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Varnay, Astrid; Sabine Toepffer
Photograph of Soprano Astrid Varnay Signed
Munich 1954. Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. PArt of a set of photographs and letters sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". A n 4" x 6" photograph portrait of V arnay signed with photographer's stamp on reverse. <br/> <br/> Munich unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008759
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Spalding, Albert (by Violet Oakley)
Photograph of a Drawing of Albert Spalding by Violet Oakley
1928. Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". A 7" x 9 1/2" photograph of Oakley's portrait. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008734
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(Mary Curtis-Verna)
Photograph of Mary Curtis-Verna
Original Photograph & Letter . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". 8" x 10" portrait photo of Curtis-Verna. . With two holograph signed letters to Granger dated 1983 and 1984 regarding his book and the photograph and the signed return address from a mailing envelope. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008604
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Melton, James; Maurice Seymour
Photograph of Tenor James Melton
Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". An 8 " x 10" photograph portrait of Melton as Lt. Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly stamped by photographer Seymour on the reverse. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008692
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Valente, Benita
Photograph of Soprano Benita Valente Signed
Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". An 8" x 10" publicity photograph portrait of Valente signed <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008762
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Raskin, Judith; Raymond A. Raskin
Photograph of Soprano Judith Raskin Signed
1954. Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". An 8" x 10" photograph portrait of Raskin unsigned. With a 1965 typed letter signed by Raskin transmitting a photograph; an undated holograph letter granting permission for use of the photograph by Judith Raskin and her husband the photographer; a 1984 holograph 12 line postcard signed thanking him for her copy of his book congratulating him on his research and adding one more 1972 performance of Fidelio in March 1972; and a short 7 line holograph postcard signed. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008722
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(Farrell, Eileen)
Photograph of Eileen Farrell Signed
Original Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". 8" x 9" portrait of Farrell signed. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008621
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(Dominic Cossa)
Photograph of Dominic Cossa Signed
Original Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". 8" x 10" photo of Cossa. Nicely inscribed to Granger with a very large clear signature and greeting. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008600
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(Dalis, Irene)
Photograph of Irene Dalis Signed
Original Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". 8 " x 10" titled portrait of Dalis as Kundry nicely inscribed to Granger. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008617
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Stader, Maria
Photograph of Soprano Maria Stader Signed
Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". A 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" photograph portrait of Stader nicely inscribed to Granger. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008735
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Mccormack, John; Autrey & Kah..
Photograph of Tenor John McCormick
Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". An 8 x 10" photograph portrait of McCormack portrait bust. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008694
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Konya, Sandor
Photograph of Tenor Sandor Konya Signed
New York City. Original Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". A 3 1/2" x 5" portrait of Konyas nicely signed by Konya. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008656
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Giaiotti, Bonaldo
Photograph of Bass Bonaldo Giaiotti Signed
Wien / Vienna: Staatsoper. Original Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". A very cute 6" x 4" bust portrait of Giaiotti in costume nicely inscribed to Granger. <br/> <br/> Staatsoper unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008635
