‎Autographs‎

‎Lawrence DURRELL‎

‎"Buttons. Je ne vous crois pas !"" • Autograph postcard from Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun‎

‎Sommières 1971. Fine. Sommières 12-02-1971 10.50 x 14.50 cm une carte postale et enveloppe Autograph postcard from Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun written in red felt-tip pen on the reverse of a reproduction of a small poster Mystification conceived by Jacques Yonnet "". Keep your head above water - Prolonged immersion of nose and mouth can cause fatal asphyxia"" with attached press clipping ""direct with a virile gland."" envelope included. The writer informs his young Montpellier lover about his upcoming travels: ""Buttons. Je ne vous crois pas ! je suis ici pour 15 jours encore - puis Genève pour une semaine"" ""Buttons. I don't believe you! I'm here for another 15 days - then Geneva for a week"". After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the traveling writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to independence from the British Crown. Rich only with a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus he arrived in France in 1956 and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""Tartès house"" his grand residence surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Avignon Quintet devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin violinist Yehudi Menuhin London publisher Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met in the mid-1960s the young and sparkling ""Jany"" Janine Brun a woman from Montpellier in her thirties with devastating beauty who worked at the Antiquities department of the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed ""Buttons"" in memory of their first meeting where the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the charm of ""Buttons"" praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional letters that remain unpublished. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we retain precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips particularly to England from where she received extensive correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed with his artist pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 73355

‎Lawrence DURRELL‎

‎"dear and pretty chapeau jaune . phone-moi veux-tu "" • Signed autograph postcard addressed to Jani Brun‎

‎Sommières 1968. Fine. Sommières 20 juin1968 14.60 x 10.20 cm une carte postale Signed autograph postcard from Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun written in black felt-tip pen on the verso of a photograph topped with the humorous caption ""Finies les vacances !! Les blés sont fauchés / Les vacanciers aussi !!"" ""The holidays are over!! The wheat is cut / The vacationers too!!"" The writer attempts to see his young French lover between two trips: ""Dear and pretty chapeau jaune. je suis au mazet vendredi mais chez moi le soir. Vendredi je suis seul. phone-moi veux-tu si possible Car je m'en vais à Paris dimanche soir pour trois jours mais j'attends un coup de téléphone de là bas pour décider"" ""Dear and pretty yellow hat. I'm at the mazet Friday but at home in the evening. Friday I'm alone. Will you phone me if possible Because I'm going to Paris Sunday evening for three days but I'm waiting for a phone call from there to decide"". After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the traveling writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to independence from the British crown. Rich only with a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus he arrived in France in 1956 and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""maison Tartès"" his large house surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Avignon Quintet devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin violinist Yehudi Menuhin London publisher Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met in the mid-1960s the young and vivacious ""Jany"" Janine Brun a woman from Montpellier in her thirties with devastating beauty who worked in the Antiquities department at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed ""Buttons"" in memory of their first meeting where the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the spell of ""Buttons"" praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we preserve precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips particularly to England from where she received extensive correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed with his artistic pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 70553

‎Lawrence DURRELL‎

‎"J'arrive à Paris Dimanche 19 pour deux nuits. Sera tu la sic Disponible "" • Autograph postcard signed by Lawrence Durrell from Rhodes to Jani Brun‎

‎Rhodes 1979. Fine. Rhodes Octobre 1979 21 x 10 cm une carte postale Evocative autograph postcard signed by Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun written in blue felt-tip pen on the verso of a reproduction of a sculpture depicting a seahorse fountain in Rhodes. Minor angular fold marks on the postcard. ""Rhodes ! J'arrive à Paris Dimanche 19 pour deux nuits. Sera tu la sic Disponible Je decend chez l'hotel Royale comme d'habitude. Le tournage est fini ce soir ! Ouf ! Love. Larry."" ""Rhodes! I'm arriving in Paris Sunday the 19th for two nights. Will you be there Available I'm staying at the Hotel Royale as usual. Filming is finished tonight! Phew! Love. Larry."" After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the travelling writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to independence from the British crown. Rich only with a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus he arrived in France in 1956 and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""Tartès house"" his large residence surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Avignon Quintet devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin the violinist Yehudi Menuhin the London publisher Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met in the mid-1960s the young and vivacious ""Jany"" Janine Brun a woman from Montpellier in her thirties of devastating beauty who worked in the Antiquities department at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed ""Buttons"" in memory of their first meeting where the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the charm of ""Buttons"" praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we retain precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips particularly to England from where she received extensive correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed with his artist pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 86609

‎Lawrence DURRELL‎

‎"je suis vraiment navré pour le voyage"" • Signed autograph postcard addressed to Jani Brun‎

