‎Autographes‎

‎Renee GUILLOUX‎

‎"bien qu'il n'y ait pas de paroles écrites entre nous votre amitié m'apportait toujours sa même force et sa même joie."" • A touching autograph letter signed about the friendship that Renée and Louis Guilloux still convalescent have for their correspondent‎

‎Angers 1929. Fine. Angers 25 Septembre 1929 13.50 x 20.50 cm quatre pages sur un feuillet double Autograph letter dated and signed by Renée Guilloux about friendship that transcends and sublimes human relationships 80 lines written in black ink on four pages. Folds inherent to mailing small tears at foot without any damage to the text. For Renée Guilloux the friendship she feels for her correspondent dominates distance and silence: "". est-ce que les mots ont su dire la joie des coeurs."" ""have words been able to express the joy of hearts."" and momentary disagreements: ""Mais tous ces mois toutes ces années nous pesaient douloureusement. J'avais l'impression que vous vous étiez mis d'un seul coup à parler très vite avec beaucoup d'agitation dans une langue qui m'était étrangère. mais je savais que ce n'était qu'un moment et qu'après nous reprendrions notre conversation rentable."" ""But all these months all these years weighed on us painfully. I had the impression that you had suddenly started speaking very quickly with great agitation in a language that was foreign to me. but I knew it was only a moment and that afterwards we would resume our profitable conversation."" Despite life's vicissitudes Louis Guilloux and his wife have always shown confidence in the brotherhood that unites them above all: ""J'attendais votre retour dans la certitude dans la paix et bien qu'il n'y ait pas de paroles écrites entre nous votre amitié m'apportait toujours sa même force et sa même joie."" ""I awaited your return with certainty in peace and although there were no written words between us your friendship always brought me the same strength and the same joy."" and in the serenity acquired after so many ordeals endured: ""Vous nous avez trouvés transformés dites-vous grandis. cette paix c'est notre conquête la plus belle. après les inquiétudes et les souffrances."" ""You found us transformed you say grown. this peace is our most beautiful conquest. after the anxieties and sufferings."" Renée Guilloux praises this radiating peace that she shares with her friend: ""Cette paix qui est en nous elle est aussi vôtre cher ami et vous avez grandi comme nous. je pense au rêve de Don Quichotte aux paroles qu'il echange avec Dulcinée. Elles sont pleines de cette lumière."" ""This peace that is in us it is also yours dear friend and you have grown like us. I think of Don Quixote's dream of the words he exchanges with Dulcinea. They are full of this light."" Finally she is reassured by her husband's health which is improving and which allows him to return to his writing work. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 84821

‎Jacques MESRINE‎

‎"j'ai eu la visite du juge Madre. Tu aurais rigolé car il a eu droit à tout mon vocabulaire."" • Beautiful autograph letter dated and signed of revolt from Jacques Mesrine written from the prison of Fleury-Mérogis addressed to his companion Jeanne Schneider‎

‎Fleury-Mérogis 1976. Fine. Fleury-Mérogis 2 Décembre1976 21 x 29.50 cm une page recto verso Autograph letter dated and signed by Jacques Mesrine dated Thursday December 2 1976 65 lines in blue ink on one recto-verso page addressed to his love at the time Jeanne Schneider thanks to whom the manuscript of Instinct de mort was discreetly smuggled out of prison. Jacques Mesrine then incarcerated at Fleury-Mérogis prison feels unwell and helpless far from his companion and from all human warmth: ""Ce soir je suis très mal foutu. il est 19 heures et je me couche juste après la fin de ta lettre. de rien de grave. juste une grande fatigue à rien faire"" ""Tonight I feel really awful. it's 7 PM and I'm going to bed just after finishing your letter. nothing serious. just very tired from doing nothing"" As a good father Jacques Mesrine rejoices in his daughter's happiness: ""Je suis heureux que sa veste lui plaise. de plus c'est la mode. son Loïc chéri ne va plus la reconnaître."" ""I'm happy that she likes her jacket. plus it's fashionable. her dear Loïc won't recognize her anymore."" and shows himself neither surprised nor more than amused that his daughter wants to embrace the Jewish religion: ""Comme cela la puce veut prendre la religion juive. encore une idée à elle. oui je sais elle a fait croire à ses copains qu'elle était juive. car eux l'étaient.si cela l'amuse je la laisse libre. mais ça démontre aussi un dédoublement de personnalité."" ""So the little one wants to take up the Jewish religion. another one of her ideas. yes I know she made her friends believe she was Jewish. because they were. if it amuses her I leave her free. but it also shows a split personality."" Public enemy No. 1 evokes with a certain pride his latest confrontation with his judge a fierce revenge of the insubordinate against the penitentiary universe that crushes men: ""Aujourd'hui j'ai eu la visite du juge Madre. Tu aurais rigolé car il a eu droit à tout mon vocabulaire. il en perdait la parole j'ai pris mon pied sic A un moment il me dit ""mais c'est quand même moi qui commande. Réponse de ton bibi : ""Ici pédé"" c'est moi ton patron"". Il était vert et les flics se marraient comme des perdus."" ""Today I had a visit from Judge Madre. You would have laughed because he got my full vocabulary. he was speechless I had a ball At one point he tells me 'but I'm still the one in charge. Your boy's response: 'Here faggot I'm your boss.' He was green and the cops were laughing like crazy."" and against all submission to any form of power or violence: ""Le pire que l'on puisse faire à un juge c'est lui enlever toute autorité devant les autres et crois moi il l'a bien compris. Il était venu avec 5 anti-commandos. L'un avait la bombe de gaz à la main. au cas où Loin d'être impressionné. cela me rend con."" ""The worst thing you can do to a judge is to remove all his authority in front of others and believe me he understood it well. He had come with 5 anti-commandos. One had the gas canister in his hand. just in case Far from being impressed. it makes me crazy."" The eternal rebel ends his letter with a beautiful testimony of tenderness for his beloved: ""Là ma puce je vais prendre mon lit en marche.Ton vieux voyou pose ses lèvres sur le tiennes en une douce caresse d'amour. je t'adore petite fille. car nous sommes réellement le ""couple"" et plus encore. Bonne nuit chaton."" ""There my little one I'm going to take to my bed. Your old rogue places his lips on yours in a sweet caress of love. I adore you little girl. because we are truly the 'couple' and even more. Good night kitten."" Rare and very fine letter by Jacques Mesrine full of revolt and insubordination. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 84900