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(Lucrezia Bori)
Photograph of Lucrezia Bori
Original Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". 6" x 4" portrait. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008591
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(Dichter, Misha)
Photograph of Misha Dichter Signed
Original Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". 8" x 10" portrait photo of pianist Misha Dichter playing the piano signed by Dichter. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008608
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(Guarrera, Frank); Sedde Leblanq
Photograph of Baritone Frank Guarrera Signed
New York City. Original Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". 8 " x 10" titled portrait of Guarrera in "Boheme" nicely inscribed to Granger and dated 1963. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008630
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Mandac, Evelyn
Photograph of Soprano Evelyn Mandac Signed
Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". A 8 " x 10" photograph portrait of Evelyn Mandac nicely inscribed to Granger by Mandac. With a holograph eleven line note signed dated May 28 1976. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008684
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(Downey, Morton); G. Maillard Kesslere
Photograph of Morton Downey Inscribed
Original Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". 8" x 10" portrait photo of tenor Morton Downey nicely inscribed to Granger. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008607
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(Fedora Barbieri)
Photograph of Fedora Barbieri Signed
Original Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". 6" x 4" portrait of Barbieri as "Marta" in Kovantchina nicely inscribed to Granger in Italian. With a holograph envelope signed enclosing professional sheets for her complete operas on disk and another for her career. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008593
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Talvela, Martti
Photograph of Bass Martti Talvela Signed
1965. Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs and letters sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". A 4" x 5 3/4" postcard photograph portrait of Talvela signed across bottom in blue ink with his personalized Finnish mailing envelope. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008748
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Singher, Martial; Vittoria
Photograph of Baritone Martial Singher Signed
1981. Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. Part of a set of photographs and letters sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". A 6 1/2" x 9 /2" photograph portrait of Singher signed by Singher and the photographer Vittoria on the reverse. With an 18 line 1983 holograph letter signed by Singher transmitting the photograph and giving his permission and that of the photographer to use it in the book; with a 1984 holograph letter enclosing revisions to Granger's proofs of the Singher biography; and a 14 line typed letter signed congratulating him on the accuracy and other qualities of the finished book. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008731
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Miller, Mildred; James J. Kriegsmann
Photograph of Mezzo-Soprano Mildred Miller Signed
Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". A 9 1/2" x 8" photograph portrait of Mildred Miller by Kriegsmann unsigned. With a typed three line note signed dated October 6 1981 on her personalized stationary giving permission for use of the photograph in the book and another 16 line note signed and dated March 14 1984 noting an omission after she read it. Also with a three line typed note signed from Kriegsmann giving permission for use of the photograph in the book. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008683
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Hunt, Lois
Photograph of Soprano Lois Hunt Signed
New York City. Original Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". A 3 1/2" x 5" portrait of Hunt nicely inscribed to Granger. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008639
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Rysanek, Leonie
Photograph of Soprano Leonie Rysanek and Tenor James King Signed
Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". A 3 1/2" x 5" photograph portrait of Rysanek and King in costume signed by Rysanek. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008723
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(Guarrera, Frank); Louis Melancon
Photograph of Baritone Frank Guarrera Signed
