Joseph SIMA
Le livre de mariage
S. n.|Paris 1922|12 x 20 cm|en feuilles
First printing of the 31 original woodcuts in black by Joseph Sima, one of 210 numbered copies on Montval laid paper, ours unnumbered.
Handsome copy complete with its fragile glassine paper covers.

€450
Géo LEVY-SAY
Maïka
Librairie Delalain|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition printed on alfa paper, no mention is made of deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with illustrations in the text.
Manuscript signature of Géo Lévy-Say at the head of the title page.
€150
Marceline DESBORDES-VALMORE
Poésies inédites - L'exemplaire d'Alphonse de Lamartine
E. Dentu • Imprimerie de Jules Fick|Genève [Geneva] 1860|15 x 23 cm|relié
First edition published by Gustave Revilliod.
Full bottle-green morocco binding, spine slightly darker decorated with compartments framed by quintuple blind fillets, date at tail, boards with frames of ten blind fillets, morocco doublure in water-green morocco framed with gilt fillet and bottle-green morocco listel, watered green silk endpapers, gilt-ruled edges, tooled headcaps, original wrappers preserved, gilt edges on deckled paper, slipcase lined with felt and edged in bottle-green morocco, binding signed by A & R Maylander.
Autograph inscription from the publisher to Monsieur [Alphonse] de Lamartine.
Superb copy, that of Alphonse de Lamartine.
€2,000
John RUSKIN, Robert de LA SIZERANNE
Ruskin et la religion de la beauté
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1897|13 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of the rare copies on Holland paper of which no mention is made.
Small tears at the foot of the spine, some minor foxing, a full-margined copy.
Signed autograph inscription by Robert de La Sizeranne to the diplomat, politician and historian Gabriel Hanotaux on the shaded half-title page.

€300
Paul CHAMBOT, Ambroise GIRIER
La Chanson des Cabots
Librairie Gueteville|Paris 1895|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with a cover and drawings by Théophile Alexandre Steinlen.
Spine cracked at head and foot.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Paul Chambot, with the additional signature of Ambroise Girier, to A. Patay.

€120
Tristan TZARA
Vigies. - In Sixième cahier de habitude de la poésie
GLM|Paris 1937|9.50 x 14.50 cm|agrafé
First edition printed on green paper.
Handsome copy despite boards very slightly and marginally discolored as usual.

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€60
Paul CELAN, Miklos BOKOR
Poèmes
Editions Unes|Paris 1987|16 x 22 cm|en feuilles
First edition of the French translation by John E. Jackson, one of 44 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, ours being one of 33 copies with an original engraving by Miklos Bokor, deluxe copies after 11 other Arches laid paper copies enhanced with an original drawing.
Our copy includes, as frontispiece, the original engraving numbered and signed in pencil by Miklos Bokor.
Very handsome copy.
€800
Michel HOUELLEBECQ
Quelque chose en moi. In La nouvelle revue de Paris : Le surréalisme et ses insoumis
In La nouvelle revue de Paris • Editions du Rocher|Paris 1988|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition of the first published text by Michel Houellebecq.
Other contributions by Malcolm de Chazal "Lettre à Pierre Demarne", Alain Jouffroy "L'incurable retard des mots", Philippe Soupault "Raymond Roussel", Olivier Larronde "Soigner ses roses"...
€500
François CHENG, LI PO
Poésie chinoise - In Vagabondages N°48
Vagabondages|Paris 1983|11 x 19 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy
Introduction by François Cheng, poems by Li Po, Tu Fu and Wang Wei, all three great poets of the Tang period.
Dated autograph inscription signed by François Cheng to Gilbert Lascault, pataphysician, art critic and specialist notably of the work of Jean Dubuffet, Pierre Alechinsky, Christian Boltanski.

€350
Roger GARAUDY
D'un réalisme sans rivages - Picasso, Saint-John Perse, Kafka
Plon|Paris 1963|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Light foxing to rear endpaper.
Preface by Louis Aragon.
Autograph inscription signed by Roger Garaudy to journalist Gilbert Gilleminault.
€70
Paul VALÉRY
" Notez que les fraudes sont parfois le fait de l'imprimeur. Ce que j'ai vu arriver pour des ouvrages de luxe."Autograph letter addressed to the jurist Adrien Raisin Dadre on publishing contracts and the control of luxury editions
Paris 17 Juillet 1933|20 x 25.50 cm|une page + une enveloppe
Autograph letter signed and dated by Paul Valéry, 21 lines in black ink, addressed to Adrien Raisin Dadre, vice-president of the Seine tribunal, concerning publishing rights and print run control.
Fold marks inherent to the envelope, a tear in the left margin of the letter at the fold level, paper clip marks in the lower margin of the letter, envelope included.
Paul Valéry thanks his correspondent for his precious help: "... c'est là une question vitale pour les écrivains...dans cette question, comme dans quelques autres, la loi ni la jurisprudence n'étaient équitables ni même sensées..." ["...this is a vital question for writers...in this question, as in some others, neither the law nor jurisprudence were equitable or even sensible..."]
He is also concerned about print run problems with publishers that border on illegality: "La question du contrôle des tirages demeure toujours épineuse. J'avais proposé, il y a 10 ans, un timbrage d'état. Tout exemplaire non timbré serait réputé contrefait. Notez que les fraudes sont parfois le fait de l'imprimeur. Ce que j'ai vu arriver pour des ouvrages de luxe." ["The question of print run control remains always thorny. I had proposed, 10 years ago, a state stamping system. Any unstamped copy would be deemed counterfeit. Note that fraud is sometimes the printer's doing. Which I have seen happen with luxury books."]

€380
Jacques PERRET
Lettre autographe adressée à Roger Nimier
s. l. s. d. [circa 1963]|13.50 x 18 cm|une page
Autograph letter signed by Jacques Perret, 20 lines in black ink, addressed to a colleague, probably Roger Nimier, apologizing for being unable to attend a meeting organized by the Arts review.
Fold marks inherent to postal handling.
Jacques Perret had to cancel: "Votre invitation m'avait pourtant touché à temps et à coeur. Je compte sur vous pour assurer à Parinaud que je ne le boude pas" ["Your invitation had indeed reached me both timely and heartfelt. I'm counting on you to assure Parinaud that I'm not sulking"] and shows pessimism for a celebration he was planning to organize: "Les nouvelles concernant les préparatifs de la fête romaine sont mauvaises. Outre ses contrariétés chroniques le matelot a eu de graves ennuis avec son menu. Les murènes qu'il gavait toutes de casques bleus sont toutes crevées..." ["The news concerning the preparations for the Roman feast is bad. Besides his chronic troubles, the sailor has had serious problems with his menu. The moray eels he was force-feeding all with blue helmets have all died..."]
Jacques Perret, royalist writer, fierce supporter of French Algeria and virulently anti-Gaullist, was stripped of his civic rights then in 1963, removed from military medal control despite protests from some of his fellow writers, suspects that his political positions do not favor honorary decorations: "Je trouve qu'on nous a fait signer un manifeste manifestement destiner à torpiller mon ruban." ["I find that they made us sign a manifesto manifestly intended to torpedo my ribbon."]

€350
François COPPÉE
Lettre autographe signée à Henri Lavedan à propos de son dernier ouvrage "Petites Fêtes"
S. n.|Paris 6 Août 1890|11.50 x 18.50 cm|une page + une enveloppe
Autograph letter dated and signed by François Coppée (9 lines in black ink) to the writer Henri Lavedan.
Fold marks inherent to being placed in envelope, envelope included.
François Coppée congratulates Henri Lavedan on his latest work "Petites Fêtes": "... C'est plein d'invention... avec des coins mélancoliques d'un charme profond. Encore une fois bravo ! ""

€150
Francis CARCO
"... je vous serais, en outre, très obligé, cher monsieur, de vouloir bien me réserver un exemplaire en grand papier des Contrerimes de Toulet..."Autograph letter addressed to a bookseller asking him to reserve first editions
Paris 6 Janvier 1919|13.50 x 21 cm|une page et demie
Autograph letter dated and signed by Francis Carco, 20 lines in blue ink, addressed to a bookseller.
Fold mark inherent to mailing.
As a knowledgeable bibliophile, Francis Carco wishes to have three works set aside for him: "... je vous remercie de vouloir bien conserver à mon intention les Romain Rolland des Cahiers (de la quinzaine, probablement les neuf volumes de Jean-Christophe)... un exemplaire de la première édition de Keonigsmark... Je vous serais, en outre, très obligé, cher monsieur, de vouloir bien me réserver un exemplaire en grand papier des Contrerimes de Toulet... " ["... I thank you for kindly keeping for me the Romain Rolland from the Cahiers (de la quinzaine, probably the nine volumes of Jean-Christophe)... a copy of the first edition of Keonigsmark... I would furthermore be very obliged, dear sir, if you would kindly reserve for me a deluxe copy of Toulet's Contrerimes..."]

€230
Marcel BÉALU
Les yeux ouverts
Eugène Figuière|Paris 1936|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition of the author's third work, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
A bibliophile's label pasted to the upper right margin of the front endpaper.
Autograph inscription signed by Roger Marcel Béalu to Monsieur Thorillon: "... ces pages maladroites mais sincères en souvenir d'un combat ancien..." ["... these clumsy but sincere pages in memory of an ancient struggle..."]
€100
Charles-Marie LECONTE DE LISLE
"... Soyez assez bonne pour ne pas m'en vouloir de mon inexactitude forcée..."Autograph letter to a friend apologizing for not being able to keep an appointment
Paris 21 <novembre 1869|13.50 x 21 cm|une page
Autograph letter dated and signed by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle, 12 lines in black ink, which he addressed to a woman of letters apologizing for not having been able to visit her due to his feverish state.
Trace of folding inherent to postal dispatch, some foxing on the letter.

€200
André GIDE
"... j'attends donc votre retour à Paris et un signe de vous qui me fasse accourir..."Autograph letter addressed to his cousin the Baroness de Charnisay
Paris 4 Novembre 1909|13.50 x 17.50 cm|une page + une enveloppe
Autograph letter dated and signed by André Gide, 10 lines in black ink on laid paper, addressed to his cousin Marguerite de Flaux, Baroness de Charnisay.
Fold marks inherent to mailing, envelope included.
André Gide expresses his longing to see his cousin again and hopes she will contact him upon her return to Paris: "... vous me savez, très impatiemment votre affectueusement et respectueusement dévoué." ["... you know me to be, very impatiently your affectionately and respectfully devoted."]

€300
Jacques PERRET
"Non, je n'ai pas de roman pour Femina, ni pour personne. Le prochain, problématique, est promis à la Revue de Paris..."Autograph letter addressed to Roger Nimier
s. l. s. d. [circa 1955]|13 x 21 cm|une page
Autograph letter signed by Jacques Perret, 17 lines in black ink, addressed to Roger Nimier.
Fold marks inherent to mailing, envelope included.
Jacques Perret has nothing to provide for now to publishers, notably to Gallimard's Roger Nimier: "Pas de bonne nouvelle sentimentale non plus, mais il reste entendu qu'un texte de ce genre n'était pas ailleurs que chez vous." ["No good sentimental news either, but it remains understood that a text of this kind belongs nowhere else but with you."] to whom he claims his arrears for his latest work: "Soyez gentil de rappeler à la caisse qu'il reste un petit fric à toucher sur ce trapèze..." ["Be kind enough to remind the cashier that there's still a little money to collect on this trapeze..."]

