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Literary Manuscripts

Writers' autograph manuscripts, work drafts, handwritten notebooks, autograph poems, romantic manuscript fragments

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Literary Manuscripts
  1. Fragment autographe de son poème "La voie lactée" paru dans Cariatides
    Théodore de BANVILLE

    Fragment autographe de son poème "La voie lactée" paru dans Cariatides

    S. n.|Paris s. d. [1889]|11.50 x 14 cm|une page
    Fragment consisting of 12 verses in alexandrine written in black ink.
    The poem is surrounded in red ink with a reference mark at the top.
    "Dans cet enivrement, les muses Aonides
    Quittèrent sans regret les demeures splendides
    Où l'écho retentit d'harmonieux accords,
    Et le mont verdoyant où les lys de leur corps
    Font comme une guirlande à la noire fontaine,
    Où le Permesse tombe et meurt dans l'Hippocrène,
    Où le sombre Olmius, avec un doux fracas,
    Bleuit d'un long baiser leurs membres délicats ;
    Et les Dieux, sur l'Olympe où la jeune Déesse
    Leur verse à flots vermeils l'éternelle jeunesse
    Avec les vins sanglants par...
    €150
  2. "Ainsi c'était donc vous les garçons en blouson dans les bois (que je savais par coeur sans jamais avoir eu trop souci de savoir quel était l'auteur) Merci de cette surprise"
    Jean PAULHAN

    "Ainsi c'était donc vous les garçons en blouson dans les bois (que je savais par coeur sans jamais avoir eu trop souci de savoir quel était l'auteur) Merci de cette surprise"Beautiful autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Pierre Seghers congratulating him on the high quality of his collection Le domaine public

    S. n.|Paris 27 Mai 1945|14 x 21.50 cm|une page recto verso
    Laudatory autograph letter signed by Jean Paulhan (22 lines in black ink on Nrf letterhead) addressed to Pierre Seghers congratulating him on the beauty of his latest collection entitled "Le domaine public" which the poet had recently sent him.
    Fold mark inherent to envelope insertion.
    Jean Paulhan does not hide his admiration for certain poems contained in this collection and the style that emerges from it: "Ah j'aime bien aussi ma vérité, et dans tous vos poèmes cette solennité (tant pis, c'est le mot) cette solennité simple dont personne ne saurait dire d'où elle sort... il faut bien qu'elle ait toujours été là, avec cette allure de...
    €230
  3. "Mais n'allez pas croire que le T.R. soit une revue catholique..."
    François MAURIAC

    "Mais n'allez pas croire que le T.R. soit une revue catholique..."Autograph letter, dated and signed, addressed to Abbé Casy Rivière about literary life and in particular the magazine La Table Ronde

    S. n.|Paris s. d. [ca 1930]|14 x 21.50 cm|une page recto verso
    Autograph letter by François Mauriac signed with his initials (28 lines in blue ink on letterhead from his Parisian residence on avenue Théophile Gautier) addressed to Abbé Casy Rivière.
    Fold mark inherent to envelope insertion.
    François Mauriac discusses his upcoming summer travels: "... je pars le 20 en auto pour les Pyrénées et ne serai à Malagar que vers le 1 sept. Regrets ! ..." ("... I leave on the 20th by car for the Pyrenees and will only be at Malagar around September 1st. Regrets! ...") but also literary activity and certain religious allegiances attributed to the magazine La Table...
    €350
  4. Poème quatrain autographe signé intitulé "Lied""
    François COPPÉE

    Poème quatrain autographe signé intitulé "Lied""

    S. n.|s. l. 1894|13 x 20 cm|1 feuillet

    Autograph poem signed by poet François Coppée entitled "Lied".
    Light foxing to left margin of the leaf.
    The signed poem, 14 lines in black ink on one leaf, was included in the collection "L'exilée" published in 1877 under the same title:
    "Rougissante et tête baissée,
    Je la vois me sourire encor.
    Pour le doigt de ma fiancée*
    Qu'on me fasse un bel anneau d'or.
    Elle part, mais bonne et fidèle ;
    Je vais l'attendre en m'affligeant.
    Pour garder ce qui me vient d'elle
    Qu'on me fasse un coffret d'argent.
    J'ai sur le coeur un poids énorme ;
    L'exil est trop dur et trop long.
    Pour que je me repose et dorme
    Qu'on me...

    €200
  5. Belle lettre autographe adressée à son amour et évoquant ses pérégrinations pour s'immiscer dans la vie politique des Balkans, notamment en Roumanie : "Mon séjour en Roumanie a été extrêmement rempli et a eu une très grande répercussion : campagnes de journaux, incidents à la chambre, manifestations populaires et qq criailleries fascistes etc..."
    Henri BARBUSSE

    Belle lettre autographe adressée à son amour et évoquant ses pérégrinations pour s'immiscer dans la vie politique des Balkans, notamment en Roumanie : "Mon séjour en Roumanie a été extrêmement rempli et a eu une très grande répercussion : campagnes de journaux, incidents à la chambre, manifestations populaires et qq criailleries fascistes etc..."

    S. n.|s. l. 25 Novembre 1925|14.50 x 19.50 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet
    Autograph letter dated and signed by Henri Barbusse addressed to a female friend, 32 lines written in black ink from the steamship Vaporul Regele Caroli.
    Folds inherent to mailing, letterhead paper of the Romanian maritime services and the Vaporul Regele Caroli.
    While on a cruise from Constanza to Constantinople, Henri Barbusse languishes in the absence of the woman he loves: "Pendant tout le voyage, qui en est à peu près à la moitié, je n'ai cessé de penser à toi, ma belle, et je viens à toi en ce moment, à travers les distances et les préoccupations de toutes sortes, comme à ma vérité essentielle et suprême, comme partout et comme toujours." (Throughout the entire...
    €350
  6. "Nous jouons aux roues à 10 centimes dans la salle de baccara, et tandis que les marquis espagnols et les barons russes murmurent 25 louis !, nous hurlons 0,20 cent !!!"
    Sacha GUITRY

    "Nous jouons aux roues à 10 centimes dans la salle de baccara, et tandis que les marquis espagnols et les barons russes murmurent 25 louis !, nous hurlons 0,20 cent !!!"Autograph letter signed to Alfred Athis evoking his stay in Biarritz

    S. n.|Paris 15 Octobre 1905|9 x 14 cm|3 pages sur un double feuillet + une enveloppe
    Autograph letter dated and signed by Sacha Guitry, addressed to his friend Alfred Athis, 40 lines penned in black ink from Biarritz.
    Single fold from mailing, envelope enclosed.
    In this humorous handwritten letter, the playwright recounts his stay in Biarritz: "Nous sommes à Biarritz et nous n'en sommes pas plus fier pour ça ! Que le temps est affreux !", while lamenting the social expectations of the resort: "Ce qu'il y a de plus terrible ici c'est qu'il faudrait être en habit tous les soirs ce qui est non pas au dessus de mes forces, mais au dessus de la bonne volonté de mon tailleur."
    He describes feeling out of place amidst the...
    €750
  7. Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée à son ami Louis Hachette, éditeur de son célèbre dictionnaire
    Émile LITTRÉ

    Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée à son ami Louis Hachette, éditeur de son célèbre dictionnaire

    S. n.|Paris 19 Mai 1863|13.50 x 21 cm|une page
    Autograph letter dated and signed by Emile Littré (17 lines in black ink) to friend and publisher Louis Hachette regarding his dictionary.
    Folding traces inherent to postal dispatch. A manuscript notation in pencil at the head of the letter: "A Albert"
    "Mon cher Hachette,
    veux-tu me faire la largesse d'un exemplaire de plus du dictionnaire ? Je t'en serai très obligé. J'ai encore 40 pages à relire pour parfaire la 5e livraison. Cela sera fini dans les 10 premiers jours de juin. On pourra la donner à cette époque... [...] Ton vieil ami, ELittré."     ("My dear Hachette, would you be so generous as...
    €150
  8. "Nous allons dans le Théâtre et Comedia illustré, consacrer un numéro à madame Sarah..."
    Marcel ACHARD

    "Nous allons dans le Théâtre et Comedia illustré, consacrer un numéro à madame Sarah..."Autograph letter signed probably addressed to Sacha Guitry about the great tragedian Sarah Bernhardt

    S. n.|Paris s. d. [ca 1920]|20 x 26 cm|une page
    Deferential autograph letter signed by young Marcel Achard (14 lines in black ink) concerning a tribute he wishes to pay to Sarah Bernhardt.
    Folding traces inherent to postal dispatch. A manuscript notation in pencil at the head of the letter: "A Sacha Guitry -1923"
    "Mon cher maître,
    je n'ai pas l'outrecuidance de croire que vous vous souviendrez de moi. Cependant, comme nous allons dans le Théâtre et Comedia illustré, consacrer un numéro à madame Sarah, je vous serais infiniment obligé si vous vouliez bien consentir à parler un peu à nos lecteurs de la grande disparue. J'espère en un mot de vous me fin à ce...
    €120
  9. "J'essaie en ces quelques vers, de restituer des rythmes lyriques de Ronsard injustement proscrits ou mis en oubli..."
    Théodore de BANVILLE

    "J'essaie en ces quelques vers, de restituer des rythmes lyriques de Ronsard injustement proscrits ou mis en oubli..."Dated and signed autograph letter addressed about his style

    S. n.|Paris 6 Décembre 1862|13.50 x 21 cm|une page
    Autograph letter dated and signed by Théodore de Banville (12 lines in black ink) explaining his manner of writing verse.
    Fold marks inherent to mailing. The letter has been mounted on a tab, then inserted into a book before being extracted. Minor corner lacks of no consequence to the leaf.
    Théodore de Banville wishes to revive, through his verse, his illustrious predecessor Pierre de Ronsard but remains lucid about the reception the Parisian public will give him: "Certainly, this is poor news for the Parisian world, and yet do not refuse me a small word about it in your correspondence, would that not be true charity?"
    €150
  11. "... je n'ai pas vu l'assommoir et j'ignorais que notre monologue y ait été introduit. Je suis absolument de votre avis, il ne faut pas le mettre. La bande à Zola pousserait des cris de blaireaux..."
    Eugène LABICHE