New York City. Original Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". 8 " x 10" titled portrait of Guarrera as Sgt. Belcore in "Elixir of Love" signed. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008631
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Hunter, Rita
Photograph Of Soprano Rita Hunter Signed
1976. Original Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". A 3 1/2" x 5" portrait of Hunt nicely inscribed. With two signed holograph letters dated 1976 one apologizing for not being available to meet him in San Francisco. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008640
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(Blatas) Resnik, Regina; Michael Gold
Photograph of Mezzo-soprano Regina Resnik Blatas with Signed Letter
Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". An 8" x 9 1/2" photograph portrait of Resnik unsigned. With a 23 line typed letter from her personal assistant dated March 29 1983 giving permission for him to use the photograph in his book discussing her film GETO for PBS and an upcoming engagement at the Met in The Daughter of the Regiment. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008705
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Lovberg, Aase Nordme
Photograph of Soprano Aase Nordme Lovberg Signed
Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". A 5" 1/2 x 4" photograph portrait of Lovberg generically inscribed with her handwritten home address on the reverse. A negative of the photograph is also available. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008665
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(Mario Chamlee and Ruth Miller)
Last Photograph of Mario Chamlee and Ruth Miller Signed
1966. Original Photograph & Letter . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". 8" x 10" portrait photo of tenor Mario Chamlee and his wife soprano Ruth Miller nicely inscribed by Ruth Miller. . With a one page 14 line holograph letter to Granger dated July 20 1967 describing this photograph as his last before his death taken the previous year. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008603
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Kraus, Lili
Photograph of Pianist Lili Kraus Signed
1971. Original Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". A stunning 8 " x 10" glossy sheet with a 4 3/4" x 5 1/4" photograph of Kraus playing beautifully inscribed in the margins to Granger. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008653
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(Inge Borkh)
Photograph of Inge Borkh Signed
1967. Original Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". 6" x 4" portrait nicely inscribed to Granger and dated in 1967 with her holograph signed mailing envelope. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008590
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Bachauer, Gina
Photograph of Gina Bachauer
Original Photograph . No Binding. Near Fine. One of a set of photographs sent to William Granger for his book "We Proudly Sang at the Met". 6" x 4" portrait. Negative also available. With envelope. <br/> <br/> unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 008597
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Frederic MISTRAL
". il y a dans les vôtres une si fine quintessence d'érudition et d'observation agréablement mêlées."" • A laudatory and beautiful autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Anatole France whom he congratulates for the literary quality of his works
Maillane Bouches du Rhône Maillane 1898. Fine. Maillane Bouches du Rhône Maillane 28 Février 1898 11.50 x 17.50 cm trois pages sur un double feuillet Autograph letter dated and signed by Frédéric Mistral addressed to Anatole France 44 lines in black ink regarding the publication of his work ""Les mannequins d'osier"" which he has just sent him with a dedication. Fold marks inherent to postal delivery a vertical shadow on the first leaf. Frédéric Mistral has just received ""Les mannequins d'osier"" and gives a glowing portrait of his correspondent's style: "". ce livre qui m'a donné tous les plaisirs de la lecture. Je suis de ceux que le roman n'intéresse guère lorsqu'ils ne sont que prétentieux tableaux de la vie contemporaine. . mais il y a dans les vôtres une si fine quintessence d'érudition et d'observation agréablement mêlées et une si joyeuse fleur d'optimisme tolérant qu'on s'y retrouve sans rechercher dans la façon gauloise omnisciente et libre de Maître Rabelais."" this book which has given me all the pleasures of reading. I am one of those whom novels hardly interest when they are merely pretentious tableaux of contemporary life. . but there is in yours such a fine quintessence of erudition and observation agreeably mixed and such a joyful flower of tolerant optimism that one finds oneself in it without seeking in the Gallic omniscient and free