€350
Paul VALÉRY
"... je viens de relire Psyché avec grande joie. Mais ceci n'est que pour vous remercier de l'envoi..."Autograph letter, dated and signed, addressed to a fellow writer about the sending of his latest work
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1930]|18 x 21 cm|une page
Autograph letter by Paul Valéry signed with his initials addressed to a fellow writer (13 lines in black ink) thanking him for sending and dedicating his latest collection titled Psyché.
He also mentions Jacques Rivière, advising his correspondent to send him the work: "Pour vous dire aussi que j'ai parlé à Jacques Rivière dont j'espère qu'il me tiendra parole cette fois. Adressez-lui le recueil - à lui-même, avec dédicace à lui-même..." ["To also tell you that I spoke to Jacques Rivière and I hope he will keep his word to me this time. Send him the collection - to him personally, with a dedication to him personally..."]
Folds inherent to postal mailing.
€300
COLLECTIF
Book of the poets. Chaucer to Beattie. Modern poets
Scott, Webster and Geary|London 1842|13.50 x 21.80 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition of this famous anthology reflecting Romantic taste. Printed on tinted vellum illustrated with 90 steel-engraved vignettes as headpieces and tailpieces. 2 title-frontispieces on heavy vellum.
Publisher's binding in full pale green striped boards. Smooth spine composed of interlaced foliage forming cartouches for the titles. Gilt urn at center of boards, blind-stamped decoration framing the urn. Spines uniformly darkened. Minor traces of rubbing. Micro-cuts to joints at head. Copy with very fresh paper, entirely free of foxing except the two title-frontispieces. Some engravings with ink offset on facing page. In margins of some engravings the tissue guard has been removed leaving paper remnants.
Very handsome copy in its gilt boards. Rare in this condition.

€450
André FRÉNAUD
"... dans ma fureur d'être si mal compris par mes critiques..."Autograph letter dated and signed to Georges Raillard
Paris 29 Juillet 1966|17 x 21 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
Autograph letter dated and signed by André Frénaud addressed to art critic Georges Raillard (12 lines in blue ballpoint pen) regarding the publication of his latest work L'étape dans la clairière.
Fold marks inherent to the letter's envelope placement, envelope included.
André Frénaud expresses his discontent at being so poorly perceived in the literary world and, in an effort to be better regarded, he appeals to Georges Raillard regarding his latest work L'étape dans la clairière: "... je vous l'adresse comme une approche par l'auteur, très subjective donc et unilatérale, pas du tout une interprétation officielle et complète !!! mais cela vous intéressera peut-être pour éclairer sinon une intention préalable au poème du moins une analyse chemin faisanrt et après coup." ["... I send it to you as an approach by the author, very subjective therefore and unilateral, not at all an official and complete interpretation!!! but this might interest you to illuminate if not a prior intention to the poem at least an analysis in the making and after the fact."]
€150
Henri de RÉGNIER, Gaston LA TOUCHE
Poëmes
Aux dépens d'un amateur|Paris 1917|21 x 27 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
Edition illustrated with 13 colored plates including 10 by Gaston La Touche, one of 109 numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue after whatman.
The work is also decorated with a frontispiece, two full-page plates, 10 headpieces and 10 tailpieces by William-Fel.
Handsome copy.
€280
David ROKEAH
Les yeux dans le rocher
José Corti|Paris 1968|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 15 numbered copies on vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Preface by Jean Starobinski.
Rare and handsome copy.
€170
Pierre Jean JOUVE
Sueur de sang
Les cahiers libres|Paris 1934|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Some light foxing affecting mainly the edges.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Pierre-Jean Jouve to Marcel Jouhandeau.

€300
Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN
"Puis-je compter lire l'Ermitage à Biarritz où le soleil et la mer s'unissent en un rythme parfait ?"Autograph letter, dated and signed, addressed to Edouard Ducoté about Julia Daudet's niece, whom he wishes to have published in the Hermitage
S. n.|Biarritz 7 Mai 1900|13 x 20.50 cm|une page
Autograph letter signed by Francis Viélé-Griffin (19 lines in black ink on letterhead of the Continental Hotel B. Peyta in Biarritz) addressed to Edouard Ducoté, poet, bibliophile and director of the review l'Ermitage since 1895.
Crease marks inherent to folding for mailing.
To please the poetess Julia Daudet, Francis Viélé-Griffin recommends to Edouard Ducoté a poem by the latter's niece: "... je vous serais très reconnaissant, mon cher ami, d'accueillir l'oeuvre de cette jeune poétesse..." ["... I would be very grateful, my dear friend, if you would welcome the work of this young poetess..."]
While vacationing in Biarritz, Francis Viélé-Griffin also sends verses to the review directed by Edouard Ducoté.
Intimate friend of Stéphane Mallarmé, friend of André Gide, Paul Valéry, Francis Jammes, and Emile Verhaeren, Francis Viélé-Griffin was an American symbolist poet writing in French. He became, with Gustave Kahn, one of the principal theorists of free verse.
€150
Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN
"... J'ai vu Gide à ce sujet ; il a accepté de participer d'une façon modeste à la consolidation financière de cette revue utile... "Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Edouard Ducoté about the rescue of the magazine Antée threatened with disappearance
S. n.|La Roche à Guet [La Roche à Gué] 30 Novembre 1907|13 x 18 cm|deux pages
Autograph letter signed by Francis Viélé-Griffin (31 lines in black ink from La Roche à Guet in the Vienne) addressed to Edouard Ducoté, poet, bibliophile and director of the review l'Ermitage since 1895.
Fold marks inherent to envelope insertion.
Several poets, including Francis Viélé-Griffin, band together to provide financial assistance to the dying review Antée: "... il se crée un consortium de nos amis pour assurer la publication d'Antée, menacée par une fugue de son ex-directeur..." ["a consortium of our friends is being created to ensure the publication of Antée, threatened by the flight of its former director..."], which is why he solicits his friend Edouard Ducoté as a contributor: "Puis-je compter sur vous pour une somme trimestrielle de cent francs ? ce serait de votre part un acte de solidarité..." ["May I count on you for a quarterly sum of one hundred francs? this would be an act of solidarity on your part..."] and also Stuart Merrill.
Close friend of Stéphane Mallarmé, friend of André Gide, Paul Valéry, Francis Jammes, Emile Verhaeren, Francis Viélé-Griffin was an American symbolist poet who wrote in French. He became, along with Gustave Kahn, one of the principal theorists of free verse.
€200
Reynaldo HAHN
"... que de tristesses depuis notre déjeuner à St Rémy ! C'est le dernier moment agréable que j'ai vécu depuis de longs mois, et je vous le dois..."Autograph letter signed to Marthe Daudet thanking her for her comforting words after the death of her sister
S. n.|Monte-Carlo [Monte Carlo] 24 Septembre s. d. [ca 1924]|13.50 x 20.50 cm|une feuille recto verso
Autograph letter signed by Reynaldo Hahn, dandy, composer and great love of Marcel Proust (30 lines in blue ink from the Hôtel de la Réserve in Monte Carlo) addressed to Marthe Daudet, wife of the journalist and monarchist writer Léon Daudet, principal collaborator of Charles Maurras at Action Française.
Fold mark inherent to posting, the ink of some letters having bled on the verso.
Since the death of his sister, Reynaldo Hahn is inconsolable and recalls the all too rare joys he has experienced in recent times. He thanks Marthe Daudet who tempered his despondency: "... what sadness since our lunch in St Rémy! It is the last pleasant moment I have lived in long months, and I owe it to you..."
He also recalls the sufferings of his late sister: "... it is only at the end that she knew some rest. What courage she showed these past two years! " and draws a parallel with the tragic death of Philippe Daudet which shook the Daudet family: "... I think very often of him (Léon Daudet) and of your painful ordeal."
On November 23, 1923, traveling in a taxi, Philippe Daudet committed suicide at the age of 14, his father accusing anarchist circles or the Third Republic police of having disguised this "crime" as suicide.

€300
Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN
"... il y a en vous cette gravité que connait seul l'homme qui sait sourire..."Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Edouard Ducoté
S. n.|La Roche à Guet [La Roche à Gué] 24 Juin 1901|13.50 x 21 cm|deux pages
Autograph letter signed by Francis Viélé-Griffin (37 lines in black ink from La Roche à Guet in Vienne) addressed to Edouard Ducoté, poet, bibliophile and director of the review l'Ermitage since 1895.
Fold marks inherent to postal delivery.
He compliments his fellow poet Edouard Ducoté on his latest work which approaches perfection: "... on y trouve l'expression, bien proche d'être complète, de l'être d'intelligence et de sensibilité qu'est le poète..." ["... one finds therein the expression, very nearly complete, of the being of intelligence and sensitivity that is the poet..."]
Beyond the fact that they share the same vision of poetry, Francis Viélé-Griffin sees in Edouard Ducoté: "... l'allure, à la fois légère et solide, la démarche droite sans raideur, sans brusquerie de votre pensée : votre poésie en prend l'autorité de la raison et votre émotion en est plus émouvante..." ["... the bearing, both light and solid, the straight gait without stiffness, without abruptness of your thought: your poetry takes from it the authority of reason and your emotion is all the more moving..."] as a worthy descendant of the trouvères: "... il y a en vous cette gravité que connait seul l'homme qui sait sourire..."["... there is in you that gravity which only the man who knows how to smile possesses..."]
Close friend of Stéphane Mallarmé, friend of André Gide, Paul Valéry, Francis Jammes, Emile Verhaeren, Francis Viélé-Griffin was an American Symbolist poet writing in French. He became, with Gustave Kahn, one of the principal theorists of free verse.
€200
Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN
"... seuls les médiocres, ceux du Parnasse sont exclus de ma bibliothèque..." Autograph note, dated and signed, addressed to Edouard Ducoté evoking his favorite poets and his readings
S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) 14 Décembre 1901|14.50 x 9.50 cm|une page
Autograph note signed by Francis Viélé-Griffin (13 lines in black ink from his Parisian residence on Quai de Passy) addressed to Edouard Ducoté, poet, bibliophile and director of the review l'Ermitage since 1895.
The note is written on cardboard bristol paper.
He lists his favorite poets while ironically commenting, in a slightly condescending manner, on his less "noble" reading: "... I therefore reread by preference Vigny, Lamartine, Verlaine and Laforgue; but I do not forbid myself the bad poets of whom I am particularly fond..." while disdaining and castigating: "... only the mediocre ones, those of the Parnasse, are excluded from my library..."
Close friend of Stéphane Mallarmé, friend of André Gide, Paul Valéry, Francis Jammes, Emile Verhaeren, Francis Viélé-Griffin is an American symbolist poet writing in French. He becomes, with Gustave Kahn, one of the principal theorists of free verse.
€180
Théodore de BANVILLE
Lettre autographe signée à un confrère écrivain afin d'entretenir la mémoire du poète Philoxène Boyer en faisant publier l'une de ses oeuvres
S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) 15 Décembre 1867|13.50 x 21 cm|deux pages et demi
Autograph letter dated and signed by Théodore de Banville (26 lines in black ink from Paris) concerning the publication of a work by his friend the poet Philoxène Boyer recently deceased.
Fold marks inherent to mailing.
Théodore de Banville sends his correspondent a list of Philoxène Boyer's works: "... this list doesn't look like much, and seems a rather heterogeneous composition..." and hopes that his friend and colleague will be influential enough to have one of the deceased poet's works published: "...these are seriously beautiful pages, which do not even lack unity, as it is given to them by the poet's thought..."

