Signed Books, Presentation Copies

First edition.
Small lacks of paper at head of first cover and at foot of second due to price labels that were poorly removed, one stain at foot of spine.
Autograph inscription signed by Théodore Monod to a man named Germain.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Copy complete with publisher's wraparound band.
Signed autograph inscription from Jean Freustié to Hélène de le Brusse.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
A minor tear to head of slightly sunned spine.
Signed autograph inscription from Yves Farge to Carlo Rim and his wife Alice : "Aux deux Rim, un vieil ami." ["To the two Rims, an old friend."]
Carlo Rim, author of "Ma belle Marseille", was a Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker and friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol as well as André Salmon and Max Jacob.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy with the illustrated dust jacket.
Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Jean Dutourd to historian Max Gallo: "... que j'espère vivement voir un jour sur les bancs de mon école..."

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Illustrated cover and frontispiece decorated with a drawing by Albert Dubout.
Foreword by Jean Gabin.
Spine slightly sunned, a small lack of paper on second cover, a light dampstain at lower right corner of first cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Fernand Trignol to his friend Carlo Rim.
Carlo Rim inscribed his name below the inscription and pasted a clipping from a press article in which Fernand Trignol appears as Grand Chamberlain of the court of Warsaw in the film Tarass-Boulba alongside Charles David and Carlo Rim, dialogue writer, with Jacques Natanson, of this film by Alexis Granowsky released in 1936.
Provenance: from the library of the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably friend to Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also to André Salmon and Max Jacob.

First edition, one of 590 numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue after 10 copies on Japan paper.
Spine and boards lightly and marginally sunned without consequence.
Signed and inscribed by Jean-Victor Pellerin to Carlo Rim.
Carlo Rim, author of "Ma belle Marseille," was a Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker and friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol as well as André Salmon and Max Jacob.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Dated autograph inscription signed by Jean Rouaud to Didier Damoiseau.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Bourgeade to Jorge Amat: "... à lire dans le métro."

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Three small blue stains to first cover.
Signed autograph inscription from Jean d'Ormesson to Madame Dolzani.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Small tears to spine.
Signed autograph inscription from Yves Farge to Carlo Rim : "... ce petit manuel de civilité puérile et honnête..." ["... this little manual of childish and honest civility..."]
Carlo Rim, author of "Ma belle Marseille", was a Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker and friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol as well as André Salmon and Max Jacob.

First edition, one of 151 numbered copies on ivory laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy.
Dated and signed autograph inscription from Michel Bulteau to a woman named Vi : "... ce petit manuel de civilité puérile et honnête..." ["... this little manual of childish and honest civility..."]
At the colophon, our copy is enriched with an original collage signed and dated by Michel Bulteau which he has heightened with black and yellow pencils.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy illustrated with humorous drawings by the author.
Signed autograph inscription from Remo Forlani to Eric Westphal.

First edition, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Spine sunned.
Signed autograph inscription from Yves Farge to Carlo Rim and his wife Alice : "... ce petit recueil de souvenirs - parfaitement imaginés - du temps de ma jeunesse provençale..." ["... this small collection of memories - perfectly imagined - from the time of my Provençal youth..."]
Carlo Rim, author of "Ma belle Marseille", was a Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker and friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol as well as André Salmon and Max Jacob.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A handsome copy despite slight marginal creases to the first cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Guy Konopnicki to Eric Roussel "... qui retrouvera quelques morceaux d'histoire..." ["... who will find some pieces of history..."]

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Second cover marginally sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Bertrand de Castelbajac to Monsieur Caster: "... cet exemplaire plus agréable à lire qu'un manuscrit." ["... this copy more pleasant to read than a manuscript."]

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine faded, small worming on edges, two marginal creases on front cover.
Fine autograph inscription signed by A.D.G. to his friend the film-maker Jean-Pierre Richard (asterisk): "Pour l'immense Jean-Pierre Richard, ce grand sud calédonien qui n'est que le rejeton (un peu obèse) de nos mystères de New York, nos corsaires triplex, nos rabouins et nos chéri-Bibi d'auytrefois, avec l'amitié fraternelle de son bon jeune camarade. ADG Paris le 17 III 2003 ; astérisque : et pour Michèle et Antoine : c'est lui qui a exigé ce format." ["For the immense Jean-Pierre Richard, this great Caledonian southerner who is only the offspring (a bit obese) of our New York mysteries, our triplex corsairs, our rabouins and our beloved Bibi of yesteryear, with the fraternal friendship of his good young comrade. ADG Paris 17 III 2003; asterisk: and for Michèle and Antoine: he's the one who demanded this format."]

First edition.
A handsome copy despite small stains at the foot of the last endpaper.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Darcy Ribeiro, in Portuguese, to Alice Raillard, French translator of Lusophone writers.
A label has been pasted below the autograph inscription which extends slightly onto it.

Autograph letter signed by René Clair addressed to his friend the Provençal writer, caricaturist, screenwriter and filmmaker Carlo Rim.
(14 lines in black ink), fold marks inherent to being placed in an envelope.
"29 Nov. 51
Dear Carlo I thank you for your letter. Yes, I think it would be good for you to send a letter in the name of the A.F.F. to the Director General, a letter which could be inspired by the one signed by de Sica and by me. That would help us greatly. Thank you in advance and no less very affectionately René Clair."

First edition.
One crease to upper left corner of second cover.
Photographic section at end of volume.
Signed and inscribed copy from Nicole Calfan to Jean-Pierre Richard.