manner of Master Rabelais. The félibrige loves equally the characters created by his illustrious and charming master ""Tous vos personnages sont si naturels si bien en situation si logiques que ma foi on les aime tous et quoique tout cela provienne d'un aimable et indulgent scepticisme on y a là l'explication de ce phénomène étrange que si loin si injuste si douloureux que soit le monde chacun pourtant y pousse volontiers sa brouette avec la conviction en le réconfort d'avoir raison."" All your characters are so natural so well placed in their situations so logical that my faith one loves them all and although all this comes from an amiable and indulgent skepticism there one has the explanation of this strange phenomenon that however distant unjust painful the world may be each person nevertheless willingly pushes his wheelbarrow with the conviction and comfort of being right. as the spirit that breathes and animates his books: "". la sympathie du reste vraiment universelle qui accueille tous vos écrits doit vous prouver combien vous êtes humain et sage dans l'antique sens de ces mots."" the truly universal sympathy that welcomes all your writings must prove to you how human and wise you are in the ancient sense of these words. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 86539
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Amable TASTU
"Je vous envoie monsieur une petite pièce de vers de moi."" • Autograph letter signed by Amable Tastu
1840. Fine. s. d. circa 1840 9.80 x 13.80 cm une page sur un feuillet Autograph letter signed by Amable Tastu monogram stamped in blind in upper left corner 11 lines written in black ink. Fold mark inherent to mailing. The author sends various works to his correspondent and also informs him that he has at his disposal: ""le morceau que je vous ai promis pour un fac-simile."" ""the piece I promised you for a facsimile."" unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 86612
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Alexandre DUMAS
"il s'assurera que toutes choses sont dans l'état où il les a laissées"" • Autograph letter signed to his lover Marie Richon
1866. Fine. lundi soir 1866 13.30 x 20.90 cm une page sur un bifeuillet Autograph letter signed by Alexandre Dumas to his mistress Marie Richon. 6 lines on one page of a bifolium of laid paper with the writer's crowned initials. « Chère amoi sic Ton ami arrivé moulu brisé de deux nuits de voitures et de chemins de fer. Il t'attend demain soir mardi. Oh ce sera avec grand bonheur qu'il s'assurera que toutes choses sont dans l'état où il les a laissées a toi » Nothing is known of this affair with Marie Richon addressed to this mistress evidently sensitive to literature ""Fais-moi de bons vers pour mon retour"" he requests of her in another note. Actress society woman or woman of learning the mystery remains complete around this character who inspires in the insatiable Dumas a torrid correspondence. He notably arranged meetings with his mysterious conquest at his residence on Boulevard Haussmann where he had settled from 1865 onwards. A sentence from Dumas in another note tells us that she even met Dumas's daughter who lived with her father and endured the visits of his mistresses ""elle t'adore - ou plutôt nous t'adorons"" he would write to her. This missive can probably be situated during 1866 when the writer was preparing the theatrical adaptation of his novel Gabriel Lambert and mentions in a letter a reading of the play created at the Ambigu-Comique on March 16 1866. The last years of his life did not belie his immeasurable love of women; during this period rich in adventures he also shared his nights with the feminist and gerontophile Olympe Audouard as well as the famous Adah Isaacs Menken whose portraits alongside the writer were divulged by their indiscreet photographer. Handsome letter filled with anticipation from the hand of the great writer and addressed to a mysterious mistress still unknown to biographers. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 86602
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Pierre LOUS
"C'est à cela seul que je dois mon indépendance littéraire et cette inestimable liberté du silence qui n'est pas l'idéal de tous mais qui me paraît être le bonheur du poëte."" • Important signed autograph letter addressed to Alfred Vallette about the unexpected success of his Aphrodite