    "... je n'ai pas vu l'assommoir et j'ignorais que notre monologue y ait été introduit. Je suis absolument de votre avis, il ne faut pas le mettre. La bande à Zola pousserait des cris de blaireaux..."Autograph letter, dated and signed, addressed to the journalist and librettist Philippe Gille about the creation of Emile Zola at the Théâtre de l'Assommoir

    S. n.|s. l. 24 Juillet 1879|10 x 13.50 cm|deux pages + une enveloppe
    Autograph letter dated and signed by Eugène Labiche (27 lines in black ink) addressed to journalist and librettist Philippe Gille about the theatrical adaptation of Emile Zola's l'Assommoir.
    Fold marks inherent to mailing, envelope included. Eugène Labiche's monogram being stamped in blind at the head of the letter.
    In 1879, two years after its publication as a novel, l'Assommoir was adapted for the theater by William Busnach and Octave Gastineau, aided by Emile Zola.
    Eugène Labiche and Philippe Gille seem to have participated in the creation of the play: "... je n'ai pas vu l'assommoir et j'ignorais que notre monologue y ait été...
    €200
  12. Fragment manuscrit intitulé "Dialogue au sujet de la guerre"
    Sacha GUITRY

    Fragment manuscrit intitulé "Dialogue au sujet de la guerre"

    S. n.|s. l. s. d. [ca 1930]|21 x 27 cm|une page recto-verso plus un quart de page
    Manuscript fragment entitled by Sacha Guitry "Dialogue au sujet de la guerre", first draft manuscript, 51 lines written in pencil.
    Some deletions in Sacha Guitry's hand.
    €500
  13. Œuvres de J.F. Cooper
    James Fenimore COOPER

    Œuvres de J.F. Cooper[Works]

    Furne & Cie • Charles Gosselin|Paris 1839-1852|10.50 x 18 cm|30 volumes reliés

    First edition of the French translation by A. J. B. Defauconpret. Illustrated vi­gnette on the title page of each volume, with two illustrations in each volume (60 in total) by Louis Marckl after Noël Bertrand.
    Green half shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands elaborately framed in gilt and blind, spine-ends stamped with a gilt rosette bearing cabbalistic signs, marbled paper boards, marbled endpa­pers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary bindings.
    Spines slightly lightened, some corners slightly dulled, more pronounced foxing on some volumes, a tear not affecting text to pp. 303-304 of vol. 2, a restored tear and a marginal lack of paper not af­fecting text to pp...

    €3,800
  14. "I experience spasms, a sort of shivering, a lot of yawning, disgust, total despondency, the blood rushes violently to my head, then I feel dizzy, spinning, which makes me stumble, and a thousand other things proving a great tension in the body, and a great irritation in the nervous system."
    "J'éprouve [...] un dégoût, un abattement total"
    Donatien Alphonse François de SADE

    "J'éprouve [...] un dégoût, un abattement total"Letter from the Marquis de Sade from the Charenton Asylum

    Charenton [1803-1808]|15 x 22.80 cm|un feuillet composé deux papiers encollés

    Original autograph letter by the Marquis de Sade, consists of 27 lines of relatively tight handwriting. Most likely written to his wife, as evidenced by the letter's origin from Sade's family. The letter is physically composed of two glued pieces of paper. On the verso the Marquis wrote 19 lines and scrupulously crossed them out - a few words and letters are still quite visible.
    Cited in Maurice Lever's biography, 'Donatien Alphonse François, marquis de Sade', Paris, Fayard, 1991, p. 631.

    €5,500
  15. Lettre autographe signée à la poétesse Renée de Brimont à propos de son recueil Fond de cantine
    Pierre DRIEU LA ROCHELLE

    Lettre autographe signée à la poétesse Renée de Brimont à propos de son recueil Fond de cantine

    samedi janvier [19]21|21 x 27 cm|une page sur un feuillet
    | "Ces rythmes militaires, tantôt pressés et brusques comme le pas cadencé, ou lourds et emmêlés comme la marche d'une colonne" |

    Lettre autographe signée de Pierre Drieu la Rochelle. Une page à l'encre noire sur un feuillet. Traces de plis transversaux inhérentes à l'envoi.
    L'écrivain offre une très belle analyse de ses vers inspirés du front, rassemblés sous le titre provocateur de Fond de cantine, paru en 1920. Il demande l'avis de la poétesse Renée de Brimont, petite nièce de Lamartine, qui publia également à la Nrf : "Merci Madame de la décision très fine de ces vers me coupent comme un regret. Que chacun se retire...

    €700
  16. "The art of keeping one's balance on a moving bicycle is not what the idle crowd supposes"
    Manuscrit autographe signé du récit Le Phénomène
    Georges COURTELINE

    Manuscrit autographe signé du récit Le Phénomène[Signed autograph manuscript of the story "Le Phénomène"]

    s. d. [vers 1895]|20.8 x 30 cm|Relié

    Signed autograph manuscript, 6 pages, of Georges Courteline's story Le Phénomène, later published by Flammarion in 1897 in Un client sérieux.

    Numerous deletions; one passage does not appear in the printed versions of the text.

    Green Bradel boards, author and title lettered in gilt lengthwise on spine. Manuscript on fragments of leaves of lined paper, pasted onto six pages. Some rubbing and soiling to boards, figures in blue pencil written over the text, traces of glue and light soiling to leaves.

     

    Original manuscript of a story full of self-mockery, in which Georges Courteline recounts...

    €1,800
  17. "A Thierry l'Immortel  Dont Jacques est l'origine Ce billet temporel Afin qu'un oeil devine..."
    Amusante lettre autographe signée adressée à Thierry Maulnier pour son élection à l'Académie française : "... les liasses qui vont t'accabler au Figaro et dont l'ennui va te faire regretter ton ancienne paix mortelle..."
    Jacques AUDIBERTI (to Thierry MAULNIER)

    Amusante lettre autographe signée adressée à Thierry Maulnier pour son élection à l'Académie française : "... les liasses qui vont t'accabler au Figaro et dont l'ennui va te faire regretter ton ancienne paix mortelle..."[Amusing autograph letter signed to Thierry Maulnier on his election to the Académie française: “… les liasses qui vont t'accabler au Figaro et dont l'ennui va te faire regretter ton ancienne paix mortelle…”]

    s. n.|Paris 1964|14.7 x 19 cm|Une feuille

    Amusing autograph letter signed and addressed to Thierry Maulnier, some twenty lines in blue ink written on a sealed letter, celebrating his election to the Académie française on 13 February 1964, the day before this letter was written.

    The address, the recipient's name and the sender's name are cast in the form of a quatrain :

    "A Thierry l'Immortel

     Dont Jacques est l'origine

     Ce billet temporel

     Afin qu'un oeil devine : au figaro rond-point des Champs-Elysées Paris."

    Jacques Audiberti congratulates his friend : "... moi l'un de tes plus anciens...

    €300
  19. Lettre tapuscrite signée par Joseph Kessel et adressée au grand collectionneur d'autographes Claude Arnaud
    Joseph KESSEL

    Lettre tapuscrite signée par Joseph Kessel et adressée au grand collectionneur d'autographes Claude Arnaud[Signed typed letter from Joseph Kessel to the distinguished autograph collector Claude Arnaud]

    s. n.|Paris 1971|13.5 x 21 cm|Une feuille + une enveloppe

    Typed letter dated 16 September 1971 and signed by Joseph Kessel, responding favourably to a request from the Geneva autograph collector Claude Arnaud.

    "Monsieur, je vous remercie de votre lettre, et c'est avec plaisir que je vous adresse cette signature."

    Accompanied by the original typed envelope.

    €250
  20. First edition bound by Pouillet in morocco, with a fine letter to Henri Mazel
    Poil de carotte
    Jules RENARD (inscribed to Henri MAZEL)

    Poil de carotte[Carrot Top]

    Ernest Flammarion|s. d. [1892]|11.5 x 18.8 cm|Relié

    First edition, with the beautiful relais wrapper illustrated by Vallotton.

    Mounted at the head, an autograph letter of 3pp. and 50 lines to Henri Mazel, concerning the three-act drama La fin des Dieux, with a postscript on Poil de carotte. Mazel was a critic, writer and poet, founder of the review L'ermitage, and would leave a memorable testimony on Renard's work in his essay Le mercure.

    Binding signed Pouillet at the top of the first free endpaper, in half red morocco with corners, smooth spine richly adorned with gilt and blind-tooled compartments and fleurons. Gilt top edge. Original wrappers and spine preserved. Light rubbing along the outer...

    €3,500
  21. La tour enrichie de deux lettres manuscrites : "ma situation financière chez Gallimard est très mauvaise..."
    Hélène BESSETTE

    La tour enrichie de deux lettres manuscrites : "ma situation financière chez Gallimard est très mauvaise..."The Tower, with two autograph letters: “My financial situation at Gallimard is very bad...”

    Gallimard|Paris 1959|12 x 19 cm|broché

    First edition, one of the review copies.

    Dampstaining and a restoration to the spine, scuffing to the upper edge of the front wrapper, paper browned.

    Our copy is enriched with two autograph letters signed by Hélène Bessette to a literary critic at Le Figaro, probably Claude Mauriac, concerning her recently published novel "La tour".

    In the first letter, dated 30 April 1959, Hélène Bessette asks her correspondent to write a review of La Tour.

    In the second, dated 13 May, the author expresses her pleasant surprise at having read in Le Figaro that her novel had attracted her correspondent's attention, while taking issue...