‎Sommières 1971. Fine. Sommières 16 septembre 1971 17.90 x 12.80 cm un feuillet Autograph letter signed by Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun written in blue felt tip pen. The writer gives his news to his young French lover: ""I'm going to Geneva for 10 days to have my expertise assessed for my psychosome exema sic and discuss a script. Am happy because the servants in Provence are getting insolent see back "": the last part of the sentence referring to the waved santons on the back of the postcard. After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the travel writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings which led to the island's independence from the British crown. Rich only in a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus Acid lemons he arrived in 1956 in France and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""Maison Tartès"" his large house surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Quintette d'Avignon devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin the violinist Yehudi Menuhin the London editor Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Pénélope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met there in the mid-1960s the young and sparkling ""Jany"" Janine Brun Montpellier of thirty years with ravaging beauty who worked in the Department of Antiquities of the Sorbonne in Paris. It was named “Buttons” in memory of their first meeting where the girl wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell in love with ""Buttons"" praising his beauty and his eternal youth in exceptional letters that were never published. The three friends spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we keep precious autograph traces through their correspondence. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips notably to England from where she received a large correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed by her artist pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 70820

‎Lawrence DURRELL‎

‎"L'amérique est plein de fric de frustrées et d'ennui."" • Autograph postcard signed by Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun‎

‎Malibu 1971. Fine. Malibu s. d. 10.50 x 15 cm une carte postale Autograph postcard signed by Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun written in black felt-tip pen on the verso of a photograph of a Malibu beach. ""Buttons hola ! L'amérique est plein de fric de frustrées et d'ennui. Pourtant on est très bien traités et je joue un peu le rôle de Scott Fitzgerald à Malibu."" ""Buttons hello! America is full of money frustrated women and boredom. Yet we are very well treated and I play a bit the role of Scott Fitzgerald in Malibu."". After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the travel writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to its independence from the British crown. Rich only with a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus Les citrons acides he arrived in France in 1956 and settled in the Languedocian village of Sommières. In the ""maison Tartès"" his large house surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Avignon Quintet devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin violinist Yehudi Menuhin London publisher Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met in the mid-1960s the young and vivacious ""Jany"" Janine Brun a woman from Montpellier in her thirties with devastating beauty who worked at the Department of Antiquities at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed ""Buttons"" in memory of their first meeting where the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the charm of ""Buttons"" praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we keep precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips notably to England from where she received extensive correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed with his artist pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 73367

‎Lawrence DURRELL‎

‎"le MONTAGUE HOTEL à côté du British Museum quartier tranquil sic et respectable"" • Signed autograph letter addressed to Jani Brun‎

‎Sommières 1969. Fine. Sommières 22 août 1969 12.60 x 20.30 cm 2 pages sur 2 feuillets enveloppe jointe Autograph letter signed by Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun two pages written on two sheets. Central folds inherent to the folding of the missive for mailing. Envelope included. The writer arranges a stay in London for his lover and has asked his publisher Alan G. Thomas to welcome her: ""Thomas a déjà réservé une chambre au MONTAGUE HOTEL . à côté du British Museum quartier tranquil sic et respectable. Mais vérifiez vos dates et télégraphiez lui en avance pour qu'il refasse l'opération"" ""Thomas has already reserved a room at the MONTAGUE HOTEL . next to the British Museum quiet and respectable neighborhood. But verify your dates and telegraph him in advance so he can redo the operation"". After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the traveling writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to its independence from the British crown. Rich only with a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus Les citrons acides he arrived in France in 1956 and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""maison Tartès"" his large house surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Avignon Quintet devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin violinist Yehudi Menuhin London publisher Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met in the mid-1960s the young and sparkling ""Jany"" Janine Brun a woman from Montpellier in her thirties of devastating beauty who worked in the Antiquities department at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed ""Buttons"" in memory of their first meeting when the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the charm of ""Buttons"" praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we preserve precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips particularly to England from where she received extensive correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed with his artist pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 70627

‎Lawrence DURRELL‎

‎"make great haste"" • Signed autograph postcard addressed to Jani Brun‎

‎Sommières 1970. Fine. Sommières 2 février 1970 8.70 x 12.70 cm une carte postale enveloppe jointe Autograph postcard signed by Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun written in black felt-tip pen on the verso of a black and white view of the interior of the temple of Diana in Nîmes. Envelope included. The writer gives news of his daughter: ""Saph part pour Israel troisième semaine de février"" ""Saph leaves for Israel third week of February"" and eagerly awaits the arrival of his lover: ""make great haste"" come quickly. After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the traveling writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to its independence from the British crown. Rich only with a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus Les citrons acides he arrived in France in 1956 and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""maison Tartès"" his large house surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Avignon Quintet devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin violinist Yehudi Menuhin London publisher Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met in the mid-1960s the young and sparkling ""Jany"" Janine Brun a woman from Montpellier in her thirties of devastating beauty who worked in the Antiquities department at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed ""Buttons"" in memory of their first meeting when the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the charm of ""Buttons"" praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we preserve precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips particularly to England from where she received extensive correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed with his artist pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 70629

‎Lawrence DURRELL‎

‎"Pour notre dernier jour de tournage on va filmer Pharaon"" • Autograph postcard signed by Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun‎

