Theater

Jean ANOUILH
La grotte
La Table Ronde|Paris 1961|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland paper, the deluxe issue after 15 on Japan paper.
A handsome full-margined copy.
€170
Jean ANOUILH
Ardèle ou la marguerite
La Table Ronde|Paris 1949|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 87 numbered copies on handmade paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and covers very lightly faded, otherwise handsome copy.
€400
Jean ANOUILH
La valse des toréadors
La Table Ronde|Paris 1952|13 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on pure linen paper, deluxe copies.
Handsome full-margined copy.
€450
Henry de MONTHERLANT
Don Juan
Gallimard|Paris 1959|11.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, one of 1050 numbered copies on alfa bulky paper.
Publisher's binding after the original design by Paul Bonet.
Handsome copy despite slight traces of sunning at head and foot of spine and to margins of boards.
€120
Jules CHERET, Léon HENNIQUE
Le songe d'une nuit d'hiver
A. Ferroud - F. Ferroud, Successeur|Paris 1903|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on vellum d'Arches.
Work illustrated with 10 etchings by Jules Chéret.
Handsome copy despite the endpapers lightly and partially shadowed.

€100
Albert ROBIDA, Maurice CHEVAIS
Thélème
Albert Messein|Paris 1920|18 x 27.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 600 numbered copies justified by the publisher on bouffant paper.
Half-brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets and decorated with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with 60 illustrations by Albert Robida.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Maurice Chevais to Claude Colombet.
€150
André RIVOIRE
Roger Bontemps
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1920|12 x 19 cm|relié sous étui
First edition, one of 5 numbered copies on China paper, deluxe copy.
Full turquoise morocco binding, spine with five raised bands outlined with black fillets, gilt date at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, decorative gilt board-edges framed with gilt dentelle on pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, double gilt fillets on leading edges, slipcase with turquoise morocco borders, grey felt interior, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding signed Joly fils.
Fine copy in perfect condition.
€450
MOLIÈRE
Oeuvres
Paulin|Paris 1835 - 1836|17.50 x 26.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
Illustrated edition in first printing by Tony Johannot, with a frontispiece, an engraved title and 800 wood-engraved vignettes (headpieces, bandeaux, tailpieces). Notice by Sainte Beuve.
Contemporary half emerald green shagreen binding signed P. Pralon à Dijon at top of first endpaper. Smooth spine decorated with mirrored tooling connected by series of fillets. Boards covered with glazed green paper with relief motifs. Spine uniformly sunned. Traces of rubbing. Some rare and light foxing, but overall paper quite white, which is very rare for this edition which is most often found foxed and browned; however some signatures tinted.
Provenance: visiting card inserted in first volume...
€700
Théophile GAUTIER
Théâtre de poche
Librairie Nouvelle|Paris 1855|11 x 17.50 cm|relié
First edition for the most part.
Bradel binding in brown half-cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, floral paper endpapers and pastedowns, stained covers preserved.
Copy free from foxing.
€200
Henry BERNSTEIN
Samson
Charpentier & Fasquelle|Paris 1910|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 5 numbered copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half-black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands showing some rubbing, cat's-eye paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining its deckled edges.

€150
Jules CHERET, Léon HENNIQUE
Le songe d'une nuit d'hiver
A. Ferroud - F. Ferroud, Successeur|Paris 1903|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on Japan paper containing a triple state of Jules Chéret's etchings, the most limited deluxe paper issue after 20 on vellum.
Work illustrated with 10 etchings by Jules Chéret.
Spine and boards uniformly yellowed, handsome interior condition despite endpapers slightly and partially shaded.
An autograph inscription has been skillfully erased below the printed title on the half-title page.
Our copy is exceptionally enhanced with a fourth state, in colors and on a loose sheet, of the frontispiece.