Autograph letter signed by Léo Larguier addressed to Carlo Rim, 14 lines written in black ink, congratulating him on a recent newspaper article he devoted to the Stavisky affair.
Fold marks inherent to posting, a tear in the left margin of the letter at the fold level.
"Mon bon ami. Je viens de lire dans Vu votre article. Stavisky et je veux vous dire combien il m'a touché. C'est très fort ces raccourcis, ces ellipses cruelles, et c'est un art inouï si ce n'est pas naturel. Dans l'un ou l'autre cas, vous êtes un écrivain que j'avais deviné et je m'y connais un peu, vous savez. J'ai voulu vous le dire. Vous pouvez ficher ma lettre au feu. Hommages et affections. Léo Larguier." ["My good friend. I have just read your article in Vu. Stavisky and I want to tell you how much it moved me. These shortcuts, these cruel ellipses are very powerful, and it is an extraordinary art if it is not natural. In either case, you are a writer that I had sensed and I know a little about it, you know. I wanted to tell you so. You can throw my letter in the fire. Regards and affections. Léo Larguier."]
Carlo Rim, author of Ma belle Marseille, was a Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker and friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
A light tear at foot of spine, front cover with small marginal stains.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Jean Pierre Dorian to Carlo Rim and his wife who had taken the pen name Caro Canaille.
Carlo Rim, author of "Ma belle Marseille", was a Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker and friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Remarkable autograph inscription doubly signed by San Antonio-Frédéric Dard to Michel Cazes: "... cette mauvaise littérarure alimentaire moins nourrissante que la sienne ! Des deux mains. Lip lip Hura !" ["... this bad commercial literature less nourishing than his! With both hands. Lip lip Hurray!"]

First collected edition.
Light tears to spine, very lightly sunned without any gravity, endpapers partially shadowed due to the presence of press clippings.
Autograph inscription signed by Silvina Ocampo to her friend Ema Risso Platero: "Ah, Emita, te extraño ya. Silvina" ["Ah, Emita, I miss you already. Silvina"].
Ema Risso Platero, Uruguayan diplomat, was a painter, poet, writer (she notably published Arquitecturas del insomnio with a prologue by Borges) and was a friend of Michel Foucault and Jorge Luis Borges.

First edition, one of the copies from the first printing.
Half wine-red sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motifs and gilt volume numbering, spine lightened, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Preface by Pierre Louÿs.
Signed autograph inscription from Paul Fort to Marius Vallabrègues.

First edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription by Auguste Anglès, at the head of the first volume, to a couple of friends named Eric and Martine: "A Eric, pour qu'il en parle, et à Martine, pour qu'elle ne lise pas cela, en amitié !" ["To Eric, so he may speak of it, and to Martine, so she won't read this, in friendship!"]
We include three signed autograph letters by Auguste Anglès (dated November 27 and December 8, 1964, and April 10, 1978), the first two on letterhead from the Maison française of Oxford University, addressed to his friend named Eric.

First edition on edition laid paper, only 10 copies printed on Japan paper in deluxe format.
Spine and covers marginally and lightly browned, tiny corner tears to covers, handsome interior condition.
Rare copy of Georges Duhamel's first work.
Autograph inscription dated 1920 signed by Georges Duhamel to Ronald Davis: "... ce livre déjà ancien..." ["... this already old book..."]

First edition.
Spine very lightly sunned without any gravity, final endpaper partially shadowed due to the presence of a press cutting.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Silvina Ocampo to her friend Ema Risso Platero: "A Emita, para que no me olvide en los jardines del mundo en donde hay verdes... que nos dan y temura. Silvina 1963." ["To Emita, so that she doesn't forget me in the gardens of the world where there are greens... that give us tenderness. Silvina 1963."]
Ema Risso Platero, Uruguayan diplomat, was a painter, poet, writer (she notably published Arquitecturas del insomnio with a prologue by Borges) and was a friend of Michel Foucault and Jorge Luis Borges.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Light foxing to margins of covers.
Autograph inscription signed by Gaston Puel to Régine Deforges.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Precious and fine autograph inscription signed by Louis Aragon to Maurice Druon: "A Maurice Druon, à l'homme invisible, son ami présent. Aragon" ["To Maurice Druon, to the invisible man, his present friend. Aragon"] with an additional autograph inscription signed by Francis Crémieux: "Ca va être ton tour. Ton creux frère. Francis." ["It's going to be your turn. Your hollow brother. Francis."]

First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by André Dhôtel to Claude Couffon: "... en souvenir amical de la revue 84..." ["in friendly remembrance of the review 84..."]

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Marina Vlady to a woman named Anne-Thérèse.

New Year's greetings card for 1979 illustrated with a lithograph by Emile Gilioli on the front cover and bearing this autograph inscription signed by the painter to his friend, art critic Georges Raillard, who is not named:
"Merci de vos voeux l'article était très bien. Bonne année 1979. Bonne santé. Babet et Emile Gilioli." ["Thank you for your wishes, the article was very good. Happy New Year 1979. Good health. Babet and Emile Gilioli."]
Fine copy.

New edition.
Half green morocco binding with corners, spine faded and sunned with four raised bands, bands set with black fillets, combed paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, original wrappers and spine preserved, upper corners slightly bumped, binding signed by Lucie Weill.
Autograph inscription signed by Georges Fourest to the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob: "A Carlo Rime hommage de l'auteur Georges Fourest" ["To Carlo Rime tribute from the author Georges Fourest"] enriched with an autograph inscription signed by José Corti who added the word sic to underline the mistake made by Georges Fourest in the dedicatee's surname."

Autograph letter signed by Joséphin Peladan addressed to Marius Richard, Carlo Rim's father (12 lines in black ink). Fold marks inherent to mailing. Tiny lacks to lower right corner of the sheet, marginal foxing.
Interesting letter in which the occultist writer expresses his wish to meet Jean Jaurès, fervent admirer of Sâr Peladan's writings, through Marius Richard, Jean Jaurès's faithful companion.
"Dear confrère of the soul, you have excited my desire to see Jaurès. Would you, if there is still time, obtain an appointment with him for me. In haste & will write to you one of these days. Your Péladan. 24 Rue A. de Neuville"

Autograph signed letter card from Fernandel, on letterhead from his property L'Oustau de la Mar at Carry-le-Rouet, addressed to his great friend the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim, who was also his biographer.
(10 lines in turquoise ink, the ink having smudged on three words).
"18 Sept 1951
My dear Carlo,
I leave tomorrow for Italy, but I haven't forgotten you. You will receive documentation and manuscript pages "My memoirs" published by "Ce soir" in 1938, you will thus have all the details from my birth and my different jobs before being an artist (at least I believe so). Affectionately Fernandel."