    €800
  23. "I have neither an extra outing, nor a change of room"
    Lettre autographe à sa femme, envoyée depuis le donjon de Vincennes
    Marquis de SADE [Donatien Alphonse François de SADE] (to Renée-Pélagie de SADE)

    Autograph letter to his wife, sent from the keep of Vincennes

    s. n.|[Prison de Vincennes] s. d. [début juillet 1779]|15.8 x 20.5 cm|Une feuille

    Autograph letter from Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, written in a tall, narrow hand on one page, addressed to his wife Renée-Pélagie.
    Undated, this letter was written in early July 1779 at the Vincennes prison. It is published in Marquis de Sade. Lettres à sa femme, Marc Buffat, 1997 (p. 112).

     

    Marginal dampstaining, a few creases, and a small marginal loss from the letter's unsealing. Address to Madame de Sade in Paris on the verso.

    €3,800
  24. Aragon's Earliest Known Poem: The Birth of a Poet Soon to be Buried Beneath the Shells of the Great War
    "La Seine"
    Louis ARAGON

    "La Seine"Autograph poem signed

    n. l. 31 mars 1915|15.3 x 19.7 cm|Un feuillet

    Autograph poem by Louis Aragon, signed and dated 31 March 1915. Fourteen lines written in pencil on a single leaf, with unpublished autograph calculations on the verso. Published in 2008 by Michel Apel-Muller in Le Continent Aragon, special issue of L’Humanité, 2008, p. 17, and reissued under the title “Poème” in Le Rayonnement international d’Aragon, Strasbourg, coll. “Recherches croisées Aragon / Elsa Triolet”, no. 16, 2018, p. 251. Numerous traces of handling, with vertical and horizontal folds that have caused minor paper losses, without affecting the text. 

     

    A precious fragment of literary history...

    €12,000
  25. Portraits aux trois crayons
    Pierre ALECHINSKY, Yves BONNEFOY

    Portraits aux trois crayons[Three-Chalk Portraits]

    Editions Galilée|Paris 2013|14.2 x 22.7 cm|Broché

    First collected edition, partly first edition, one of 129 numbered copies on wove paper, enhanced with an original engraving by Pierre Alechinsky, signed and numbered by the artist; our copy is one of the first 10 to contain a manuscript leaf, as stated in the limitation notice.

    Signed by Yves Bonnefoy beneath the limitation notice.

    A rare and fine copy.

    €750
  26. Bristol autographe daté et signé adressé à Jane Bathori
    Marguerite YOURCENAR

    Bristol autographe daté et signé adressé à Jane Bathori

    s. n.|Paris 1954|8.6 x 6.1 cm|Une feuille sous enveloppe

    Autograph card signed and dated by Marguerite Yourcenar, 12 lines in black ink written on both sides, addressed to Jane Bathori.

    The ink has slightly faded.

    With the original manuscript envelope addressed to Jane Bathori.

    "6-III-54,

    Dear Madam, I thought of you this morning as I was passing through your neighbourhood, and was reminded of the charming welcome you gave me last month. I did not have the time to try to call on you, but these flowers will at least convey my warm remembrance and friendly regards. Marguerite Yourcenar."

     

    Jane Bathori was a French mezzo-soprano, choir director, teacher, theatre...

    €500
  28. Carte postale manuscrite adressée à son amie Frédéric Fresco
    Louise de VILMORIN

    Carte postale manuscrite adressée à son amie Frédéric Fresco[Autograph postcard addressed to his friend Frédéric Fresco]

    s. n.|Verrières-le-Buisson 1965|15.5 x 9.8 cm|Une carte postale

    Autograph postcard, dated and signed by Louise de Vilmorin, addressed to her friend Frédéric Fresco with wishes for the festive season.

    The recto of the card depicts Louise de Vilmorin's house in Verrières.

    The postcard is embellished with a large hand-drawn four-leaf clover framing her message, from which her signature emerges.

    €250
  29. Bristol autographe signé et adressé à son amie Christiane Baroche pour son aimable critique de ses oeuvres "car les moments de "gloire" sont aussi ceux qu'on a envie de traverser avec les gens qu'on aime bien..."
    Annie ERNAUX (to Christiane BAROCHE)

    Bristol autographe signé et adressé à son amie Christiane Baroche pour son aimable critique de ses oeuvres "car les moments de "gloire" sont aussi ceux qu'on a envie de traverser avec les gens qu'on aime bien..."Autograph signed compliment slip addressed to his friend Christiane Baroche in thanks for her kind review of his works, “for moments of ‘glory’ are also those one wishes to pass through with those one is fond of…"

    s. n.|n. l. 18 novembre 1984|12.8 x 8.2 cm|Une feuille + une enveloppe

    Autograph card signed, dated 18 November 1984, 12 lines in blue ballpoint pen, addressed to her friend the woman of letters Christiane Baroche, in which she discusses her latest work "Plaisirs amers" and the friendship binding the two women writers.

    Autograph envelope addressed to Christiane Baroche enclosed.

    A fine and affectionate letter of thanks, written six days after the announcement of the Prix Renaudot awarded to Ernaux for La Place:

    « Merci Christiane de ta lettre qui m'a fait très chaud au coeur, car les moments de "gloire" sont aussi ceux qu'on a envie de traverser avec les gens qu'on aime bien. Je t'embrasse. Annie. »

    ...
    €450
  30. Carte postale autographe adressée à son amie Christiane Baroche : "J'aime ce que tu aimes, je m'interroge sur les mêmes choses que toi, la folie, la création, dans tous les sens..."
    Annie ERNAUX

    Carte postale autographe adressée à son amie Christiane Baroche : "J'aime ce que tu aimes, je m'interroge sur les mêmes choses que toi, la folie, la création, dans tous les sens..."Autograph postcard addressed to her friend Christiane Baroche: "J'aime ce que tu aimes, je m'interroge sur les mêmes choses que toi, la folie, la création, dans tous les sens..."

    s. n.|1984|15 x 10.6 cm|Une carte postale

    Autograph signed postcard, 12 lines in black ballpoint pen, addressed to her friend, the woman of letters Christiane Baroche, in which she expresses her complete intellectual affinity with her.

    The recto of the postcard features a reproduction of the painting "Trompe l'oeil" by Cornelis Gysbrechts.

    "Ma chère Christiane,

    merci ! Ce petit prix a surtout le mérite de grossir ma cagnotte pour la maison de mes rêves, enfin, un peu : 5000 F. Mais je suis très contente. Je voulais te dire depuis les vacances de Pâques combien j'avais eu le plaisir à écouter ta voix fraternelle dans ton recueil de "Rimes intérieures". J'aime ce que tu aimes, je...

    €600
  31. De Gaulle by the iconic French studios Harcourt
    Portrait photographique avec dédicace autographe
    [Charles DE GAULLE]

    Portrait photographique avec dédicace autographeOriginal signed and inscribed portrait

    Harcourt Paris|dédicace : 19 février 1958 ; photographie : circa 1950|photographie : 25.5 x 32.3 cm ; cadre : 39 x 44.7 cm|Une feuille sous cadre

    Original albumen print photograph of Charles de Gaulle, wearing the Cross of Lorraine and the insignia of the Free French Forces, likely taken shortly after the Liberation. Studio stamp of Harcourt Paris within the photograph, under mat and light wood frame, with some minor damage to the frame. 


    Signed and inscribed by Charles de Gaulle below the portrait: "A M. Jules Guichet / Bien amicalement ! / 19.2.58 / C. de Gaulle". 

     

    €2,500
  32. Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée à André David : "vous pouvez travailler sur La Grande Perche mais, bien entendu, mon acceptation ne peut dépendre que du résultat"
    Georges SIMENON

    Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée à André David : "vous pouvez travailler sur La Grande Perche mais, bien entendu, mon acceptation ne peut dépendre que du résultat"[Autograph letter signed and dated, addressed to André David: “vous pouvez travailler sur La Grande Perche mais, bien entendu, mon acceptation ne peut dépendre que du résultat”]

    s. n.|Cannes 1955|14.6 x 19.6 cm|Une feuille

    Autograph letter signed and dated September 26, 1955, by Georges Simenon, addressed from Cannes to André David.

    18 lines in black ink on one leaf bearing his American address in Lakeville, Connecticut.

    Mailing fold as usual.

    Georges Simenon apologizes for his delayed response: "mais j'étais en plein roman. Parbleu ! si je me souviens de vous !" and indicates his upcoming availability to his correspondent, even specifying his future address in Cannes. He authorizes André David's project to adapt his novel "Maigret et la Grande Perche" for the screen, while setting his terms: "vous pouvez travailler sur La Grande Perche mais, bien entendu, mon acceptation ne...

    €600
  34. Unpublished prison letter by a woman of the Revolution
    "voilà quarante-trois jours que je suis ici sans être interrogée"
    Marie Anne BABEUF [Marie-Anne-Victoire LANGLET]

    Autograph letter signed

    Paris 23 pluviôse an IX [12 février 1801]|11 x 16.5 cm|Une feuille

    Autograph letter signed “ta merre famme Babeuf” by Marie-Anne Babeuf, addressed to her son Émile. 3 pages on a bifolium.

     

    An exceedingly rare and unpublished letter written from prison by Marie-Anne Victoire Babeuf (née Langlet), a revolutionary and wife of the celebrated leader of the Conspiracy of Equals, Gracchus Babeuf.

     

    This appeal from a modest chambermaid turned political activist dates precisely from a period of her life about which almost nothing is...

    €2,300
  35. With plates from the first illustrated edition and a letter by Chateaubriand: "but I am dead, utterly dead"
    Mémoires d'outre-tombe : "Tout à vous du fond de ma tombe"
    François René de CHATEAUBRIAND (to the Comte de MARCELLUS)

    Mémoires d'outre-tombe : "Tout à vous du fond de ma tombe"[Memoirs from Beyond the Grave] with a letter "from the depths of my grave"

    Eugène • Victor Penaud frères|Paris 1849-1850 ; 14 avril 1839 (lettre manuscrite)|13.7 x 21.2 cm|12 volumes reliés et une lettre signée

    Rare and sought-after first edition, first issue, with exceptionally added plates from the first illustrated edition, published that same year. 34 full-page engravings after Demoraine, Gagnier, Staal and engraved by F. Delannoy.