‎Egypte Egypt 1971. Fine. Egypte Egypt 1971 10.50 x 15 cm une carte postale Autograph postcard signed ""Larry"" by Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun written in black felt-tip pen on the verso of a photograph of an Egyptian bas-relief. The writer to his young Montpellier lover: ""For our last day of filming we're going to film Pharaoh receiving the Bonbel Prize for his novel about the private life of a Nile crocodile: 'Le croc'. Then I have to return to London for a few weeks. I hope all is well dear Buttons."". After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the traveling writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to its independence from the British crown. Rich only with a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus Les citrons acides he arrived in France in 1956 and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""Tartès house"" his large residence surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Avignon Quintet devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin violinist Yehudi Menuhin London publisher Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met in the mid-1960s the young and sparkling ""Jany"" Janine Brun a thirty-something woman from Montpellier of devastating beauty who worked at the Department of Antiquities at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed ""Buttons"" in memory of their first meeting where the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the charm of ""Buttons"" praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we retain precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips notably to England from where she received vast correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed with his artist pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 73360

‎Lawrence DURRELL‎

‎"Toi tu peux m'écrire en Français. J'ai du mal à l'écrire mais je le comprends très bien"". • Signed autograph letter addressed to Jani Brun‎

‎Paris 1969. Fine. Paris 18 juillet 1969 21.60 x 28 cm 1 page sur un feuillet enveloppe jointe Autograph letter signed by Lawrence Durrell addressed to his lover Jani Brun dating from the beginning of their relationship. One page in blue ballpoint pen. Envelope included. The writer addresses here one of the first letters of his correspondence with his young friend from Montpellier which extended over more than two decades. Still unaccustomed to the French language he asked for help translating his letter: ""J'espère bien mieux te connaître . Gérard a traduit ceci de l'anglais pour moi. Comprendrais-tu si la prochaine fois j'écrivais en anglais . "" ""I hope to get to know you much better . Gérard translated this from English for me. Would you understand if next time I wrote in English . "" After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the traveling writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to its independence from the British crown. Rich only with a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus Les citrons acides he arrived in France in 1956 and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""Tartès house"" his large residence surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Avignon Quintet devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin violinist Yehudi Menuhin London publisher Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met in the mid-1960s the young and vivacious ""Jany"" Janine Brun a woman from Montpellier in her thirties with devastating beauty who worked in the Antiquities department of the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed ""Buttons"" in memory of their first meeting where the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the charm of ""Buttons"" praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we retain precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips notably to England from where she received vast correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed with his artist pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 70624

‎Lawrence DURRELL‎

‎"Tout le monde cherche quelqu'un de fidèle tout en restant 'libre' en échange !"" • Signed autograph postcard addressed to Jani Brun‎

‎Sommières 1970. Fine. Sommières s. d. circa 1970 15 x 10 cm une carte postale Autograph postcard signed by Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun written in black felt-tip pen on the verso of a view of the banks of the Vidourle at Sommières. Admirable and humorous confession by the writer to his young lover: ""Tout le monde cherche quelqu'un de fidèle tout en restant 'libre' en échange ! Bientôt je serai impuissant et le problème n'existera plus !"" ""Everyone is looking for someone faithful while remaining 'free' in return! Soon I will be impotent and the problem will no longer exist!"". Durrell reflects on his numerous feminine conquests ""Pour l'instant je suis comblé de belles et j'en profite - pourquoi pas !"" ""For now I am overwhelmed with beauties and I'm taking advantage of it - why not!"" and gives precious advice to his addressee who had chosen to remain independent despite the writer's entreaties: ""Tu n'es pas heureuse en amour parce que tu es intéressée - tu cherche sic des combines toujours au lieu de te donner sans réserve ni réservation ! C'est quand on deviens sic esclave qu'on est vraiment heureux !"" ""You are not happy in love because you are self-interested - you are always looking for schemes instead of giving yourself without reserve or reservation! It's when one becomes a slave that one is truly happy!"" After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the traveler-writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to its independence from the British crown. Rich only in a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus he arrived in 1956 in France and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""maison Tartès"" his large house surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Avignon Quintet devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin violinist Yehudi Menuhin London publisher Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met in the mid-1960s the young and sparkling ""Jany"" Janine Brun a thirty-something from Montpellier of devastating beauty who worked at the Department of Antiquities at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed ""Buttons"" in memory of their first meeting when the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the charm of ""Buttons"" praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we retain precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips notably to England from where she received extensive correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed with his artistic pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 70299