€300
Jean LORRAIN
Quatre femmes en pièces
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1905|13.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition printed on ordinary paper, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Half-shagreen binding in black, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt floral motifs, boards slightly and marginally lightened, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, stained covers preserved, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Jean Lorrain to the writer and playwright Georges Grisier: "... qui aime mieux les pièces à femmes..." (who prefers plays with women...)
€350
Auguste GERMAIN, Robert TREBOR
Fred - Exemplaire de la Duchesse de Rohan à qui est dédié l'ouvrage
Charpentier & Fasquelle|Paris 1906|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition dedicated to the Duchess of Rohan, one of the rare nominative copies printed on Holland paper, this one for the poetess Marie Marguerite Herminie Henriette Auguste de la Brousse de Verteillac de la Tour Blanche, Duchess of Rohan.
Bradel binding in half blue cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, gilt date and double fillet at foot, brown shagreen title-label showing some rubbing, marbled paper boards, covers preserved, contemporary binding signed in blind by Pierson.
First endpaper and last text page entirely foxed.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Auguste Germain to the Duchess of Rohan enhanced with the manuscript signature of Robert...
€200
Jean LORRAIN
Théâtre (Brocéliande - Xanthis - La Mandragore - Ennoïa) - Exemplaire de l'acteur de théâtre Edouard de Max, créateur de deux rôles dans les pièces de Jean Lorrain
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1906|12 x 19 cm|broché
First collected edition on ordinary paper, false statement of third edition.
A tear in the middle of the spine, paper yellowed and marginally brittle as usual.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Jean Lorrain to the theater man Edouard de Max: "A de Max, ce théâtre dont il sut si bien incarné le prince Rotherik de la Mandragore et le Morald d'Ennoïa en souvenir de Béziers et de Prométhée. Jean Lorrain. Nice 1906." (To de Max, this theater of which he knew so well how to embody Prince Rotherik of the Mandragore and Morald of Ennoïa in memory of Béziers and Prometheus. Jean Lorrain. Nice 1906.)
€450
Edmond ROSTAND, Octave Denis Victor GUILLONNET
L'Aiglon - Exemplaire enrichi d'une aquarelle originale d'Octave-Denis-Victor Guillonnet
Pierre Laffitte & Cie|Paris 1910|22 x 30.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated in black and color by François Cormon, Jean-Paul Laurens, Antonio de La Gandara, Gaston Latouche and Octave-Denis-Victor Guillonnet.
Half-green shagreen binding, spine lightened with five raised bands bordered by black fillets, marbled paper boards, boards marginally lightened, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, corners very slightly bumped.
Our copy is exceptionally enhanced with an original watercolor, mounted on a stub before the title page, depicting a portrait of l'Aiglon crossed by an imperial seal.
Autograph inscription signed by Octave-Denis-Victor Guillonnet to Henry Marcel at the top of the original...
€450
Joseph CONRAD
Lord Jim
William Blackwood & Sons|Edinburgh • & London 1900|13 x 19.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Second impression of the first edition.
Publisher's binding in full almond green cloth, smooth spine, gilt publisher's marks and publication details at foot of spine, spine and front cover decorated with black interlacing designs.
One hinge split, foxing, Bavarian bookseller's label pasted at foot of front pastedown.

€350
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de MARIVAUX
Oeuvres complettes de Marivaux
Chez La veuve Duchesne|A Paris 1781|12.50 x 20 cm|12 volumes reliés
First collected edition complete of the works of Marivaux. A portrait by Saint Aubin in a frame by Marillier as frontispiece.
Publisher's bindings in full contemporary blonde marbled calf. Spines with raised bands decorated in gilt compartments, gilt rolls at foot. Title and volume labels in tawny morocco. Triple gilt rule framing the boards. In the first volume, the tissue guard has caused browning to the first third of the title page opposite and to the second leaf. Lower joint of volume 1 narrowly split at head and foot, small lack at foot. Volume II: lack to lower joint at head, lack at foot. Volume III: joints split at head. Volume IV: lacks at head and foot. Volume VII: small...
€2,000
Charles MAURICE
Histoire anecdotique du théâtre, de la littérature et des diverses impressions contemporaines tirée du coffre d'un journaliste avec sa vie à tort et à travers
Henri Plon|Paris 1856|13.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes
Edition illustrated with numerous facsimile autographs.
Half-shagreen bindings in red, smooth spines decorated with gilt fleurons and black fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary bindings.
Minor insignificant nicks to leading edges, corners slightly bumped.
Handsome copy almost entirely free from foxing and attractively bound.

€120
Jean LORRAIN, Gustave COQUIOT
Deux heures du matin... quartier Marbeuf
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1904|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite two small tears of no consequence at head and foot of spine.
€100
Jules RENARD, Félix VALLOTTON
Le plaisir de rompre
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1898|14 x 20 cm|relié
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in brown half cloth, smooth spine, black shagreen title-label, combed paper boards, small discoloration stains to board margins, illustrated covers by Félix Vallotton preserved, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Cover illustrated by Félix Vallotton.
€100
Catulle MENDÈS
La part du roi
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1872|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition of which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Two small tears at head and foot of spine.
Autograph inscription signed by Catulle Mendès to Paul Foucher in pencil on the front endpaper.
€250
Friedrich von SCHILLER
oeuvres dramatiques de F. Schiller
Ladvocat|Paris 1821|13 x 21 cm|6 Volumes reliés
First collected edition in French translation by Baron Prosper Brugière de Barante. One lithographed portrait as frontispiece. Lengthy biographical notice on the life and writings of the author. This translation enterprise was the first to aim at being exhaustive of Schiller's theatre. It was decisive for knowledge of the writer in France, which did not see a new complete translation of his theatre until 2005.
Contemporary half black glazed calf binding with corners signed Bibolet at the foot of the first volume (famous binder of the Restoration and binder to Talleyrand). Raised spine decorated with compartments, fillets and rolls at head and foot. Traces of rubbing, particularly on...
€800
Jean MORÉAS
Iphigénie
Mercure de France|Paris 1904|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of the numbered copies from the first printing run printed at the press.
Half red moroccan shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly darkened, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on a pastedown with manuscript library shelf notation.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Moréas to the poet Paul Morisse.
€150
Louis ARAGON
Théâtre / Roman
Gallimard|Paris 1974|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
A very handsome copy.
€500
Édouard SCHURÉ
Les enfants de Lucifer (drame antique) - La soeur gardienne (drame moderne)
Librairie académique Perrin & Cie|Paris 1926|12 x 19 cm|broché
New edition.
Boards lightly soiled.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Edouard Schuré to Edouard de Morsier.
€150
Édouard SCHURÉ
Le théâtre initiateur - La génèse de la tragédie - Le drame d'Eleusis
Librairie académique Perrin & Cie|Paris 1926|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine sunned, interior in good condition.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Edouard Schuré to the writer and poet Auguste Dorchain.
€150
Michel DE GHELDERODE
Théâtre II
Gallimard|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|broché
First collected edition, one of 53 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only deluxe copies after 13 copies on Hollande.
Handsome copy.
€60
William SHAKESPEARE, Louis Nicolas MENARD
Hamlet
Librairie académique Perrin & Cie|Paris 1886|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation established by Louis-Nicolas Ménard, no mention is made of deluxe copies.
Interior foxing and to the covers, a small tear in the left margin of the second cover.