    Includes the subscribers’ list and the foreword, which will be removed for the second issue when the remainder of this edition was bought by another publisher, Dion-Lambert. It also features the pagination error in volume two: page 164 instead of 364.

    With a scribal letter...

    €18,000
  36. Lettre autographe datée et signée accompagnée, au verso, d'un dessin original au crayon de papier concernant l'aménagement de sa salle à manger : "Nos projets d'agrandissement de la salle à manger sont en panne"
    Roger MARTIN DU GARD

    Lettre autographe datée et signée accompagnée, au verso, d'un dessin original au crayon de papier concernant l'aménagement de sa salle à manger : "Nos projets d'agrandissement de la salle à manger sont en panne"

    s. n.|Bellême 25 juillet 1938|13.7 x 20.2 cm|Une feuille

    Autograph letter dated and signed by Roger Martin du Gard, written from his estate in Bellême, Normandy, to his interior architect; 24 lines in black ink and pencil.

    Roger Martin du Gard expresses growing impatience over the sale of a property: "Il faudra remuer ciel et enfer, pour aboutir !"

    He outlines his plans for the renovation of the dining room and offers a few remarks: "mais ce n'est pas encore au point dans ma caboche..."

    Hence the original pencil and red crayon sketch on the verso, illustrating his vision for the proposed alterations to the dining room.

    €250
  37. Billet autographe signé adressé à son amie l'éditrice Felia Léal ; "vous devriez bien aller à cette conférence algérienne, qui vous donnerait d'excellentes idées, jeune perfide"
    Jean PAULHAN

    Billet autographe signé adressé à son amie l'éditrice Felia Léal ; "vous devriez bien aller à cette conférence algérienne, qui vous donnerait d'excellentes idées, jeune perfide"

    s. n.|Paris s. d. [1956]|9.8 x 11.2 cm|Une feuille

    Autograph note signed to his friend and publisher Felia Léal, concerning in particular a political meeting on the situation in Algeria; 17 lines in black ink on a small sheet.

    A well-preserved example. A date pencilled in by Felia Léal: the day she received the autograph note (“Reçu le 21 juin 56”).

    "Jeudi,

    Bien chère amie. Vous devriez bien aller à cette conférence algérienne, qui vous donnerait d'excellentes idées, jeune perfide. Ci-joint les épreuves. Faut-il maintenir l'épigraphe ? Ce n'est pas très necéssaire. Il me semble aussi qu'en petites italiques ce serait mieux. Mais vous déciderez. Jean P. vous embrasse et à qui ne vous...

    €150
  38. Billet autographe signé à son amie et éditrice Felia Léal à propos de la parution prochaine de son ouvrage "Les paroles transparentes" illustré par Georges Braque : "je suis émerveillé de votre patience, de votre ténacité, de votre douce violence."
    Jean PAULHAN

    Billet autographe signé à son amie et éditrice Felia Léal à propos de la parution prochaine de son ouvrage "Les paroles transparentes" illustré par Georges Braque : "je suis émerveillé de votre patience, de votre ténacité, de votre douce violence."

    1955|13 x 9 cm|Deux feuillets réunis par un trombone

    Autograph note signed, addressed to his friend and publisher Felia Léal concerning the completion of their joint project: the forthcoming publication of the book "Les paroles transparentes" illustrated by Georges Braque.

    Seventeen lines in black ink on two small leaves.

    A handsome ensemble, with a paperclip mark to the upper left corner of both leaves.

    "Wednesday,

    Dear Felia, here is the letter. Are *Les Paroles* still coming out on June tenth? Very impatient. (When I think of it, I am amazed by your patience, your tenacity, your gentle forcefulness. Good evening, dear dangerous one. Affectionately, Jean. (To be honest, G. showed a...

    €150
  39. Billet autographe signé et adressé à Felia Leal concernant Marc Chagall : "Il se rend aux fêtes de l'anniversaire de Rembrandt, où l'invite la Hollande (ce dont il ne semble pas peu fier)"
    Jean PAULHAN

    Billet autographe signé et adressé à Felia Leal concernant Marc Chagall : "Il se rend aux fêtes de l'anniversaire de Rembrandt, où l'invite la Hollande (ce dont il ne semble pas peu fier)"

    s. n.|Paris circa 1955|8 x 13 cm|deux feuilles retenues par un trombone

    Autograph note signed by Jean Paulhan, 20 lines in black ink addressed to Felia Leal, publisher of "Paroles transparentes," a work by Jean Paulhan illustrated with 14 original lithographs by Georges Braque.

    Paperclip marks to the upper left corner.

    The note refers to a planned collaboration with Marc Chagall:
    "Saturday,

    Dear Felia
    well, Chagall approves of the short summary. He even seems delighted with it. He says he has had many such ideas. But we are to discuss it in a few days, when he passes through Paris. (He is attending the Rembrandt anniversary celebrations, to which he has been invited by the...

    €150
  40. Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée à Frédéric Lefèvre : "J'irai me poser en Haute Savoie afin d'écrire le roman que je dois à Gringoire..."
    Francis CARCO

    Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée à Frédéric Lefèvre : "J'irai me poser en Haute Savoie afin d'écrire le roman que je dois à Gringoire..."

    s. n.|Lyon 3 juin 1941|13.5 x 21 cm|Un double feuillet + une enveloppe

    Autograph letter dated 3 June 1941, signed and addressed to Frédéric Lefèvre, comprising 40 lines in blue ink on two pages of a bifolium, written from Lyon.

     

     

    Folds from original mailing, envelope present.

     

     

    During these troubled times, Frédéric Lefèvre was difficult to reach for his friend Francis Carco: "J'ai appris par Raymond Millet - qui me donne ton adresse - que tu es à Vichy ! On m'avait dit que tu étais retourné à Paris... [...] c'est pour cette raison que je ne t'ai pas envoyé mon dernier livre mais je dois recevoir des exemplaires prochainement et le premier sera pour toi."

     

     

    Francis Carco discusses...

    €230
  41. Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée à Claude Armand : "Continuez à aimer la lecture. La télévision ne l'a pas remplacée..."
    Jacques de LACRETELLE

    Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée à Claude Armand : "Continuez à aimer la lecture. La télévision ne l'a pas remplacée..."

    s. n.|Paris [Paris] août 1971|13.5 x 21 cm|Une page + une enveloppe

    Autograph letter dated and signed by Jacques de Lacretelle, 14 lines in blue ink on letterhead of the Académie française, addressed to the noted autograph collector Claude Armand.

     

    Folds from mailing. Original handwritten envelope included.

     

    Jacques de Lacretelle reflects on his love of books: "Je dois tout aux livres et au goût de l'analyse que j'en ai retiré."

    €150
  42. Lettre autographe signée adressée à Thierry Maulnier concernant la possible parution de l'un de ses ouvrages à La Table Ronde
    Patrice de LA TOUR DU PIN

    Lettre autographe signée adressée à Thierry Maulnier concernant la possible parution de l'un de ses ouvrages à La Table Ronde

    s. n.|s. l. s.d. (ca 1950)|13.50 x 21 cm|une page

    Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Thierry Maulnier who is not named (25 lines in black ink on one leaf).
    Central folds inherent to postal folding.


    Patrice de La Tour Du Pin thanks Thierry Maulnier and shows himself delighted to be soon published by la Table ronde even though he requires certain conditions: "... mais vraiment pour l'édition que vous me proposez si amicalement, je ne peux accepter malgré mon désir : il m'est impossible de faire paraître en même temps plus de quatre volumes de luxe ou de demi-luxe. Déjà Gallimard trouve que c'est un peu gros ! ..." ("...but truly for the edition that you propose so kindly, I cannot accept despite my desire...

    €200
  43. "Si, comme je l'espère, elle arrive à se frayer un chemin jusqu'à son vrai public, ce sera en grande partie à vous que le devrai..."
    Julien GREEN

    "Si, comme je l'espère, elle arrive à se frayer un chemin jusqu'à son vrai public, ce sera en grande partie à vous que le devrai..."Autograph letter, dated and signed, addressed to Thierry Maulnier concerning the hostile reception of his play The Enemy

    s. n.|Paris 12 Mars 1954|13.50 x 21 cm|une page et demi
    Autograph letter dated and signed, one page by Julien Green addressed to Thierry Maulnier, 22 lines in black ink.
    Central folds inherent to postal folding.
    Julien Green thanks Thierry Maulnier, one of the rare defenders of his play l'Ennemi recently staged at the théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens: "je n'oublierai pas ce que vous avez fait pour ma pièce alors qu'elle était si vivement attaquée. Vous avez su en parler avec la valeur de la vraie critique et je vous prie de croire que, si je suis si sensible aux compliments que vous voulez bien me faire, je ne suis pas du tout aveugle aux interprétations de cette oeuvre difficile." ("I will not forget what you did for my play when...
    €200
  44. 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
  45. "Quels conseils donnez-vous à François Mitterrand ?"
    Roland LAUDENBACH

    "Quels conseils donnez-vous à François Mitterrand ?"Signed autograph letter addressed to Thierry Maulnier

    s. n.|Paris s.d. [1977]|15 x 21 cm|une page recto-verso
    Autograph letter signed addressed to Thierry Maulnier (28 lines in blue ink on a recto-verso sheet with letterhead from éditions de La table ronde).
    Central folds inherent to postal handling.
    The publisher inquires about Thierry Maulnier and his wife, the theater actress Marcelle Tassencourt: "Are you preparing beautiful things? What advice are you giving François Mitterrand?"
    Roland Laudenbach also discusses literary current events and awarded prizes: "... some of your colleagues are, seem terrible... [...] but you may have another candidate... [...] Ah! We are going to publish François Sentein's journal. Courageous, no?"
    €150
  46. "J'ai à vous remercier de vos belles pages sur la tragédie paysanne..."
    Daniel HALEVY