‎Lawrence DURRELL‎

‎Carte de visite dactylographiée adressée à Jani Brun‎

‎Sommières 1970. Fine. Sommières circa 1970 9.50 x 6.50 cm une carte de visite sous enveloppe Typed visiting card from Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun. Envelope included. After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the writer-traveler Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to its independence from the British crown. Rich only with a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus Les citrons acides he arrived in France in 1956 and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""Tartès house"" his large dwelling surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Avignon Quintet devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin the violinist Yehudi Menuhin the London publisher Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met in the mid-1960s the young and sparkling ""Jany"" Janine Brun a thirty-year-old woman from Montpellier of devastating beauty who worked in the Department of Antiquities at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed ""Buttons"" in memory of their first meeting when the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the charm of ""Buttons"" praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we retain precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips notably to England from where she received vast correspondence from the writer as well as original artworks signed with his artist pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 70626

‎Lawrence DURRELL‎

‎Carte de visite autographe adressée à Jani Brun‎

‎Sommières 1979. Fine. Sommières 2 février 1979 12.70 x 8.10 cm une carte de visite sous enveloppe Autograph postcard by Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun. A few lines in ink. Envelope included. The ink has slightly smudged the envelope having presumably been dampened. The writer addresses this card from Sommières his Languedoc retreat to his lover Janine Brun: ""Janine est-ce que vos dates sont fixés sic Je ne sais pas si je suis de retour de Londres avant le 10 samedi - écris moi pour me dire - Love Larry"" ""Janine are your dates fixed I don't know if I'll be back from London before Saturday the 10th - write to tell me - Love Larry"" After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the travel writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to its independence from the British crown. Rich only with a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons he arrived in France in 1956 and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""maison Tartès"" his large house surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Avignon Quintet devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin violinist Yehudi Menuhin London publisher Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met in the mid-1960s the young and vivacious ""Jany"" Janine Brun a woman from Montpellier in her thirties of devastating beauty who worked in the Department of Antiquities at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed ""Buttons"" in memory of their first meeting where the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the charm of ""Buttons"" praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we keep precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips particularly to England from where she received extensive correspondence from the writer as well as original artworks signed with his artist pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 70292

‎Lawrence DURRELL‎

‎tournage du film adapté de son livre ""Justine"" • Signed autograph postcard addressed to Jani Brun‎

‎Sommières 1969. Fine. Sommières 3 janvier 1969 14.60 x 10.20 cm une carte postale Signed autograph postcard from Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun written in purple felt-tip pen on the verso of a humorous illustration by Lassalvy. The writer sends his wishes for the year 1969 to his young French lover and prepares to follow the filming of the movie adapted from his novel ""Justine"" first volume of his Alexandria Quartet: ""Je vais à Londres samedi pour un mois de 'filmage'. Amuse toi bien mais sagement !"" ""I'm going to London Saturday for a month of 'filming'. Have fun but wisely!"" After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the traveling writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to independence from the British crown. Rich only with a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus he arrived in France in 1956 and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""maison Tartès"" his large house surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Avignon Quintet devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin violinist Yehudi Menuhin London publisher Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met in the mid-1960s the young and vivacious ""Jany"" Janine Brun a woman from Montpellier in her thirties with devastating beauty who worked in the Antiquities department at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed ""Buttons"" in memory of their first meeting where the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the spell of ""Buttons"" praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we preserve precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips particularly to England from where she received extensive correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed with his artistic pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 70552

‎Lawrence DURRELL‎

‎"D'avoir soixante ans et d'être aimé (très mal d'ailleurs) par les vampires" Carte postale autographe signée de Lawrence Durrell adressée à Jani Brun‎

‎Sommières 20-04-1971 | 10.50 x 14.50 cm | une carte postale et enveloppe‎

‎Carte postale autographe de Lawrence Durrell signée "Dracula"adressée à Jani Brun, rédigée à l'encre bleue, reproduction d'un dessin de Marcel Vaysse "Ils sortent...tous les soirs", enveloppe jointe. L'écrivain nargue avec humour sa jeune amante montpelliéraine : "Darling Janie - maintenant qu'il fait beau la saison est ouverte et malgré mon age je reçois pas mal des invitations; souvent les filles de dix ans m'envoient des propositions inscrites par télégramme. J'estime que le rôle de papa gâteux me va bien ("le gâtisme c'est le relachment des sphinctères" (Dictionnairemedicale - Pujot)". Je vais en Grèce avec, une, 2, 3, 4 fille(s) plus fidé(?) que vous pour faire des reportages appellation contrôlée. D'avoir soixante ans et d'être aimé (très mal d'ailleurs) par les vampires - n'est pas que c'est splendide ? Dracula" Après de nombreuses années passées en Grèce, en Egypte et à Rhodes, l'écrivain voyageur Lawrence Durrell fut contraint de fuirChypre à la suite de soulèvements populaires qui menèrent l'île à son indépendance de la couronne britannique. Riche seulement d'une chemise et d'une machine à écrire mais auréolé du succès de son romanBitter Lemons of Cyprus(Les citrons acides), il arriva en 1956 en France et s'établit dans le village languedocien de Sommières. Dans la «maison Tartès», sa grande demeure entourée d'arbres, il écrivit la seconde partie de son uvre, son monumental Quintette d'Avignon, s'adonna à la peinture et reçut ses illustres amis, dont le couple Henry Miller et Anaïs Nin, le violoniste Yehudi Menuhin, l'éditeur londonien Alan G. Thomas, et ses deux filles Pénélope et Sappho. Parmi les oliviers et sous le soleil méditerranéen, il y rencontre au milieu des années 1960 la jeune et pétillante "Jany" (Janine Brun), montpelliéraine d'une trentaine d'années à la beauté ravageuse, qui travaillait au département des Antiquités de la Sorbonne à Paris. Elle fut prénommée «Buttons» en souvenir de leur première rencontre, où la jeune fille portait une robe couverte de boutons. Henry Miller tomba également sous le charme de «Buttons», louant sa beauté et son éternelle jeunesse dans d'exceptionnelles lettres restées inédites. Les trois compères passèrent des soirées parisiennes mémorables dont nous gardons de précieuses traces autographes à travers leurs échanges épistolaires. Recommandée par Durrell, elle fit de nombreux voyages notamment en Angleterre d'où elle reçut une vaste correspondance de l'écrivain ainsi que des uvres d'art originales signées de son pseudonyme d'artiste, Oscar Epfs. - Photographies et détails sur www.Edition-Originale.com -‎