Autograph letter signed by Gus Bofa addressed to his friend Carlo Rim (10 lines written in black ink).
Amusing thank-you letter for the sending of charcuterie also mentioning the painter Henri Jamet: "[...] votre dernière lettre fait bien de l'honneur à cette rosette. Je vous remercie pour elle. J'espère que vous faites provision de bon air pur en notre beau pays. Je ne vous savais pas, aussi, jurassien. En vieillissant je commence à découvrir combien il me manque d'avoir un pays natal ! [...] Je suis allé voir votre Jamet. C'est un bien gentil garçon. J'ai vu sa galerie de tableaux. Cet homme candide accomplit, avec une grande foi, une oeuvre de démolition assez féroce, dont il n'a aucunement conscience !" ["[...] your last letter does great honor to this sausage. I thank you for it. I hope you are taking in plenty of good fresh air in our beautiful country. I didn't know you were also from the Jura. As I age I'm beginning to discover how much I lack having a native land! [...] I went to see your Jamet. He's a very nice fellow. I saw his gallery of paintings. This candid man accomplishes, with great faith, a rather fierce work of demolition, of which he has no consciousness whatsoever!"]
Carlo Rim, author of "Ma belle Marseille," was a Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker and friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol as well as André Salmon and Max Jacob.

Autograph letter signed by André Salmon addressed to his great friend Carlo Rim. 41 lines written in black ink. Fold marks inherent to being placed in an envelope, a tear in the left margin of the letter at the level of the fold.
Fine letter in which Salmon apologizes for his silence after the publication of a work, probably Mélisande et l'automate: " Cher Carlo, tu entreprends assez, sans toujours trop d'aises, pour, je l'espère, me comprendre et me pardonner. Tu voudras bien aussi penser que ramant comme je rame, je le fais en vieux rameur. Tout ça pour t'exprimer, en quête d'excuses, ma confusion de ne pas t'avoir écrit plus vite mon ravissement à la lecture de ton livre. J'envie (mot illisible) d'avoir été plus libre que moi. Président malgré moi, j'ai dû m'incliner devant un règlement inexistant, mais certaines considérations : le temps manquait à la plupart de lire le livre non envoyé "au titre de la candidature" outre que deux membres non parisiens n'en pouvaient avoir aucune connaissance. Il y avait beaucoup à dire sur les votes par correspondance dont la valeur n'est à reconnaître, selon moi, qu'au premier jour. Ton livre, je te le dis tout net, était le meilleur et j'ajoute le mieux capable de "porter le prix". D'abord c'est un livre de poète servi par l'art d'un vrai romancier. J'attends sans patience le film que tu dois en tirer. Avec ce livre, cher Carlo, tu fais revivre tout un printemps poétique dont il reste ... quoi ?... Un vieux bourgeon, si j'ose cette image, ton vieil ami ! Il est malséant de parler de soi, pourtant c'est le plus commode pour s'exprimer sans phrase : quand, moins de trente pas, j'écrivis les Fééries ça n'était pas pour le Châtelet, mais les fééries du quotidien. A te lire, j'ai moins de trente ans... alors tu peux concevoir l'effet que ça me fait ! Et c'est bien joliment écrit. Nous allons partir aux champs, vers le midi, par un détour... à déterminer encore." ["Dear Carlo, you undertake enough, without always too much comfort, for, I hope, you to understand and forgive me. You will also want to think that rowing as I row, I do it as an old rower. All this to express to you, seeking excuses, my confusion at not having written you more quickly my delight in reading your book. I envy (illegible word) having been freer than me. President despite myself, I had to bow before a non-existent regulation, but certain considerations: most lacked the time to read the book not sent "as candidacy material" besides the fact that two non-Parisian members could have no knowledge of it. There was much to say about correspondence votes whose value is to be recognized, in my opinion, only on the first day. Your book, I tell you frankly, was the best and I add the most capable of "carrying the prize". First it is a poet's book served by the art of a true novelist. I await impatiently the film you must draw from it. With this book, dear Carlo, you revive an entire poetic spring of which there remains... what?... An old bud, if I dare this image, your old friend! It is unseemly to speak of oneself, yet it is the most convenient way to express oneself without phrasing: when, under thirty paces, I wrote the Fééries it was not for the Châtelet, but the fairy tales of everyday life. Reading you, I am under thirty... so you can conceive the effect it has on me! And it is so prettily written. We are going to leave for the countryside, towards the south, by a detour... still to be determined."]
Carlo Rim, author of "Ma belle Marseille", was a Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker and friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob.

First edition printed on ordinary paper
Half chocolate brown shagreen binding with corners, spine slightly faded with four raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, covers and spine preserved.
Handsome signed autograph inscription from Charles-Henri Hirsch to the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably a friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob: "A mon très cher confrère Carlo Rim, hommage affectueux à son talent, d'un aîné qu'il n'a jamais été déçu par les ouvrages de sa plume d'écrivain et de dessinateur - et qui garde un souvenir de gratitude pour le plaisir pris à "Justin de Marseille". Charles-Henri Hirsch Février 1937." ["To my very dear colleague Carlo Rim, affectionate homage to his talent, from an elder who has never been disappointed by the works of his pen as writer and draftsman - and who keeps a memory of gratitude for the pleasure taken in 'Justin de Marseille'. Charles-Henri Hirsch February 1937."]

Autograph signed card from Jean Paulhan addressed to Carlo Rim (10 lines written in black ink)
"4.VIII
Cher Carlo Rim une cravate, je vois très bien ce qu'on peut en faire. Mais une plaque ? Je me sens très embarrassé. J'en ferai cadeau à Nîmes, à mon prochain voyage. Merci de votre souvenir, et à vous tout amicalement. Jean Paulhan." ["Dear Carlo Rim, a tie, I can see very well what one can do with it. But a plaque? I feel quite embarrassed. I will give it as a gift in Nîmes, on my next trip. Thank you for thinking of me, and to you most cordially. Jean Paulhan."]
Carlo Rim, author of "Ma belle Marseille", was a Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker and friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob.