€120
Thierry MAULNIER
Le profanateur précedée de La révolte et le sacré
Gallimard|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the slightly yellowed spine without gravity.
€100
Jacques de LACRETELLE
Une visite en été
Gallimard|Paris 1953|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 105 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite very slight and insignificant yellowing to spine.
€60
Odette JOYEUX
Le château du carrefour
Gallimard|Paris 1951|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 43 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine being very lightly yellowed without significance.
Presentation by Jean Cocteau.
€150
André GILL
La corde au cou
Marpon & Flammarion|Paris 1876|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with an original etching by the author as frontispiece.
Shaded parchment covers with some foxing, handsome interior condition.

€70
Henry de MONTHERLANT
"... je travaille en ce moment dans le silence, et n'ai rien de particulier à dire sur mes projets, sinon que la Rose de sable, roman, paraîtra fin 1931..."Signed autograph letter addressed to Christian Melchior-Bonnet
Alger [Algiers] 18 Octobre 1930|21 x 27 cm|une page + une enveloppe
Autograph letter signed by Henri de Montherlant, 26 lines written in blue ink, written from Algiers.
Folds inherent to mailing, envelope included.
Having returned from a long stay in Morocco, Henri de Montherlant explains his current working method and discusses his upcoming publication projects: "... la Rose de sable, roman, paraîtra fin 1931 et qu'une édition adaptée pour la jeunesse de mes deux Olympiques sera publiée l'an prochain par Larousse..." ["... la Rose de sable, a novel, will appear at the end of 1931 and that an edition adapted for young people of my two Olympiques will be published next year by Larousse..."]
He regrets not being able to...
€350
André GIDE
Les cahiers et les poésies d'André Walter
Gallimard|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|broché
New edition, one of 156 numbered copies on pure thread paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
€150
Henry de MONTHERLANT
"... je vous répète que je ne vous avais pas oublié..."Signed autograph letter
s. l. s. d. [circa 1950]|13.50 x 21 cm|une page
Autograph letter signed by Henri de Montherlant, 14 lines written in blue ink.
Folds inherent to postal use.
"Mon cher Bailly, je suis confus et agacé des traverses que vous avez essuyées. Pourquoi n'avez-vous pas téléphoné à Hébertot personnellement puisque votre nom était sur la liste dactylographiée que je lui ai remise et qu'il a sûrement encore ? Enfin, cela est fait. Mais ne m'en veuillez pas, je vous répète que je ne vous ai pas oublié. Cordialement. Montherlant." ["My dear Bailly, I am embarrassed and annoyed by the troubles you have encountered. Why didn't you telephone Hébertot personally since your name was on the typed list I gave him...
€200
Marguerite DURAS
Les viaducs de Seine-et-Oise
Gallimard|Paris 1960|12 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.
€1,200
Julien GRACQ
Le roi pêcheur
José Corti|Paris 1948|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies with 45 Marais.
Spine with skilful restorations, light foxing to first endpaper.
€1,200
Gustave DORÉ
Les différents publics de Paris par Gustave Doré
Au bureau du journal amusant|Paris S.d (1854)|34.50 x 26.50 cm|relié
| Gustave's 'jeunesse Doré' – talent's no need of years |