Bookseller reference : 73354

‎Lawrence DURRELL‎

‎"J'arrive à Paris Dimanche 19 pour deux nuits. Sera tu la [sic] ? Disponible ? " Carte postale autographe signée de Lawrence Durrell adressée depuis Rhodes à Jani Brun‎

‎Rhodes Octobre 1979 | 21 x 10 cm | une carte postale‎

‎Suggestive carte postale autographe signée de Lawrence Durrell adressée à Jani Brun, rédigée au feutre bleu, au verso d'une reproduction de sculpture représentant une fontaine aux hippocampes de Rhodes. Petites traces de pliures angulaires sur la carte postale. "Rhodes ! J'arrive à Paris Dimanche 19 pour deux nuits. Sera tu la [sic]? Disponible ?Je decend chez l'hotel Royale comme d'habitude. Le tournage est fini ce soir ! Ouf ! Love. Larry." Après de nombreuses années passées en Grèce, en Egypte et à Rhodes, l'écrivain voyageur Lawrence Durrell fut contraint de fuirChypre à la suite de soulèvements populaires qui menèrent l'île à son indépendance de la couronne britannique. Riche seulement d'une chemise et d'une machine à écrire mais auréolé du succès de son romanBitter Lemons of Cyprus(Les citrons acides), il arriva en 1956 en France et s'établit dans le village languedocien de Sommières. Dans la «maison Tartès», sa grande demeure entourée d'arbres, il écrivit la seconde partie de son uvre, son monumental Quintette d'Avignon, s'adonna à la peinture et reçut ses illustres amis, dont le couple Henry Miller et Anaïs Nin, le violoniste Yehudi Menuhin, l'éditeur londonien Alan G. Thomas, et ses deux filles Pénélope et Sappho. Parmi les oliviers et sous le soleil méditerranéen, il y rencontre au milieu des années 1960 la jeune et pétillante "Jany" (Janine Brun), montpelliéraine d'une trentaine d'années à la beauté ravageuse, qui travaillait au département des Antiquités de la Sorbonne à Paris. Elle fut prénommée «Buttons» en souvenir de leur première rencontre, où la jeune fille portait une robe couverte de boutons. Henry Miller tomba également sous le charme de «Buttons», louant sa beauté et son éternelle jeunesse dans d'exceptionnelles lettres restées inédites. Les trois compères passèrent des soirées parisiennes mémorables dont nous gardons de précieuses traces autographes à travers leurs échanges épistolaires. Recommandée par Durrell, elle fit de nombreux voyages notamment en Angleterre d'où elle reçut une vaste correspondance de l'écrivain ainsi que des uvres d'art originales signées de son pseudonyme d'artiste, Oscar Epfs. - Photographies et détails sur www.Edition-Originale.com -‎

Bookseller reference : 86609

‎Lawrence DURRELL‎

‎"je tripote des livres, des nuages, des femmes, et des calembours" Carte postale autographe signée adressée à Jani Brun‎

‎Sommières 10 novembre 1969 | 13.90 x 10.10 cm | une carte postale, enveloppe jointe‎