First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on laid Rives paper, deluxe issue after 25 Holland.
A fine copy complete with its publisher's wraparound band.
Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Charles Le Quintrec to Madame Annette Colin-Simard: " ... ce songe qui voudrait remonter à l'origine des mondes et ce sang pareil à celui de tous les hommes. En bien confraternel hommage et en bien amical souvenir." ["... this dream which would wish to go back to the origin of worlds and this blood like that of all men. In very fraternal homage and in very friendly remembrance."]

First edition, one of 144 numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue after 12 Japan.
Half red morocco binding with corners, spine with four raised bands, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Lucie Weill.
A handsomely bound copy.
Foxing affecting mainly the edges.
Frontispiece, work illustrated by Don with a portrait of Tristan Bernard.
Autograph inscription signed by Tristan Bernard to his friend Carlo Rim: "A Carlo Rim je dédie ces purs accents d'une âme poétique." ["To Carlo Rim I dedicate these pure accents of a poetic soul."]
We include an invitation card from Jacques Duhamel, Minister of Cultural Affairs, for the erection of the bust of Tristan Bernard on Place Tristan Bernard aux Ternes in Paris on Thursday May 18, 1972 at 11 a.m.
We include a press article by Carlo Rim about this cultural event.
During the Occupation, Tristan Bernard took refuge in Cannes and resided at the Windsor Hotel while his friend Carlo Rim offered him in vain to stay at his home so that he would be safe from denunciation or arrest; to which Tristan Bernard, never short of witticisms, replied: « À mon âge, on ne découche plus ! » ["At my age, one no longer sleeps away from home!"] adding: « Savez-vous que je figure dans le Petit Larousse ? On n'arrête pas quelqu'un qui figure dans le Petit Larousse » ["Do you know that I appear in the Petit Larousse? One doesn't arrest someone who appears in the Petit Larousse"]
He was nevertheless arrested in September 1943 as a Jew and interned with his wife at Drancy then released following intervention by Sacha Guitry and Arletty the following month.
His grandson François-René was also arrested as a resistance fighter and deported to Mauthausen where he died.
Provenance: from the library of the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob.

Beautiful and amusing signed manuscript letter from Roger Martin du Gard addressed from Cassis to Alice Rim (38 lines in black ink) in which he displays all his insatiable appetite for sweets.
Fold mark inherent to postal mailing.
"Cassis. February 11th, 34,
Dear Madam,
a certain Carlo, Comma, - whose infernal nerve you know - had the audacity to present himself alone (word underlined) in Cassis! (I must say that he had been conscious of the disappointment he was going to cause, and that he arrived with his arms loaded with sumptuous bags of fondant sweets and stuffed dates, from the most delicate confectioner) If anything could have consoled us for your absence, it was indeed this cargo of choice delicacies... The intention was so kind, that we did not dare reproach him for his widowhood, and that we concealed as best we could the melancholy of our regrets. I am a little ashamed to play this role of an old coquette whom one spoils by stuffing her with pralines; but "only a little," for gluttony quickly prevails over feelings of dignity that age has greatly dulled... And the said Carlo promised me, in compensation, that before the end of carnival - if by then, the sky has not fallen on our heads - you would both come to see Cassis again, and stay longer than tonight's meteoric appearance. (I would almost believe I dreamed it, if my room did not smell of pistachio and vanilla, and if my papers did not have this imposing confectioner's bag as a paperweight tonight...) May at least the Charentes be gentle to you, dear madam! I send you there, with my faithful respects, a thousand wishes for a joyful Fat Tuesday! Roger Martin du Gard".

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy, pencil reading marks in margins of some leaves.
Autograph inscription signed by Eduardo Manet to Jacques Duchâteau.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies of this children's book presented as a tourist postcard from the Baladar Islands to send to friends.
Publisher's binding in full boards, illustrated covers.
Work illustrated with drawings by André François.
Inevitable traces of rubbing to the spine due to the fact that Jacques Prévert sent by postal mail the autograph inscriptions made on this work: the addresses and names written by Jacques Prévert at the bottom of the first cover and in the middle of the second cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Prévert to Catherine Drimet: "A Catherine avec plaisir Jacques Prévert Paris Février 1962." ["To Catherine with pleasure Jacques Prévert Paris February 1962."] enriched with an original drawing in black felt-tip pen heightened with green, brown and orange felt-tip pens representing a jovial figure brandishing two flowers."

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Contributions by Roger Nimer with an unpublished "Trois lettres des vingt ans", Jacques Brenner, Jacques Chardonne with unpublished correspondence with Roger Nimier, Marc Dambre, François Nourissier, Pierre de Boisdeffre, Eric Fauquet
Autograph inscription signed by Eric Fauquet to a friend named Marie-Thérèse on verso of front cover: "Chère Marie-Thérèse, cet incunable, provenance Marc Dambre. Les pages 131 sqq 199 sqq sont pour toi, l'auteur, E.F." ["Dear Marie-Thérèse, this incunable, provenance Marc Dambre. Pages 131 ff 199 ff are for you, the author, E.F."]
Marc Dambre having previously gifted this copy to Eric Fauquet with an inscription enclosed in a speech bubble at the end of the contents page.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
A snag with tear to the dust jacket, front cover and endpaper.
Autograph inscription signed by Edgar Morin to Jacques Chasanos.

First edition, one of 220 numbered copies on snow vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Jean Daniel.
We include a page and a half of the manuscript of the work extensively corrected by Jean Daniel.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
A small stain to upper left corner of second cover, handsome copy retaining publisher's wraparound band.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by François-Marie Banier to Jean-François Fourrel enhanced with a drawing depicting a flower caught in a whirlwind.