€300
François COPPÉE
"... c'est décidément un vieil homme, et un vieux malade qui vous prie d'agréer mes respectueuses et très vives sympathies.."Autograph letter signed to Marthe Daudet
S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) s. d. [circa 1905]|11.50 x 18 cm|une page
Autograph letter dated and signed by François Coppée (17 lines in black ink) to Marthe Daudet, wife of his young friend Léon.
Fold marks inherent to the mailing.
François Coppée apologizes for not being able to see his correspondent who had come to visit him and gladly accepts her invitation to dine soon: "... I have great desire to accept although I spend my time declining invitations, for I continue to be in poor health..."

€150
Guy DES CARS
"... Depuis longtemps fidèle lecteur de l'Action Française, je serais très désireux que votre journal parle d'un ouvrage Français, écrit par un Français...".."Autograph letter, dated and signed, asking Léon Daudet to write an article about his first book "The Officer Without a Name"
S. n.|Cannes 28 Avril 1941|21 x 27 cm|une page et demi
Autograph letter dated and signed by Guy Des Cars (38 lines in black ink from the Hotel Le Gray d'Albion in Cannes) to Léon Daudet concerning the publication of his first work "L'officier sans nom".
Traces of folding inherent to postal delivery, two annotations in blue and red pencil probably in Léon Daudet's hand.
Guy Des Cars asks Léon Daudet, journalist for the monarchist and Vichy daily Action Française, to write an article reviewing his first work "L'officier sans nom": "... peut-être le premier paru en zone libre sur la guerre..." ["... perhaps the first published in the free zone about the war..."]
In order to encourage the writing of the much-hoped-for review, Guy Des Cars enumerates and brandishes his patriotic credentials by evoking his war record and displaying his nationalism: "... Depuis longtemps fidèle lecteur de l'Action Française, je serais très désireux que votre journal parle d'un ouvrage Français, écrit par un Français..." ["... A long-time faithful reader of Action Française, I would be very eager for your newspaper to speak of a French work, written by a Frenchman..."]
On the advice of Jean Ajalbert and Francis Carco, Guy Des Cars takes the liberty of soliciting this helping hand from the influential political journalist, his article to coincide with the distribution of the work: "... à ce moment mon livre sera en vente un peu partout..." ["... at that time my book will be on sale almost everywhere..."]
The father of "L'officier sans nom" hopes that Léon Daudet will not hold his impertinent request too much against him and that he will receive it favorably: "... j'ose espérer que mon premier "enfant" ne vous décevra pas trop..." ["... I dare hope that my first 'child' will not disappoint you too much..."]

€180
Alain BOSQUET
Le livre du doute et de la grâce
Gallimard|Paris 1977|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.
Two bookplates pasted on the first endpaper.
Autograph inscription signed by Alain Bosquet to bibliophile Jacques Bredèche: "... que je remercie d'amier les beaux livres et de me croire digne de sa collection..." ["... whom I thank for loving beautiful books and for believing me worthy of his collection..."]
€100
Alain BOSQUET
Sonnets pour une fin de siècle
Gallimard|Paris 1980|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
A very fine copy.
Two bookplates pasted on the first endpaper.
Autograph inscription signed by Alain Bosquet to bibliophile Jacques Bredèche: "... que je remercie chaleureusement de collectionner les "grands papiers"..." ["... whom I warmly thank for collecting the 'deluxe copies'..."]
€100
Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN
"...j'en ai plusieurs que je veux réserver pour l'épreuve d'une lecture sévère, avant de les livrer à la publicité"Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Edouard Ducoté
S. n.|Nazelles 4 Septembre 1896|13 x 20.50 cm|une page
Autograph letter signed by Francis Viélé-Griffin (23 lines in violet ink from his property in Nazelles in Indre-et-Loire) addressed to Edouard Ducoté, poet, bibliophile and editor of the review l'Ermitage since 1895.
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A perfectionist, Francis Viélé-Griffin postpones sending a poem he had promised to the review l'Ermitage, not yet judging it completely accomplished: "... ce scrupule est seul cause de mon retard et vous me le pardonnerez aisément..." ["this scruple alone causes my delay and you will easily forgive me..."]
He finds the quality of the previous issue of the review excellent and particularly praises the verses of his colleague Stuart Merrill: "... les vers de Merrill sont délicieux, n'est-ce pas ? " ["Merrill's verses are delightful, aren't they?"] and congratulates Edouard Ducoté.
Intimate of Stéphane Mallarmé, friend of André Gide, Paul Valéry, Francis Jammes, Emile Verhaeren, Francis Viélé-Griffin is an American symbolist poet writing in French. He becomes, with Gustave Kahn, one of the principal theorists of free verse.
€150
Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN
"...mais je reste songeur en apprenant qu'ils vous ont paru pires que ceux de Retté..."Autograph letter, dated and signed, addressed to Edouard Ducoté about a poem that he recommended to him for his magazine without first reading it
S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) 31 Mai 1900|13 x 20.50 cm|une page
Autograph letter signed by Francis Viélé-Griffin (15 lines in violet ink from his Parisian residence) addressed to Edouard Ducoté, poet, bibliophile and editor of the review l'Ermitage since 1895.
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To please the poetess Julia Daudet, Francis Viélé-Griffin took the liberty of imposing verses on Edouard Ducoté for his review: "... je vous ai recommandé ces vers pour complaire à un souhait de madame Daudet, je n'en ai pas pris connaissance ; mais reste songeur..." ["I recommended these verses to you to comply with a wish of Madame Daudet, I have not read them; but remain thoughtful..."] which the editor of l'Ermitage finds poor.
Intimate of Stéphane Mallarmé, friend of André Gide, Paul Valéry, Francis Jammes, Emile Verhaeren, Francis Viélé-Griffin is an American symbolist poet writing in French. He becomes, with Gustave Kahn, one of the principal theorists of free verse.
€150
Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN
"... je ne comprends pas l'exclusivisme du Mercure, il m'a étonné et peiné.."Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Edouard Ducoté which was refused by the Mercure de France
S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) 31 Décembre 1896|13 x 20 cm|une page et demie
Signed autograph letter by Francis Viélé-Griffin (32 lines in purple ink from his Parisian home) addressed to Edouard Ducoté, poet, bibliophile and director of the review l'Ermitage since 1895.
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Francis Viélé-Griffin thanks his fellow poet Edouard Ducoté who dedicated his future collection Fables to him and apologizes for the intransigence of Mercure de France which only wants to publish authors and poets stamped Mercure de France: "... je ne comprends pas l'exclusivisme du Mercure, il m'a étonné et peiné.." ["... I don't understand the exclusivism of Mercure, it surprised and saddened me.."]
He assures him that he has no influence within the review and publishing house directed by Alfred Valette because he takes care of none of the administrative formalities: "... je n'ai que peu assisté, jusqu'à présent, aux séances du comité où mon influence, au reste, est nulle." ["... I have attended committee meetings little, until now, where my influence, moreover, is nil."]
As a good friend, Francis Viélé-Griffin wishes to temper Edouard Ducoté's disappointment at not being published by Mercure: "Mais n'êtes vous pas aussi bien chez Perrin ? " ["But aren't you just as well off at Perrin's?"] and invites him to visit soon to: "... causer de vos projets d'art..." ["... discuss your artistic projects..."]
Intimate friend of Stéphane Mallarmé, friend of André Gide, Paul Valéry, Francis Jammes, Emile Verhaeren, Francis Viélé-Griffin is an American symbolist poet writing in French. He became, with Gustave Kahn, one of the principal theorists of free verse.
€180
Pierre MAC ORLAN
Ensemble de trois lettres manuscrites signées, d'un jeu d'épreuves corrigées et d'un tapuscrit corrigé de Pierre Mac Orlan pour sa préface à Embruns de son ami le poète artésien Roger Valuet
S. n.|Saint-Cyr-sur-Morin 27 Septembre au 31 Octobre 1949|21 x 27 cm|10 feuillets
Set of three dated and signed autograph letters by Pierre Mac Orlan (10 lines in blue ink each), a set of corrected proofs and a corrected typescript concerning the preface he wrote for the poetry collection Embruns by his young friend and protégé Roger Valuet.
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We include, on soft yellow paper, the three-page typescript with about ten corrections and modifications in turquoise felt-tip pen by Pierre Mac Orlan.
We also include a set of printed proofs of 5 leaves also enriched with about ten corrections and modifications in Pierre Mac Orlan's hand.
A native of Arras, Roger Valuet is a popular writer who signed, under the pseudonym Roger Vilard, numerous detective and espionage novels. At the beginning of his career, he was helped by Pierre Mac Orlan who wrote the preface to his first collection of poems.

€600
François COPPÉE
Lettre autographe signée au jeune Léon Daudet lui donnant rendez-vous
S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) s. d. [circa 1895]|11.50 x 17.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by François Coppée (8 lines in black ink) to his young friend Léon Daudet.
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François Coppée invites his dear Léon Daudet to come visit him, setting a date and time: "... j'aurai fini mon article et je serai tout à vous." ["... I will have finished my article and will be entirely at your disposal."]

€120
François COPPÉE
"... et je pense tendrement à la mémoire de mon cher Alphonse Daudet..."Autograph letter, dated and signed, to his friend Léon Daudet about the death of his father Alphonse a few days earlier
S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) 3 Janvier 1898|11.50 x 18 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter dated and signed by François Coppée (12 lines in black ink) to his friend Léon Daudet.
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François Coppée shows himself touched by the last letter that Léon Daudet addressed to him and invites him to his home: "... Come whenever you wish... so that we can chat quietly."
He shares the grief and sadness of the Daudet family after the death (on December 17, 1897) of Alphonse Daudet, his friend: "... and I think tenderly of the memory of my dear Alphonse Daudet..."

€150
François COPPÉE
"... Excusez le vieux monsieur qui ne passe plus ni soirées ni se couche après minuit..."Autograph letter dated and signed to Marthe Daudet refusing his invitation to participate in the New Year's Eve party on December 25th
S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) 14 Décembre 1903|11.50 x 18 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter dated and signed by François Coppée (13 lines in black ink) to his friend Marthe Daudet, wife of Léon, who invited him to join them for Christmas Eve dinner on December 25, 1903.
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François Coppée will not be joining them, his precarious health forbidding any late social engagements, preferring an earlier hour for dining: "... of course, I will go and sit at the table of my young and dear friend Léon Daudet and his charming wife with great pleasure...", "... Excuse the old gentleman who no longer spends evenings out or goes to bed after midnight..."