‎Carte postale autographe signée adressée à Jani Brun, rédigée au feutre noir au verso d'un dessin humoristique. Enveloppe jointe. L'écrivain donne des nouvelles de sa vie dans sa maison de Sommières à son amante française : "Je me force de [sic] travailler un peu - c'est à dire je tripote des livres, des nuages, des femmes, et des calembours [...] Il pleut. Je coupe du bois aussi et bientôt il faut que je ramasse les mûres. Much love, Larry D". Après de nombreuses années passées en Grèce, en Egypte et à Rhodes, l'écrivain voyageur Lawrence Durrell fut contraint de fuirChypre à la suite de soulèvements populaires qui menèrent l'île à son indépendance de la couronne britannique. Riche seulement d'une chemise et d'une machine à écrire mais auréolé du succès de son romanBitter Lemons of Cyprus(Les citrons acides), il arriva en 1956 en France et s'établit dans le village languedocien de Sommières. Dans la «maison Tartès», sa grande demeure entourée d'arbres, il écrivit la seconde partie de son uvre, son monumental Quintette d'Avignon, s'adonna à la peinture et reçut ses illustres amis, dont le couple Henry Miller et Anaïs Nin, le violoniste Yehudi Menuhin, l'éditeur londonien Alan G. Thomas, et ses deux filles Pénélope et Sappho. Parmi les oliviers et sous le soleil méditerranéen, il y rencontre au milieu des années 1960 la jeune et pétillante "Jany" (Janine Brun), montpelliéraine d'une trentaine d'années à la beauté ravageuse, qui travaillait au département des Antiquités de la Sorbonne à Paris. Elle fut prénommée «Buttons» en souvenir de leur première rencontre, où la jeune fille portait une robe couverte de boutons. Henry Miller tomba également sous le charme de «Buttons», louant sa beauté et son éternelle jeunesse dans d'exceptionnelles lettres restées inédites. Les trois compères passèrent des soirées parisiennes mémorables dont nous gardons de précieuses traces autographes à travers leurs échanges épistolaires. Recommandée par Durrell, elle fit de nombreux voyages notamment en Angleterre d'où elle reçut une vaste correspondance de l'écrivain ainsi que des uvres d'art originales signées de son pseudonyme d'artiste, Oscar Epfs. - Photographies et détails sur www.Edition-Originale.com -‎

Bookseller reference : 70623

‎Lawrence DURRELL‎

‎"Oui telephonez moi quand tu es à Sauve-qui-pleut... " Amusante carte de visite autographe signée de Lawrence Durrell adressée à son amante Jani Brun‎

‎Rhodes s. d. [ca 1980] | 13 x 8 cm | une carte postale + une enveloppe‎

‎Suggestive carte de visite autographe signée de Lawrence Durrell adressée à Jani Brun, rédigée aux feutres marron et mauve, enveloppe jointe. "dear Buttons. Oui telephonez moi quand tu es à Sauve-qui-pleutet je viendrai te chercher (un coeur dessiné). Larry." Après de nombreuses années passées en Grèce, en Egypte et à Rhodes, l'écrivain voyageur Lawrence Durrell fut contraint de fuirChypre à la suite de soulèvements populaires qui menèrent l'île à son indépendance de la couronne britannique. Riche seulement d'une chemise et d'une machine à écrire mais auréolé du succès de son romanBitter Lemons of Cyprus(Les citrons acides), il arriva en 1956 en France et s'établit dans le village languedocien de Sommières. Dans la «maison Tartès», sa grande demeure entourée d'arbres, il écrivit la seconde partie de son uvre, son monumental Quintette d'Avignon, s'adonna à la peinture et reçut ses illustres amis, dont le couple Henry Miller et Anaïs Nin, le violoniste Yehudi Menuhin, l'éditeur londonien Alan G. Thomas, et ses deux filles Pénélope et Sappho. Parmi les oliviers et sous le soleil méditerranéen, il y rencontre au milieu des années 1960 la jeune et pétillante "Jany" (Janine Brun), montpelliéraine d'une trentaine d'années à la beauté ravageuse, qui travaillait au département des Antiquités de la Sorbonne à Paris. Elle fut prénommée «Buttons» en souvenir de leur première rencontre, où la jeune fille portait une robe couverte de boutons. Henry Miller tomba également sous le charme de «Buttons», louant sa beauté et son éternelle jeunesse dans d'exceptionnelles lettres restées inédites. Les trois compères passèrent des soirées parisiennes mémorables dont nous gardons de précieuses traces autographes à travers leurs échanges épistolaires. Recommandée par Durrell, elle fit de nombreux voyages notamment en Angleterre d'où elle reçut une vaste correspondance de l'écrivain ainsi que des uvres d'art originales signées de son pseudonyme d'artiste, Oscar Epfs. - Photographies et détails sur www.Edition-Originale.com -‎

Bookseller reference : 86623

‎Lawrence DURRELL‎

‎"Si tu es libre de me joindre... faites moi signed" Carte postale autographe signée de Lawrence Durrell adressée depuis Edimbourg à Jani Brun‎