New edition.
Spine sunned with two dampstains.
Autograph inscription signed by René Fauchois to the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim, who was notably a friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol as well as Max Jacob.

Printed visiting card of the painter and illustrator Paul Colin to which he added, in red and blue felt-tip pens, for his friend Carlo Rim: "COMPLIMENTS MEILLEURS VOEUX" ["COMPLIMENTS BEST WISHES"]
Handsome copy.
Provenance: from the library of the Provençal writer, filmmaker and caricaturist Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob.

Printed calling card of composer Georges Auric, then administrator of the Réunion des Théâtres Lyriques Nationaux, to which he added, in blue ballpoint pen, for his friend Carlo Rim: "Merci pour tes affectueuses félicitations que je trouve à mon retour à Paris et crois-moi bien fidèlement à toi" ["Thank you for your affectionate congratulations which I find upon my return to Paris and believe me faithfully yours"]
Handsome copy.
Provenance: from the library of the Provençal writer, filmmaker and caricaturist Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob.

Signed manuscript letter from the director and stage director, then mobilized, addressed to his friend and collaborator Carlo Rim (27 lines in black ink)
"Sunday 7 - 1 - 40",
"Mon cher collègue (car moi, aussi je suis caporal ! ). Un nouveau calendrier a été accroché au mur ! .. Puisse-t-il nous rendre à chacun tout le bonheur que nous avons laissé loin derrière nous ! A toi, vieux frère, je souhaite une bonne santé... de la patience... et une mise en affectation spéciale pour tout terminer. Ces mêmes-voeux je les adresse à Alice et Babon que tu embrasseras pour moi. Quant à "Tourelle 3" j'ai bien l'impression que ce n'est pas cette année qu'on y mettra le mot "fin" ! Les recettes des salles ne sont pas suffisantes, paraît-il, pour amortir le devis d'un film... actuellement - Je n'y comprends rien, car , lors de ma permission de 10 jours j'ai pu constater qu'à Paris, les salles de spectacle étaient assez bien remplies ! Enfin, suivant une formule consacrée "sachons attendre" Un petit mot de toi me fera toujours plaisir - je t"embrasse mon vieux Carlo. Christian Jaque. Simone est partie jouer "Jazz" de Pagnol et le "Greluchon délicat" avec Harry Baur, en Tunisie, Algérie et Maroc, elle sera de retour vers le 10 de ce mois. Elle a eu très chaud sous le soleil d'Afrique..." par contre... moi j'ai actuellement ici 22 au dessous de zéro ! Ca ne te dit rien... mignon !" ["My dear colleague (because I, too, am a corporal!). A new calendar has been hung on the wall!.. May it bring back to each of us all the happiness we left far behind us! To you, old brother, I wish good health... patience... and a special assignment to finish everything. These same wishes I address to Alice and Babon whom you will embrace for me. As for 'Tourelle 3' I have the strong impression that this is not the year we will put the word 'end' to it! The box office receipts are not sufficient, it seems, to cover the budget of a film... currently - I understand nothing of it, because, during my 10-day leave I was able to observe that in Paris, the theaters were quite well filled! Finally, following a consecrated formula 'let us know how to wait' A little word from you will always give me pleasure - I embrace you my old Carlo. Christian Jaque. Simone left to perform 'Jazz' by Pagnol and 'Le Greluchon délicat' with Harry Baur, in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, she will return around the 10th of this month. She was very hot under the African sun... on the other hand... I currently have 22 below zero here! That doesn't appeal to you... sweetheart!"]

First edition, one of 400 numbered copies on alfa paper reserved for the press service.
Copy complete with its promotional band.
Signed autograph inscription from Robert Sabatier to Véronique and Georges Charaire.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine and boards marginally and lightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Louis Aragon to Micaëla Szekely.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Rare autograph inscription dated and signed by Tonino Benacquista to Jean David: "... ce contrat passé..."

First edition of the French translation on ordinary paper.
Boards marginally and slightly soiled
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Saul Bellow to his friend Nadine Nimier, wife and widow of Roger Nimier: "For Nadine with apologiers for the sad eyes and much love. Saul."

First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine sunned with a tear at head.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Ilya Ehrenburg to the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
With the illustrated dust jacket which has small marginal tears.
Iconography.
Signed autograph inscriptions from Michel Perrin and Roger Gaillard, who directed the "Masques et visages" collection at Calmann Lévy, to the Provençal writer, filmmaker and caricaturist Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol as well as André Salmon and Max Jacob: "A Carlo Rim dont j'aime tant le Fernandel, cette Arletty qui l'aime aussi, en hommage bien symapthique à son talent. Michel Perrin." ["To Carlo Rim whose Fernandel I love so much, this Arletty who loves him too, in very sympathetic homage to his talent. Michel Perrin."]

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite three creases to the lower left corner of the second board.
Manuscript signature by James Ellroy on the half-title page for a man named Denis.

First edition, one of the copies from the first issue.
Small marginal tears to the boards.
Moving autograph inscription signed by Henri de Régnier: "Pour les soldats de France dont l'héroïsme n'est pas une illusion, mais la plus haute des réalités. Henri de Régnier 1917" ["For the soldiers of France whose heroism is not an illusion, but the highest of realities. Henri de Régnier 1917"].

First edition, one of the service de presse copies.
Spine and boards lightly and marginally sunned.
Signed autograph inscription from Roger Gaillard, who directed the "Masques et visages" collection at Calmann Lévy, to the Provençal writer, filmmaker and caricaturist Carlo Rim, who was notably a friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol, as well as André Salmon and Max Jacob.

Printed visiting card of the director, theater director and writer René Clair on which he has added for the attention of his friend Carlo Rim: "Merci cher Carlo. Je t'embrasse." ["Thank you dear Carlo. I embrace you."]
Handsome copy.
Provenance: from the library of the Provençal writer, filmmaker and caricaturist Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob.