    "J'ai à vous remercier de vos belles pages sur la tragédie paysanne..."Autograph letter, dated and signed, addressed to Thierry Maulnier thanking him for his kind criticism

    s. n.|Paris 12 mai 1935|11.50 x 16 cm|une page
    Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Thierry Maulnier (12 lines in black ink on one leaf).
    Central fold marks inherent to mailing.
    Daniel Halévy thanks Thierry Maulnier and congratulates him on the prize recently awarded to him: "... je me réjouis du prix qui vous est si bien donné..." (...I rejoice in the prize that is so well given to you...)
    €150
  47. Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée à Thierry Maulnier concernant son derrnier ouvrage Le génie de l'Occident
    Louis ROUGIER

    Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée à Thierry Maulnier concernant son derrnier ouvrage Le génie de l'Occident

    s. n.|Paris 29 Octobre1969|13.50 x 21 cm|une page
    Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Thierry Maulnier (14 lines in blue ink on one leaf).
    Central fold marks inherent to mailing. Printed stamp in lower left corner: "Fonds archives privées Maulnier"
    The philosopher Louis Rougier discusses his latest work: "Monsieur J.C. Hartmann étant venu me rendre visite pour me demander de faire un conférence à l'Institut des études occidentales sur le sujet traité dans mon livre "Le génie de l'Occident", paru chez Laffont. La moindre courtoisie était de vous adresser cet ouvrage, ce que je viens de faire." (Mr. J.C. Hartmann came to visit me to ask me to give a lecture at the Institute of Western...
    €150
  48. "Il y a longtemps que je recherche votre anthologie pour y lire en particulier Catherine Pozzi..."
    Dominique DE ROUX

    "Il y a longtemps que je recherche votre anthologie pour y lire en particulier Catherine Pozzi..."Signed autograph letter addressed to Thierry Maulnier

    L'Herne|Paris 27 Février 1967|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed, one page, by Dominique De Roux addressed to Thierry Maulnier who is not named explicitly (21 lines in black ink on a recto verso leaf with Les Cahiers de l'Herne letterhead).
    Central folds inherent to postal mailing.
    Dominique De Roux discusses his reading and research: "I have long been searching for your anthology to read in particular Catherine Pozzi and the Möller Ven der Brucke which I believe you prefaced. Can you tell me if I could obtain them someday. You answer me there is the Nationale, but that place creates in me a phenomenon of illegibility."



    €170
  49. "Il me paraît difficile de dire mieux les choses, avec plus de clarté et de force..."
    Jules ROMAINS

    "Il me paraît difficile de dire mieux les choses, avec plus de clarté et de force..."Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Thierry Maulnier

    s. n.|Paris 30 Juillet 1954|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter dated and signed, one page, from Jules Romains addressed to Thierry Maulnier (9 lines in black ink on one sheet) thanking him for his laudatory critique.
    Central folds inherent to postal folding.
    Jules Romains is grateful for Thierry Maulnier's benevolence and suggests some advice: "J'aimerais voir ce texte difusé sous forme de tract. A peine souhaiterais-je que la réponse à l'objection tirée de l'attitude anglaise restât implicite." (I would like to see this text distributed as a leaflet. I would scarcely wish that the response to the objection drawn from the English attitude remain implicit.)



    €150
  50. "C'est une des choses les plus purement radiophoniques que j'ai lue..."
    Jean-Louis BARRAULT

    "C'est une des choses les plus purement radiophoniques que j'ai lue..."Autograph letter, dated and signed, addressed to Thierry Maulnier mentioning a possible theatrical and radio adaptation of his text Une ville sous la mer

    s. n.|Paris 29 Août 1950|21 x 27 cm|une feuille

    Autograph letter dated and signed, one page by Jean-Louis Barrault addressed to Thierry Maulnier (34 lines in blue ink on a recto verso sheet)

     

    Central folds inherent to the mailing, some foxing spots on the letter.


    Jean-Louis Barrault, returning from a tour in South America, hastens to respond to Thierry Maulnier in order to consider a radio adaptation and possibly theatrical adaptation of his text Une ville sous la mer: "I do not know if this purity would remain in a theatrical realization, but this confirms to me that you must absolutely give us the opportunity as soon as possible to serve you directly on the theatrical plane."

    ...
    €250
  51. "Je ne croyais pas que la beauté des vers y fût capable d'une actrice aussi vivante. Que la vie et le style peuvent être à ce point associés, que l'harmonie engendrât l'horreur, et la beauté le déchirement..."
    Maurice BLANCHOT

    "Je ne croyais pas que la beauté des vers y fût capable d'une actrice aussi vivante. Que la vie et le style peuvent être à ce point associés, que l'harmonie engendrât l'horreur, et la beauté le déchirement..."Autograph letter of congratulations, dated and signed, addressed to Marcelle Tassencourt for the excellence of her interpretation of Antigone

    s. n.|Paris s.d.[1944]|21 x 27 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe

    Autograph letter signed and dated, one page, from Maurice Blanchot addressed to the theater actress Marcelle Tassencourt, wife of Thierry Maulnier, 18 lines in black ink.
    Central folds inherent to postal handling, envelope included.


    Maurice Blanchot praises the acting performance of Marcelle Tassencourt who created, in 1944, the role of Antigone in Robert Garnier's play directed by her husband, Thierry Maulnier:  "... cette Antigone m'a beaucoup touché. Je ne croyais pas que la beauté des vers y fût capable d'une actrice aussi vivante. Que la vie et le style peuvent être à ce point associés, que l'harmonie engendrât l'horreur, et la beauté le déchirement, c'est que...

    €600
  52. Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée à Thierry Maulnier lui réclamant le règlement d'une de ses contributions à la Table Ronde, revue qu'il dirige
    Julien GREEN

    Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée à Thierry Maulnier lui réclamant le règlement d'une de ses contributions à la Table Ronde, revue qu'il dirige

    s. n.|Paris 14 Janvier 1947|13 x 20.50 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed and dated, one page, from Julien Green addressed to Thierry Maulnier, 15 lines in black ink.
    Central folds inherent to postal handling.
    Julien Green complains of not having been paid for one of his contributions to La table ronde, the literary review of which Thierry Maulnier is the director: "Vous vous souviendrez que je vous ai donné, au début de 1946, des pages de journal que vous avez publiées dans le numéro de mars de la Table Ronde. Or, ces pages ne m'ont jamais été réglées. Il n'y a là, sans aucun doute, qu'un oubli et je vous serais reconnaissant de vouloir bien donner les ordres nécessaires pour qu'il soit réparé." (You will...
    €150
  53. "Il faut les prendre par la douceur, et ne pas s'imposer tout d'abord, ni paraître illuminé"
    Jacques CHARDONNE

    "Il faut les prendre par la douceur, et ne pas s'imposer tout d'abord, ni paraître illuminé"Autograph letter dated and signed by Jacques Chardonne addressed to Frédéric Lefèvre concerning his latest work and the members of the jury of the Prix Goncourt

    s. l., 25 Octobre1931|21 x 27 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
    Autograph letter dated and signed by Jacques Chardonne to literary critic and novelist Frédéric Lefèvre, 23 lines in black ink on a single leaf with letterhead of his address at La Frette, notably regarding members of the Prix Goncourt jury.
    Mailing fold as expected. Envelope included.
    Jacques Chardonne advises and recommends to Frédéric Lefèvre the attitude to adopt toward members of the Goncourt jury after the publication of his latest work. He also wants to help his friend and bring all his literary weight to bear in order to make his work favorably known: "When you send the deluxe copies, signed by you, I will write again and I will go see those I can...
    €380
  54. "Peut-être que le meilleur livre de cette époque si creuse (sauf les journalistes) c'est "Histoire d'O" (n'en parlez pas à l'Académie)."
    Jacques CHARDONNE

    "Peut-être que le meilleur livre de cette époque si creuse (sauf les journalistes) c'est "Histoire d'O" (n'en parlez pas à l'Académie)."Very critical, autograph letter, dated and signed, addressed to Jacques Brenner, castigating the decline of publishing and literature

    s. l., 24 Novembre 1962|21 x 27 cm|un bristol recto verso
    Autograph letter dated by Jacques Chardonne and signed with his initials to literary critic and novelist Jacques Brenner, 52 lines in black ink on a single leaf recto verso regarding the worlds of publishing and literature mired in an overly capitalist vision.
    Mailing fold as expected.
    For Jacques Chardonne, capitalism rests not on money but on men: "Money is nothing; it gives nothing, saves nothing, it's the barometer, that's all. Everything rests on men... [...] this is very clear in publishing. Le Mercure is a good example (Charpentier likewise; all the 'literary' publishers, for that matter.") ... Do reserves of publishers exist, when they are lacking...
    €500
  55. "Abraham et Guillevic sont mes parrains et comme d'autre part Jouglet se trouve être mon cousin, je m'y trouverai en famille... Parrains ! cousin... et toi bien sûr comme frère."
    Jean L'ANSELME

    "Abraham et Guillevic sont mes parrains et comme d'autre part Jouglet se trouve être mon cousin, je m'y trouverai en famille... Parrains ! cousin... et toi bien sûr comme frère."Signed autograph letter addressed to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski evoking his anthology of proletarian poetry and his membership of the National Committee of Writers

    s. l. s.d. (ca 1955)|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed, one page by Jean L'Anselme addressed to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski (23 lines in blue ink) in which he discusses the project of an anthology of proletarian poetry where Charles Dobzynski could appear although the latter no longer considers himself to be regarded as a proletarian poet.
    Central creases inherent to folding for posting.
    Jean L'Anselme returns to his classification of so-called "proletarian" poets: "No mystification, it is indicated in my presentation that some of the poets presented have since transcended the proletarian condition but that the texts which are published nevertheless represent the testimony of a period of their...
    €150
  56. “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
  57. Brevet d'invention aéronautique
    Antoine de SAINT-EXUPERY

    Brevet d'invention aéronautiqueTypescript with an autograph page

    s.d. (1937-1938)|20.50 x 26.50 cm|1 p. manuscrite, 1 p. titre tapuscrite, 19 ff. tapuscrits, 1 ff. bl., 6 pl. + 15 ff. tapuscrits, 1 pl.