€150
Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN
Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée à Edouard Ducoté : "...l'occurrence n'est pas tragique, si ce n'est par une scandaleuse exhibition de bêtise : car le journaliste m'a paru de bonne foi ! "
S. n.|Paris 11 Juin 1900|12.50 x 20 cm|une page
Autograph letter signed by Francis Viélé-Griffin (16 lines in purple ink from his Parisian home on rue Hamelin) addressed to Edouard Ducoté, poet, bibliophile and director of the review l'Ermitage since 1895.
Fold mark inherent to being placed in an envelope, the year 1900 is written in pencil at the top of the letter completing the date of June 11th written by Francis Viélé-Griffin.
He thanks his fellow poet Edouard Ducoté for his support contrary to certain critics who have recently savaged him: "... merci, mon cher ami, de votre témoignage de sympathie..." ["...thank you, my dear friend, for your testimonial of sympathy..."] also informing him of his upcoming visit to his home having missed him the last time.
Intimate friend of Stéphane Mallarmé, friend of André Gide, Paul Valéry, Francis Jammes, Emile Verhaeren, Francis Viélé-Griffin is an American symbolist poet writing in French. He became, with Gustave Kahn, one of the principal theorists of free verse.
€150
Jorge Luis BORGES
Obra poetica 1923-1964
Emece editores|Buenos Aires 1964|15 x 21 cm|broché
First collected edition.
Handsome copy despite slight scuffs to one joint.
Manuscript date at foot of first endpaper, probably that of the author's dedication made at the Librería General de Tomás Pardo in Buenos Aires; we include a bookmark from this bookshop.
Manuscript signature of Jorge Luis Borges on the half-title page.
€1,800
Francis CARCO
Lettre autographe datée et signée à Léon Daudet à propos d'une conférence qu'il donne à Lyon sur la poésie de Paris
S. n.|Lyon 18 Mai 1941|13.50 x 21 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter dated and signed by Francis Carco (24 lines in black ink from the Royal Hotel in Lyon, place Bellecour) providing details regarding a conference he is giving on the poetry of Paris.
Fold marks inherent to the mailing. Léon Daudet having added a few words, in black ink, in the upper right corner of the letter "mon fils ira..." ["my son will go..."]
Francis Carco who met François Daudet is very busy with organizing his conference and asks his correspondent when he might be able to meet him : "... j'attendais d'être moins bousculé pour vous demander d'aller vous voir..." ["... I was waiting to be less rushed to ask you if I could come see you..."]
He also invites him to this conference while expressing all the admiration he holds for him: "... je serais ravi que vous puissiez y assister... Veuillez croire à ma bien fidèle et toujours jeune admiration..." ["... I would be delighted if you could attend... Please believe in my most faithful and ever young admiration..."]

€180
Charles MAURRAS, Pierre PASCAL
Quatre poëmes d'Eurydice
Editions du trident|Paris 1937|19.50 x 28.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 400 numbered copies on laid Ronsard paper.
Spine and covers marginally and lightly sunned as usual, endpapers partially shaded without gravity.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece designed and engraved by Pierre Pascal.
Signed autograph inscription from Charles Maurras to a doctor.
€100
Isidore ISOU
Introduction à une nouvelle poésie et à une nouvelle musique
Gallimard|Paris 1947|12 x 19 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy of the author's first work.
Very rare dated and signed autograph inscription by Isidore Isou, one of the founders of Lettrism and important precursor to Situationism, to film producer and director Roland Tual who was close to the Surrealists: he opened the Surrealist gallery in 1926 with the exhibition "Paintings by Man Ray and objects from the islands".
€1,200
Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN
".... accordez-moi un délai, qui sera le moins possible... je vous promets des vers..."Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Edouard Ducoté
S. n.|Paris Janvier 1903|14 x 17.50 cm|une page et demie
Autograph letter dated and signed by Francis Viélé-Griffin addressed (31 lines in violet ink from his Parisian residence) to Edouard Ducoté, poet, bibliophile and director of the review l'Ermitage since 1895 in which he requests a little patience before he sends the promised verses to the review, he also assures him that he will send his forthcoming works: "... however small the print run of my next volume may be, I naturally intended to reserve a copy for you. For are you not one of those for whom I wrote it?... I will enclose the offprint of sainte Julie - of which I have three copies left - but are you not a bibliophile?"
Finally, Francis Viélé-Griffin demands, in return, more than a brief mention concerning him in the new issue of l'Ermitage: "As I rarely publish volumes, it would be pleasant for me to read, not a note but an article, a study... what do you say?"
Close friend of Stéphane Mallarmé, friend of André Gide, Paul Valéry, Francis Jammes, Emile Verhaeren, Francis Viélé-Griffin is an American symbolist poet writing in French. He becomes, with Gustave Kahn, one of the principal theorists of free verse.
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€250
Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN
".... vous savez le goût que j'ai pour votre manière, de légère ironie et de cette vérité, toujours un peu risible pour qui sait la voir..."Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Edouard Ducoté
S. n.|Paris 25 Juin 1903|14 x 17.50 cm|une page et demie
Autograph letter dated and signed by Francis Viélé-Griffin (30 lines in violet ink from his Parisian residence) addressed to Edouard Ducoté, poet, bibliophile and director of the review l'Ermitage since 1895.
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He showers praise on his fellow poet Edouard Ducoté who has just sent him his latest work and also thanks him for the article that l'Ermitage devoted to his latest collection (L'amour sacré published in 1903): "... I have written my thanks to the critic... I have a copy for him that I have not yet been able to send him..."
Francis Viélé-Griffin also mentions a painting by his friend Théo Van Rysselberghe depicting Madame Edouard Ducoté that he recently noticed in his studio: "... a truly charming portrait..."
A close friend of Stéphane Mallarmé, friend of André Gide, Paul Valéry, Francis Jammes, and Emile Verhaeren, Francis Viélé-Griffin was an American symbolist poet who wrote in French. He became, along with Gustave Kahn, one of the principal theorists of free verse.
€250
Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN
".... je vous remercie de votre dédicace où je peux voir l'expression d'une sympathie qui m'est précieuse..."Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Edouard Ducoté
S. n.|Nazelles 8 Juillet 1896|13 x 20.50 cm|une page et demie
Autograph letter dated and signed by Francis Viélé-Griffin (20 lines in violet ink from his property in Nazelles, Indre-et-Loire) addressed to Edouard Ducoté, poet, bibliophile and director of the review l'Ermitage since 1895.
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He thanks his fellow poet Edouard Ducoté for the latest book he has just sent him with a dedication, and expresses his delight at having been invited by him to contribute some of his poems to the review l'Ermitage: "I shall gladly collaborate, in the form of some poems, with your review which I always read with interest and profit..."
Francis Viélé-Griffin also mentions a painting by his friend Théo Van Rysselberghe depicting Madame Edouard Ducoté that he recently noticed in his studio: "... a truly charming portrait..."
A close friend of Stéphane Mallarmé, friend of André Gide, Paul Valéry, Francis Jammes, and Emile Verhaeren, Francis Viélé-Griffin was an American symbolist poet who wrote in French. He became, along with Gustave Kahn, one of the principal theorists of free verse.
€200
André BRETON
Lettre autographe datée et signée à propos d'un règlement qu'il vient de recevoir pour une de ses contributions chez Jean-Jacques Pauvert
S. n.|Paris 12 Mai 1964|21 x 26 cm|une page
Autograph letter dated and signed by André Breton (11 lines in black ink from his Parisian residence on rue Fontaine) acknowledging receipt of a cheque he received from Jean-Jacques Pauvert's publishing house.
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He apologizes for responding so late to his correspondent, asks him to thank Jean-Jacques Pauvert and to convey his regards.

€400
Paul-Jean TOULET
"Mais Solange a beaucoup engraissé - d'une joue..."Signed autograph postcard addressed to his nephew nicknamed Mi giving him news of the family
S. n.|s. l. • [Vassincourt] s. d. [circa 1915]|14 x 9 cm|une carte postale
Autograph signed photographic postcard by Paul-Jean Toulet (17 lines in black ink) addressed to his nephew Pierre-Henri de la Blachetai and depicting the Vassincourt church in the Meuse during the Battle of the Marne.
The poet gives him news of his precarious health before they meet again at the château de La Rafette, the family property located in Saint-Loubès, northwest of Bordeaux, where Paul-Jean Toulet lived after his definitive departure from Paris in 1912: "... tu n'y trouveras rien de changé, qu'un compagnon nouveau pour tes vacances..." ["you will find nothing changed there, except a new companion for your holidays..."]
Paul-Jean Toulet continues by discussing the health of family members: "... La santé de ta bonne maman ne s'est malheureusement guère améliorée. Mais Solange a beaucoup engraissée - d'une joue..." ["Unfortunately your dear mama's health has hardly improved. But Solange has put on a lot of weight - in one cheek..."]
A dandy, inveterate opium addict and alcoholic, a poet misunderstood by the general public but admired by his peers, notably by José Luis Borges, Paul-Jean Toulet was a novelist (Monsieur du Paur, Mon amie Nane) but above all a master of poetic prose. His masterpiece Contrerimes, a collection of quatrains published after his death and combining embraced rhymes with crossed metrical structure, assured him posthumous success and inspired his poet friends including Francis Carco and Tristan Derème who, taking him as their model, proclaimed themselves "whimsical poets." Confessing that what he had loved most in the world were women, alcohol and landscapes, he died from an overdose of laudanum, a substance derived from opium.

€300
Paul-Jean TOULET
Carte postale autographe signée et adressée à sa chère soeur Jane
S. n.|s. l. • [Montfort-en-Chalosse] 10 Novembre 1906|14 x 9 cm|une carte postale
Autograph signed photographic postcard from Paul-Jean Toulet (19 lines in black ink) addressed to his sister Jane to whom he gives family news.
The postcard depicts the entrance to the main street of Monfort-en-Chalosse in the Landes.
An opium-addicted and inveterate alcoholic dandy, a poet unknown to the general public but admired by his peers, notably by José Luis Borges, Paul-Jean Toulet was a novelist (Monsieur du Paur, Mon amie Nane) but above all a master of poetic prose. His masterpiece Contrerimes, a collection of quatrains published after his death combining enclosed rhymes and crossed metrical structure, assured him posthumous success and inspired his poet friends including Francis Carco and Tristan Derème who, taking him as a model, proclaimed themselves "whimsical poets". Confessing that what he had loved most in the world were women, alcohol and landscapes, he died of a laudanum overdose, a substance derived from opium.

€400
Paul-Jean TOULET
"... je n'ai pas diminué le lauda sans pourtant en faire trop d'abus. Il est inutile de m'en envoyer en Avignon..."Autograph postcard addressed to his dear cousin Mauricia
S. n.|s. l. • [Avignon] s. d. [circa 1916]|14 x 9 cm|une carte postale
Autograph signed photographic postcard from Paul-Jean Toulet (27 lines in blue ink) addressed to his cousin Mauricia Chaline who was his great provider of alcohol, food, tobacco and laudanum.
Penniless, he begs his cousin to come to his aid: "l'argent des pardessus... et autant pour le voyage et menues dépenses... me sont devenues indispensables quoi que je fasse..." ["the money for overcoats... and as much for the journey and small expenses... have become indispensable to me whatever I do..."] and confesses to feeling better in Avignon: "... le climat d'Avignon me convient assez - je n'y ait pas du tout de fièvre, c'est ce qui fait je pense, que je bois si peu..." ["... the climate of Avignon suits me well enough - I have no fever at all here, which is why I think I drink so little..."]
The postcard depicts the Notre-Dame de Tout-Pouvoir chapel of Avignon cathedral.
An opium-addicted and inveterate alcoholic dandy, a poet unknown to the general public but admired by his peers, notably by José Luis Borges, Paul-Jean Toulet was a novelist (Monsieur du Paur, Mon amie Nane) but above all a master of poetic prose. His masterpiece Contrerimes, a collection of quatrains published after his death combining enclosed rhymes and crossed metrical structure, assured him posthumous success and inspired his poet friends including Francis Carco and Tristan Derème who, taking him as a model, proclaimed themselves "whimsical poets". Confessing that what he had loved most in the world were women, alcohol and landscapes, he died of a laudanum overdose, a substance derived from opium.