‎Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY‎

‎"Vous savez que je vous appartiens tête coeur et main & que toutes les différences d'opinion rendent l'amitié plus vive comme les contrastes passionnent l'amour."" • Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to his friend Jean-Marie Dargaud‎

‎s. l. 1852. Fine. s. l. 22 Mars 1852 13.50 x 20.50 cm une feuille Fine autograph letter dated and signed by Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly addressed to historian Jean-Marie Dargaud 13 lines in black ink. Creases inherent to folding for posting. Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly shows great tact towards his friend also expressing all his affection: ""Je veux vous épargner en allant sous peu de jours vous voir chez vous une course longue et peut-être inutile. On ne me voit que le matin et encore les trois premiers jours de la semaine. J'irai donc vous voir."" ""I want to spare you by going to see you at your home in a few days a long and perhaps unnecessary journey. I can only be seen in the morning and only on the first three days of the week. I will therefore come to see you."" unknown‎

Référence libraire : 84884

‎Pierre BENOIT‎

‎Lettre autographe datée et signée remerciant son correspondant‎

‎Ciboure 1961. Fine. Ciboure 28 Février 1961 13.50 x 20 cm une page Autograph letter signed by Pierre Benoit on letterhead from his property in Ciboure 14 lines in black ink. Central fold marks perforations due to filing in a binder having caused the absence of the first letter of Paris on the fourth line of the letter. Pierre Benoit recalls the recent passing of his wife Marcelle died on May 28 1960: ""Il y a neuf mois aujourd'hui que la pauvre Marcelle s'en est allée"" ""It has been nine months today since poor Marcelle passed away"" and hopes to meet his friend during his next visit to Paris in March. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 84909

‎Maurice BARRES‎

‎Lettre autographe signée adressée à une amie‎

‎s. l.: S. n. 1890. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. ca 1890 11.50 x 17.50 cm un feuillet Autograph letter signed by Maurice Barrès on Chamber of Deputies letterhead 11 lines in black ink. Fold marks from original mailing. ""Madame et amie à la suite de la réunion j'ai compris qu'on vous y avait pas fait place. C'est strictemetn régulier. Mais c'est absolument peu courtois et par là bien injuste. Je vous exprime mes regrets et vais chercher un arrangement. Respect de votre ami Barrès. Vendredi soir"" Madam and friend / Following the meeting I understood that no place was made for you there. This is strictly regular. But it is absolutely discourteous and thereby quite unjust. I express my regrets and will seek an arrangement. Respectfully your friend Barrès. Friday evening S. n. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 85069

‎Pierre BENOIT‎

‎"Vous êtes comme moi à peu près en règle avec les lettres de nouvel an. Ne nous considérons pas l'un pour l'autre comme appartenant à ce genre de fournées."" • Autograph letter signed with regard to the epistolary obligations of New Year's wishes‎

‎Ciboure 1960. Fine. Ciboure 14 Février ca 1960 21 x 27 cm une page Autograph letter signed by Pierre Benoit from his property in Ciboure 15 lines in black ink. Central fold marks perforations due to filing in a binder having caused no loss. Pierre Benoit will soon be in Paris and will have the pleasure of meeting his friend: ""j'aurais une vraie joie à faire en tête avec vous dans un déjeuner discret un petit tour d'horizon."" I would have true joy in having a private conversation with you over a discreet lunch a brief survey of things. when the latter has determined according to his schedule a date for their meeting: ""Consultez votre emploi du temps et donnez-moi un coup de téléphone de préférence le matin vers 10 heures moment qui convient aux travailleurs que nous sommes."" Check your schedule and give me a telephone call preferably in the morning around 10 o'clock a time that suits workers like us. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 85012

‎Jacques MESRINE‎

‎"Mais le plus important est que tu retrouves cette pute de liberté. Après ce sera aux avocates de jouer pour un régime plus souple. Je te parle comme si tu étais déjà libre.Que ""veux-tu"" j'y crois. . Je lutte et je lutterai toujours pour toi car je t'aime."" • Autograph love letter dated and signed by Jacques Mesrine written from the prison of Fleury-Mérogis and addressed to his companion Jeanne Schneider about the fight for his provisional release‎