First edition, first printing of this rare album, with its precious publisher's lithographed green cover by Belin and twenty original captioned lithographed plates by Gustave Doré.
One of Doré's earliest efforts, his debut album of illustrations he published at age twenty-two: "In this album, Doré begins to display an unprecedented mastery of comedy and...
€3,500
Marguerite DURAS
Les viaducs de Seine-et-Oise
Gallimard|Paris 1960|12 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome copy.
€1,500
Paul MORAND
Le lion écarlate précédé de La fin de Byzance et d'Isabeau de Bavière
Gallimard|Paris 1959|13.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine lightly sunned without gravity.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Paul Morand: "A Jouhandeau, ces spectacles sans théâtre, son ami Morand." ["To Jouhandeau, these spectacles without theater, his friend Morand."]
€450
Jacqueline de ROMILLY
Dans le jardin des mots
Editions de Fallois|Paris 2007|15.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Signed and inscribed by the Immortal Jacqueline de Romilly to Catherine David: "... afin de jouer avec les mots et avec mon bon fidèle souvenir." ["...to play with words and with my good faithful memory."]
Novelist, essayist, literary critic, pianist, Catherine David was a pioneer of opinion journalism at Le Nouvel Observateur. Laurent Joffrin, former editor of the newspaper, offering this fine funeral tribute in the January 4, 2023 issue: "... Her passions are eclectic, from music to tai chi, from philosophy to hybrid disciplines, at the frontiers of science and spirituality. Her books bear...
€100
Roger VITRAC
Théâtre - Victor ou les Enfants au Pouvoir - Le Coup de Trafalgar - Le Camelot
Gallimard|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
First collected edition, one of 13 numbered copies on handmade laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€120
Marcel AYMÉ
Lucienne et le boucher
Gallimard|Paris 1947|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Half red sheep binding, spine with four raised bands outlined with black fillets, a very slight and harmless scratch at head of spine, marbled paper boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, modest contemporary binding.
Light worming to top edge.
Provenance: from the library of Marcel Augagneur with his curious bookplate pasted on a pastedown.
Signed autograph inscription from Marcel Aymé to journalist Marcel Augagneur ("Gringoire" and "L'écho de Paris") who used the pseudonym Marc de Saligny for his writing.
€120
Paul CLAUDEL
Figures et paraboles
Nrf|Paris 1936|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
A small tear to the middle of the front cover, discreet numbering in the upper right corner of the verso of the front cover
Precious autograph inscription signed by Paul Claudel to Ida Rubinstein: "à Ida Rubinstein son ami. P. Claudel." ["to Ida Rubinstein his friend. P. Claudel."]
Star dancer of the celebrated Ballets Russes, icon of the Belle Époque, patron of the arts, Ida Rubinstein played the role of Joan in Paul Claudel's Joan of Arc at the Stake, during the first orchestral version performed in May 1938 in Basel. She also commissioned Maurice Ravel's famous Boléro. After leading a...
€350
François-Marie BANIER
Hôtel du lac
Plon|Paris 1975|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 32 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.
€80
Arthur ADAMOV
Paolo Paoli
Gallimard|Paris 1957|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pure linen paper, ours one of 5 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine being lightly sunned.

€100
Arthur ADAMOV
Théâtre III
Gallimard|Paris 1966|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First collected edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine lightly sunned, without gravity.