Paris 1896. Fine. Paris 1896 13 x 20.50 cm 3 pages sur un double feuillet Autograph letter signed by Pierre Louÿs addressed to his publisher Alfred Vallette 50 lines written in purple ink on a double sheet. Pierre Louÿs responds to his friend and publisher Alfred Vallette after a controversy launched by a journalist from Comoedia a controversy that could damage their friendship: ""Je ne suis pour rien dans l'écho publié par Comoedia. Mais ce que vous en citez suffit à me montrer que le rédacteur s'est mal informé."" ""I had nothing to do with the piece published by Comoedia. But what you quote from it is enough to show me that the writer was misinformed."" and he intends to remind him that they had not been able to agree on the publishing terms for Aphrodite and that he envisioned only a confidential distribution for his latest book: ""L'histoire de notre édition est très simple. Vous m'avez proposé un traité que je n'ai pas trouvé bon ; j'ai préféré le ""compte d'auteur"" et je ne peux pas vous accuser d'avoir mal prévu le succès du livre puisque moi-même j'avais écrit mon roman pour vingt amis et quelques inconnus."" ""The story of our edition is very simple. You offered me a contract that I did not find good; I preferred the 'author's account' and I cannot accuse you of having poorly predicted the book's success since I myself had written my novel for twenty friends and a few strangers."" This is why the father of Aphrodite is astonished by the triumph achieved by the work: ""Si une diseuse de bonne aventure nous avait prédit alors qu'Aphrodite dépasserait un jour le 300e mille nous l'aurions traitée comme une pauvre folle."" ""If a fortune teller had predicted then that Aphrodite would one day exceed 300000 copies we would have treated her as a poor madwoman.""; the latter consecrating his fame and wealth in the literary world: ""J'ai en outre une seconde raison pour ne pas vous en vouloir du traité que j'ai signé avec vous : c'est qu'en préservant mes droits d'autuer sur ce roman j'ai fait sans le savoir ma fortune. C'est à cela seul que je dois mon indépendance littéraire et cette inestimable liberté du silence qui n'est pas l'idéal de tous mais qui me paraît être le bonheur du poëte."" ""I have furthermore a second reason for not resenting the contract I signed with you: it is that by preserving my author's rights on this novel I made my fortune without knowing it. It is to this alone that I owe my literary independence and this invaluable freedom of silence which is not everyone's ideal but which seems to me to be the poet's happiness."" Very fine autograph on Pierre Louÿs's literary triumph. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 86610
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Franz HELLENS
"Et vos Conquérants Je suis bien impatient de lire le tout."" • Autograph letter dated and signed to André Malraux
Paris: S. n. 1928. Fine. S. n. Paris 19 Août Juillet 1928 13.50 x 21 cm une feuille une enveloppe Autograph letter dated and signed by Franz Hellens addressed to André Malraux 21 lines in black ink. Fold marks inherent to postal handling. We include an envelope addressed to Franz Hellens and written by André Malraux which probably contained the response to our letter. Franz Hellens responds to a request for information made by André Malraux: ""Je n'ai pas oublié le renseignement que vous m'avez prié de vous procurer au sujet du Voyage au Congo. Voici la réponse que j'ai reçu de la compagnie belge maritime du Congo. Ce n'était pas du tout ce que j'avais demandé"" ""I have not forgotten the information you asked me to obtain regarding the Journey to Congo. Here is the response I received from the Belgian maritime company of Congo. It was not at all what I had requested"" and will attempt to learn more in order to help his friend: ""Je vais écrire autre part et tâcher d'obtenir une réponse précise à ma question. Patientez donc quelques jours encore."" ""I will write elsewhere and try to obtain a precise answer to my question. Please wait a few more days."" Franz Hellens mentions the forthcoming publication at Grasset of his next work: ""Brun m'a envoyé copie signée du contrat. Il m'écrit que le livre pourra paraître en janvier prochain. J'aurai voulu octobre mais enfin."" ""Brun sent me a signed copy of the contract. He writes to me that the book will be able to appear next January. I would have wanted October but well."" and inquires about André Malraux's book in progress: ""Et vos Conquérants Je suis bien impatient de lire le tout."" ""And your Conquerors I am quite eager to read it all."" S. n. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 86536
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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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 86609
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Tournier, Michel (1924-2016, ecrivain)
Billet autographe signé