‎Fleury-Mérogis 1976. Fine. Fleury-Mérogis 18 Octobre 1976 21 x 29.50 cm une page recto verso Autograph letter dated and signed by Jacques Mesrine dated Monday October 18 1976 68 lines in blue ink on one recto-verso page addressed to his love of the time Jeanne Schneider thanks to whom the manuscript of theInstinct de mort was discreetly smuggled out of prison. Jacques Mesrine then incarcerated at Fleury-Mérogis prison seeks to reassure his love whom he is helping through his lawyers so that she might obtain provisional freedom: ""C'est que je sens que cela va être bon et cela malgré que les avocates m'avaient déconseillé de le faire. tu sais que je fais de la prémonition mais dans le bon sens. Je sais que ma lettre les fait réfléchir. cela j'en suis certain. C'est la première fois que j'interviens pour toi. Ca aussi a de l'importance."" ""It's that I feel this is going to be good despite my lawyers having advised me against doing it. you know I have premonitions but in a good way. I know my letter makes them think. of this I am certain. This is the first time I'm intervening for you. That too is important."" and thanks to whom she should regain freedom: ""Mais le plus important est que tu retrouves cette pute de liberté. Après ce sera aux avocates de jouer pour un régime plus souple. Je te parle comme si tu étais déjà libre.Que ""veux-tu"" j'y crois."" ""But the most important thing is that you regain this damn freedom. After that it will be up to the lawyers to work for a more lenient regime. I'm talking to you as if you were already free. What can I say I believe in it."" Overflowing with enthusiasm and certainty for the success of these proceedings regarding Jeanne's provisional freedom and sure of the weight of his intervention the indomitable Mesrine fumes at the idea of a hypothetical refusal by the prison authorities: ""Quel affreux pirate qui te donne de l'espoir. Non mon ange je ne sais absolument rien. Sauf que le Président a dit que je le menaçais sur ma lettre. J'ai été très dur et à juste raison car la plaisanterie a assez durée. Toi tu supporteras ton refus. moi je ne l'accepterai plus. C'est pas plus compliqué que cela. Car tu as assez payé. même trop."" ""What a terrible pirate giving you hope. No my angel I know absolutely nothing. Except that the President said I was threatening him in my letter. I was very harsh and rightly so because the joke has gone on long enough. You will endure your refusal. I will no longer accept it. It's no more complicated than that. Because you have paid enough. even too much."" Public enemy No. 1 takes the opportunity again to shatter this reputation as a bloodthirsty beast that sticks to his skin: ""Si les journalistes savaient que toutes les infirmières entraient seules dans ma cellule et en toute confiance on serait loin du ""fauve"" et de la prise d'otages à la Buffet. Les infirmières ont toujours été sacrées pour moi. Elles sont intouchables comme pas mal d'autres personnes mais cela les pédés de journalistes l'ignorent ; car ils ne sont pas dans mes pensées et c'est regrettable parfois."" ""If journalists knew that all the nurses entered my cell alone and in complete confidence we would be far from the 'beast' and the hostage-taking like Buffet. Nurses have always been sacred to me. They are untouchable like many other people but those journalist faggots don't know this; because they are not in my thoughts and that's sometimes regrettable."" Jacques Mesrine speaks of the creation of his work L'instinct de mort and his health in a fatalistic manner: ""Autrement tout est ok sauf mes douleurs au coeur qui me reprennent. mais je laisse faire car je n'aime pas prendre de médicaments. Et puis le mécanisme s'arrêtera le jour ""J"" du destin. Peut-être dans tes bras. qui sait ""Otherwise everything is ok except my heart pains that are returning. but I let it be because I don't like taking medication. And then the mechanism will stop on the 'D' day of d unknown‎

Référence libraire : 85089

‎Jean GIONO‎

‎Lettre autographe signée adressée à Roger Nimier‎

‎s. l. 1952. Fine. s. l. ca 1952 21 x 27 cm une feuille Autograph letter signed by Jean Giono 9 lines in black ink addressed to Roger Nimier. Fold mark inherent to postal handling. ""Dear Nimier thank you for your letter; and for letting me hope for your visit. I should point out right away that I will be absent Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th. Apart from those two days your collaborators can come whenever they wish. My friendship. Jean Giono."" Very visual letter bearing the beautiful signature of Jean Giono. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 84964

‎Pierre BENOIT‎

‎Lettre autographe signée concernant des festivités qu'il doit organiser avec son correspondant et des personnalités à inviter‎