€100
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Le diable et le bon Dieu
Gallimard|Paris 1951|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 410 numbered copies on pure linen paper.
Spine very slightly sunned at head and foot, otherwise a handsome copy.
€180
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Les Séquestrés d'Altona
Gallimard|Paris 1960|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 210 numbered copies on pure paper, the only deluxe copies with 45 on Holland paper.
Minor sunning at head and foot of spine, otherwise handsome copy.
€150
Nathalie SARRAUTE
Le silence suivi de Le mensonge
Gallimard|Paris 1967|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pure laid paper Lafuma-Navarre, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy despite the spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned.
€500
Jean-Paul SARTRE
La putain respectueuse
Nagel|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vellum alma paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€200
Arthur ADAMOV
Ici et maintenant
Gallimard|Paris 1964|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the numbered copies on pure laid paper, ours bearing No. 31, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.
iconography.
€100
Félicien MARCEAU
La bonne soupe
Gallimard|Paris 1958|12 x 19 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Two small tears at foot of sunned spine.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Félicien Marceau to Jean Paulhan.
€100
Maurice MARTIN DU GARD
Carte rouge - Le théâtre et la vie 1929-1930
Flammarion|Paris 1930|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Minor lacks to head and foot of spine, one stain to lower right corner of front cover.
Precious autograph inscription dated and signed by Maurice Martin du Gard to Léon Daudet: "... hommage intrépide et fidèle de son admirateur littéraire" ["intrepid and faithful homage from his literary admirer"].
€100
Alexandre DUMAS, Jean-Paul SARTRE
Kean
Gallimard|Paris 1954|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of Jean-Paul Sartre's adaptation, one of 46 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copies.
Two small sun marks at head and foot of spine.
Handsome copy.
€800
Joséphin PÉLADAN
"... Des études spéciales me permettent de restituer dans ses détails lyriques la tragédie du temps de Périclès & ces restitutions constituent un spectacle d'un éclat nouveau. "Signed autograph letter addressed to Marius Richard in which he mentions the possibility of creating a play (Semiramis) in the amphitheatre of Nîmes directed by his correspondent
S. n.|Villenoy s. d. [circa 1903]|17.50 x 22.50 cm|un feuillet recto-verso
Autograph letter signed by Joséphin Peladan addressed to Marius Richard, the father of Carlo Rim (46 lines in black ink, 2 pages on a recto-verso sheet) concerning the upcoming creation of a theatrical play, which will be Sémiramis, in the ancient amphitheatre of Nîmes which Marius Richard is organizing.
Light foxing in the margins of the letter, fold marks inherent to the folding for mailing.
"10, rue de la Vierge
Nîmes.
Mon cher confrère,
hier on m'a dit chez vous que vous ne reviendrez pas de la campagne avant un mois & je pars dans quelques jours. J'aurais bien voulu avancer le beau projet que vous avez conçu. Si, comme vous en avez eu la première idée...
€450
Joséphin PÉLADAN
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Marius Richard abordant quelques détails pécuniaires de sa future pièce créée dans l'ampithéâtre de Nîmes, notamment ceux concernant les cachets des acteurs
S. n.|Villenoy s. d. [circa 1903]|17.50 x 22.50 cm|deux feuillets dont un recto-verso
Draft autograph signed letter from Joséphin Peladan addressed to Marius Richard, the father of Carlo Rim (63 lines in black ink, 3 pages on two sheets, one recto-verso) regarding the upcoming creation of a theatrical play, which will be Sémiramis, in the ancient amphitheater of Nîmes which Marius Richard is handling.
Light foxing in letter margins, fold marks inherent to postal handling. Some passages have been crossed out in blue pencil but remain entirely legible.
"24. Rue A. de Neuville
Paris XVII
Mon cher confrère,
mille mercis des détails très précis que vous me donnez. Laissez-moi vous d'abord rectifier un point que j'ai dû mal exprimer. Je n'ai pas...
€580
Joséphin PÉLADAN
"... On va jouer... un Adonis en un acte d'une jeune fille du monde, mademoiselle Blanche de Villery. Son oncle est mon intime ami & je trouve très décorative & propre au grand cadre nimois cette mort d'Adonis qui va du reste se jouer parmi les huit mille variétés de roses de M. Groveraux."Signed autograph letter addressed to Marius Richard recommending a play to enrich his programming at the Nîmes amphitheater that he is in charge of
S. n.|Villenoy s. d. [circa 1905]|12.50 x 16.50 cm|un feuillet recto-verso
Autograph letter signed by Joséphin Peladan addressed to Marius Richard, Carlo Rim's father (62 lines in blue ink, 4 pages on a recto-verso sheet). The Sâr recommends to his friend Marius Richard, in charge of programming at the amphitheatre of Nîmes, the Adonis created by the niece of one of his best friends:
Light foxing in the margins of the letter, fold marks inherent to being placed in an envelope.
"Villenoy par Meaux
Seine & Marne
Mon cher ami,
J'ai vu que vous alliez donner une oeuvre à l'amphithéâtre : vous ne doutez point qu'elle m'intéresse & je vous prie d'abord de m'envoyer la brochure puisque je ne pourrai pas vous applaudir. Je compte donc, au...
€450
Joséphin PÉLADAN
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Marius Richard dans laquelle il règle les derniers détails de la programmation prochaine de son Sémiramis dans l'amphithéâtre de Nîmes dirigé par son correspondant
S. n.|Villenoy s. d. [1904]|17.50 x 22.50 cm|un feuillet recto-verso
Autograph letter signed by Joséphin Peladan addressed to Marius Richard, Carlo Rim's father (41 lines in black ink, 2 pages on a recto-verso sheet). The Sâr gives his final instructions for the creation of his Sémiramis in the ancient amphitheatre of Nîmes directed by Marius Richard.
Light foxing in the margins of the letter, fold marks inherent to being placed in an envelope.
"Mon cher confrère,
Je vous remercie de me rassurer enfin, sur la scène. Je vous écrivais ce matin encor à ce sujet. Voici l'indication pour les quatre spectacles le Sacrifice, la Fête de Tammuz, La Pyrrhique & l'Aruspice à intercaler dans la tragédie. Cela suffit au comité pour comprendre qu'il...
€450
Joséphin PÉLADAN
"... Car c'est mon acteur ; mon unique... son succès m'est plus cher que le mien..."Signed autograph letter addressed to Marius Richard praising the precious help of his favorite actor, Paul Mounet, too little known for the taste of the Sâr
S. n.|s. l. 19 juillet 1903|17.50 x 22.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Joséphin Peladan addressed to Marius Richard, Carlo Rim's father (29 lines in blue ink) asking him to publicize Paul Mounet, the Sâr's favorite actor whom he feels is not sufficiently recognized at his true worth.
Fold marks inherent to mailing, small marginal foxing.