    Typescript with one autograph page by Saint-Exupéry in pencil, Method for Guiding Aeroplanes [the title is in English], followed by Letters-Patent of Invention. A New Method for the Landing of Aeroplanes without Visibility with instruments and apparatus for its realization [also in English], 8 October 1937

    Rust stains from staple holes and light dampstaining.

    Original typescript of Saint-Exupéry patent titled "Method for Guiding Aeroplanes", addressing in particular the problem of piloting and guiding aircraft without visibility: a problem which, as he explains, is virtually solved... His demonstrations are illustrated with geometric diagrams (6 plates). The...

    €15,000
  58. A rare Hugo fragment that escaped destruction
    "j'apprends que je suis un traître j'en prends acte"
    Victor HUGO

    "j'apprends que je suis un traître j'en prends acte"Signed autograph note

    s. n.|n. l. s.d. (1870 ?)|11 x 6 cm|une feuille

    Autograph note signed by Victor Hugo in ink on a newspaper cutting:

    "Par le Ph.[are] de la L[oire] d'aujourd'hui j'apprends que je suis un traître j'en prends acte"

    This modest yet powerful note is emblematic of the mythic Hugolian tradition of the "copeaux", or little "shavings" of paper. As an outlet, a catharsis for this overflow of thoughts and agitation, the writer accumulated ill-fated fragments: "Hugo's writing also has its wild, untamed side. Hugo was a graphomaniac: for him, writing was an imperious gesture, bound to no place or hour. Words, phrases...

    €4,500
  59. L'alpe homicide
    Paul HERVIEU

    L'alpe homicide

    A. Laurent|Paris 1886|12 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half red cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt typographical motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, black shagreen title-label, eye-of-cat paper boards, contemporary binding.
    Autograph inscription signed by Paul Hervieu to his friend Eugène Mouton.
    Our copy is enhanced with a two-page autograph letter, dated and signed by Paul Hervieu, in which he thanks his correspondent, minister and friend.
    €200
  60. "Et bien, envoie-moi le n° du Figaro illustré d'il y a un mois ou deux, où il y avait des choses de Toulouse-Lautrec..."
    Alphonse ALLAIS

    "Et bien, envoie-moi le n° du Figaro illustré d'il y a un mois ou deux, où il y avait des choses de Toulouse-Lautrec..."Signed autograph letter

    s. n.|Honfleur s.d. (ca 1895)|14 x 22 cm|une page recto verso
    Autograph letter signed addressed to a journalist friend at Figaro illustré, 28 lines in black ink.
    Fold mark inherent to envelope insertion, a lack to upper corner of the letter without any damage to the text.
    Alphonse Allais must do a favor for his friend: "Un peu de patience, mon cher Abel, un peu de patience. Sitôt rentré à Paris, ma première démarche sera pour ton parapluie que je choisirai en soir gorge-pigeon et manche d'argent." (A little patience, my dear Abel, a little patience. As soon as I return to Paris, my first errand will be for your umbrella which I will choose in pigeon-throat evening silk with a silver handle.); he therefore...
    €500
  61. Poème autographe de Jean Cocteau intitulé "Discordances" contenu dans son recueil de poèmes Le Prince Frivole
    Jean COCTEAU

    Poème autographe de Jean Cocteau intitulé "Discordances" contenu dans son recueil de poèmes Le Prince Frivole

    s. n.|s. l. s.d. (ca 1909)|24.50 x 25 cm|une page
    Autograph quatrain of youth of eight stanzas by Jean Cocteau, 9 lines written in black ink on a flexible cardboard sheet.
    This manuscript poem was printed in the collection "Le prince frivole" published by Mercure de France in 1910, the second work published by the poet.
    Handsome copy.
    This manuscript of Le Prince frivole was reputed lost: "The original manuscript in Cocteau's hand is missing" (Oeuvres poétiques complètes, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, page 1842).
    The work, praised by Marcel Proust who thus hailed Jean Cocteau as a: "Twenty-year-old Banville awaiting higher destinies", would be disowned by the author who would go so far as to forbid its...
    €700
  62. Poëmes d'amour
    Adolphe WILLETTE, Rodolphe DARZENS

    Poëmes d'amour

    Edition Le Journal|Paris 1895|19.50 x 28 cm|relié
    First edition published in a small number of copies of this poem by Rodolphe Darzens set to music by Auguste Chapuis, one of the rare copies on Japan paper.
    Work illustrated with 10 original lithographs by Adolphe Willette.
    Full flexible grey cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine decorated with central gilt fleuron, gilt date at foot, slight rubbing to joints without gravity, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
    On the half-title page, Rodolphe Darzens has transcribed the poem "Clair de lune", the tenth and final poem of this collection.
    €300
  63. Poème autographe de Jean Cocteau intitulé "Hermas à Battis" contenu dans son recueil de poèmes Le Prince Frivole
    Jean COCTEAU

    Poème autographe de Jean Cocteau intitulé "Hermas à Battis" contenu dans son recueil de poèmes Le Prince Frivole

    s. n.|s. l. s.d. (ca 1909)|24.50 x 25 cm|une page
    Autograph tercet of youth signed with twelve stanzas by Jean Cocteau, 13 lines written in black ink on a sheet.
    This manuscript poem in alexandrines was printed in the collection "Le prince frivole" published by Mercure de France in 1910, the poet's second published work.
    Fine copy.
    This manuscript of Le prince frivole was reputed lost: «Le manuscrit original de la main de Cocteau manque» (Complete Poetical Works, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, page 1842).
    The work, praised by Marcel Proust who thus hailed Jean Cocteau as a: «Banville de vingt ans qu'attendent de plus hautes destinées», would be disowned by the author who went so far as to forbid its...
    €700
  65. "J'accepte d'être en secret mis à ma place et, publiquement, remis à ma place."
    Jean COCTEAU

    "J'accepte d'être en secret mis à ma place et, publiquement, remis à ma place."Signed autograph letter, exceptional prefiguration of his epitaph

    Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 29 Août 1953|21 x 27 cm|une page
    Autograph letter dated and signed by Jean Cocteau, 26 lines in blue ink, to Olivier Quéant, editor of the magazine Plaisir de France, sent from villa Santo-Sospir.
    Fold marks inherent to postal handling.
    Quéant, journalist and notably editor of the magazine Plaisir de France, maintained a fine friendly and literary correspondence with the writer. He notably delivered a glowing review of Antigone at its premiere in 1944: "depuis Racine, l'on avait rien écrit d'aussi beau, d'aussi grand et d'aussi profondément humain" (since Racine, nothing so beautiful, so great and so profoundly human had been written) (L'Illustration).
    Jean Cocteau, at the...
    €800
  66. Poème autographe de Jean Cocteau intitulé "La sultane au jardin" contenu dans son recueil de poèmes Le Prince Frivole et comportant trois corrections au crayon
    Jean COCTEAU

    Poème autographe de Jean Cocteau intitulé "La sultane au jardin" contenu dans son recueil de poèmes Le Prince Frivole et comportant trois corrections au crayon

    s. n.|s. l. s.d. (ca 1909)|24.50 x 25 cm|une page
    Early autograph quintet of fifteen stanzas by Jean Cocteau, 16 lines written in black ink on a card sheet and titled "La sultane au jardin".
    This manuscript poem, with three pencil corrections, written on a flexible card sheet, was printed in the collection "Le prince frivole" published by Mercure de France in 1910, the poet's second published work.
    This manuscript of Le Prince frivole was reputed lost: «Le manuscrit original de la main de Cocteau manque» (Complete Poetical Works, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, page 1842).
    The work, praised by Marcel Proust who thus hailed Jean Cocteau as a: «Banville de vingt ans qu'attendent de plus hautes...
    €800
  67. "Vous dessinez cette grande danse des morts de Paris qui s'en va à la fosse commune..."
    Jules de GONCOURT

    "Vous dessinez cette grande danse des morts de Paris qui s'en va à la fosse commune..."Beautiful signed autograph letter addressed to Jules Vallès on the subject of the recent publication of his book Les réfractaires

    s. n.|Paris s.d. [1865]|13.50 x 21 cm|deux pages sur un double feuillet
    Laudatory autograph letter signed by Jules de Goncourt, signed E&J de Goncourt, addressed to Jules Vallès who had just published his polemical work "Les réfractaires" in which he notably exalts the proletariat, 51 lines in black ink, two pages on a double sheet.
    Fold marks inherent to postal handling.
    Jules de Goncourt does not hide his enthusiasm and admiration for the work of the sulfurous and terrible Jules Vallès: "We have often had, recently, the urge to put our sympathies for you at the tip of our pen, to write to you how much pleasure we had in catching an article, a page, twenty lines signed with your name, your artist's mark; a...
    €1,200
  68. Carte de visite manuscrite à son amie Minka Strauss
    André MALRAUX

    Carte de visite manuscrite à son amie Minka Strauss

    s. n.|s. l. s.d. (ca 1974)|13.50 x 8.50 cm|une feuille
    Printed visiting card of André Malraux on which he added these few words for his friend Minka Strauss:
    "All my affectionate regrets, dear Minka, but I could not have made it to your elevator..."
    Handsome copy.