‎Ciboure 1950. Fine. Ciboure 26 Septembre 1950 21 x 27 cm une page Autograph letter signed by Pierre Benoit from his property in Ciboure 21 lines in black ink. Traces of central folds perforations due to filing in a binder causing no loss one scissors cut in left margin of the letter. ""26 septembre. Mon cher ami à peine le facteur venait-il de tourner les talons emportant la lettre que je venais d'achever pour vous qu'un coup de téléphone de notre ami commun me mettait en demeure de vous en écrire une seconde ! Alors c'est donc vrai c'est vous qui assurez la charge de collaborer avec mon éditeur et le directeur du cabinet de Giaccobi pour régler la petite fête du 4 Novembre Je vous en remercie d'autant plus que ne devant revenir à Paris que le 28 Octobre je ne puis pas vous être d'un grand appui. Par le même courrier je préviens mon éditeur Robert Esmenard owner of Albin Michel publishing house . . Esmenard est habitué de ce genre de manifestation car il donne des réceptions de ce genre pour fêter d'illustres auteurs étrangers. Il a donc des listes et une formule d'invitation.Le tout sera de panacher ces listes avec la liste corse de Giaccobi. Et de mon côté je vous demande de veiller à ce que Messagenès Fabre Transat sans oublier bien entendu le C.T.O. soit à l'honneur. Enfin je suis assuré ainsi d'avoir une occasion pas trop éloignée de revoir Madame Louis Brun et son mari. Toute ma fidèle amitié Pierre Benoit."" September 26. My dear friend hardly had the postman turned on his heels carrying off the letter I had just finished for you when a telephone call from our mutual friend put me under obligation to write you a second one! So is it really true Is it you who is taking charge of collaborating with my publisher and the director of Giaccobi's office to arrange the little celebration of November 4th I thank you all the more since not having to return to Paris until October 28th I cannot be of great assistance to you. By the same post I am notifying my publisher Robert Esmenard. . Esmenard is accustomed to this kind of event as he gives receptions of this sort to celebrate illustrious foreign authors. He therefore has lists and an invitation formula. The whole thing will be to blend these lists with Giaccobi's Corsican list. And for my part I ask you to see that Messagenès Fabre Transat without forgetting of course the C.T.O. are honored. Finally I am thus assured of having an opportunity not too distant to see Madame Louis Brun and her husband again. All my faithful friendship Pierre Benoit. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 85079

‎Jacques PERRET‎

‎"Quand vous verrez Blondin dites lui que ma pensée le suit dans sa gloire et qu'il veuille réserver un 1/2 setier de son pactole à boire."" • Autograph letter addressed to Roger Nimier evoking his friendship and admiration for Antoine Blondin‎

‎s. l. 1960. Fine. s. l. s. d. ca 1960 21 x 27 cm une page Autograph letter signed by Jacques Perret 22 lines in black ink addressed to a colleague probably Roger Nimier. Fold mark inherent to postal dispatch. Jacques Perret awaits a letter from Roger Nimier that is running late: ""Your note arrived late given that I no longer live on rue de la clé but at 5 rue de l'Ancienne Comédie. Gordon Pym has not yet arrived but that doesn't surprise me coming from him."" and inquires about his correspondent's health: "". I learned that you had heart troubles; before long I will go see if everything has returned to order."" He enthuses about the success his friend Antoine Blondin is enjoying: ""When you see Blondin tell him that my thoughts follow him in his glory and that he should reserve half a setier of his treasure to drink when the day comes. Also tell him that my boy who is operating in Kabylia would be quite pleased with a word or an apostilled sign."" Jacques Perret a royalist writer fierce partisan of French Algeria and virulently anti-Gaullist was stripped of his civil rights and 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 find that we were made to sign a manifesto manifestly designed to torpedo my ribbon."" unknown‎

Référence libraire : 85174

‎Georges FOUREST‎

‎". Ah les délicieux moments que je vous dois ! Après vous avoir suivi aux sommets alpestres après avoir vibré à vos fiers poëmes de guerre quelle joie de savourer vos poëmes à forme fixe !"" • Laudative signed autograph letter addressed to a fellow writer whose poems he has just devoured‎

‎Paris: S. n. 1924. Fine. S. n. Paris 14 Mai 1924 13 x 18 cm deux pages sur un double feuillet Autograph letter signed by Georges Fourest 31 lines in black ink addressed to a fellow writer. Fold mark inherent to envelope insertion marginal stains affecting some word beginnings. Georges Fourest praises the quality of his correspondent's work: ""Que les superstitieux viennent encore nous représenter le 13 comme un jour néfaste ! Pour moi je sais bien que je marque d'un caillou blanc le 13 Mai 1924 puisque le matin de ce jour-là je reçus votre exquis volume. . je pus consacrer mon après-midi à vous lire bien installé au Parc Monceaux."" Let the superstitious still tell us that the 13th is an unlucky day! For my part I know well that I mark May 13 1924 with a white stone since on the morning of that day I received your exquisite volume. . I was able to devote my afternoon to reading you comfortably installed in Parc Monceau. and compares the quality of his verse to his illustrious predecessor Clément Marot: "". quant à vos acrostiches je ne connaissais qu'un chef-d'oeuvre en ce genre celui de Clément Marot par Glatignyet voilà que vous nous en donnez sept et qui laissent de loin l'autre derrière eux."" . as for your acrostics I knew only one masterpiece in this genre that of Clément Marot by Glatigny and here you give us seven which leave the other far behind. at the risk of being considered a base flatterer: "". je ne me doutais guère qu'un poëte venait de m'exaucer et avec quelle maîtrise ! Mais si je vous disais tout ce que je pense vous me prendriez pour un flagorneur."" . I hardly suspected that a poet had just answered my prayers and with what mastery! But if I told you everything I think you would take me for a flatterer. S. n. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 85171

‎Julien GRACQ‎

‎". ma seule objection étant l'adjectif à la mode prégnant qui me paraît à proscrire absolument dès qu'il ne s'agit plus de femmes enceintes"". • Autograph postcard signed by Julien Gracq addressed to his close friend and monographer Ariel Denis‎