Choisel 1988. Lettre. Bon. Aucune reliure. Signé par l'auteur. In-16. Choisel le 20 juillet 1988. 2 pp. in-16 13 lignes sur papier bristol à son en-tête de l'Académie Goncourt. Amusant billet autographe où il est question d'un petit bonnet qui "a plus d'une fois couvert le crâne où s'élaboraient sic mon prochain chef-d'oeuvre méritant le titre de couvre-chef-d'oeuvre" suivis de quelques mots de réconfort à l'adresse de "Philippe" gendre du psychanalyste Pierre Marty 1918-1993. Dans son "Journal extime" p. 146 Michel Tournier nous donne l'explication de ce mot : "Affreuses nouvelles de P.H. Il se meurt d'un cancer généralisé. Comme la chimiothérapie lui a fait perdre tous ses cheveux je lui envoie l'un de mes petits bonnets de laine . J'y joins une attestation manuscrite : je l'avais sur la tête en écrivant mes livres ce n'est donc pas seulement un couvre-chef mais un couvre-chef-d'oeuvre !" Bel état quelques brunissures. . unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 5041
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Bonaparte, Marie (1882-1962, femme de lettres et psychanalyste, princesse de Grece)
Lettre autographe signée à Pierre Marty
Saint-Cloud 1961. Lettre. Parfait. Aucune reliure. Signé par l'auteur. In-4. Saint-Cloud 29 novembre 1961. 1 1/3 pp. in-4 24 lignes sur papier à en tête au palladium de sa résidence de Saint-Cloud signée "Marie". Marie Bonaparte n'est pas certaine de pouvoir assister aux élections de la Société psychanalytique de Paris du 25 janvier 1962 et demande à Marty de lui indiquer rapidement les propositions du bureau pour les nominations puis lui propose de se voir avant le 12 décembre "ou chez moi ou bien où vous voudrez". Après l'avoir assuré de ses "amicales pensées" et signé elle ajoute des questions à propos des bulletins de vote. "Pour l'Institut de psychanalyse de Paris réouvert en 1952 grâce au soutien financier de Marie Bonaparte il suffit je crois d'élire le directeur. Est-ce cette année déjà " Intéressante correspondance entre ces deux figures de la psychanalyse non lacanienne qui s'opposaient pourtant avec une certaine virulence au sujet de la psychosomatique dont Pierre Marty 1918-1993 psychiatre et psychanalyste membre de la Société psychanalytique de Paris était un spécialiste. Bel état. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 5047
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Jules RENARD
Carte de visite autographe adressée à son ami Camille de Sainte-Croix
Paris 1900. Fine. Paris s. d. ca 1900 13 x 9 cm une carte de visite Jules Renard's printed visiting card on which he added these few words for his friend Camille de Sainte-Croix: ""Comme c'est loin déjà l'écornifleur ! et il me semble mon cher Camille de Sainte-Croix que votre amitié n'a pas changé ni la mienne. Cela tient sans doute à ce que nous sommes des maris modèles."" How far away already the sponger! and it seems to me my dear Camille de Sainte-Croix that your friendship has not changed nor mine. This is doubtless because we are model husbands. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 85262
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Jean COCTEAU
Enveloppe portant l'adresse manuscrite de l'écrivain et journaliste Olivier Quéant rédigée par Jean Cocteau
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1954. Fine. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 27 Septembre 1954 14.50 x 11 cm une enveloppe Handwritten envelope addressed by Jean Cocteau to his friend Olivier Quéant sent from Saint Jean Cap-Ferrat 4 lines in blue ink. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 85235
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Pierre BENOIT
"Si sans ces circonstances on n'embêtait pas les amis à quoi serviraient-ils"" • Signed autograph letter to a friend
La Roche-Posay 1950. Fine. La Roche-Posay s. d. ca 1950 13.50 x 21 cm une page Autograph letter signed by Pierre Benoit sent from La Roche-Posay 15 lines in blue ink about friendship and his wife's failing health. Central fold marks perforations from filing in a binder causing no losses. ""La Roche-Posay. Very dear friend I will be in Paris from the 27th to October 2nd. Sad journey. My wife is not well at all and I am joining her to try to find out what is wrong. . . I will do everything to see you during my stay. If without these circumstances one didn't bother friends what would they be for"" Don't write to me! I am the one who will telephone you. All my affection. Pierre Benoit."" unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 85247
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Pierre BENOIT
"Le successeur de Deberly s'est vraiment surpassé. J'en éprouve autant de fierté que j'y étais pour quelque chose."" • Signed autograph letter addressed to a friend in particular about an article published in a magazine