€600
Alain BOSQUET
Quatre testaments et autres poèmes
Gallimard|Paris 1967|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First collected edition, one of 45 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Two bookplates pasted to the front endpaper.
€60
Jean-Pierre COLOMBI
Leçons de ténèbres
Gallimard|Paris 1980|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Two bookplates pasted to the front endpaper.
€60
Léopold SURVAGE, Jean COCTEAU
Pégase
Nouveau cercle parisien du livre|Paris 1965|35 x 45 cm|relié sous chemise et étui
Nouveau cercle parisien du livre, Paris 1965, 35x45cm, morocco binding under custom chemise and slipcase.
"The idea of this book, bringing together poems by Jean Cocteau illustrated by Léopold Survage on the theme of Pegasus, had been submitted to the Poet and had pleased him. A few days before his death, he invited us to Milly-la-Forêt to hand over the texts and the preface he had specially written. But on the day of our appointment, he was no longer there" (afterword to Pégase).
Monumental folio edition illustrated with 10 original plates by Léopold Survage, one of 170 numbered copies on vélin d'arches, ours especially printed for Pierre-André Weill, director of the publication, extra-illustrated by the insertion of 4 duplicate suites of the plates all signed in pencil by Léopold Survage, i.e. 40 original prints signed by the artist.
First edition of Jean Cocteau's preface, followed by poems he selected from his collections Léone, Renaud et Armise, Neiges, Plain-Chant, Cherchez Apollon and Poésie 1920.
Half morocco binding, spine with illustrator's name lettered in gilt at foot, red suede strip at center of boards, wood patterned paper pastedowns and endleaves, all edges gilt, red half morocco custom slipcase with flaps, illustrator's name lettered in gilt at foot, some stains on the blue-grey felt lining, wood patterned paper boards, elegant unsigned binding by Lucie Weill, wife of the dedicatee and one of the most important female gallery owners of the 20th century.
While regular copies only include the 10 unsigned full-page and in text engravings, the colophon mentions a separate edition of "20 suites réimposées des burins originaux sur papiers à la main, vélin et Canton, et 20 suites sur papiers nacré et Hosho du Japon." (20 suites of the original burins on papiers à la main, vélin and Canton, and 20 suites on papiers nacrés and Hosho papers from Japan).
Our copy exceptionally includes every duplicate suite of the plates: 40 engravings in total, each signed in pencil by Léopold Survage.
The Au Pont des Arts gallery was founded in 1930 and run by Lucie and Pierre-André Weill. It published some of the finest artists' books by Picasso, Ernst, Masson, Braque, Derain, Herold, Survage and, of course, Cocteau, for whom it hosted major exhibitions from 1955 onwards. Upon the death of the poet and artist, the gallery became the headquarters of the Société des Amis de Jean Cocteau, and an important event was organized in his honor in 1967. For this reason, it is hardly surprising that our copy, the last collaboration between the poet and a modern artist, is preserved in a luxurious binding, a fitting tribute from the two gallery owners to their departed friend.
A very fine and unique copy of this monumental work, seldom found in a fine binding, with large format equestrian illustrations printed here on deluxe paper and signed by the artist.
Provenance : Collection Pierre-André and Lucie Weil, whose gallery on rue Bonaparte was a leading center of Modern Art from the 1930s onwards.
€8,000
Claude ROY
Le noir de l'aube
Gallimard|Paris 1990|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur chiffon de rives paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.
€100
Claude ROY
Sais-tu si nous sommes encore loin de la mer ?
Gallimard|Paris 1979|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 21 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
A handsome copy.
€100
Pierre OSTER
Les dieux
Gallimard|Paris 1970|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on wove paper, deluxe copy.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€120
Jean FOLLAIN
Espaces d'instants
Gallimard|Paris 1971|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Double bookplate pasted on the first endpaper.
Very handsome copy.
€120
Jean FOLLAIN
D'après tout
Gallimard|Paris 1967|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on wove paper, deluxe copy.
Double bookplate pasted on the first endpaper.
Very handsome copy.
€120
NORGE
Le stupéfait
Gallimard|Paris 1988|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€120
((Jacques PRÉVERT)) André HEINRICH
Album Prévert
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1992|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
First edition.
Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheep, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy complete with its glassine and slipcase.
€80
Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN
Plus loin
Mercure de France|Paris 1906|12 x 19 cm|broché
First collected edition on ordinary paper, with only 10 deluxe copies on Holland paper printed.
Light tears and marginal lacks to spine and covers.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Francis Viele-Griffin to American symbolist poet Stuart Merrill.
€120
Maurice ROLLINAT
Les névroses. Les âmes - Les luxures - Les refuges - les spectres - Les ténèbres
G. Charpentier|Paris 1883|13 x 20 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper, laid paper.

Modern half orange morocco slipcase binding. Smooth spine with title and author in black. Contemporary peacock-eye paper boards. Orange suede pastedowns and morocco spine. Work in original wrappers as issued with restorations to spine and lining of covers with period paper. Very fresh copy.
Handsome set.
€600
Adolphe RETTÉ
Poème quatrain en alexandrin autographe signé intitulé "Nocturne au parc" et dédié à Octave Uzanne
S. n.|s. l. 1895|21 x 31.50 cm|2 feuillets
Autograph poem signed by symbolist poet Adolphe Retté in alexandrine quatrains entitled "Nocturne au parc".
Crease marks inherent to postal folding.
The poem, 34 lines in black ink on two leaves and dedicated to Octave Uzanne, will appear in the collection entitled "L'archipel en fleurs" published in 1895 by "La bibliothèque artistique et littéraire":
"Nocturne au parc
A Octave Uzanne
Le parc, que le printemps vêt de feuilles nouvelles,
S'ensommeille aux chansons qui passent dans la brise
Et des roses en fleurs, pareilles à des belles,
Parfument les massifs dont la lune est éprise.
L'Avril tiède languit sous les lilas tremblants,
L'ombre est douce - oublieux des Hiers assassins,
Des couples enlacés se perdent à pas lents
Vers la charmille où l'eau songe dans les bassins.
Charmés de ce désir que leur âme sanglote,
Ceux-ci vont inquiets, naïfs qu'Amour embrase -
La lune au ciel en feu semble une chrysoprase
Et la brise, une femme étrange qui chuchote.
Toi, l'amante, tu ris, toi, l'amant, tu te fies
Aux serments suscités par la nuit printanière
Mais quel rêve joindra vos lèvres ennemies ?
L'une se dit farouche et l'autre est en prière.
Sois le faune et le fauve : étreins cette menteuse,
Ravis les yeux railleurs et le sein refusé...
Toi, folle, offre ta bouche où tremble le baiser !
Celle qui se soumet sera la plus heureuse.
Ivres d'un vin de soir, de fleurs et d'infini
Errez et mariez vos mains et vos paroles,
Que les astres, pour vous, luisent en auréoles,
Car vous êtes les dieux que le grand Pan bénit.
O fille de la Lune, ô fils des Prométhées
Demain nous reprendra vers la ville étrangère
Mais qu'importent les jours sombres et les années :
Vous avez eu la vie avec la primevère.
Vous êtes les infants d'Eros et les élus
Couronnant de lauriers un Avril séducteur...
Le ciel s'étoile d'ors lointains et votre coeur
D'un souvenir tout imprégné de jamais plus.
Adolphe Retté."
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€350
Charles FUSTER
Poème quatrain et tercet en alexandrin autographe signé intitulé "Au temps de Jeanne"
S. n.|s. l. 1889|20 x 17.50 cm|un feuillet
Autograph poem signed by Swiss poet Charles Fuster in alexandrine quatrains and tercets entitled "Au temps de Jeanne".
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The poem, 15 lines in black ink on one leaf, will appear in the Swiss French-language review "Le semeur" of June 25, 1889, of which Charles Fuster was editor-in-chief:
"Au temps de Jeanne
Quand la bonne Lorraine, en son pays de France,
Rythmait sa rêverie au bas des destriers,
Quand elle s'en allait aux combats meurtriers,
Vierge de flêtrissure et ferme d'espérance,
Quand les rameaux moussus et de calme apparence
Regardaient passer Jeanne auprès de leurs foeyrs,
Plus d'une fille, errant le long des peupliers,
Fut prise, désormais, d'une grande souffrance.
Plus d'une, en souvenir de l'héroïque enfant,
Voulut faire comme elle, et essayer souvent ;
Mais, si le coeur est bon, les muscles sont débiles,
Et c'est pourquoi, partout, le long des grands chemins,
on eût pu voir pleurer des femmes immobiles
Près d'un morceau de fer echappé de leurs mains.
Charles Fuster
92. Bard du Port-Royal. 92"
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€150
Ernest RAYNAUD
Poème quatrain et tercet autographe signé intitulé "Aquarelle"
S. n.|s. l. 1890|13 x 21 cm|un feuillet
Poem in Alexandrine quatrain and tercet, autograph signed by Swiss poet Charles Fuster, entitled "Au temps de Jeanne".
At the top of the poem, pencil annotations by an editor from Mercure de France.
The poem, 15 lines in black ink on a sheet, would appear in the "Mercure de France" review of September 1890 with a variant in the first stanza (: "la grâce de son visage" becoming in the final state "la peau de son visage")
"Aquarelle
C'est d'un grain de satin la grâce de son visage
Bleue à croire qu'un bleu reflet de lune y joue
Et le nez qui nuement fait ombre sur la joue
La grâce en a modelé tous les cartilages !
Le cold-cream obligeant fixe le bleu nuage
Du riz sur le satin éclatant de la joue
Et l'on surprend des reflets blancs de coquillage
A l'oreille, où sommeille un éclair de bijou.
La lèvre sensuelle et molle, où saignent comme
Des pourpres de pivoine et de géranium,
Esquisse un rire, déceleur de perles franches,
Et les yeux, ô les yeux ! quel éclair d'or ils ont,
Sous l'échafaudage artistique des frisons
Que parachève un papillon de soie orange !
Ernest Raynaud."
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€150
Gustave TERY
Poème inédit, quatrain en alexandrin autographe signé et intitulé "Silencieux"
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1890]|13.50 x 21.50 cm|un feuillet
Unpublished poem in Alexandrine quatrain, autograph signed by Gustave Téry, entitled "Silencieux".
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The poem, 14 lines in black ink on a sheet, is unpublished:
"Silencieux
Mes regards vous ont dit que je vous adorais.
Vous avez entendu leur prière muette,
[...]
Vous ne m'entretenez que de choses frivoles ;
Mais je lis, dans vos yeux, ce que vous me taisez.
Ne dites rien. Gardez vos lèvres aux baisers.
Et parlez à mon coeur la langue sans paroles.
[...]
Qu'il reste enseveli le secret de nos âmes !
Votre rêve est le mien. Ne parlez pas : j'entends.
G.T.."
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€200
FRANC-NOHAIN
Poème autographe signé intitulé "Sensations de lupanar" et dédié à Yves Guyot
S. n.|s. l. 1894|12 x 19 cm|2 feuillets
Autograph poem by poet Franc-Nohain entitled "Sensations de lupanar".
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The poem, 27 lines in black ink on two leaves, signed and dedicated to Yves Guyot, was included in the collection "Inattentions et sollicitudes" published in 1894 under the title "Sensations des endroits de luxure" with some variants concerning essentially the punctuation:
"Sensations de lupanar
A Yves Guyot
Très douce et mélancolique, la négresse,
Fredonnant quelque lascive bamboula, déroule ses tresses.
Do, ré, mi, do,
Pianos, pianos !
Mes soeurs, mes soeurs, allumez les bougies,
Nous allons commencer l'orgie !
Holà, ho, piquante soubrette,
Ne nous apporteras-tu pas quelque menthe verte ?
C'est vraiment un très beau coup d'oeil,
Tous ces divans, tous ces fauteuils,
et, de tous les côtés, des glaces,
De dos, de trois-quarts, et de face ;
Et ces peintures, lascives plutôt,
Où se joua le pinceau (je présume) de M. Bouguereau !..
Très douce et très mélancolique, la négresse,
Fredonnant quelque lascive bamboula, déroule ses tresses.
Certes, ce sont des raffinements, des luxes,
Que ne soupçonnèrent jamais les peuples Etrusques,
Et pourtant, quand on réfléchit bien,
On trouve que les Etrusques n'y perdaient rien.
Ces populations primitives
Avaient le coeur naif, avaient l'âme naïve :
Dans les maisons de prostitution,
C'est l'AMOUR que nous prostituons !
Très douce et mélancolique, la négresse,
Fredonnant quelque lascive bamboula, déroule ses tresses.
Franc-Nohain."