‎Sion-sur-l'Océan Sion-sur-l'Océan 1995. Fine. Sion-sur-l'Océan Sion-sur-l'Océan s. d. circa 1995 15 x 10.50 cm une carte postale Autograph postcard signed by Julien Gracq of 20 lines addressed to his friend and biographer Ariel Denis written in black felt-tip pen on the verso of a photograph representing the castle of la Flocellière in Vendée not far from his apartment in Sion-sur-l'Océan. Julien Gracq congratulates Ariel Denis on the accuracy of his latest article: "". I find your review excellent and particularly understanding."" although he offers a slight and humorous caveat: "". my only objection being the fashionable adjective pregnant word underlined which seems to me to be absolutely proscribed as soon as it no longer concerns pregnant women"". The author of ""Au château d'Argol"" shows confidence in his friend's future: "". Perhaps reviews of this quality will open access to a door at éditions du Sorbier for you"" while remaining cautious and modest about his own: "".I refuse to hope too much. finally some positive turn of events will occur one day in this quest! "" Finally Julien Gracq evokes the holiday period and concludes his missive with a question mocking the postcard's subtitle ""Seminary of Elder Vocations east facade"": ""this card is also a riddle: what is a seminary of Elder vocations"" unknown‎

Référence libraire : 84395

‎Julien GRACQ‎

‎"je vous enverrai les Carnets du grand chemin"" • Autograph postcard signed by Julien Gracq addressed to his close friend and monographer Ariel Denis‎

‎Saint-Florent le Vieil Saint-Florent-le-Vieil 1991. Fine. Saint-Florent le Vieil Saint-Florent-le-Vieil 31 Décembre 1991 14 x 9.50 cm une carte postale une enveloppe Autograph postcard signed by Julien Gracq comprising 21 lines addressed to his friend and monographer Ariel Denis written in black felt-tip pen from his Vendée home in Saint Florent le Vieil on the verso of a photographic reproduction showing the Benedictine abbey of Mont-Glonne in 1830. Envelope included. Julien Gracq knows his friend Ariel Denis is a skiing enthusiast: ""I'm not quite sure where this card will reach you: no doubt you are grappling with cross-country skiing problems in this season prone to avalanches: I do hope nonetheless that you are being careful."" He promises him his next work: "". In any case I will send you Les Carnets du grand chemin in about a month"" and encourages his friend: ""I hope you are working vigorously to clear the ground on that new novelistic life you told me about. I am quite curious about it."" Finally the Vendée hermit extends his wishes for the coming year. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 84488

‎Alphonse de CHATEAUBRIANT‎

‎Carte de visite autographe signée adressée à Georges Normandy‎

‎s. l.: S. n. 1941. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. 1941 9.50 x 7.50 cm une feuille Autograph signed carte de visite by Alphonse de Chateaubriant 5 lines written in blue ink addressed to Georges Normandy thanking him for having sent him his work ""Le père Decorne et ses semblables"" recently published. A small black ink stain in the upper right margin of the card thin adhesive strips in the right and left margins of the verso of the card. S. n. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 84462

‎Jean COCTEAU‎

‎"Ce n'est pas pour rien que notre étoile nous a rapprochés l'un de l'autre"" • Autograph letter addressed to his great love Jean Marais‎

‎Perpignan 1940. Fine. Perpignan juillet 1940 21 x 27 cm deux pages sur un feuillet Autograph letter by Jean Cocteau signed with his famous star addressed to his great love the actor Jean Marais. Dated by the author July 1940. One and a half pages in black ink on a sheet. Two small marginal tears not affecting the text. Traces of transverse folds inherent to posting. Magnificent love letter from Cocteau to Marais who formed one of the most legendary artistic couples of the 20th century. Against the backdrop of defeat and German Occupation their unbreakable bond is embodied in this letter from the writer with its desperate accents. Published in the Lettres à Jean Marais 1987 p. 157. This missive from a love-stricken Cocteau was written shortly after the Armistice of June 22 1940 marking the end of the French defeat. Marais mobilized had joined the front in May 1940 while Cocteau had taken refuge in Perpignan. Communication in these troubled times proved difficult: ""Mon Jeannot j'attends toujours ta réponse mais avec une confiance absolue. Ce n'est pas pour rien que notre étoile nous a rapprochés l'un de l'autre et sans doute fallait-il que mes lettres ne t'arrivent pas et que je souffre de mon silence"" ""My Jeannot I am still waiting for your response but with absolute confidence. It is not for nothing that our star brought us closer to one another and no doubt it was necessary that my letters not reach you and that I suffer from my silence"" ""Tu es né chef je suis né chef. Et sous notre étoile rien de ce que nous . ne peut s'annexer ni se perdre. Le principal est de se taire et d'attendre. entre guillemets : les choses ont une manière à elles d'arriver."" C'est à nous de le savoir et de les laisser faire ."" ""You were born a leader I was born a leader. And under our star nothing of what we . can be annexed or lost. The main thing is to remain silent and wait. in quotation marks: things have their own way of happening."" It is up to us to know this and let them do so ."" The Cocteau - Marais partnership would soon return to Paris and endure the torments of the German occupation which would ban the revival of their scandalous play Les Parents terribles which had enjoyed great success in 1939. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 84633