Autograph letter signed by Max Jacob addressed to his great friend the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol as well as André Salmon and Max Jacob (27 lines in black ink on Chansons d'hier et d'aujourd'hui letterhead).
In this somewhat strange and tender letter, Max Jacob evokes his wandering life and his eternal friendship for Carlo Rim:
"9 rue de Dumas VIIIe
le 22 janv. 35.
Mon cher Carlo,
tu m'as souvent dit que tu voudrais bien m'être agréable et utile. Et tu m'es l'un et l'autre. Voilà ! Je pars en tournée de conférence chariot de Thespis en auto... mate. Répéter une conférence censément improvisée dans des villes. Alors si tu peux me faire passer un petit mot où tu peux, ça serait bon pour les intérêts de nos intérêts et je te mets des données essentielles etc... Tu as dit à quelqu'un - je ne sais plus ki - que tu avais envie de m'inviter à une orgie dinatoire et crépusculaire. Je suis parti pour un mois. Je pense que ma lettre est un peu ridicule mais je suis vraiment fatigué parce que mes conférences non préparés sont plus préparés (sic) que les autres etc... Je baise les bas de la jupe de madame Carlo qui est belle et toi, je suis ton ami depuis toujours. Je m'appelle Max Jacob." ["9 rue de Dumas VIIIe / January 22nd, 35. / My dear Carlo, / you have often told me that you would like to be pleasant and useful to me. And you are both to me. There you are! I am leaving on a lecture tour, Thespis's chariot by auto... mobile. Repeating a supposedly improvised lecture in cities. So if you can pass along a little word for me where you can, it would be good for the interests of our interests and I'll give you the essential information etc... You told someone - I no longer know who - that you wanted to invite me to a dinner and twilight orgy. I have left for a month. I think my letter is a bit ridiculous but I am really tired because my unprepared lectures are more prepared than the others etc... I kiss the hem of madame Carlo's dress, who is beautiful, and you, I am your friend since always. My name is Max Jacob."]

First collected edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Radovan Ivsic to his surrealist colleague and friend Georges Goldfayn and his wife Françoise: "A Georges Gégé à Zeze (en attendant la version française) de tout coeur, Radovan Paris le 15 janvier 1979." ["To Georges Gégé to Zeze (waiting for the French version) with all my heart, Radovan Paris January 15, 1979."]


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Second edition, published two months after the first edition.
Rear cover slightly soiled.
Autograph inscription signed by Erik Orsenna to Laurent Courquin: "... où l'on apprend tout mais tout sur les femmes" ["... where one learns everything, but everything about women"] enriched with a drawing depicting the author's smiling face.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Boards marginally soiled.
Signed and inscribed by René Lalou to the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim, who was notably a friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol as well as Max Jacob.

Autograph letter signed by Tristan Bernard addressed to his friend, the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim, who was notably a friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol, but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob (21 lines in black ink on Windsor Hotel letterhead in Cannes).
Tristan Bernard lavishes praise on Carlo Rim's talents as a radio serial writer:
"Wednesday 22nd.
My old Carlo,
I read with great pleasure the sketches you sent me, and I particularly appreciated the one you dedicated to me. You are one of the rare individuals who have perfectly understood 'the dramaturgy of radio'. You have managed, in writing, to give the listener the soul of a listener. This is a task that most dramatic authors do not understand who, when they write for the theatre, take the spectator for a reader. Try to come and see me soon, with your dear Alice. I don't move around easily myself. We embrace you as well as the venerable Babou. Tristan Bernard."
During the Occupation, Tristan Bernard took refuge in Cannes and resided at the Windsor Hotel while his friend Carlo Rim suggested in vain that he stay at his house so that he would be safe from denunciation or arrest; to which Tristan Bernard, never short of witty remarks, replied: "At my age, one no longer sleeps away from home!" adding: "Do you know that I appear in the Petit Larousse? They don't arrest someone who appears in the Petit Larousse"
He was nonetheless arrested in September 1943 as a Jew and interned with his wife at Drancy then released following intervention by Sacha Guitry and Arletty the following month.
His grandson François-René was also arrested as a Resistance fighter and deported to Mauthausen where he died.

New edition.
Three lacks of pellicle film at head of first cover, otherwise handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by André Fraigneau to Viviane Hamy: "... pour ajouter à ses impressions vénitiennes..." ["... to add to her Venetian impressions..."]

First edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph tribute signed by the director of the Célinian review.

First edition, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in full decorative paper, smooth spine decorated with a black morocco title-label underlined with gilt fillets, covers and spine preserved, binding signed P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
Autograph inscription from Marcel Pagnol to Marius Richard: "A Mr Marius Richard qui le protégea et ne cessa de l'encourager par la plus flatteuse bienveillance, Fortunio confirme son respectueux attachement et le prie d'agréer ce livre, son premier livre, en témoignage de profonde reconnaissance." ["To Mr Marius Richard who protected him and never ceased to encourage him with the most flattering benevolence, Fortunio confirms his respectful attachment and asks him to accept this book, his first book, as a testimony of profound gratitude."]
Rare and important autograph inscription from Marcel Pagnol, then assistant professor of English at the Lycée Condorcet in Paris, to one of his first supporters, the politician and journalist Marius Richard, the father of his close friend and collaborator Carlo Rim.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on Finland vellum.
Spine sunned and faded.
Signed autograph inscription from Pierre Emmanuel to Charles Westphal: "... en union de pensée..." ["...in unity of thought..."]

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine lightly sunned with two small tears at head and foot.
Beautiful autograph inscription signed by André Salmon, written from his Provençal property La Hune, to his close friend the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob: "La Hune 1966. Dès 1920, la critique officielle soviétique - en n' les Editions d'Etat - recommande finement de ne mettre mes ouvrages qu'entre les mains de "citoyens tous éprouvés" A toi, cher Carlo Rim. André Salmon" ["From 1920, official Soviet criticism - in the State Editions - subtly recommends putting my works only in the hands of 'fully tested citizens' To you, dear Carlo Rim. André Salmon"].