€250
FRANC-NOHAIN
Poème quatrain autographe signé intitulé "Du pays tourangeau""
S. n.|s. l. 1894|12 x 19 cm|1 feuillet
Autograph signed poem quatrain by poet Franc-Nohain entitled "Du pays tourangeau".
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The signed poem, 31 lines in black ink on one leaf, was included in the collection "Inattentions et sollicitudes" published in 1894 under the same title with some variants:
"Du pays tourangeau
Lai médiévite.
Du pays tourangeau
La belle châtelaine
Garnit de blanche laine
Son agile fuseau.
C'est Yette qu'on l'appelle,
Et Yette est la plus belle...
A tourné, pour se voir,
Les yeux vers son miroir :
Rajuste sa cornette,
Et se voit si proprette
Dedans ses, beaux atours,
- se fait une risette...
Ris, Yette,
Ris, Yette de Tours !
Un chant mélodieux
Chante sous sa fenêtre,
Et puis voici paraître,
Gentil page aux doux yeux.
- Oh ! dit-il, ô ma Dame,
Moult (1) amour ai dans l'âme ;
Si ne m'écoutez pas,
Pour moi c'est le trépas ! -
Mais point ne s'inquiète
La cruelle coquette :
Et rit de ses amours...
- Il s'est coupé la tête...
Ris, Yette,
Ris, Yette de Tours !
Franc-Nohain."
(1) moult (underlined word), beaucoup

€250
Camille de SAINTE-CROIX
Poème autographe inédit signé intitulé "Surprise"
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1890]|16 x 26 cm|une feuille
Unpublished autograph poem signed by Camille de Sainte-Croix entitled "Surprise" and dedicated to his wife whom he nicknamed Lène, mentioned in one stanza. Fold mark inherent to mailing.
At the top of the poem, 17 lines in black ink on a leaf, Camille de Sainte-Croix added this remark: "Mon cher Alphonse, veux-tu vers pour insérer ? Croix" ["My dear Alphonse, do you want verses to insert? Croix"], with a view to having it published in a review:
"Sous le sourire grave et fin d'un crépuscule
Et du fond de l'allée au feuillage rouillé,
J'ai vu venir un bel Amour tout dépouillé,
Et je lui fis un geste obscène et ridicule,
Presque fou, chevauchant un cheval à bascule,
J'étais le mécréant ivre, absurde et souillé
[...]
Il allait droit au but... Il est venu quand même."
Pour vaincre mon dandysme imbécile et moqueur,
Il m'a dit simplement : "Je souffre ! Ouvre ton coeur !"
Et j'ai trouvé l'accent pour répondre : "Je t'aime" !" ["Under the grave and subtle smile of twilight
And from the depths of the path with russet foliage,
I saw a beautiful Love come, quite stripped bare,
And I made an obscene and ridiculous gesture to him,
Almost mad, riding a rocking horse,
I was the drunken miscreant, absurd and soiled
[...]
He went straight to his goal... He came nonetheless."
To overcome my foolish and mocking dandyism,
He simply said to me: "I suffer! Open your heart!"
And I found the accent to reply: "I love you!"]

€450
Emmanuel DES ESSARTS
Poème autographe signé intitulé "Les vaincus"
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [Décembre 1864]|13 x 20.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph poem signed by Emmanuel Des Essarts titled "Les vaincus" and dedicated to Georges Callispéris.
The poem, 17 lines in black ink on a leaf, was published in the collection Les élévations in 1875 and finally dedicated to Severiano de Heredia.
"Les vaincus
A Georges Calispéris,
Résolu contempteur des triomphes iniques
J'abhorre la victoire où le Droit est absent
ma conscience alors se révolte et ressent
un obstiné dégoût de ces lauriers cyniques
A l'heure où se couchaient les soleils helléniques
Démosthène m'emporte en son vol frémissant
et j'escorte au forum Tullius dénonçant
Antoine et son opprobre aux échos ironiques
Que le fouet du vainqueur plaise à l'hégélien
Qu'il admire à genoux la force colossale,
Je connais sa doctrine et ne m'étonne en rien ;
Mais le succès jamais ne fera sa vassale
De mon âme fidèle à l'estime du Bien
Et je suis du parti qui succombe à Pharsale.
Emmanuel Des Essarts." ["The vanquished
To Georges Calispéris,
Resolute contemner of iniquitous triumphs
I abhor victory where Right is absent
my conscience then revolts and feels
an obstinate disgust for these cynical laurels
At the hour when the Hellenic suns were setting
Demosthenes carries me away in his trembling flight
and I escort to the forum Tullius denouncing
Antony and his opprobrium to ironic echoes
Let the victor's whip please the Hegelian
Let him admire on his knees the colossal force,
I know his doctrine and am not surprised at all;
But success will never make a vassal
Of my soul faithful to the esteem of Good
And I am of the party that succumbs at Pharsalus.
Emmanuel Des Essarts."]
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€450
Charles MONSELET
Sonnet autographe signé intitulé "Le sonnet du cochon" et dédié à un ami prénommé Thibaut
S. n.|s. l. 1854|13.50 x 21 cm|une feuille
Autograph signed sonnet by Charles Monselet entitled "Le sonnet du cochon".
The poem, 17 lines in black ink on one leaf, appeared in 1854 in "Sonnets gastronomiques" under the title "Le cochon":
"Le sonnet du cochon
A Thibaut
Car tout est bon en toi : chair, graisse, muscle, tripe !
On t'aime galantine, on t'adore boudin.
Ton pied, dont une sainte a consacré le type,
Empruntant son arôme au sol périgourdin,
Eut réconcilié Socrate avec Xanthippe,
Ton filet, qu'embellit le cornichon badin
Forme le déjeuner de l'humble citadin,
Et tu passes avant l'oie au frère Philippe.
Mérites précieux et de tous reconnus !
Morceaux marqués d'avance, innombrables, charnus !
Philosophe indolent qui mange et que l'on mange !
Comme dans notre orgueil nous sommes bien venus
et vouloir, n'est-ce pas, te reprocher ta fange,
Adorable cochon ! animal roi ! - cher ange !!!
Charles Monselet."
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€800
Gustave RIVET
Sonnet en alexandrin autographe signé intitulé "Amoroso" et dédié à Rodolphe Salis
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1890]|15 x 19 cm|une feuille
Alexandrine quatrain autograph signed poem by the poet Gustave Rivet entitled "Amoroso" which he dedicated to Rodolphe Salis, patron of the famous Montmartre cabaret "Le Chat noir" and creator of the weekly publication of the same name.
The poem (two quatrains and two tercets, 17 lines in black ink on one leaf), will appear in an 1887 issue of the magazine "Le Sylphe" under the title "Sonnet renaissance":
"Amoroso
A Rodolphe Salis
De cette heure de joie et d'extase inconnue
Veuillent les Dieux puissants avancer le retour,
Et me donner encor l'enchantement du jour
Où dedans mon logis ma maîtresse est venue.
Lors, elle, rougissant dans sa grâce ingénue
Découvrit de son corps l'harmonieux contour,
En l'entrecreux des seins nichait l'archer Amour ;
Et je crûs voir Vénus sortant de l'onde nue.
Mais jpense que ce fuste quelque nectar divin,
- tant suave il était, - ou maléfique vin,
Ou philtre que je bus aux baisers de sa bouche,
Car, depuis ce jour là qu'elle vint sur ma couche,
Un feu subtil me brûle ainsi que du poison,
Et comme un enivré j'ai perdu ma raison.
Gustave Rivet." ["Amoroso / To Rodolphe Salis / Of this hour of unknown joy and ecstasy / May the powerful Gods hasten the return, / And give me again the enchantment of the day / When into my dwelling my mistress came. / Then, she, blushing in her ingenuous grace / Revealed of her body the harmonious contour, / In the hollow between her breasts nestled the archer Love; / And I thought I saw Venus emerging from the naked wave. / But I think it was some divine nectar, / - so sweet it was, - or malefic wine, / Or philter that I drank from the kisses of her mouth, / For, since that day when she came to my bed, / A subtle fire burns me like poison, / And like one intoxicated I have lost my reason. / Gustave Rivet."]
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€150
FRANC-NOHAIN
Poème autographe signé intitulé "Quelques chameaux" et dédié à Paul Verlaine
S. n.|s. l. 1898|11.50 x 18 cm|une feuille
Autograph signed poem by the poet Franc-Nohain entitled "Quelques chameaux".
The poem, 15 lines in black ink on one leaf and dedicated to Paul Verlaine, was integrated into his second work, the collection of poems "Flûtes" published by Editions de La Revue Blanche in 1898 under the title "Chameaux":
"Quelques chameaux
A Paul Verlaine
J'ai connu, dans mon enfance, un vieux lapidaire
Qui avait fait emplette de trois ou quatre dromadaires,
A l'encan - ou peut-être même dans une liquidation,
Ce qui alors simplifierait beaucoup la question.
Il faudrait d'ailleurs, aimable lecteur, que je le confesse,
Ce n'était pas des dromadaires de la grosse espèce.
Mais ce n'était pas des petits dromadaires non plus :
Ils étaient de la bonne moyenne - et même un peu plus.
Par malheur le lapidaire dut les placer dans sa commode :
Les logements, à Paris, sont si incommodes.
Et alors les pauvres dromadaires
Sont tous morts PARCE QU'ILS N'AVAIENT PAS ASSEZ D'AIR.
Franc-Nohain." ["Some camels / To Paul Verlaine / I knew, in my childhood, an old lapidary / Who had purchased three or four dromedaries, / At auction - or perhaps even in a liquidation, / Which would then greatly simplify the question. / I should moreover, dear reader, confess to you, / These were not dromedaries of the large species. / But they were not small dromedaries either: / They were of good average size - and even a bit more. / Unfortunately the lapidary had to place them in his chest of drawers: / Lodgings, in Paris, are so inconvenient. / And then the poor dromedaries / All died BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH AIR. / Franc-Nohain."]
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€250
FRANC-NOHAIN
Poème autographe signé intitulé "La complainte de Monsieur Benoît" et dédié à Coquelin Cadet
S. n.|s. l. 1898|12 x 19 cm|une feuille
Autograph poem signed by poet Franc-Nohain entitled "La complainte de Monsieur Benoît".
The poem, 17 lines in black ink on a leaf, dedicated to Coquelin Cadet, was incorporated into his second work, the collection of poems Flûtes published by Editions de La Revue Blanche in 1898 under the same title but with some variants:
"La complainte de Monsieur Benoît
A Coquelin Cadet
Dans sa coquette maison de campagne de St Mandé,
Monsieur Benoît, hier matin, s'est suicidé.
On peut dire que c'est joliment désagréable pour sa famille,
Et il aurait peut-être aussi bien fait de se tenir tranquille.
Avec cela que c'est une fichue existence que je prévois,
(Dès lors), pour cette bonne Madame Benoît.
Cette pauvre Mademoiselle Benoît est également bien à plaindre,
Elle qui avait épouser un riche industriel de l'Indre.
Et le fils Benoît, un garçon si rangé et si travailleur...
Faut-il qu'il y ait des gens, tout de même, qui a du maheur !
Le plus dégoûtant est que c'est encore une histoire de femmes :
Chagrins d'amour... Monsieur Benoît était un vieux gaillard, bédame !
N'empêche que toute la famille est allée à l'enterrement ;
Et il faut avouer qu'il leur était bien difficile de faire autrement.
Franc-Nohain." ["The complaint of Monsieur Benoît
To Coquelin Cadet
In his charming country house in St Mandé,
Monsieur Benoît, yesterday morning, committed suicide.
One can say that it's quite unpleasant for his family,
And he might perhaps have done just as well to keep quiet.
What's more, it's a wretched existence that I foresee,
(From now on), for that good Madame Benoît.
That poor Mademoiselle Benoît is equally to be pitied,
She who was to marry a wealthy industrialist from Indre.
And young Benoît, such a well-behaved and hardworking boy...
There really must be people, all the same, who have misfortune!
Most disgusting is that it's still a story about women:
Love troubles... Monsieur Benoît was an old rascal, by Jove!
Nevertheless the whole family went to the funeral;
And one must admit that it would have been quite difficult for them to do otherwise.
Franc-Nohain."]
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€250
Charles MAURRAS
Pour Psyché
François Bernouard|Paris 1919|20.50 x 26 cm|relié
First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on laid Arches paper.
Bradel binding in half boards with vellum-style corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at tail, black shagreen title label with minor nicks, triple gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, speckled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, some rubbing to edges, contemporary binding.
Precious signed autograph inscription by Charles Maurras: "A madame Léon Daudet, en couleur de Pamprille petite fille, hommage de l'auteur, Charles Maurras." ["To Madame Léon Daudet, in the color of little Pamprille, tribute from the author, Charles Maurras."]