    €180
  69. Poème autographe de Jean Cocteau intitulé "Battis à Hermas" contenu dans son recueil de poèmes Le Prince Frivole
    Jean COCTEAU

    Poème autographe de Jean Cocteau intitulé "Battis à Hermas" contenu dans son recueil de poèmes Le Prince Frivole

    s. n.|s. l. s.d. (ca 1909)|24.50 x 25 cm|une page
    Autograph tercet of youth signed with twelve stanzas by Jean Cocteau, 13 lines written in black ink on a leaf.
    This manuscript poem in alexandrines was printed in the collection "Le prince frivole" published by Mercure de France in 1910, the second work published by the poet.
    Handsome copy.
    This manuscript of Le prince frivole was reputed to be lost: "The original manuscript in Cocteau's hand is missing" (Oeuvres poétiques complètes, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, page 1842).
    The work, praised by Marcel Proust who thus hailed Jean Cocteau as a: "Twenty-year-old Banville awaiting higher destinies", would be disowned by the author who would go so far as to...
    €700
  70. Poème autographe de Jean Cocteau intitulé "Acis à Néère" contenu dans son recueil de poèmes Le Prince Frivole
    Jean COCTEAU

    Poème autographe de Jean Cocteau intitulé "Acis à Néère" contenu dans son recueil de poèmes Le Prince Frivole

    s. n.|s. l. s.d. (ca 1909)|24.50 x 25 cm|une page
    Autograph tercet of youth signed with twelve stanzas by Jean Cocteau, 14 lines written in black ink on one leaf.
    This manuscript poem in alexandrine verse was printed in the collection "Le prince frivole" published by Mercure de France in 1910, the second work published by the poet.
    Handsome copy.
    This manuscript of the Prince frivole was reputed lost: "Le manuscrit original de la main de Cocteau manque" (Complete Poetical Works, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, page 1842).
    The work, praised by Marcel Proust who thus hailed Jean Cocteau as a: "Banville de vingt ans qu'attendent de plus hautes destinées" (Twenty-year-old Banville awaiting higher destinies)...
    €700
  71. Carte postale manuscrite enrichie de la signature d'André Malraux écrite depuis Bombay à leurs amis Minka et Karl Hans Strauss
    André MALRAUX, Sophie de VILMORIN

    Carte postale manuscrite enrichie de la signature d'André Malraux écrite depuis Bombay à leurs amis Minka et Karl Hans Strauss

    s. n.|s. l. 27 Novembre 1974|15 x 10 cm|une feuille
    Manuscript postcard enhanced with André Malraux's signature written from Bombay to their friends Minka and Karl Hans Strauss, 13 lines in blue ballpoint pen.
    The postcard shows a reproduction of Hindu sculpture.
    "Chers amis, que c'était beau ! Nous vous embrassons affectueusement, Sophie..." ("Dear friends, how beautiful it was! We embrace you affectionately, Sophie...")
    Separated from his wife Madeleine at the end of the 1960s, André Malraux began a second relationship with the writer Louise de Vilmorin and moved in with her at the Vilmorin château in Verrières-le-Buisson. After her death on December 26, 1969, André Malraux continued to live...
    €150
  72. Poème autographe de Jean Cocteau intitulé "Rondel de la sultane embarassée [sic]" avec deux corrections manuscrites et contenu dans son recueil de poèmes Le Prince Frivole
    Jean COCTEAU

    Poème autographe de Jean Cocteau intitulé "Rondel de la sultane embarassée [sic]" avec deux corrections manuscrites et contenu dans son recueil de poèmes Le Prince Frivole

    s. n.|s. l. s.d. (ca 1909)|24.50 x 25 cm|une page
    An early poem by Jean Cocteau, 15 lines written in black on a thick leaf, titled "Rondel de la sultane embarassée".
    Later published in his poem collection "Le Prince frivole" (Mercure de France en 1910), his second book.
    This manuscript of Le Prince frivole was thought to have been lost: "The original manuscript in Cocteau's hand is missing" (Complete Poetic Works, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, page 1842).
    This collection of poems was praised by Marcel Proust, who hailed Jean Cocteau as a: "twenty-year-old Banville who awaits a higher destiny". Cocteau later discarded it and went so far as to forbid its republication.

    "Scheherazade knows not
    €800
  73. Poème autographe de Jean Cocteau intitulé "Rondel du monsieur d'un certain âge" contenu dans son recueil de poèmes Le Prince Frivole
    Jean COCTEAU

    Poème autographe de Jean Cocteau intitulé "Rondel du monsieur d'un certain âge" contenu dans son recueil de poèmes Le Prince Frivole

    s. n.|s. l. s.d. (ca 1909)|24.50 x 25 cm|une page
    Autograph quatrain and quintet of youth signed with thirteen stanzas by Jean Cocteau, 14 lines written in black ink on a cardboard sheet and titled "Rondel du monsieur d'un certain âge".
    This manuscript poem, written on a flexible cardboard sheet, was printed in the collection "Le prince frivole" published by Mercure de France in 1910, the poet's second published work.
    A small black ink stain above the title inherent to the composition of the poem.
    This manuscript of Prince frivole was reputed lost: «Le manuscrit original de la main de Cocteau manque» (Oeuvres poétiques complètes, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, page 1842).
    The work, praised by Marcel Proust who...
    €800
  74. Poème autographe de Jean Cocteau intitulé "Pour Abel Bonnard" contenu dans son recueil de poèmes Le Prince Frivole comportant deux corrections manuscrites et une ébauche du poème au verso
    Jean COCTEAU

    Poème autographe de Jean Cocteau intitulé "Pour Abel Bonnard" contenu dans son recueil de poèmes Le Prince Frivole comportant deux corrections manuscrites et une ébauche du poème au verso

    s. n.|s. l. s.d. (ca 1909)|20 x 31 cm|une page sur un feuillet double

    Autograph quatrain and tercet from Cocteau's youth, comprising fourteen stanzas signed by Jean Cocteau, with fifteen lines written in black ink and titled "Pour Abel Bonnard".
    This manuscript poem, bearing two autograph corrections by Jean Cocteau, was later published in the collection "Le Prince frivole," issued by Mercure de France in 1910—the poet’s second published work.
    On the verso of the bifolium, Cocteau drafted an early version of the poem: the title, the first line, and the very beginning of the second, with a slight variation from the final version.
    This manuscript of Le Prince frivole was long thought to be lost: “Le...

    €800
  75. "Eclatante vérité sortie de la bouche adorée de Lana et que j'ai mise en vers pour la faire sourire"
    Sacha GUITRY

    "Eclatante vérité sortie de la bouche adorée de Lana et que j'ai mise en vers pour la faire sourire"Manuscript set including an amusing signed autograph poem addressed to the actress and her future wife Lana Marconi entitled

    Paris s.d.(ca 1945)|20.50 x 27 cm|quatre pages
    Ironic autograph poem signed by Sacha Guitry, 18 stanzas on two leaves, titled: "Eclatante vérité sortie de la bouche adorée de Lana et que j'ai mise en vers pour la faire sourire" ("Dazzling truth from Lana's adored lips that I put into verse to make her smile").
    The poem, signed Sacha and running 24 lines with the title, contains one deletion and two additions and probably dates from 1945, the year of Sacha Guitry and Lana Marconi's marriage:
    "Je suis ici dans ma maison.
    Ce n'est pas sans raison
    Que j'en tiens le pari
    Car je me fie aux apparences...
    ....
    Et ma maison est dans Paris
    Qui, lui, se trouve en France...
    €1,500
  78. "En attendant, ce qui est certain, c'est que je réciterai vos poèmes inédits, à l'inauguration du musée Ingres."
    Robert de MONTESQUIOU (inscribed to Jeanne Lapauze [Daniel LESUEUR])

    "En attendant, ce qui est certain, c'est que je réciterai vos poèmes inédits, à l'inauguration du musée Ingres."Signed autograph letter addressed to a poet friend

    S. n.|Pau 1912|13.50 x 20.50 cm|quatre pages sur un bifeuillet

    Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 46 lines written in black ink recto-verso, on Hotel de France de Pau letterhead, addressed to a poet friend.
    Fold marks inherent to postal handling.
    The poet expresses surprise at his friend's reproaches: "Pourquoi parlez-vous du mal que je pourrais vous faire ?... Alors il faudrait bien essayer, pour ne pas vous désobéir mais il me semble que je m'y mettrai sans conviction." (Why do you speak of the harm I could do to you?... Then I would have to try, so as not to disobey you, but it seems to me I would do so without conviction.) and leans rather toward a misunderstanding of his words: "Est-ce donc ainsi que vous...

    €350
  79. "...je pense être dans mon droit en me retournant contre l'entrepreneur..."
    Roger MARTIN DU GARD

    "...je pense être dans mon droit en me retournant contre l'entrepreneur..."Autograph letter dated and signed concerning the damage caused by the heavy rainfall in his castle in Perche and his setbacks with the contractor

    Cassis 27 Juin 1933|13.50 x 21.50 cm|trois pages et demi sur un bifeuillet
    Autograph letter dated and signed by Roger Martin du Gard, 58 lines in black ink on a double sheet to the manager of his château du Tertre located in the Perche.
    While vacationing in Cassis: "having fled this year, with my wife, the mists of the Perche," Roger Martin du Gard has just learned from his wife, who returned hastily to their château du Tertre, that torrential rains have severely affected their property: "Disaster in the house... the ceiling is nothing but a sieve, it rains as much inside as outside... The terraces are starting to leak again from all sides... everything is affected: paintings, wallpaper, electrical conduits. What...
    €350
  80. "Il n'était pas possible de parler de notre volume avec plus d'intelligence et de grâce"
    Jérôme & Jean THARAUD

    "Il n'était pas possible de parler de notre volume avec plus d'intelligence et de grâce"Autograph letter dated and signed thanking you for a laudatory article

