date and double gilt fillets at foot of spine, navy blue shagreen title-label with minor rubbing, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, binding signed in blind by Victor Champs.
    Handsome copy.
    €80
  59. Diane
    Émile AUGIER

    Diane

    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1852|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in grey half-cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot of spine, navy blue shagreen title-label with slight rubbing, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, binding stamp-signed in blind by Victor Champs.
    Handsome copy.
    €60
  60. Les méprises de l'amour
    Émile AUGIER

    Les méprises de l'amour

    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1852|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in grey half-cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot of spine, navy blue shagreen title-label with slight rubbing, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, binding stamp-signed in blind by Victor Champs.
    Handsome copy.
    €60
  61. La jeunesse
    Émile AUGIER

    La jeunesse

    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1858|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half grey cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot of spine, navy blue shagreen title-label with minor rubbing, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, binding signed in blind by Victor Champs.
    Handsome copy.
    €60
  62. Sapho
    Émile AUGIER, Charles GOUNOD

    Sapho

    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1851|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition of this play set to music by Charles Gounod.
    Bradel binding in half grey cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot of spine, navy blue shagreen title-label with minor rubbing, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, binding signed in blind by Victor Champs.
    Handsome copy.
    €150
  63. L'Agamemnon d'Eschyle
    Paul CLAUDEL

    L'Agamemnon d'Eschyle

    Foochow Printing Press|Fou-Tchéou [Fictional Place] 1896|16 x 21.50 cm|broché
    Rare first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, of the French translation established by Paul Claudel.
    Handsome copy despite some occasional light foxing.


    €800
  64. Vous qui passez...
    Paul GÉRALDY, André DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC

    Vous qui passez...

    Stock|Paris 1956|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition printed in 980 numbered copies on vélin du marais paper, ours one of the 100 hors commerce.
    Handsome copy.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece by André Dunoyer de Segonzac.
    Handsome unsigned autograph thought by Paul Géraldy on the half-title page: "Une ancienne tradition veut encore aujourd'hui qu'à Paris, quand on donne une pièce au public pour la première fois, le nom de l'auteur ne figure pas sur les affiches. Les spectateurs sont avertis que c'est une pièce de théâtre, et non pas un auteur, qui leur est présentée. Quand tout est terminé, le rideau se relève. Un des comédiens s'avance et nomme l'auteur, pour référence, accessoirement." ["An old...
    €100
  65. Jazz N°12 de la première série
    Pierre MAC ORLAN, Jacques DYSSORD

    Jazz N°12 de la première série

    Jazz|Paris Décembre 1929|24.50 x 31.50 cm|agrafé
    First edition of this issue.
    Light stains on the covers, a small lack to the lower right corner of the first cover, handsome interior condition.
    The magazine "Jazz," celebrated for the quality of its illustrations and photographs, was founded in 1929 by Titaÿna with Carlo Rim as editor-in-chief, and appeared monthly between December 1928 and March 1930, comprising 15 issues plus 2 supplements.
    Contributions by Pierre Mac Orlan "Vieille et jeune Bretagne" ["Old and young Brittany"], Jacques Dyssord "Clemenceau", Pierre Ichac "Un auteur dramatique chez les mangeurs d'homme" ["A playwright among the cannibals"], Claude Aveline "Le souvenir de Bourdelle" ["The memory of...
    €250
  66. Jazz N°14 de la première série
    TITAŸNA, Léo LARGUIER

    Jazz N°14 de la première série

    Jazz|Paris Février 1930|24.50 x 31.50 cm|agrafé
    First edition of this issue.
    Some tears to the spine, a lack to the lower left corner of the back cover.
    The magazine "Jazz", celebrated for the quality of its illustrations and photographs, was founded in 1929 by Titaÿna with Carlo Rim as editor-in-chief, and appeared monthly between December 1928 and March 1930, totaling 15 issues plus 2 supplements.
    Contributions by Léo Larguier "La brocante en l'an 2030", Jacques Maret "Peintures sous verre", Emile Condroyer "Islande", André Beucler "Batoum", Jean Schlicklin "Bréhat"...
    Issue illustrated with numerous photographs by Germaine Krull, Sébastien Gallais, Paul Nadar, Henri Manuel, De Smet...