€350
Joséphin PÉLADAN
"... Paul de passage à Nîmes a déclaré que ni lui, ni son frère ne consentiraient à jouer aux Arènes ... & il a proposé un arrangement très coûteux & très absurde car ce grand acteur ne connait rien à l'économie du théâtre antique... Je prévois derrière tout cela la demande de gros cachets..."Signed autograph letter addressed to Marius Richard warning him against the whims of his favorite actor, Paul Mounet
S. n.|s. l. 19 juillet 1903|17.50 x 22.50 cm|un feuillet recto-verso
Autograph letter signed by Joséphin Peladan addressed to Marius Richard, Carlo Rim's father (44 lines in blue ink on a recto-verso sheet). The Sâr is indignant about the pretensions, notably financial, of Paul Mounet and his brother, he also suggests to his correspondent the distribution of roles for the theatrical play on which he is collaborating.
Fold marks inherent to being placed in an envelope.
"Mon cher confrère,
J'ai vu par mes amis Placide que vous aviez été fort affairé, ces temps-ci, par les soins politiques. Et sans doute, vous attendiez d'avoir des choses précises pour m'écrire. Je voudrais non pas vous mettre en garde, mais que vous mettiez les membres du...
€450
LUGNE-POE [Aurélien-Marie LUGNE]
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Carlo Rim concernant la bonne réception de son film Justin de Marseille
Paris 20 Mai 1935|15.50 x 17.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter, 7 lines in purple ink on a leaf, signed by Lugné-Poe addressed from his Parisian home to his friend Carlo Rim in his telegraphic and laconic style:
Fold marks inherent to mailing.
"May 20, 1935
Very sincerely my dear comrade, I saw last night, on Radio Luxembourg, praise given to the quite superior dialogue of Justin de Marseille - of the film as well, for that matter - Your faithful, LugnePoe."
Provenance: from the Carlo Rim collection, who was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André...
€120
André SALMON
"Hercule vaut Justin et vous pouvez croire que Jeannot et moi avons applaudi de bon coeur."Signed autograph letter addressed to his friend Carlo Rim about the success of the film entitled Hercules, for which the latter is the screenwriter
Paris Mars 1938|15.50 x 17.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter, 33 lines in black ink on one leaf, signed by André Salmon congratulating his friend Carlo Rim on his screenplay for the film Hercule, directed by Alexandre Esway:
Fold marks inherent to mailing. In the upper right margin, Carlo Rim inscribed in pencil the date "Mars 1938" ["March 1938"], probably the date he received the letter.
"Cher Carlo Rim,
En vain ai-je espéré pouvoir vous féliciter un soir même d'un si grand et si légitime succès. Mais vous tardiez beaucoup, retenu sans doute par ceux qui ayant eu la chance de vous saisir les premiers ne vous lâchaient pas volontiers. Merci d'avoir offert la primeur d'Hercule, au spectateur...
€250
Pierre BOST
" Il y a un an que mon père mourait, à Marseille. C'est tout près encore, je devine ce que tu sens, je prévois ce que tu sentiras quand les mois passeront - pas encore les années. Et cet étonnement, il faut le dire, de se trouver orphelin, à un âge où l'on croyait, bêtement, que le mot n'est plus de mise.Moving autograph letter signed to his friend Carlo Rim showing him his tender affection for the recent bereavement of his father and the accident of his wife
Paris 8 février 1944|15 x 19 cm|une feuille
Touching autograph letter signed, 32 lines in black ink on one leaf, from Pierre Bost to his friend Carlo Rim in which he shares his grief concerning the death of a loved one and how friendship can somewhat ease overwhelming sadness.
Traces of creases inherent to folding for mailing.
"8 février 44
Cher Carlo, oui je t'envoie, oui, nous vous envoyons de bons voeux, s'il en est temps encore ; c'est à ça que servent les amis, c'est à dire à pas grand'chose, mais à quelque chose, après tout. J'ai pensé à toi avec beaucoup d'affection, dans ton deuil. Il y a un an que mon père mourait, à Marseille. C'est tout près encore, je devine ce que tu sens, je...
€100
Jean ANOUILH
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Carlo Rim le remerciant d'avoir à sa demande embauché son gendre "... c'est moi qui le pousse vers la production avec le sentiment soucieux de l'avenir d'un beaupère de Labiche, que j'ai endossé avec une jaquette, le jour du mariage... Cher Carlo Rim, si vous avez une fille faites la religieuse, le rôle de beaupère rend con."
Chesières-sur-Ollon [Chesières-sur-Ollon] s. d. [circa 1960]|21 x 29.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Jean Anouilh addressed to the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob (37 lines in blue ink) from his chalet in Chesières-sur-Ollon in Switzerland.
Two letters and one word having smudged: the "C" of dear Carlo Rim, the "L'" of the intermission and, just above the word "avec"