‎Louis-Ferdinand CELINE‎

‎"j'ai pas de cinéma personnel j'ai pas de bruitage j'ai pas de critiques ""rémunérés"" j'ai que l'hostilité du monde et la catastrophe !"" • A handwritten autograph sheet for Normance Féérie pour une autre fois II‎

‎Meudon 1954. Fine. Meudon 1954 20.70 x 26.80 cm une page sur un feuillet Autograph manuscript signed by Louis-Ferdinand Céline written in blue and pink ballpoint pens on a white paper sheet numbered 507 in the left corner. One transverse fold. Some pin holes in the upper margin stigmata of the organization of Céline manuscripts in ""bundles"". « j'ai pas de cinéma personnel j'ai pas de bruitage j'ai pas de critiques ""rémunérés"" j'ai que l'hostilité du monde et la catastrophe ! je perds la catastrophe je suis perdu ! . chienlit ! charlatan ! barbeau mou ! Comme ça vous m'intitulez si vous me trouvez pas dans la loge en plein enragement d'éléments ! je veux pas que vous. » The passage in our sheet presents some variations from the published version. Published in 1954 Normance is a direct sequel to Féérie pour une autre fois published two years earlier. Both parts were written during Céline's years of exile and imprisonment in Denmark. Upon his return to France in 1951 Céline undertook a work of ""polishing"" and published independently these two titanic texts originally envisioned as one. ""Céline while working on it thought of this novel as a second Voyage au bout de la nuit capable twenty years later of astonishing the public as much as the 1932 novel."" Henri Godard unknown‎

Référence libraire : 84027

‎Louis-Ferdinand CELINE‎

‎Un feuillet autographe manuscrit pour Normance Féérie pour une autre fois II : ""ça arrivera pas à Lauriac ! ni à Tartron ! ni Larengue !. Ils ont pris le bon versant de la vie : le flan !""‎

‎Meudon 1954. Fine. Meudon 1954 21.20 x 26.10 cm une page sur un feuillet Autograph manuscript signed by Louis-Ferdinand Céline written in blue ballpoint pen on a sheet of white paper numbered 243 in the left corner. Some stains as well as a central fold of no consequence. A tiny lack of paper at the lower right margin of the sheet. Some pinholes in the upper margin evidence of the organization of Céline's manuscripts in ""bundles"". ""pour aller traverser les lignes des barrages quelque chose !. au galop ! et je me suis bien fait sonner ! ça arrivera pas à Lauriac ! ni à Tartron ! ni Larengue !. Ils ont pris le bon versant de la vie : le flan !. pour ma concerne je regrette rien . c'est fait ! c'est fait ! la preuve ma tête. mais enfin pour la griserie cette sorte de bravoure somnambule j'admire les doués. je les respecte. j'arrive moi que par le stoïcisme le sang froid là ! hop !"" ""to go cross the lines barricades something!. at a gallop! and I really got myself beaten up! that won't happen to Lauriac! nor to Tartron! nor Larengue!. They took the right side of life: the flank!. as for me I regret nothing. it's done! it's done! the proof my head. but finally for the intoxication this sort of sleepwalking bravery I admire the gifted ones. I respect them. I only achieve it through stoicism cold blood there! hop!"" The passage from our sheet referring to Mauriac Sartre and Aragon conforms to the published version. Published in 1954 Normance is a direct sequel to Féérie pour une autre fois published two years earlier. The two parts were written during Céline's years of exile and imprisonment in Denmark. Upon his return to France in 1951 Céline undertook a work of ""polishing"" and published these two titanic texts independently originally conceived as one. ""Céline while working on it thought of this novel as a second Voyage au bout de la nuit capable twenty years later of astonishing the public as much as the 1932 novel."" Henri Godard unknown‎

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‎Louise MICHEL‎

‎"Voyez ce qu'on pourrait faire vous savez tous les services qu'ils ont rendus en 70-71."" • Signed autograph letter addressed to Lucien Barrois‎

‎s. l. Paris 1885. Fine. s. l. • Paris 15 août 1885 13.40 x 21.10 cm 1 page 1/2 sur un bifeuillet Autograph letter signed by Louise Michel addressed to Lucien Barrois; one and a half pages written in black ink on a bifolium of white paper with black border. Transverse folds inherent to mailing. Tears to lower margin without loss at the fold. Louise Michel requests help for one of her friends: ""Vous savez que le père Blin ne peut plus travailler depuis deux mois passés voici maintenant la mère Blin qui vient de tomber très malade. Voyez ce qu'on pourrait faire vous savez tous les services qu'ils ont rendus en 70-71. Mon petit cousin . aidera le père Blin à tenir son kioske sic mais cela ne donne pas de secours à la maladie de Mme Blin. Mme Barrois devait revenir demain samedi ici qu'elle ne l'oublie pas mais je la prie bien aussi de voir ce qu'on pourrait pour Mme Blin."" ""You know that father Blin has been unable to work for the past two months and now mother Blin has just fallen very ill. See what could be done you know all the services they rendered in 70-71. My little cousin . will help father Blin run his kiosk but that doesn't provide relief for Mme Blin's illness. Mme Barrois was supposed to return here tomorrow Saturday may she not forget it but I also earnestly ask her to see what could be done for Mme Blin."" Mme Blin actively participated in the Paris Commune alongside Louise Michel; with other Parisian women they created the Women's Vigilance Committee and asked Louise Michel to take charge of it. Moving letter testimony to the unfailing devotion of the former Communard. unknown‎