    €300
  67. Jazz N°9 de la première série
    Joseph CONRAD, Carlo RIM

    Jazz N°9 de la première série

    Jazz|Paris Septembre 1929|24.50 x 31.50 cm|agrafé
    First edition of this issue.
    Two tears to the spine, some stains to margins of covers.
    The magazine "Jazz" celebrated for the quality of its illustrations and photographs, was founded in 1929 by Titaÿna with Carlo Rim as editor-in-chief, and appeared monthly between December 1928 and March 1930, totaling 15 issues plus 2 supplements.
    Contributions by Joseph Conrad "Atterrissages et départs", Henri de Montherlant "Les conduites de taureaux en Camargue", Florent Fels "La route", Titaÿna "Panama", Pierre Lazareff "Vie intime des artistes du music-hall", Paul Chauveau "Jean Cocteau l'imposteur", Urbain Faure "plongeurs de nacre... pêcheurs de perles"...
    Issue illustrated with...
    €400
  68. Jazz N°2 de la première série
    TITAŸNA, Carlo RIM

    Jazz N°2 de la première série

    Jazz|Paris Janvier 1929|24.50 x 31.50 cm|agrafé
    First edition of this issue.
    Small tears of no consequence to spine, some light stains at foot of front cover.
    The magazine "Jazz," celebrated for the quality of its illustrations and photographs, was founded in 1929 by Titaÿna with Carlo Rim as editor-in-chief, and appeared monthly between December 1928 and March 1930, comprising 15 issues plus 2 supplements.
    Contributions by Jacques Dyssord "Rue de Lappe," Florent Fels "Le port d'Amsterdam," Joseph Delteil "Le Paradis terrestre," Henri Thétard "Fêtes foraines," Waldemar George "Expressionisme," Carlo Rim: "La rue chinoise"...
    Issue illustrated with works by Moïse Kisling, Louis Touchagues, Jean Cocteau, Bécan, Carlo Rim...
    €400
  69. Jazz N°11 de la première série
    TITAŸNA, Carlo RIM

    Jazz N°11 de la première série

    Jazz|Paris Novembre 1929|24.50 x 31.50 cm|agrafé
    First edition of this issue.
    Very light marginal worming to covers, handsome copy.
    The magazine "Jazz," celebrated for the quality of its illustrations and photographs, was founded in 1929 by Titaÿna with Carlo Rim as editor-in-chief, and appeared monthly between December 1928 and March 1930, comprising 15 issues plus 2 supplements.
    Contributions by Titaÿna "La vie à bord des grands paquebots," Carlo Rim "Lubaki, peintre nègre," Georges Altman "Vladimlir Iliitch Lénine," Serge "Promenade en avion," André Hunebelle "Images du verre," Legrand-Chabrier "Contorsions," Ivan Goll "Sodome et Berlin," Georges Thiry "Antoine, photographe nègre"...
    Issue illustrated with works by...
    €400
  70. Jazz N°6 de la première série
    TITAŸNA, Carlo RIM

    Jazz N°6 de la première série

    Jazz|Paris Mai 1929|24.50 x 31.50 cm|agrafé
    First edition of this issue.
    Marginal stains to covers, pleasant interior condition.
    The magazine "Jazz", celebrated for the quality of its illustrations and photographs, was founded in 1929 by Titaÿna with Carlo Rim as editor-in-chief, and was published monthly between December 1928 and March 1930, comprising 15 issues plus 2 supplements.
    Contributions by Titaÿna "Bagdad", Ilya Ehrenbourg "Slovaquie", Marcel Zahar "Centenaire du bec de gaz", Carlo Rim "Rues", Pierre Scize "Le cinéma"...
    Issue illustrated with works by Carlo Rim, Honoré Daumier, Eugène Delacroix, Francisco de Goya, Paul Gavarni as well as numerous photographs by Germaine Krull, Laszlo Moholy Nagy, Ilya...
    €400
  71. Jazz N°7 de la première série
    TITAŸNA, Carlo RIM

    Jazz N°7 de la première série

    Jazz|Paris Juin 1929|24.50 x 31.50 cm|agrafé
    First edition of this issue.
    Light marginal foxing to the covers, minor tears to the spine without consequence, handsome interior condition.
    The magazine "Jazz", celebrated for the quality of its illustrations and photographs, was founded in 1929 by Titaÿna with Carlo Rim as editor-in-chief, and appeared monthly between December 1928 and March 1930, totaling 15 issues plus 2 supplements.
    Contributions by Titaÿna "Alep", Florent Fels "Joris Ivens", Jean Dorsenne "L'Océanie à travers les artistes", Carlo Rim "Rues", Legrand-Chabrier "Frégoli"...
    Issue illustrated with works by Carlo Rim, Serge and Sennep as well as numerous photographs by Germaine Krull, Joris Ivens...
    €400
  72. Jazz N°5 de la première série
    TITAŸNA, Carlo RIM