‎Edimbourg 4 octobre 1980 | 10 x 14.50 cm | une carte postale + une enveloppe‎

‎Suggestive carte postale autographe signée de Lawrence Durrell adressée à Jani Brun, rédigée au feutre violet, au verso d'une reproduction de sculpture représentant un satyre, enveloppe jointe. "Buttons dear. J'arrive mardi pour deux nuits à Paris - au Royale. Si tu es libre de me joindre... faites moi signed. Suis fatigué après Athens, Londres, Edinburgh! Love. Larry Durrell." Après de nombreuses années passées en Grèce, en Egypte et à Rhodes, l'écrivain voyageur Lawrence Durrell fut contraint de fuirChypre à la suite de soulèvements populaires qui menèrent l'île à son indépendance de la couronne britannique. Riche seulement d'une chemise et d'une machine à écrire mais auréolé du succès de son romanBitter Lemons of Cyprus(Les citrons acides), il arriva en 1956 en France et s'établit dans le village languedocien de Sommières. Dans la «maison Tartès», sa grande demeure entourée d'arbres, il écrivit la seconde partie de son uvre, son monumental Quintette d'Avignon, s'adonna à la peinture et reçut ses illustres amis, dont le couple Henry Miller et Anaïs Nin, le violoniste Yehudi Menuhin, l'éditeur londonien Alan G. Thomas, et ses deux filles Pénélope et Sappho. Parmi les oliviers et sous le soleil méditerranéen, il y rencontre au milieu des années 1960 la jeune et pétillante "Jany" (Janine Brun), montpelliéraine d'une trentaine d'années à la beauté ravageuse, qui travaillait au département des Antiquités de la Sorbonne à Paris. Elle fut prénommée «Buttons» en souvenir de leur première rencontre, où la jeune fille portait une robe couverte de boutons. Henry Miller tomba également sous le charme de «Buttons», louant sa beauté et son éternelle jeunesse dans d'exceptionnelles lettres restées inédites. Les trois compères passèrent des soirées parisiennes mémorables dont nous gardons de précieuses traces autographes à travers leurs échanges épistolaires. Recommandée par Durrell, elle fit de nombreux voyages notamment en Angleterre d'où elle reçut une vaste correspondance de l'écrivain ainsi que des uvres d'art originales signées de son pseudonyme d'artiste, Oscar Epfs. - Photographies et détails sur www.Edition-Originale.com -‎

Bookseller reference : 83025

‎Lawrence DURRELL‎

‎"Tout le monde cherche quelqu'un de fidèle tout en restant 'libre' en échange !" Carte postale autographe signée adressée à Jani Brun‎

‎Sommières s. d. [circa 1970] | 15 x 10 cm | une carte postale‎

‎Carte postale autographe signée de Lawrence Durrell adressée à Jani Brun, rédigée au feutre noir, au verso d'une vue des bords de la Vidourle à Sommières. Admirable et humoristique confession de l'écrivain à sa jeune amante : "Tout le monde cherche quelqu'un de fidèle tout en restant 'libre' en échange ! Bientôt je serai impuissant et le problème n'existera plus !". Durrell revient sur ses nombreuses conquêtes féminines ("Pour l'instant je suis comblé de belles et j'en profite - pourquoi pas !") et donne de précieux conseils à sa destinataire, qui avait choisi de rester indépendante malgré les prières de l'écrivain : "Tu n'es pas heureuse en amour parce que tu es intéressée - tu cherche [sic] des combines toujours au lieu de te donner sans réserve ni réservation ! C'est quand on deviens [sic] esclave qu'on est vraiment heureux !" Après de nombreuses années passées en Grèce, en Egypte et à Rhodes, l'écrivain voyageur Lawrence Durrell fut contraint de fuirChypre à la suite de soulèvements populaires qui menèrent l'île à son indépendance de la couronne britannique. Riche seulement d'une chemise et d'une machine à écrire mais auréolé du succès de son roman Bitter Lemons of Cyprus (Les citrons acides), il arriva en 1956 en France et s'établit dans le village languedocien de Sommières. Dans la «maison Tartès», sa grande demeure entourée d'arbres, il écrivit la seconde partie de son uvre, son monumental Quintette d'Avignon, s'adonna à la peinture et reçut ses illustres amis, dont le couple Henry Miller et Anaïs Nin, le violoniste Yehudi Menuhin, l'éditeur londonien Alan G. Thomas, et ses deux filles Pénélope et Sappho. Parmi les oliviers et sous le soleil méditerranéen, il y rencontre au milieu des années 1960 la jeune et pétillante "Jany" (Janine Brun), montpelliéraine d'une trentaine d'années à la beauté ravageuse, qui travaillait au département des Antiquités de la Sorbonne à Paris. Elle fut prénommée «Buttons» en souvenir de leur première rencontre, où la jeune fille portait une robe couverte de boutons. Henry Miller tomba également sous le charme de «Buttons», louant sa beauté et son éternelle jeunesse dans d'exceptionnelles lettres restées inédites. Les trois compères passèrent des soirées parisiennes mémorables dont nous gardons de précieuses traces autographes à travers leurs échanges épistolaires. Recommandée par Durrell, elle fit de nombreux voyages notamment en Angleterre d'où elle reçut une vaste correspondance de l'écrivain ainsi que des uvres d'art originales signées de son pseudonyme d'artiste, Oscar Epfs. - Photographies et détails sur www.Edition-Originale.com -‎