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‎Louise MICHEL‎

‎"Clemenceau serait en droit de dire que je suis bien ennuyeuse mais montrez lui la lettre du petit si on pouvait obtenir qu'il ait un peu d'instruction."" • Signed autograph letter addressed to Lucien Barrois‎

‎s. l. Paris 1885. Fine. s. l. • Paris 6 février 1885 11.10 x 17.60 cm 1 page 1/2 sur un bifeuillet Autograph letter signed by Louise Michel addressed to Lucien Barrois; one and a half pages written in black ink on a bifolium of white paper with black border. Transverse folds inherent to mailing. A trace of glue on the second sheet where Louise Michel had probably pasted a letter from her cousin. News of Louise Michel's little cousin Lucien Dacheux: ""Je reçois une lettre de mon petit cousin Dacheux qui me demande de remercier encore pour lui Clemenceau et lui. Je le fais moi-même de tout coeur. N'oubliez pas de le dire à Clemenceau. Le petit Dacheux est à Brest 1ère division de recrutement. . Clemenceau serait en droit de dire que je suis bien ennuyeuse mais montrez lui la lettre du petit si on pouvait obtenir qu'il ait un peu d'instruction. Je ne sais pas s'ils peuvent avoir des leçons. Y a-t-il une école je ne sais rien de tout cela dans la division où il est."" ""I receive a letter from my little cousin Dacheux who asks me to thank Clemenceau and him again on his behalf. I do so myself wholeheartedly. Don't forget to tell Clemenceau. Little Dacheux is in Brest 1st recruitment division. . Clemenceau would have the right to say that I am quite bothersome but show him the little one's letter if we could obtain that he have a little education. I don't know if they can have lessons. Is there a school I know nothing of all that in the division where he is."" Moving letter testimony to the unfailing devotion of the former communard. unknown‎

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‎Jean COCTEAU‎

‎Appogiatures - Manuscrit autographe d'une version primitive en partie inédite • Appogiatures - Autograph manuscript of an early version partly unpublished‎

‎Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1952. Fine. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat août 1952 20.80 x 34 cm 52 pages Autograph manuscript by Jean Cocteau early version of the poetry collection Appogiatures - published in 1953 by Éditions du Rocher in Monaco - comprising 47 leaves of thick paper taken from a large drawing pad and 5 smaller leaves of thin paper written in blue ink and blue ballpoint pen. Numerous deletions and corrections. The leaves are numbered up to 25 including one number 8 bis and most bear a small cross or the mythical Cocteau star. The last leaf containing the poem titled ""Lettre"" is dated in the poet's hand August 15 1952. Also in Cocteau's hand the first leaf bears the final title above which is crossed out the initially envisaged title - Soucoupes volantes - the date 1952 and the place - St Jean Cap Ferrat; it also features a crossed-out dedication: ""À la mémoire de Baudelaire et de Max Jacob qui nous apprirent ces exercices de style."" While the collection clearly shows the influence of Baudelaire's Petits Poèmes en prose and Max Jacob's Le Cornet à dés this tribute was not retained in the published version and was replaced by a dedication to the publisher Henri Parisot. An exceptional ensemble containing 33 of the 51 published poems 11 texts rejected on the advice of publisher Henri Parisot and published in ""En marge d'Appogiatures"" ÂŒuvres poétiques complètes de la Pléiade pp. 818-831 and 6 unpublished texts. David Gullentops in the edition of Jean Cocteau's ÂŒuvres poétiques complètes in the Pléiade notes the existence of a second set of manuscripts and typescripts preserved at the Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris BHVP. He further indicates that he had access to no manuscript of the poem ""Lanterne sourde."" Yet this poem is indeed part of our ensemble which would thus be the first version of the collection envisioned by Cocteau. Jean Cocteau began writing this collection of poems in verse and prose commissioned by his friend the publisher Henri Parisot at the end of July 1952 while staying at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat in Francine Weisweiller's Villa Santo-Sospir. The first version of the collection was completed in mid-August as attested by the two dates on our manuscript ""août 1952"" and ""15 août 1952"" and this entry in Cocteau's diary: ""J'ai terminé la mise au point des courts poèmes en prose pour Parisot. Il y en aura vingt-six à moins que le mécanisme continue ce que je ne souhaite pas car à la longue ces exercices d'écriture illustrés par Baudelaire et Max Jacob fatiguent."" Le Passé défini Tome 1 1951-1952 August 14 1952. Our ensemble would thus be a mixture of the first poems sent to Henri Parisot written with a pen and several added texts written with a ballpoint pen. This hypothesis is supported by the writing of the final title Appogiatures on the title page of our manuscript; Cocteau relates this change again in his diary dated August 29 1952: ""Ai . classé les poèmes pour Parisot sous le titre : Appogiatures."" Our early manuscript version contains significant variants concerning the titles of the poems; thus the poem ""Livre de bord"" was initially titled ""Le Spectacle"" likewise for ""Au poil"" for which Cocteau had previously chosen ""La langue française"" or ""Le tableau noir"" originally titled ""Le lièvre et la tortue."" The order of the poems was also considerably modified for printing: our ensemble shows that Cocteau wished to begin the collection with ""Le voyageur"" which would finally be replaced by ""Seul"" and moved to second position. Also noteworthy in our dossier is the presence of eight poems entirely in verse: these would be removed Appogiatures becoming a collection exclusively in prose. The ensemble heavily deleted and corrected also presents long passages suppressed in the published version for example this very beautiful extract from the poem ""Scène de ménage"" evoking the ""countess"" Francine Weisweiller: ""Et les larmes de la comtesse se disaient : nous sommes la mer. Et la mer se unknown‎