    Jazz N°5 de la première série

    Jazz|Paris Avril 1929|24.50 x 31.50 cm|agrafé
    First edition of this issue announcing the forthcoming publication by "Sans pareil" of "Plan de l'aiguille" by Blaise Cendrars photographed with a cigarette between his lips.
    Minor marginal foxing.
    The magazine "Jazz," famous for the quality of its illustrations and photographs, was founded in 1929 by Titaÿna with Carlo Rim as editor-in-chief, and appeared monthly between December 1928 and March 1930, totaling 15 issues plus 2 supplements.
    Contributions by Titaÿna "Jérusalem," Jacques Dyssord "Défense et illustration du chantage," Florent Fels "Acier," Paul Chauveau "Ubu de chair," Pierre Scize "Lorsque Charlot parut...," Jacques Heller "Le voyageur, le sauvage et le...
    €400
  73. Dessin original au feutre noir rehaussé à l'aquarelle représentant son grand ami Raimu sur son lit de mort
    Carlo RIM

    Dessin original au feutre noir rehaussé à l'aquarelle représentant son grand ami Raimu sur son lit de mort

    s. l. 20 Septembre 1946|23 x 16 cm|une feuille
    Original drawing signed in black felt-tip pen heightened with watercolor dated and signed by Carlo Rim depicting his great friend Raimu on his deathbed at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
    The drawing is captioned and signed in blue ink "20 sept. 1946 Carlo Rim" and "hôpital américain" in black felt-tip pen, with a mention "2me volume" inscribed in red felt-tip pen in the lower left corner of the drawing.
    Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author 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.
    €200
  74. Polyphème
    Gustave GUETANT, Albert SAMAIN

    Polyphème

    Société des Amis des Livres|Paris 1922|21 x 29 cm|broché
    Edition printed in 100 numbered copies on handmade laid paper and decorated with original illustrations by Gustave Guétant engraved on wood by A. Thévenin.
    Two small tears repaired with minimal losses at head and foot of spine.
    Fine and rare copy.


    €400
  75. Dessin original au feutre noir et rehaussé au crayon rouge représentant l'homme de théâtre André Antoine
    Carlo RIM

    Dessin original au feutre noir et rehaussé au crayon rouge représentant l'homme de théâtre André Antoine

    s. l. s. d. [circa 1935]|21 x 23 cm|une feuille
    Original drawing signed in black felt-tip pen and heightened in red pencil, by Carlo Rim depicting the portly theater man André Antoine, with a red scarf tied around his neck and a cigarette on his lips.
    The drawing, captioned in black felt-tip pen "André Antoine", was made on the verso of a sheet containing typewritten text and mounted on cardboard.
    Carlo Rim 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.
    €80
  76. Oeuvres
    Jean RACINE

    Oeuvres

    Chez Denys Thierry|à Paris 1687|9 x 16.20 cm|2 volumes reliés

    Second collective first edition, with continuous pagination, containing for the first time Phèdre, the Discours prononcé à l'Académie françoise à la réception de Messieurs de Corneille et de Bergeret and the Idylle sur la paix.(Brunet, IV, 1077). Work illustrated with 12 figures including 2 frontispieces, most signed by François Chauveau; the frontispiece of the first volume engraved by Le Brun. 
    Edition shared between Barbin, Denys Thierry and Pierre Trabouillet.
    Full midnight blue morocco binding from the late 19th century signed at the foot of the pastedown Thibaron-Joly (Former worker of Trautz, Thibaron partnered with the gilder Joly in 1874). Spine with raised bands decorated...

    €4,000
  77. Théâtre - Volume II : L'annonce faite à Marie. - L'otage. - Protée. - Le pain dur. - Le père humilié. - La nuit de Noël 1914. - L'ours et la lune. - L'homme et son désir. - La femme et son ombre. - Le soulier de satin. - La parabole du festin. - La sagesse ou La parabole du festin. - Sous le rempart d'Athènes. - Le livre de Christophe Colomb. - Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher. - L'histoire de Tobie et de Sara. - La lune à la recherche d'elle-même. - Le jet de pierre. - Le ravissement de Scapin -
    Paul CLAUDEL

    Théâtre - Volume II : L'annonce faite à Marie. - L'otage. - Protée. - Le pain dur. - Le père humilié. - La nuit de Noël 1914. - L'ours et la lune. - L'homme et son désir. - La femme et son ombre. - Le soulier de satin. - La parabole du festin. - La sagesse ou La parabole du festin. - Sous le rempart d'Athènes. - Le livre de Christophe Colomb. - Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher. - L'histoire de Tobie et de Sara. - La lune à la recherche d'elle-même. - Le jet de pierre. - Le ravissement de Scapin -

    Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1956|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    Bibliothèque de La Pléiade edition printed on Bible paper.
    Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheep, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets,
    Handsome copy complete with its glassine wrapper and dust jacket but lacking its soft slipcase.