Bookseller reference : 70299

‎Lawrence DURRELL‎

‎Carte postale autographe signée adressée à Jani Brun‎

‎Sommières 18 octobre 1971 | 15 x 10.50 cm | une carte postale‎

‎Carte postale autographe signée de Lawrence Durrell adressée à Jani Brun, rédigée au feutre bleu, au verso d'une citation de Nietzsche soulignant une image humoristique. Après de nombreuses années passées en Grèce, en Egypte et à Rhodes, l'écrivain voyageur Lawrence Durrell fut contraint de fuirChypre à la suite de soulèvements populaires qui menèrent l'île à son indépendance de la couronne britannique. Riche seulement d'une chemise et d'une machine à écrire mais auréolé du succès de son roman Bitter Lemons of Cyprus (Les citrons acides), il arriva en 1956 en France et s'établit dans le village languedocien de Sommières. Dans la «maison Tartès», sa grande demeure entourée d'arbres, il écrivit la seconde partie de son uvre, son monumental Quintette d'Avignon, s'adonna à la peinture et reçut ses illustres amis, dont le couple Henry Miller et Anaïs Nin, le violoniste Yehudi Menuhin, l'éditeur londonien Alan G. Thomas, et ses deux filles Pénélope et Sappho. Parmi les oliviers et sous le soleil méditerranéen, il y rencontre au milieu des années 1960 la jeune et pétillante "Jany" (Janine Brun), montpelliéraine d'une trentaine d'années à la beauté ravageuse, qui travaillait au département des Antiquités de la Sorbonne à Paris. Elle fut prénommée «Buttons» en souvenir de leur première rencontre, où la jeune fille portait une robe couverte de boutons. Henry Miller tomba également sous le charme de «Buttons», louant sa beauté et son éternelle jeunesse dans d'exceptionnelles lettres restées inédites. Les trois compères passèrent des soirées parisiennes mémorables dont nous gardons de précieuses traces autographes à travers leurs échanges épistolaires. Recommandée par Durrell, elle fit de nombreux voyages notamment en Angleterre d'où elle reçut une vaste correspondance de l'écrivain ainsi que des uvres d'art originales signées de son pseudonyme d'artiste, Oscar Epfs. - Photographies et détails sur www.Edition-Originale.com -‎

Bookseller reference : 70300

‎Lawrence, Marc‎

‎Long Time No See: Confessions of a Hollywood Gangster‎

‎Ursus Press 1991. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Fine. 202 Pp Photographs At End. First Edition Stated. Very Near Fine. Inscribed By Lawrence To Hollywood Publicist Frank Liberman. <br/> <br/> Ursus Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 058547 ISBN : 096367000X 9780963670007

‎Lawrence, T[homas] E[dward], British explorer, intelligence officer, and writer (1888-1935).‎

‎Autograph letter signed. ("TEShaw"). No place, 2 May 1930.‎

‎4to. 1½ pp. To the politician Ernest Thurtle, acknowledging his success in abolishing the British Army's death penalty to punish crimes such as desertion or cowardice: "Then the Lords gave me a fright. Lord Allenby too, whom I like and admire. Surely if I had been in London, able to see him, he would at least have kept silence - if not supported you. Yet doesn't it make you surer you were right, to see all the General Staff opposing you? In the end you downed the Lords, as you had downed the Government. I feel it is a blessed victory. The old state of law hurt me. It was such a damnable judgement upon our own flesh & blood [...] I haven't really said thank you for all you did: because I feel that it was only your duty really. People who care anything at all about their countries don't like to see them fouling themselves [...]". - After over 300 British soldiers had been executed by firing squad following brief trials during World War I, Thurtle had first introduced his measure for the law's abolition in 1924. - A few small marginal tears to the folds.‎

‎Lawrence, Thomas, Maler (1769-1830).‎

‎Eigenh. Brief mit U. ("Tho[ma]s Lawrence"). Russel Square (London), 12. VIII. 1820.‎

‎1 S. 8vo. An einen namentlich nicht genannten Adressaten: "I beg the favour you to write to me your arrival, acquainting me when I may see you; as I have received an answer from Mr. Brooke Taylor, which I wish to communicate to you [...]". - Auf Briefpapier mit gepr. Vignette; papierbedingt leicht gebräunt.‎

‎LAWSON, Victor F. (1850-1925)‎

‎Letter Signed‎

‎This innovative Chicago publisher 1876-88 came up with the idea of using young boys to hawk his "Chicago Daily News"; he also served as president of Associated Press 1894-1900 and was a powerful leader for civic reform. LS 1p 4 3/4" X 6¼" Green Lake WI 1914 October 13. Addressed to Seymour Eaton 1859-1916 Canadian-born literary and marketing genius best known for the Teddy-G and Teddy-B illustrated series he created. Near fine. On pale green letterhead Lawson sends "Thanks for sympathy in the great bereavement that has come to me." Lawson wife of 34 years Jessie Bradley daughter of a prominent Chicago family had died shortly before. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 28691

‎Laxness, Halldór, isländischer Schriftsteller (1902-1998).‎

‎Eigenh. Albumblatt mit U. O. O. u. D.‎

‎1 S. Qu.-8vo.‎