€250
Adolphe RETTÉ
Poème quatrain en alexandrin autographe signé intitulé "Les femmes au bord de la mer" et dédié au peintre Puvis de Chavannes
S. n.|s. l. 1895|13.50 x 19 cm|une feuille
Autograph signed alexandrine quatrain poem by the symbolist poet Adolphe Retté entitled "Les femmes au bord de la mer".
The poem, 19 lines in black ink on one leaf and dedicated to the painter Puvis de Chavannes, would appear in issue No.1 of January 1895 of the symbolist review 'L'ermitage' with some variants:
"Les femmes au bord de la mer
A Puvis de Chavannes
Calyste, Noémie et la triste Négère
Eprises des flots purs dont le chant les câline,
Sur le roc où languit une flore marine
Rêvent d'amour étrange et de grève étrangère.
Calyste est toute grave et pleure Noémie,
Ouit l'hymne fuyant de plaintives sirènes,
La brise les adule et soupire leurs peines -
Et Négère confine une fée ennemie.
Le ciel s'épanouit en pâles violettes,
La mer dort son sommeil de déesse perfide,
Vers l'horizon paré de brume et d'or limpide
Ondule un peuple lent de vagues inquiètes.
Quel héros aux beaux yeux guidera sa galère
Au port où veille triple et tentante la femme
Et viendra délivrer, leur apportant une âme,
Calyste, Noémie, et la triste Négère ? ...
Adolphe Retté."
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€300
COLLECTIF, Roger de LA FRESNAYE
Sagesse, Cahiers de littérature et d'art N°13
Sagesse|Paris Automne 1930|18 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Handsome copy despite small stains on the back cover.
Contributions by Géo Norge "Dieu, mon dieu", Adrien Copperie "Confusion des arts", Fernand Marc "Cette monnaie d'oiseaux"...
Issue illustrated with reproductions of works by Roger de La Fresnaye, Jean Marembert, Georges Papazoff...
€80
COLLECTIF, Pablo PICASSO
Sagesse, Cahiers de littérature et d'art N°15 &16
Sagesse|Paris Printemps-Eté 1931|18 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition.
A handsome copy despite small marginal foxing on the boards, a minute tear at the head of the second board.
Contributions by Lorna Rea "L'esprit souffle où il veut" translated by Odette Chauvet-Villard, Géo Norge "Poëmes", Ivan Goll "Mélusine"...
Issue illustrated with reproductions of works by Pablo Picasso, Giorgio de Chirico, Marie Laurencin, Victor Servranckx, Alexander Calder, Jacques Maret...
€80
Charles NODIER
Collection des petits classiques françois dite "Collection de la Duchesse de Berry" [avec] Fables de Fénelon, Poésies diverses de Charles Nodier, Poésies de madame Evelines Désormery et Esquisses poétiques par Edouard Turquety
N. Delangle • Ladvocat • Rapilly|Paris 1825-1829|10.20 x 15.50 cm|12 volumes reliés
Collective edition dedicated to Duchesse de Berry issued at 500 copies, one of 25 copies on hollande.
Half long-grained Bradel morocco binding. Smooth spine elaborately gilt lengthwise, title lettered in gilt, gilt date at foot, original green covers preserved (except for Les Poésies de Charles Nodier bound without original covers, and Poésies de madame Evelines Désormery bound with its covers without the original spine), untrimmed. Elegant Romantic imitation bindings signed Carayon. A very fine set, rare in this condition.
Complete 8-volume collection, edited and prefaced for every volume by Charles Nodier: Voyage de Chapelle et Bachaumont, La Guirlande de Julie par M. de Montausier, Diverses poésies du Chevalier d'Aceilly, Conjuration du Comte de Fiesque par le Cardinal de Retz, Oeuvres choisies de Sénécé, Oeuvres choisies de Sarrasin, Madrigaux de Monsieur de la Sablière, Relation des campagne de Rocroi et de Fribourg par Henri de Bessé.
It includes 4 additional volumes not belonging to the collection Fables de Fénelon (Rapilly, 1826), Poésies diverses de Charles Nodier (Delangle et Ladvocat, 1827), Poésies de madame Evelines Désormery (Delangle, 1828), Esquisses poétiques par Edouard Turquety (Delangle, 1829).
Signed and inscribed by Charles Nodier to Alphonse de Cailleux on the half-title of his collection of poems in first edition: "Si ce petit livre valait la peine d'être offert, je l'aurais offert à mon bon ami Alphonse de Cailleux" [If this little book were ever worth offering, I would offer it to my good friend Alphonse de Cailleux].
A very fine set of Romantic bindings by Carayon, one of the most important bookbinders of the late 19th century.
€4,000
Carlo RIM
Deux dessins originaux au feutre noir représentant le visage de son grand ami le poète André Salmon, l'un de profil, l'autre de face, les deux affectés d'une moue triste
s. l. s. d. [circa 1960]|16 x 13 cm|une feuille
Two original drawings in black felt-tip pen depicting the face of his great friend the writer and poet André Salmon from two angles: one in profile and the other face-on, both sketching a sad pout.
The drawing, executed on tracing paper, is signed in black felt-tip pen: "Carlo Rim".
A small tear and light creases in the margins of the fragile sheet of tracing paper.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was particularly the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.
€100
Gédéon TALLEMANT DES RÉAUX
Historiettes, volume I
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1960-1970|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full red grained sheep binding, grey top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Handsome copy complete with its cellophane wrapper, dust jacket and soft slipcase.
€40
Robert de MONTESQUIOU
Lettre autographe signée de Robert de Montesquiou à propos de ses poèmes qu'il conseille de son correspondant
S. n.|s. l. 14 décembre 1906|30.50 x 19.50 cm|une page
Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 24 lines written in black ink on tracing paper, addressed probably to his friend and bibliographer, the critic Henri Lapauze.
"Pavillon des Muses,
Cher ami, je vous recommande, entre autres, Mortuis Ignotis, Sunt lacrymae hominum (dont les deux derniers vers sont beaux, je crois, & les sonnets de dédicace. J'ai été heureux de vous revoir, tous les deux, en le cadre étonnant, & charmant, qui nous promet des heures heureuses. Souvenirs envieux de mon "plus petit palais". Robert de M. 14 déc 06" ["Pavillon des Muses,
Dear friend, I recommend to you, among others, Mortuis Ignotis, Sunt lacrymae hominum (of which the last two verses are beautiful, I believe, & the dedication sonnets. I was happy to see you both again, in the astonishing and charming setting, which promises us happy hours. Envious memories of my 'smallest palace'. Robert de M. 14 Dec 06"]
Fold marks inherent to being placed in an envelope, Henri Lapauze has inscribed".

€300
Charles BAUDELAIRE
Les Fleurs du malFlowers of Evil
Poulet Malassis & De Broise|Paris 1861|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
The second édition originale on ordinary paper. Fifteen hundred copies had been printed, plus 4 on chine paper, a few copies on hollande and on vélin.
Complete with the portrait of the author by Félix Bracquemond (often missing), here in first state on papier chine pasted on the page (before letters, i.e. “L'Artiste” on top of the portrait).
Orange half cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine double ruled in gilt, gilt date at foot, slightly scratched brown shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, slightly later 19th-century binding.