Jean Anouilh warmly thanks Carlo Rim who intervened in favor of his son-in-law, Alain Tesler, so that he would join the staff of the Marseillais filmmaker. He nevertheless recommends not to spare him, a way for Jean Anouilh to exorcise his thorny role as...
€400
COLLECTIF
Théâtre du XVIIème siècle - Volume II
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1986|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full red grained sheep binding, grey top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, fine copy complete with its cellophane wrapper and soft slipcase.
€40
Gert HOFMANN
Der Bürgermeister[The Mayor]
S. Fischer verlag|Frankfurt-am-Mein [Frankfurt am Main] 1963|18 x 24 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Small stains on the covers.
Rare dated and signed autograph inscription by Gert Hofmann written from Edinburgh to a couple of friends.
€200
LUGNE-POE [Aurélien-Marie LUGNE]
Carte postale adressée depuis Ténérife à Carlo Rim
Tenerife 13 avril 1936|14 x 9 cm|une feuille
Postcard sent from Tenerife by Lugné-Poe to his friend Carlo Rim in his laconic style:
"Teneriffe 13 IV 36,
so?... when?.. Best regards. Lugné-Poe.
Will be Paris 21."
Provenance: from the Carlo Rim collection, friend of Henry-Paul Gassier, who was a Provençal writer, author notably of"Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.
€120
Elvire POPESCO
Lettre autographe signée Elvire et adressée à ses amis Alice et Carlo Rim à propos de l'état de santé précaire de son ami et longtemps amant Louis Verneuil alors en exil aux Etats-Unis : "Il fait tout ce qu'il peut pour me faire rester ici, moi je fais tout ce que je peux pour le ramener dans notre pays où nous avons ensemble laissé au théâtre toute notre jeunesse."
S. n.|Los Angeles s. d. [1943]|21.50 x 28 cm|une feuille recto-verso
Moving autograph letter signed (30 lines in blue ink from the Californian exile of Louis Verneuil, whose muse Elvire Popesco had become) Elvire, addressed to her friends Rim.
In this letter, entirely imbued with nostalgia linked to their shared youth and loves, Elvire Popesco expresses concern about the health condition of Louis Verneuil, whose muse she had become through their collaboration:
: "Chez Mr Louis Verneuil
474 North Faring Road
Holmby Hills
Los Angeles
California.
Mes chéris, je suis venue voir Louis Verneuil qui a été très gravement malade, un caillot dans l'aorte, et malgré une amélioration, les docteurs ne sont pas certains...
€400
Alfred CAPUS, Emmanuel ARÈNE
L'adversaire
Charpentier • Fasquelle|Paris 1904|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper, ours bearing the N°, the only deluxe copies.
Covers very lightly soiled and spotted, handsome copy.
€120
Paul DELAIR
Garin
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1880|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of the rare copies on Holland paper of which no mention is made.
Handsome copy despite some very occasional light foxing.
Half red morocco binding with corners, spine very slightly faded with five raised bands, date gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, top edge gilt.
Precious and beautiful signed autograph inscription from Paul Delair to Coquelin cadet, major figure of late 19th-century theater: "A mon cher Coquelin - absent de l'interprétation, vous ne l'étiez pas de l'oeuvre, à laquelle ont contribué vos conseils, et vous savez que vous ne le serez jamais du coeur de l'auteur." ["To my dear Coquelin...
€150
Eduardo MANET
Holocaustum ou le borgne
Gallimard|Paris 1972|11 x 16.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Second cover uniformly soiled.
Handsome autograph inscription dated and signed by Eduardo Manet to a man named Jean-Claude: "... qui a eu la gentillesse de trouver cette vieille pièce que j'aime bien." ["... who was kind enough to find this old play that I like very much."]
€50
Joséphin PÉLADAN
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Marius Richard à propos de sa pièce de théâtre Sériramis
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1897]|17.50 x 22.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Joséphin Peladan addressed to Marius Richard, Carlo Rim's father (14 lines in black ink).
Fold marks inherent to postal handling, small marginal foxing.
From his Parisian residence, the Sâr Péladan thanks his correspondent for the energy he put into seeing Sémiramis mounted and performed, probably in the city of Nîmes: "... je vous rends grâce, comme je dois ; car sans savoir les épisodes et les péripéties, je suis sûr qu'il vous a fallu déployer cette volonté qui est votre originalité & sur laquelle je m'appuyerai encor..." ["... I give you thanks, as I must; for without knowing the episodes and turns of events, I am...
€250
Emmanuel ROBLÈS
Montserrat
Seuil|Paris 1954|12.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Dated and signed autograph inscription by Emmanuel Roblès: "A monsieur Cohen, cette tragédie de tous les temps..." ["To Mr. Cohen, this tragedy of all times..."]