New edition of the French translation, following the original 1977 edition.
Covers and edges soiled, a small tear at the foot of the spine.
Rare and precious dated and signed presentation copy from Gabriel Garcia Marquez to his friend Jean-Pierre Richard, the year of his Nobel Prize : "Para Jean-Pierre, en Mexico, el dia de la entrevista. Gabriel 82."

Writer, filmmaker, translator and critic, Jean-Pierre Richard met Garcia Marquez through Salvador Allende, whose election he attended in November 1970. He became a close friend and one of the few journalists to whom the author revealed the secrets behind the composition of his masterpiece, One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Shortly before, Garcia Marquez had sought his friend’s help for an old film project dear to him. Sixteen years earlier, he had written a screenplay entitled Erendira, the only copy of which had been lost in the hands of filmmaker Margot Benacerraf, to whom Garcia Marquez had entrusted it. Reworked into a short story in 1972, The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother would await Garcia Marquez’s encounter with Jean-Pierre Richard to return to its cinematic destiny. It was through his French friend, a film director, that the Colombian writer met producer Alain Quefféléan and director Ruy Guerra, for whom he rewrote a new script. Erendira, released in 1983, would remain the only film adaptation of Garcia Marquez’s work in which the author was directly involved.
The “entrevista” between Richard and Garcia Marquez in August 1982 was thus an opportunity for the two friends to celebrate, in addition to Garcia Marquez’s Nobel Prize, the success of the Mexican shooting of Erendira starring Irene Papas.
A moving autograph dedication to his French friend, who enabled him to finally bring to life this long-cherished cinematic dream, and which Garcia Marquez described as “the first film to truly capture the magical realism of his prose.”

Signed autograph letter of three pages by Marcel Pagnol addressed to his great friend the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim, pseudonym of Jean Marius Richard, one of his oldest accomplices.
(33 lines in blue ink on Théâtre des Variétés letterhead).
Folding traces inherent to being placed in an envelope, a date inscribed in pencil by Carlo Rim, probably that of the receipt of this letter.
In this very fine letter of indulgent and touching tenderness for his old friend Carlo Rim with whom he is slightly at odds, Marcel Pagnol shows less clemency for the theatrical criticisms of Roger Martin du Gard:
"Mon cher Jean,
Je reçois un mot de toi - Il est petit, mais il me fait grand plaisir. Il y a eu entre nous quelque pique imbécile. Partageons en la responsabilité, et embrassons nous Folleville ! J'ai d'ailleurs des nouvelles de toi, par les littéraires - où je regarde tes dessins chaque semaine. Je t'avoue d'ailleurs que c'est la seule raison pour laquelle j'achète ce journal, dont la page des théâtres est en général absolument hilarante par l'incompréhension absolue de M. Martin (du Gard). Il a d'ailleurs été très gentil pour moi, mais il s'y connait autant que moi en peinture. Quand déjeune-t-on ensemble ? Téléphone donc à Gras, qui est aux Variétés tous les jours de 3 à 7. Tous mes respects chez toi. Ton vieux Marcel." ["My dear Jean,
I receive a note from you - It is small, but it gives me great pleasure. There has been some foolish quarrel between us. Let us share the responsibility, and embrace each other Folleville! I have news of you, moreover, through the literary papers - where I look at your drawings each week. I confess to you moreover that it is the only reason for which I buy this journal, whose theatre page is generally absolutely hilarious by the absolute incomprehension of M. Martin (du Gard). He has moreover been very kind to me, but he knows as much about it as I do about painting. When shall we lunch together? Do telephone Gras, who is at the Variétés every day from 3 to 7. All my respects to your household. Your old Marcel."]
Tutor to the aspiring bachelor Jean Marius, the very young graduate Marcel Pagnol preferred to teach him bilboquet, mocking the uselessness of the baccalauréat.
This was the beginning of an unbreakable friendship between the two artists whose literature, theatre and films contributed to the fame of the land of cicadas.

Humorous handwritten postcard signed by Tristan Bernard to his friend Carlo Rim then mobilized as a corporal in Fontanès in the Gard.
"3 November,
Dear Carlo,
I am replying somewhat belatedly to your amusing letter of 19 October. Blame only my congenital laziness, further increased by the state of war. We have been since 24 September at Hessel's in Clayes sous Bois (Seine et Oise). We are very well. And we think tenderly of our friends Carlo, Alice and Babou. We embrace you. Tristan Bernard."
During the Occupation, Tristan Bernard takes refuge in Cannes and stays at the Windsor hotel while his friend Carlo Rim proposes in vain that he stay at his house so that he would be safe from denunciation or arrest; to which Tristan Bernard, never short of witticisms, replies: "At my age, one no longer sleeps away from home!" adding: "Do you know that I appear in the Petit Larousse? They don't arrest someone who appears in the Petit Larousse"
He will nonetheless be arrested in September 1943 as a Jew and interned with his wife at Drancy then released following intervention by Sacha Guitry and Arletty the following month.
His grandson François-René will also be arrested as a resistance fighter and deported to Mauthausen where he will die.

Humorous autograph postcard signed by Roger Martin du Gard addressed from Cassis to Alice Rim (21 lines in black ink) describing the Provençal winter.
"Cassis. 13 dec.33,
Dear Madam,
Thank you for these few lively and friendly pages. Don't regret Cassis. It's freezing here. Not that it's as cold as elsewhere, but we don't know how to heat ourselves. The "Réserve" is empty. There we find a drowsy son-in-law, alone, roasting his shins by the big central stove stuffed like a locomotive and smoking just the same. The port is deserted. I believe the Mediterranean (sic) is carrying ice floes. (To be verified...) Congratulations to Carlo Rim for the Marraine articles, of inimitable quality. I hope he will continue the series. I give him 20 out of 20! ... Give him all my friendship, to which I add my very sympathetic regards. R.M.G.""

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Pierre Gripari to Serge Marion: "... avec le bonjour de Quilp..." ["... with greetings from Quilp..."]