Mistakenly considered as “partly original”, this edition was entirely revised by the author, with 35 newly composed poems and 55 “deeply rewritten” poems [profondément remaniés] among the 129 poems. This true new first edition of Les Fleurs du Mal is the culmination of Baudelaire's grand œuvre and the only text of reference for foreign language translations.
€10,000
Alphonse ALLAIS, Jean AJALBERT
Le Chat noir N°253 de la cinquième année du samedi 13 novembre 1886
Au cabaret Le Chat noir|Paris 1886|31 x 45 cm|en feuillets
First edition, one of the rare copies printed on laid paper.
This issue consists of 4 pages and is illustrated with a comic strip by Henry Somm "... Et que Boudha t'accompagne ! ..."
Literary contributions by Alphonse Allais "Le temps bien employé", Jean Ajalbert "Paysages de femmes", Pierre Mille, George Auriol...
Le Chat noir is a weekly review created by Rodolphe Salis and Emile Goudeau, published from 1882 to 1897, with the aim of promoting the famous cabaret of the same name, serving as its memory. It published texts recited during the performances. It constitutes, moreover, an important literary and artistic testimony of the end of the 19th century, centered around bohemian life and the Parisian effervescence that characterized it.
€60
Georges COURTELINE, Jean RICHEPIN
Le Chat noir N°254 de la cinquième année du samedi 20 novembre 1886
Au cabaret Le Chat noir|Paris 1886|31 x 45 cm|en feuillets
First edition, one of the rare copies printed on laid paper.
This issue consists of 4 pages and is illustrated with a comic strip by Théophile Alexandre Steinlen "Actualité brûlante".
Literary contributions by Francisque Sarcey "Chronique du bon sens", Jean Richepin "Le chat noir", Abel Hamel "Qui a bu ne peut plus boire", Georges Courteline "Madame Dieu-nous-voit"...
Le Chat noir is a weekly review created by Rodolphe Salis and Emile Goudeau, published from 1882 to 1897, with the aim of promoting the famous cabaret of the same name, serving as its memory. It published texts recited during the performances. It constitutes, moreover, an important literary and artistic testimony of the end of the 19th century, centered around bohemian life and the Parisian effervescence that characterized it.
€60
Charles CROS, Albert SAMAIN
Le Chat noir N°199 de la quatrième année du samedi 31 octobre 1885
Au cabaret Le Chat noir|Paris 1885|31 x 45 cm|en feuillets
First edition, one of the rare copies printed on laid paper.
The issue consists of 4 pages and is illustrated with a drawing by Oswald Heidbrink.
Literary contributions by Charles Cros "La science de l'amour (suite)", Albert Samain "Nocturne", Rodolphe Salis...
Le Chat noir is a weekly magazine created by Rodolphe Salis and Emile Goudeau, published from 1882 to 1897, with the aim of promoting the famous cabaret of the same name, serving as its chronicle. It published texts recited during performances. It also forms an important literary and artistic testimony of the late nineteenth century, centered around bohemian life and the Parisian effervescence that characterized it.
€80
Alphonse ALLAIS, Henry SOMM
Le Chat noir N°247 de la cinquième année du samedi 2 octobre 1886
Au cabaret Le Chat noir|Paris 1886|31 x 45 cm|en feuillets
First edition, one of the rare copies printed on laid paper.
The issue consists of 4 pages and is illustrated with a comic strip by Henry Somm: "Dévouement et repentir".
Literary contributions by Rodolphe Salis "La dévotion de Jacques de Pissardière illustré de 2 dessins de Théophile Alexandre Steinlen", text dedicated to Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, Alphonse Allais "Une mauvaise blague", George Auriol...
Handsome copy.
Le Chat noir is a weekly magazine created by Rodolphe Salis and Emile Goudeau, published from 1882 to 1897, with the aim of promoting the famous cabaret of the same name, serving as its chronicle. It published texts recited during performances. It also forms an important literary and artistic testimony of the late nineteenth century, centered around bohemian life and the Parisian effervescence that characterized it.
€100

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First editions and fine papers of poetry collections, lyrical works, poems in verse and prose, calligrams

Le livre de mariage

Maïka

Poésies inédites - L'exemplaire d'Alphonse de Lamartine

Ruskin et la religion de la beauté

La Chanson des Cabots

Vigies. - In Sixième cahier de habitude de la poésie

Poèmes

Quelque chose en moi. In La nouvelle revue de Paris : Le surréalisme et ses insoumis

Poésie chinoise - In Vagabondages N°48

D'un réalisme sans rivages - Picasso, Saint-John Perse, Kafka

" Notez que les fraudes sont parfois le fait de l'imprimeur. Ce que j'ai vu arriver pour des ouvrages de luxe."Autograph letter addressed to the jurist Adrien Raisin Dadre on publishing contracts and the control of luxury editions

Lettre autographe adressée à Roger Nimier

Lettre autographe signée à Henri Lavedan à propos de son dernier ouvrage "Petites Fêtes"

"... je vous serais, en outre, très obligé, cher monsieur, de vouloir bien me réserver un exemplaire en grand papier des Contrerimes de Toulet..."Autograph letter addressed to a bookseller asking him to reserve first editions

Les yeux ouverts

"... Soyez assez bonne pour ne pas m'en vouloir de mon inexactitude forcée..."Autograph letter to a friend apologizing for not being able to keep an appointment

"... j'attends donc votre retour à Paris et un signe de vous qui me fasse accourir..."Autograph letter addressed to his cousin the Baroness de Charnisay

"Non, je n'ai pas de roman pour Femina, ni pour personne. Le prochain, problématique, est promis à la Revue de Paris..."Autograph letter addressed to Roger Nimier

"... je viens de relire Psyché avec grande joie. Mais ceci n'est que pour vous remercier de l'envoi..."Autograph letter, dated and signed, addressed to a fellow writer about the sending of his latest work

Book of the poets. Chaucer to Beattie. Modern poets

"... dans ma fureur d'être si mal compris par mes critiques..."Autograph letter dated and signed to Georges Raillard

Poëmes

Les yeux dans le rocher

Sueur de sang

"Puis-je compter lire l'Ermitage à Biarritz où le soleil et la mer s'unissent en un rythme parfait ?"Autograph letter, dated and signed, addressed to Edouard Ducoté about Julia Daudet's niece, whom he wishes to have published in the Hermitage

"... J'ai vu Gide à ce sujet ; il a accepté de participer d'une façon modeste à la consolidation financière de cette revue utile... "Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Edouard Ducoté about the rescue of the magazine Antée threatened with disappearance

"... que de tristesses depuis notre déjeuner à St Rémy ! C'est le dernier moment agréable que j'ai vécu depuis de longs mois, et je vous le dois..."Autograph letter signed to Marthe Daudet thanking her for her comforting words after the death of her sister

"... il y a en vous cette gravité que connait seul l'homme qui sait sourire..."Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Edouard Ducoté

"... seuls les médiocres, ceux du Parnasse sont exclus de ma bibliothèque..." Autograph note, dated and signed, addressed to Edouard Ducoté evoking his favorite poets and his readings

Lettre autographe signée à un confrère écrivain afin d'entretenir la mémoire du poète Philoxène Boyer en faisant publier l'une de ses oeuvres

"... c'est décidément un vieil homme, et un vieux malade qui vous prie d'agréer mes respectueuses et très vives sympathies.."Autograph letter signed to Marthe Daudet

"... Depuis longtemps fidèle lecteur de l'Action Française, je serais très désireux que votre journal parle d'un ouvrage Français, écrit par un Français...".."Autograph letter, dated and signed, asking Léon Daudet to write an article about his first book "The Officer Without a Name"

Le livre du doute et de la grâce

Sonnets pour une fin de siècle

"...j'en ai plusieurs que je veux réserver pour l'épreuve d'une lecture sévère, avant de les livrer à la publicité"Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Edouard Ducoté

"...mais je reste songeur en apprenant qu'ils vous ont paru pires que ceux de Retté..."Autograph letter, dated and signed, addressed to Edouard Ducoté about a poem that he recommended to him for his magazine without first reading it

"... je ne comprends pas l'exclusivisme du Mercure, il m'a étonné et peiné.."Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Edouard Ducoté which was refused by the Mercure de France

Ensemble de trois lettres manuscrites signées, d'un jeu d'épreuves corrigées et d'un tapuscrit corrigé de Pierre Mac Orlan pour sa préface à Embruns de son ami le poète artésien Roger Valuet

Lettre autographe signée au jeune Léon Daudet lui donnant rendez-vous

"... et je pense tendrement à la mémoire de mon cher Alphonse Daudet..."Autograph letter, dated and signed, to his friend Léon Daudet about the death of his father Alphonse a few days earlier

"... Excusez le vieux monsieur qui ne passe plus ni soirées ni se couche après minuit..."Autograph letter dated and signed to Marthe Daudet refusing his invitation to participate in the New Year's Eve party on December 25th

Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée à Edouard Ducoté : "...l'occurrence n'est pas tragique, si ce n'est par une scandaleuse exhibition de bêtise : car le journaliste m'a paru de bonne foi ! "

Obra poetica 1923-1964

Lettre autographe datée et signée à Léon Daudet à propos d'une conférence qu'il donne à Lyon sur la poésie de Paris

Quatre poëmes d'Eurydice

Introduction à une nouvelle poésie et à une nouvelle musique

".... accordez-moi un délai, qui sera le moins possible... je vous promets des vers..."Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Edouard Ducoté

".... vous savez le goût que j'ai pour votre manière, de légère ironie et de cette vérité, toujours un peu risible pour qui sait la voir..."Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Edouard Ducoté

".... je vous remercie de votre dédicace où je peux voir l'expression d'une sympathie qui m'est précieuse..."Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Edouard Ducoté

Lettre autographe datée et signée à propos d'un règlement qu'il vient de recevoir pour une de ses contributions chez Jean-Jacques Pauvert

"Mais Solange a beaucoup engraissé - d'une joue..."Signed autograph postcard addressed to his nephew nicknamed Mi giving him news of the family

Carte postale autographe signée et adressée à sa chère soeur Jane

"... je n'ai pas diminué le lauda sans pourtant en faire trop d'abus. Il est inutile de m'en envoyer en Avignon..."Autograph postcard addressed to his dear cousin Mauricia

Quatre testaments et autres poèmes

Leçons de ténèbres

Pégase

Le noir de l'aube

Sais-tu si nous sommes encore loin de la mer ?

Les dieux

Espaces d'instants

D'après tout

Le stupéfait

Album Prévert

Plus loin

Les névroses. Les âmes - Les luxures - Les refuges - les spectres - Les ténèbres

Poème quatrain en alexandrin autographe signé intitulé "Nocturne au parc" et dédié à Octave Uzanne

Poème quatrain et tercet en alexandrin autographe signé intitulé "Au temps de Jeanne"

Poème quatrain et tercet autographe signé intitulé "Aquarelle"

Poème inédit, quatrain en alexandrin autographe signé et intitulé "Silencieux"

Poème autographe signé intitulé "Sensations de lupanar" et dédié à Yves Guyot

Poème quatrain autographe signé intitulé "Du pays tourangeau""

Poème autographe inédit signé intitulé "Surprise"

Poème autographe signé intitulé "Les vaincus"

Sonnet autographe signé intitulé "Le sonnet du cochon" et dédié à un ami prénommé Thibaut

Sonnet en alexandrin autographe signé intitulé "Amoroso" et dédié à Rodolphe Salis

Poème autographe signé intitulé "Quelques chameaux" et dédié à Paul Verlaine

Poème autographe signé intitulé "La complainte de Monsieur Benoît" et dédié à Coquelin Cadet

Pour Psyché

Poème quatrain en alexandrin autographe signé intitulé "Les femmes au bord de la mer" et dédié au peintre Puvis de Chavannes