Signed books and autograph signatures from great writers, poets, philosophers from 16th to 21st century

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Work illustrated by Jiri Kolar.
Some reading marks in blue ballpoint pen in the margins of certain paragraphs.
Manuscript signature by Jiri Kolar.

First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite two creases to lower corners of boards.
Signed autograph inscription from Severo Sarduy to Georges Raillard and his wife.

Definitive edition of the thirteenth volume of Ballades françaises.
Bradel binding in half blue-grey cloth, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with a gilt fleuron, brown shagreen title-label with marginal scratches and gilt volume number, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Preface by Pierre Louÿs.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Paul Fort to Count Henri de Nanteuil.

First edition printed in 1500 copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Claude Aveline 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 Max Jacob: "A toi Carlo, qu'un interview vient de me rendre dans toute sa forme, pour le plaisir de te donnerle bo,jour d'un vieux fantôme (toujours ton aîné) et d'un festival à un autre - ce que nous voilà devenus... - Claude Aveline l'Ile-Aux-Moines octobre 1983. 12 rue théophraste Renaudot 75015 Paris." ["To you Carlo, whom an interview has just restored to me in all his form, for the pleasure of giving you greetings...

First edition of this issue almost entirely devoted to Guillaume Apollinaire.
The endpaper is detached, spine and covers marginally sunned, paper yellowed.
Two press clippings enclosed.
Contributions by Louis de Gonzague-Frick, Roch Grey, Albert Gleizes, Jean Metzinger, Léopold Survage...

Final edition of the thirteenth volume of Ballades françaises et Chroniques de France.
Bradel binding in half blue-grey cloth, smooth spine very lightly darkened decorated with a gilt fleuron, brown shagreen title-label with two small scratches and gilt volume number, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Full-page autograph inscription dated and signed by Paul Fort to Count Henri de Nanteuil: "... Qu'est-ce que la poésie ? Une chanson qu'on parle." ["... What is poetry? A song that one speaks."]

Definitive edition of the second volume of the Ballades françaises.
Bradel binding in half blue-grey cloth, smooth spine slightly darkened decorated with a gilt fleuron, brown shagreen title-label with scratches and gilt volume number, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Paul Fort to Baron Henri de Nanteuil.

Definitive edition of the eleventh volume of Ballades françaises et Chroniques de France.
Contemporary Bradel binding in half blue-grey cloth, smooth spine slightly darkened decorated with gilt fleuron, brown shagreen title label with scratches and gilt volume number, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved.
Full-page autograph inscription dated and signed by Paul Fort to Madame Henri de Nanteuil ending with the poet's famous verses which constitute one of the most celebrated hymns to peace: "... On pourrait faire une ronde autour du monde, si tous les gens du monde voulaient se donner la main." ["... We could make a circle around the world, if all the...

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Vincent Ravalec to a woman named Eglantine: "... les aventures d'Eglantine" ["... the adventures of Eglantine"]

First edition in book form.
Spine sunned with small lacks at head and foot, minor corner losses to boards.
Autograph inscription dated March 40 and signed by Tristan Bernard to his friend Carlo Rim: "A Carlo Rim un poilu bien chenu ! Tristan Bernard. Mars 40." ["To Carlo Rim, a very grizzled soldier! Tristan Bernard. March 40."]
During the Occupation, Tristan Bernard took refuge in Cannes and stayed at the Windsor hotel while his friend Carlo Rim vainly proposed that he 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...

First edition, a service de presse (advance) copy.
Some worming to boards, a small stain at foot of spine which is slightly sunned.
Autograph inscription signed by André Salmon to his close friend the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol as well as Max Jacob: "Ce conte à rebours pour alice et Carlo quand ils sont, pour notre joie, à la Hune leur vieil André Salmon 1966" ["This backwards tale for Alice and Carlo when they are, to our joy, at La Hune their old André Salmon 1966"].

First edition, one of 12 lettered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy of this work published under the semi-pseudonym of Gwenn-Aël.
Autograph inscription signed by Gwenn-Aël Bolloré to Caro Canaille, alias Alice Rim, wife of the caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol as well as Max Jacob: "Pour Caro Canaille en souvenir Opera avec mon affection. Gwenn-Aël Bolloré." ["For Caro Canaille in memory of Opera with my affection. Gwenn-Aël Bolloré."]

First edition, one of 700 numbered copies on vellum, the only deluxe copies after 13 copies on handmade paper.
Spine sunned.
Fine autograph inscription signed by André Salmon 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: "En souvenir du 4 octobre 1966 A toi Carlo Rim dont l'amitié active justifie l'éclat de cette célébration. A toi Alice qui voulut enregistrer les confidences de ton poète émérite. Littré, avec nous ! De tout mon coeur. André Salmon. La Hune dand un miraculeux été devant l'hiver. Cette apparente faribole peut-être sans doute mon plus...

New complete edition, the last before censorship.
Full vellum-like beige paper boards Bradel binding, smooth spine with a tear and lack at foot, black sheep title-label, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Bookplate pasted to verso of front board.
Complete with publisher's catalogue at rear, the last page partially cut without touching text, a few rare small spots of no consequence.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Evariste Parny to one of his friends with a manuscript note specifying to the dedicatee that 'cette édition est la seule complette'. ["this edition is the only complete one"]

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...

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.

Later edition published a few months after the original, for which no deluxe paper copies were issued.
A fine copy complete with its promotional band: prix Goncourt 2010.
Signed autograph inscription from Michel Houellebecq to a man named Farès.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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, 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...

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.