    Versailles 7 Janvier 1938|13.50 x 18 cm|une page et demi sur un bifeuillet
    Autograph letter dated and signed by one of the Tharaud brothers addressed from his Versailles residence, 14 lines in violet ink on a double sheet, to a literary critic for his favorable review of their latest work:
    "Mon cher ami quel ravissant article et qu'il nous fait plaisir. Il n'était pas possible de parler de notre volume avec plus d'intelligence et de grâce. Nous vous en remercions de tout coeur..." (My dear friend what a delightful article and how it pleases us. It would not have been possible to speak of our volume with more intelligence and grace. We thank you with all our heart...)
    €120
  81. "Isabelle Eberhardt ! ah ! l'avons-nous lue et relue..."
    Prince Georges GHIKA (Isabelle EBERHARDT)

    "Isabelle Eberhardt ! ah ! l'avons-nous lue et relue..."Autograph letter signed probably addressed to René-Louis Doyon concerning his biography of Isabelle Eberhardt

    Paris s.d. (ca 1944)|13.50 x 18 cm|deux pages et demi sur un bifeuillet
    Autograph letter signed by Prince Georges Ghilka, 31 lines in black ink on a double sheet with letterhead from the Majestic Hotel in Paris, probably addressed to René-Louis Doyon who devoted, in 1944, a biography to Isabelle Eberhardt entitled "Au pays des sables, Isabelle Eberhardt".
    Fold mark inherent to the mailing.
    Prince Georges from the House of Ghika, a princely family of Romania of Albanian origin, married in Paris in 1910 the most famous Amazon of All Paris, Liane de Pougy.
    René-Louis Doyon sent his work to his friend the prince who thanks him for it: "Nous avons lu votre livre et c'était délicieux comme une causerie avec vous, une causerie qui...
    €250
  82. "Les exilés"
    Théodore de BANVILLE

    "Les exilés"Autograph poem

    Paris s. d. [1867]|20 x 31.50 cm|une feuille

    Autograph poem by Théodore de Banville, unsigned, entitled "Les exilés," comprising 20 lines in black ink with deletions and corrections.
    Vertical and horizontal fold marks from mailing.
    In the upper right-hand corner, the poet has written: “envoi de livre à Don Bernardo Calderon.”
    This four-quatrain poem appears to be unpublished and was seemingly not included in the collection "Les exilés" published in 1867.
    «Ce  livre, pleurant  sur la gloire
    Et sur le bonheur envolé,
    Renferme toute notre histoire?
    Qui donc n'est pas un exilé ?
    [...]

    Heureux celui qui sous la mer,
    Penchant son triste front blémi,
    Poursuit sa route aride et nue
    En...

    €800
  83. Billet autographe adressé à Pierre de Massot afin qu'il puisse récupérer deux places de théâtre
    André GIDE

    Billet autographe adressé à Pierre de Massot afin qu'il puisse récupérer deux places de théâtre

    S. n.|s. l. s.d. (ca 1935)|16 x 10 cm|une page
    Autograph note addressed to Pierre de Massot so that he could collect two theater tickets:
    "Prière de tenir deux fauteuils S.T. à la disposition de Pierre de Massot."
    Fold marks inherent to the envelope enclosure.
    We include a printed card and a visiting card from Catherine and Jean Lambert thanking their friends for the testimonies of affection they received after André Gide's passing, envelope included addressed to Pierre de Massot's Parisian address.
    €170
  84. "Fleur de Berge a été chantée plus de mille fois par tous et partout et je n'ai jamais, jamais touché un sou ! "
    Jean LORRAIN (Yvette GUILBERT)

    "Fleur de Berge a été chantée plus de mille fois par tous et partout et je n'ai jamais, jamais touché un sou ! "Autograph letter signed to Yvette Guilbert, performer and composer of her Fleur de Berge about her copyrights as a lyricist

    S. n.|Paris 30 Septembre 1893|10 x 19.50 cm|trois pages et demie sur un bifeuillet + une enveloppe
    Autograph letter signed by Jean Lorrain, 47 lines written in black ink on a double sheet, addressed to the café-concert singer Yvette Guilbert.
    Fold marks inherent to the envelope enclosure, envelope included.
    Jean Lorrain is recovering with difficulty and very slowly from his operation: "Not yet healed! All the misfortunes, all the complications, all the relapses. Operated on June 30th, fifty-eight days of filth, anguish and suffering and two dressings per day..." and feels aged by this harsh physical ordeal: "Vous me retrouverez avec des cheveux blancs et plus mince que vô."
    His convalescence will take him outside Paris: "Je pars...
    €600
  85. "Je ne voudrais pas laisser passer la date où j'ai le droit d'exiger cette augmentation..."
    Roger MARTIN DU GARD

    "Je ne voudrais pas laisser passer la date où j'ai le droit d'exiger cette augmentation..."Autograph letter dated and signed to the manager of one of his real estate properties

    Nice 4 Janvier 1939|13.50 x 21.50 cm|une feuille recto-verso
    Autograph letter signed by Roger Martin du Gard, 22 lines in black ink on a sheet recto verso with letterhead from his furnished lodging in Nice to the manager of one of his real estate properties.
    The father of the Thibaults wishes to increase the rent of his hotel: "You have the complete file. Please look at what concerns the possible rent increase. I would not want to miss the date when I have the right to demand this increase."
    Roger Martin du Gard returns to the misfortunes that recently struck his in-laws: "My wife lost, in the same week, a sister whom she loved tenderly, and her father, who could not survive the grief caused by his...
    €200
  86. Poème autographe de Jean Cocteau "Versailles dont on a tant dit" comportant une variante avec le poème contenu dans le Prince Frivole
    Jean COCTEAU

    Poème autographe de Jean Cocteau "Versailles dont on a tant dit" comportant une variante avec le poème contenu dans le Prince Frivole

    S. n.|s. l. s.d. (ca 1909)|20 x 25.50 cm|une page

    Autograph quatrain and tercet from Jean Cocteau's youth, comprising fourteen stanzas penned in black ink across 15 lines on grey paper bearing the poet’s silver monogram in the upper left corner.
    Two pencil corrections in the poet’s hand.
    This poem presents a variant of the version published in the collection "Le prince frivole," released by Mercure de France in 1910, Cocteau’s second published work; “Versailles dont on a tant dit” (appearing as “Le vieux parc dont on a tant dit” in the printed edition).



     

    €700
  87. Carte postale photographique manuscrite dédicacée au journaliste Gaëtan Sanvoisin
    Tristan DEREME

    Carte postale photographique manuscrite dédicacée au journaliste Gaëtan Sanvoisin

    S. n.|s. l. 1930|9 x 14 cm|une page
    Manuscript photographic postcard dated September 3, 1930, inscribed by Tristan Derème to journalist Gaëtan Sanvoisin.
    The writer is depicted crouching and posing in front of an optional bus stop and has enriched this postcard with this manuscript inscription for his friend the journalist Gaëtan Sanvoisin:
    "Pour Gaëtan Sanvoisin cordial souvenir bonnes vacances ! Tristan Derème 3.IX.30." (For Gaëtan Sanvoisin cordial regards good holidays! Tristan Derème 3.IX.30.)
    €150
  88. "Enfin... je pardonne à vous..."
    Robert de MONTESQUIOU

    "Enfin... je pardonne à vous..."Bristol Signed Autograph Addressed to a Friend

    S. n.|s. l. 1910|18 x 11.50 cm|une feuille recto verso
    Autograph signed card from the dandy count, 9 lines written in black ink, addressed to a friend on cardboard paper:
    "Chère amie,
    C'était donc pour "Femina ! " Je devrais vous en vouloir, moi qui avais prononcé, contre ce lieu, les formules exécratoires ! Enfin... je pardonne, à vous ! A vous Robert de M. 910."     (Dear friend, So it was for "Femina!" I should hold it against you, I who had pronounced execratory formulas against this place! Well... I forgive, you! Yours Robert de M. 910.)




    €250
  89. "Avait-elle un coeur ? Non, car c'était une femme !  Mais si pourtant... je me souviens..."
    Abel GANCE

    "Avait-elle un coeur ? Non, car c'était une femme !  Mais si pourtant... je me souviens..."Two autograph poems from his youth, dated and signed by Abel Gance, which he dedicated to a couple of friends and entitled "Salomé and "Chanson vague"

    S. n.|s. l. Mai 1909|19.50 x 24.50 cm|une page
    Two autograph poems from youth dated and signed with fourteen stanzas each in alexandrines by Abel Gance, then aged 20, 18 and 21 lines written in violet ink for each of the poems; these poems written on a sheet detached from a schoolboy's exercise book.
    On the recto, the first poem is dated 3 January 1909 and it is dedicated to a couple of friends: "To Myriam Deroxe to Victor Fransses pious admirers of Salomé, this testimony of a spirit almost understanding their enthusiasm. "
    The second, on the verso, is entitled "Vague Song"; it is dated Brussels 28 January 1909 and signed AGance.
    Fold marks inherent to postal folding.
    These poems were probably...
    €700
  90. " être au plus près de chacun, dans la pensée "communiste", là où tout souffre, tout se reconnait, se découvre"
    Maurice BLANCHOT

    " être au plus près de chacun, dans la pensée "communiste", là où tout souffre, tout se reconnait, se découvre"Bristol autograph dated and signed addressed to his sister Marguerite Blanchot

    S. n.|s. l. 11 Décembre 1969|10 x 7.50 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
    Autograph card dated and signed by Maurice Blanchot to his sister Marguerite, 12 lines in black ink. Manuscript envelope included.
    "Cher marg,
    voici donc des paroles comme testamentaires, accueille-les non comme venant de moi, mais d'une recherche qui a, par hasard, et sans mérite ni démérite, passée par moi qui m'y suis soumis comme j'ai pu, qu'est-ce qui importe finalement ? être au plus près de chacun, dans la pensée "communiste", là où tout souffre, tout se reconnait, se découvre, être en ce coeur pour chacun, pour tous. Avec toute mon affection. Maurice." (Dear Marg, here then are words like testamentary ones, receive them not as coming from me, but from a search which...
    €1,000
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