Ciboure 1952. Fine. Ciboure 30 Janvier 1952 13.50 x 21 cm deux pages sur un double feuillet Autograph letter signed by Pierre Benoit sent from his priority in Ciboure 22 lines in blue ink. The letter is on Académie française letterhead. Central fold marks perforations from filing in a binder causing no losses. ""30 January 1952 My dear friend Here I am back. The need for a little peace to put correspondence in order makes me delay by a few days the pleasure of seeing you. I retain that of writing to you and of telling you - something a bit ridiculous on my part since the said issue contains an article by your servant - that I found the November-December issue of the Courrier de la Compagnie truly very successful. Deberly's successor has truly outdone himself. I feel as much pride as if I had something to do with it. . As I will certainly not be back for a week could you honor me here with a few words in response which would be more than welcome Sincerely yours. Pierre Benoit. Ciboure - Basses-Pyrénées."" unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 85249
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Charles-Augustin SAINTE-BEUVE
"Vous me rappelez en effet des temps déjà bien anciens mais que ce qui a fini n'a pu effacer de ma mémoire"" • Autograph letter dated and signed congratulating his correspondent on the quality of his latest work
s. l. 1860. Fine. s. l. 15 juillet1860 13.50 x 21 cm une page et demi sur un double feuillet Autograph letter signed by Sainte-Beuve 1 and a half pages on a double sheet. 25 lines in black ink. ""J'ai été très sensible cher monsieur à votre bon français et à l'envoi du très sage et instructif volume qui en est la cause. Vous me rappelez en effet des temps déjà bien anciens mais que ce qui a fini n'a pu effacer de ma mémoire : car à vous parler vrai quoi qu'il y ait bien de l'espace et bien de l'intervalle d'aujourd'hui à ce temps-ci il me paraît souvent qu'il y a du vide : et le tourbillon de la vie littéraire dont vous me parlez je ne le ressens guère. Ce qui me frappe c'est plutôt le contraire du tourbillon c'est à dire l'isolement la disparition ou le peu de mouvement de groupe. On se survit et l'on traîne un peu : je parle du moins pour moi aussi n'en suis-je que plus sensible. . de bons témoignages comme le vôtre qui attestent que le passé n'est pas oublié et qu'il a réellement existé. Croyez-moi je vous prie tout à vous. Sainte-Beuve."" ""I have been very touched dear sir by your good French and by the sending of the very wise and instructive volume which is the cause of it. You remind me indeed of times already quite ancient but which what has ended could not erase from my memory: for to speak truly to you although there is much space and much interval from today to that time it often seems to me that there is emptiness: and the whirlwind of literary life of which you speak to me I hardly feel it. What strikes me is rather the contrary of the whirlwind that is to say isolation the disappearance or the little group movement. One survives oneself and drags on a little: I speak at least for myself so I am all the more sensitive. . to good testimonies like yours which attest that the past is not forgotten and that it really existed. Believe me I beg you entirely yours. Sainte-Beuve."" unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 84915
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Jean COCTEAU
Enveloppe portant l'adresse manuscrite de l'écrivain et journaliste Olivier Quéant rédigée par Jean Cocteau
Milly-la-Forêt 1951. Fine. Milly-la-Forêt 8 Janvier 1951 14.50 x 11 cm une enveloppe Handwritten envelope addressed by Jean Cocteau to his friend Olivier Quéant sent from his house in Milly-la-Forêt 4 lines in black ink. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 85234
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Claude FARRERE
"J'ai été informé par mon propre commandant que le ministère sur la foi de mon premier livre supposait que l'opium ne m'était pas étranger. • Beautiful autograph letter signed to his friend Pierre Louÿs in particular about his staff who suspect him of using opium
Toulon 1908. Fine. Toulon 30 Mars 1908 13.50 x 21.50 cm 8 pages sur deux doubles feuillets une enveloppe Long autograph letter signed by Claude Farrère approximately 160 lines in blue ink 8 pages on two double leaves to his friend Pierre Louÿs thanking him notably for his thoughtfulness. Traces of folds inherent to being placed in an envelope envelope included. Claude Farrère praises his friend's thoughtfulness towards him: ""Thank you for your letter. not only because it is exquisite - six times more than you can believe - but much more because I know very well that you told it to me so as 'not to worry me.' as you say."" and is amazed by the problems raised by these recent articles: ""Said in parentheses I am quite stunned by the one relating to controversial articles. Not only have I not written any."" He is more concerned about the suspicions he arouses regarding his alleged opium consumption:  ""I was informed by my own commander that the ministry based on my first book supposed that opium