    €35
  78. L'Eglise
    Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE

    L'Eglise

    Denoël & Steele|Paris 1933|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pure laid paper, ours one of 15 hors commerce copies, deluxe issue after 10 Japan and 20 Holland copies.
    Half green morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt title, gilt date at foot, boards of abstract patterned paper, almond green paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Boichot.
    Handsome copy elegantly bound.
    €2,000
  79. Agnimitra et mâlavikâ
    Jean KALIDASA

    Agnimitra et mâlavikâ

    Maisonneuve • C. Leclerc|Paris 1889|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation established by Victor Henry.
    Spine with lacks, front board detached, lacks to boards, some light foxing.
    Rare.
    €80
  80. Les violons parfois
    Françoise SAGAN

    Les violons parfois

    Julliard|Paris 1962|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, deluxe copy.
    Fine copy.
    €480
  81. Lolotte
    Henry MEILHAC, Ludovic HALÉVY

    Lolotte

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1879|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition of this one-act comedy, one of the rare copies on laid paper, of which no mention is made.
    Rare and handsome copy with full margins.
    €150
  82. Oeuvres
    Charles PALISSOT DE MONTENOY

    Oeuvres

    Imprimerie de Monsieur • [ Didot jeune]|à Paris 1788|14.50 x 22.70 cm|4 volumes reliés
    Statement of new edition, considerably expanded. It is illustrated with a portrait by Monet as frontispiece to volume I and with 18 figures by Meon and Monnet engraved by Thérèse Martinet. Volume 1, 6 figures including the portrait, and 5 frontispieces for the theatrical pieces. In volume 2, 13 figures, 3 for the theatrical pieces as frontispieces, and 10 for each canto of La Dunciade. Edition beautifully produced by Didot, on Holland paper.
    Contemporary full marbled brown calf binding, probably Directoire period. Spine with raised bands decorated with 4 different tools including an urn tool, the tools within decorated compartments. Roll tooling at head and tail. Red morocco title...
    €900
  83. Macbeth
    Jean RICHEPIN, William SHAKESPEARE

    Macbeth

    Charpentier & Fasquelle|Paris 1914|15.50 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition of the French version, in verse and prose, established by Jean Richepin, one of the rare copies on pink paper of which no mention is made.
    Rare and handsome full-margined copy despite small angular tears of no consequence.
    €150
  84. Miarka
    Jean RICHEPIN

    Miarka

    Charpentier & Fasquelle|Paris 1905|15.50 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition of this drama set to music by Alexandre Georges, one of the rare copies on pink paper of which no mention is made.
    A rare and handsome copy with full margins.
    €150
  85. La veillée d'armes
    Claude FARRÈRE, Lucien NÉPOTY

    La veillée d'armes

    Flammarion|Paris 1917|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    A tear at foot of spine, small lacks to foot of title-page and half-title, gift inscriptions in pen by a previous owner on front board and below the autograph inscription.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Claude Farrère: "A Léon Gambetta son petit frère Farrère. (ma première pièce écrite par moi)." ["To Léon Gambetta his little brother Farrère. (my first play written by me)."]

    €120
  86. Café irlandais
    Ray BRADBURY

    Café irlandais

    Denoël|Paris 1965|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    A handsome copy.
    €60
  87. Mes idées sur le théâtre
    Paul CLAUDEL

    Mes idées sur le théâtre

    Gallimard|Paris 1966|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 39 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    €300
  88. Théâtre complet
    Jean GIRAUDOUX

    Théâtre complet

    Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1982|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    Pléiade library edition printed on India paper.
    Publisher's full red grained sheepskin binding, blue top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
    The cellophane wrapper has two tiny tears at the head of the spine and is sunned at the edges of the boards.
    Complete with its cellophane wrapper, lacking slipcase and dust jacket.
    €30
  89. Riquet à la houppe - Comédie féerique
    Théodore de BANVILLE, Georges-Antoine ROCHEGROSSE

    Riquet à la houppe - Comédie féerique

    Charpentier|Paris 1884|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition illustrated with a drawing by Georges Rochegrosse engraved as frontispiece.
    Occasional foxing.
    Bradel binding in red half-cloth, smooth spine decorated with a central gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet at foot, brown shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
    Signed autograph inscription from Théodore de Banville to Edouard Pailleron.
    €250
  90. Théâtre
    Henry de MONTHERLANT

    Théâtre

    Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1968|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
    Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
    Complete with rhodoid but lacking its slipcase and dust jacket.
    €30
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