€60
Georges LETERVANIC
Jean la Croûte
Librairie Blériot|Paris s. d. [1900]|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Rare and handsome copy despite slight marginal worming to the boards.

€60
Hyppolite Léris de la Tude CLAIRON
Mémoires d'Hyppolite Clairon, et réflexions sur l'art dramatique
Chez F. Buisson|Paris An VII (1800)|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition presented in its original wrappers and under plain orange interim cover.
Title written in pen on a pasted label at head of spine.
One joint split at foot, small marginal lacks to covers.
Memoirs of the very famous tragedienne Hyppolyte de la Tude Clairon (1723-1803), who was venerated by the greatest (Diderot, Voltaire, Louis XV...). The actress was not content merely with her success but contributed to profoundly regenerating French theater. Marmontel was her lover and encouraged her to abandon the declamatory style. The portrait of Mlle Dumesnil, who was long her rival, contains great acrimony. The work is not composed like classical memoirs but rather as a...
€120
Janusz GLOWACKI
Antigone à New York
Editions théâtrales|Paris 2005|15 x 21 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation of Janusz Glowacki's masterpiece.
An email address inscribed in the margin of the last endpaper, handsome copy.
Rare handwritten signature dated by Janusz Glowacki made in Warsaw.

€100
Roger GAILLARD
La vie d'un joueur - Trente ans de souvenirs
Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1953|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on vélin alfama paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the wrinkled spine, small marginal scratches on the boards.
Inscribed by Roger Gaillard to one of his friends named Yvonne.
€80
Émile BLÉMONT, ADAM DE LA HALLE
Le jeu de Robin et Marion
Jean Jobert|Paris s. d. [circa 1923]|12.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition of Emile Blémont's adaptation of this 13th-century comic opera by the trouvère Adam de La Halle.
Handsome copy complete with publisher's slip.
Musical adaptation by Julien Tiersot.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Emile Blémont to the hydropath Joseph Uzanne.
€150
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de MARIVAUX
L'Isle des esclaves comédie en un acte[The Island of Slaves, a One-Act Comedy]
Noël Pissot • Pierre Delormel • François Flahaut|Paris 1725|9.50 x 16 cm|relié
Rare first edition of L'Ile des esclaves.
Nineteenth-century Bradel binding in half beige cloth, smooth spine uniformly soiled, faded long title label, gilt date at foot, cat's eye pebbled paper boards, all edges red. Binding signed Lemardeley.
Scattered foxing.

"Vous avez été leurs maîtres, et vous en avez mal agi ; ils sont devenus les vôtres, et ils vous pardonnent ; faites vos réflexions là-dessus." ["You have been their masters, and you have acted badly; they have become yours, and they forgive you; reflect upon this."] (Trivelin, final scene)

€800
Albert CAMUS
Les justes
Gallimard|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the deluxe issue after 2 reimposed on pur fil vergé hors commerce reserved for Jacques Hébertot and 13 on holland paper.
A handsome and rare copy of this response by Albert Camus to Jean-Paul Sartre's "Les mains sales".

€4,500
Paul RAYNAL
A souffert sous Ponce Pilate
Stock|Paris 1941|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 14 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the deluxe issue after 4 on old Japan paper.
Some worming on the slightly dusty deckled edges, a few minor foxing spots, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.
€80
Eduardo MANET
Holocaustum ou le borgne
Gallimard|Paris 1972|11 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Eduardo Manet to Guy Dumur: "... à qui nous devons, tous, une sincère gratitude pour sa courageuse défense de 'l'autre' théâtre." ["... to whom we all owe sincere gratitude for his courageous defense of 'the other' theater."]
€60
Joseph ROUMANILLE
Fau l'ana, dialogo prouvençau
J. Roumanille|Avignoun [Avignon] 1877|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
Second edition with some parts in first edition as revised and expanded and offering the French translation on facing pages.
Handsome copy.
€50
Émile AUGIER, Edouard FOUSSIER
Les lionnes pauvres
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1858|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition of this play comparing bourgeois marriage to legalized prostitution.
Bradel binding in half grey percaline with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, date and double gilt fillets at foot of spine, navy blue shagreen title-label with minor rubbing, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, binding signed in blind by Victor Champs.
Handsome copy.
€80
Émile AUGIER
Diane
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1852|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in grey half-cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot of spine, navy blue shagreen title-label with slight rubbing, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, binding stamp-signed in blind by Victor Champs.
Handsome copy.
€60
Émile AUGIER
Les méprises de l'amour
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1852|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in grey half-cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot of spine, navy blue shagreen title-label with slight rubbing, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, binding stamp-signed in blind by Victor Champs.
Handsome copy.
€60
Émile AUGIER
La jeunesse
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1858|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half grey cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot of spine, navy blue shagreen title-label with minor rubbing, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, binding signed in blind by Victor Champs.
Handsome copy.
€60
Émile AUGIER, Charles GOUNOD
Sapho
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1851|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition of this play set to music by Charles Gounod.
Bradel binding in half grey cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot of spine, navy blue shagreen title-label with minor rubbing, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, binding signed in blind by Victor Champs.
Handsome copy.
€150
Prosper MÉRIMÉE
Théâtre de Clara Gazul
H. Fournier jeune|Paris 1830|13.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
Second edition with some parts in first edition as expanded with two new pieces: "L'occasion" and "Le carrosse du Saint Sacrement".

Half red straight-grained morocco binding with corners signed Blanchetière at the top of the first endpaper. Smooth spine decorated with a large mirror tool and roulettes. Separating fillets on the boards. Very fresh copy, uncut, however some brown spots on Le carrosse du saint sacrement.

Very handsome copy.

Provenance: from the library of Jacques Crépineau, famous collector of Romantic books, with his bookplate. Theater historian and director of the Michodière theater.

This is Prosper Mérimée's first work composed...
€500