was not foreign to me. The same commander protested arguing that for so many months that I had served under his orders he had absolute certainty that I had not committed the slightest sin! But I doubt that his word is very appreciated in Paris."" and about the hatred that an officer bears him. Despite these problems Claude Farrère wants to reassure his friend: ""I want my dear friend for you to be absolutely at peace about me. I absolutely don't care myself."" while lamenting that the latter is abandoning the south of France this year: ""Tamaris without you how do you expect the celestial mechanism to continue turning And me You would systematically push me to suicide. Don't forget that I'm writing a quite bloody book and that I live in the iniquitous society of people who for a half-yes or a quarter-no disembowel themselves!"" He concludes his letter with new rumors concerning him: ""Of course Madame de X has gratuitously supposed horrible things: I am not the lover of the other lady from the milliner's. Come now! how could a young man such as myself decent and too well brought up cf. Madame P.L.'s opinion etc."" unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 85189
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Georges FOUREST
Bristol autographe signé adressé à un confrère écrivain le remerciant pour son ""indulgence excessive"" regradant sa nouvelle publiée dans la Revue contemporaine
Paris: S. n. 1920. Fine. S. n. Paris 1er Juillet 1920 11.50 x 9 cm deux pages sur un double feuillet Autograph letter signed by Georges Fourest 15 lines in black ink addressed to a fellow writer. Light foxing on the bristol. Georges Fourest thanks his correspondent: ""Je viens de lire la Revue contemporaie et tout de suite je veux vous remercier de la façon si charmante encore que d'une indulgence excessive dont vous avez signalé ma courte nouvelle ""Le loup garou"". Ai-je besoin de vous dire combien me touchent de si délicats éloges venant de l'artiste que vous êtes Encore merci et croyez moi bien sympathiquement vôtre. Georges Fourest 24 rue de Milan IXe arr. Paris le 1er juillet 1920"" ""I have just read the Revue contemporaine and immediately want to thank you for the charming way albeit with excessive indulgence in which you mentioned my short story 'Le loup garou'. Need I tell you how touched I am by such delicate praise coming from the artist that you are Thanks again and believe me most sympathetically yours. Georges Fourest 24 rue de Milan IXe arr. Paris July 1st 1920"". S. n. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 85206
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Jacques PERRET
Lettre autographe adressée à Roger Nimier
s. l. 1960. Fine. s. l. s. d. ca 1960 13.50 x 18 cm une page Autograph letter signed by Jacques Perret 33 lines in black ink addressed to a colleague probably Roger Nimier apologizing for being unable to attend a meeting organized by the review Arts. Fold marks inherent to posting. For lack of time Jacques Perret was unable to honor his promise to write a preface requested by his correspondent: "". if you are pressed for time and you have a replacement preface writer at hand have no scruples of course as I will not be able to deliver proper work before my return."" Jacques Perret then evokes his passion for rugby: ""On Rancoule's repositioning three-quarter wing of Stade Toulousain whom he later joined on the staff. I therefore had the joy of outflanking the Cardinal's defense and going for the try. It remains for me to convert it by going to embrace my dear Raoul in that army of Princes from whom we still await wonders."" Jacques Perret royalist writer fierce partisan of French Algeria and virulently anti-Gaullist was stripped of his civil rights then in 1963 struck from the military medal roll despite protests from some of his fellow writers suspects that his political positions do not favor honorary decorations: ""I think we were made to sign a manifesto manifestly designed to torpedo my ribbon."" unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 84817
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Alphonse de LAMARTINE
"Bonne chance ! Nous vous suivons du coeur. J'applaudirai de loin."" • Autograph letter dated and signed about a journalist friend with whom he is happy to work
Mâcon 1846. Fine. Mâcon 26 Décembre 1846 13.50 x 20.50 cm une page sur un feuillet Autograph letter dated and signed by Alphonse de Lamartine; one page with his monogram blind-stamped in the upper left corner and written in black ink on one leaf 15 lines. Folds inherent to mailing. In this letter Lamartine shows his happiness to collaborate with their mutual friend's journal and confirms a financial agreement. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 84820
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