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine slightly faded with two tears at head and foot.
Signed autograph inscription from René Crevel to mademoiselle Jacob.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on Arches paper, ours unnumbered.
Light foxing affecting the covers and margins of some leaves, covers marginally sunned, a small lack at head of spine.
Signed autograph inscription from Francis Jammes to Florent Schmitt and his wife.

First collected edition.
Half red morocco binding with corners, spine with four raised bands, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and sunned spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Lucie Weill.
Handsome copy beautifully executed.
Signed autograph inscription from Tristan Bernard to his friend Carlo Rim and his wife Alice.
Provenance: from the library of the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob.
During the Occupation, Tristan Bernard took refuge in Cannes and resided at the Windsor hotel while his friend Carlo Rim offered in vain for him to stay at his house so that he would be safe from denunciation or arrest; to which Tristan Bernard, never short of witticisms, replied: "At my age, one no longer sleeps away from home!" adding: "Do you know that I appear in the Petit Larousse? One doesn't arrest someone who appears in the Petit Larousse"
He was nevertheless arrested in September 1943 as a Jew and interned with his wife at Drancy then released through the intervention of Sacha Guitry and Arletty the following month.
His grandson François-René was also arrested as a resistance fighter and deported to Mauthausen where he died.

First edition, one of 1100 numbered copies on Lafuma paper, the only issue after 25 Japan and 100 Holland copies.
Work illustrated with 40 black lithographs by Gus Bofa.
Slipcase marginally yellowed and faded.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Gus Bofa to his friend Carlo Rim and his wife Alice.
Provenance: from the library of the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Christian Millau to Jean-Pierre Rudin: "... le récit d'une époque épique..." ["... the story of an epic era..."], the latter having offered it to a friend named Pierre for his 91st birthday and bearing a signed autograph inscription.

First edition of this selection of quotations compiled and presented by Bernard Thomas.
Two tears to spine.
Autograph inscription signed by Bernard Thomas to a friend named Jean-Pierre.

First collected edition.
Half red morocco with corners, spine with four raised bands, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Lucie Weill.
Handsome copy beautifully bound.
Autograph inscription signed by Tristan Bernard to his friend Carlo Rim: "A mon cher Carlo Rim que j'aime autant que s'il avait mon âge. Tristan Bernard" ["To my dear Carlo Rim whom I love as much as if he were my age. Tristan Bernard"]
Provenance: from the library of the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably a friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob.
During the Occupation, Tristan Bernard took refuge in Cannes and stayed at the Hotel Windsor while his friend Carlo Rim vainly offered him to stay at his place so that he would be safe from denunciation or arrest; to which Tristan Bernard, never short of witticisms, replied: "At my age, one no longer sleeps away from home!" adding: "Do you know that I appear in the Petit Larousse? One doesn't arrest someone who appears in the Petit Larousse"
He was nevertheless arrested in September 1943 as a Jew and interned with his wife at Drancy then released following intervention by Sacha Guitry and Arletty the following month.
His grandson François-René was also arrested as a resistance fighter and deported to Mauthausen where he died.

First edition, one of 230 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies along with 45 on pur fil.
Spine slightly darkened.
Manuscript signature by Blaise Cendrars on the half-title page.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies bound in full cloth, the only deluxe copies.
Publisher's binding in full brown cloth, smooth spine, with a photographic portrait of Henri Béraud in a medallion on the first cover.
Precious dated and signed autograph inscription from Jean Butin to Germaine Béraud, Henri's widow: "A Germaine Béraud, qui, après les derniers beaux jours, partagea le pain noir de l'épreuve et de l'injustice. En souhaitant que ce livre puisse contribuer à servir la mémoire du grand écrivain. Le 3/8/79." ["To Germaine Béraud, who, after the last beautiful days, shared the dark bread of hardship and injustice. Hoping that this book may help serve the memory of the great writer. 3/8/79."]

Autograph letter signed by Pierre Mac Orlan addressed to the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob (14 lines in black ink).
Pierre Mac Orlan asks Carlo Rim, screenwriter of Justin de Marseille, to find an extra role for one of his friends:
"1bis rue Tardieu (18e) tel : Nord 55-38.
Mon vieux Carlo,
Voici avec cette lettre, un ami Pierre Marienne. C'est un chic type et un homme de valeur. Il vient de Sousse où il était universitaire. En ce moment, il a besoin de vivre. En attendant que l'horozon s'éclaircisse, peux-tu lui trouver quelques chose dans la bonne figuration de Marseille. Je voudrais bien, mon vieux, que cette lettre puisse porter chance à celui qui te la remettra. Et moi je voudrais bien te voir. J'habite Paris, à l'adresse ci-dessus. Ton vieux, P. Mac Orlan." ["1bis rue Tardieu (18th) tel: Nord 55-38. My old Carlo, Here with this letter, a friend Pierre Marienne. He's a fine fellow and a man of value. He comes from Sousse where he was an academic. At the moment, he needs to make a living. While waiting for the horizon to clear, can you find him something in the good extras work in Marseille. I would very much like, my old friend, for this letter to bring luck to the one who delivers it to you. And I would very much like to see you. I live in Paris, at the above address. Your old friend, P. Mac Orlan."]

First French edition on ordinary paper.
Small light stains on the spine and front cover.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Saul Bellow to his friend Nadine Nimier, wife and widow of Roger Nimier: "For my dear friend Nadine : for her kind eyes. Saul."

First edition, rare and very sought after according to Clouzot. Precious copy with the title page having the correct date of 1848. This work is the first to be published recounting Nerval's stay in Egypt and will be followed the same year by Femmes du Liban. These two main texts will form the famous Voyage en Orient in 1851.
Copy free from foxing, some leaves have angular fold marks.

Binding in half green shagreen, spine in four compartments enhanced with gilt stipples, decorated with double gilt spine panels and fleurons, black fillets, some signs of rubbing, marbled paper boards, two corners restored, sprinkled paper endpapers, charming contemporary binding.

Our copy is enriched with a receipt for the amount of seventy-five francs signed by Gérard de Nerval and mounted on the guards.

Extremely rare in good condition according to Clouzot.