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‎Andre MALRAUX‎

‎". je ne sais pas entreprendre l'analyse d'une analyse qui a dû être un sacré boulot !"" • Autograph letter dated and signed to André Parinaud thanking him for his favourable review‎

‎Boulogne-sur-Seine Boulogne-Billancourt: S. n. 1954. Fine. S. n. Boulogne-sur-Seine Boulogne-Billancourt 28 Décembre 1954 13.50 x 21 cm une feuille Autograph letter signed and dated by André Malraux 20 lines in blue ballpoint pen from his Boulogne home on avenue Victor Hugo thanking him for his favorable review either of Des bas-reliefs aux grottes sacrées or of Le Monde chrétien both published in 1954. He apologizes for not being able to respond quickly to his laudatory article before thanking him: "". it is certain that by emphasizing both the technical aspect and the other underlined words you render the book a great service and take the animal by the right end."" he also acknowledges the clairvoyance and pertinence of his article despite the difficulty of properly apprehending the work: "". for these essays are not conceivable within traditional art criticism."" while praising the attachment that binds them: "". this attitude which is the only just one did it not necessarily imply a friendship that shows through each line in a place where there is some merit in proclaiming it."" Fold mark inherent to the mailing process. Resistance fighter and participant in Combat André Parinaud is a journalist columnist art critic and writer. From 1959 to 1967 he held the position of editor-in-chief of the important weekly Arts bringing together the elite of French creation in all artistic fields: literature painting theater cinema. He then conducted more than 1000 radio interviews with the greatest writers and artists including Salvador Dali Louis-Ferdinand Céline Colette Paul Léautaud André Breton Georges Simenon and André Malraux. While continuing to work at O.R.T.F. and radio he founded several festivals or artistic events such as The International Art Film Festival the National Academy of Street Arts. S. n. unknown‎

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‎Louise MICHEL‎

‎"elle sort le mois prochain et elle le mérite bien elle vous est bien reconnaissante."" • Signed autograph letter addressed to Lucien Barrois‎

‎s. l. Paris 1885. Fine. s. l. • Paris 16 juillet s. d. ca 1885 13.40 x 21.10 cm 1 page 1/2 sur un bifeuillet Autograph letter signed by Louise Michel addressed to Lucien Barrois; one and a half pages written in black ink on a bifolium of white paper with black border. Transverse folds inherent to posting. Mrs. Vernier will be released from prison thanks to Louise Michel's assistance: ""elle sort le mois prochain et elle le mérite bien elle vous est bien reconnaissante. Remerciez Clémenceau Lafont et Clovis Hugues avec Laguerre peut-être tous les quatre qui ont apostillé la demande."" ""she is released next month and she well deserves it she is very grateful to you. Thank Clémenceau Lafont and Clovis Hugues with Laguerre perhaps all four who endorsed the request."" A moving letter testimony to the unwavering devotion of the former Communard. unknown‎

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‎Louise MICHEL‎

‎« Il faut avant de rentrer en cage . que je vous demande le grand service de faire entrer à l'hospice mon cousin le petit Dacheux à qui vous avez bien voulu faire avoir sa dispense d'âge. » • Signed autograph letter addressed to Georges Clemenceau‎

‎s. l. Paris 1886. Fine. s. l. • Paris 7 août 1886 13.20 x 19.20 cm 3 pages sur un bifeuillet Autograph signed letter from Louise Michel addressed to Georges Clemenceau; three pages written in black ink on a bifolium of white paper. Transverse creases inherent to posting. Fine letter from Louise Michel to Clemenceau one of her most important supporters before yet another incarceration: « Il faut avant de rentrer en cage . que je vous demande le grand service de faire entrer à l'hospice mon cousin le petit Dacheux à qui vous avez bien voulu faire avoir sa dispense d'âge. » ""Before returning to the cage . I must ask you the great favor of having my cousin little Dacheux admitted to the hospice for whom you were kind enough to obtain his age exemption."" The former communard has indeed just been sentenced to four months in prison for having given a speech in favor of the Decazeville miners alongside Jules Guesde Paul Lafargue and Étienne Susini. But for now it is the condition of her cousin Lucien Dacheux that concerns her: « Son genou étant de plus en plus malade on l'envoie en congé de deux mois mais il faut qu'il entre à l'hospice s'il ne veut pas rester estropié. De plus on n'a pu lui donner une mécanique pour son genou et en même temps le médecin lui disait que c'était indispensable - peut-être pourra-t-il en avoir une au Val de Grâce - je le recommande bien à vous et au citoyen Lafont - J'irai vous voir pour cela et une autre chose du même genre avant le 12 mais s'il était possible de faire entrer avant à l'hospice le petit Lucien Dacheux je serais bien heureuse car il sera tout à fait estropié et incapable de continuer son service où on est très content de lui. » ""His knee being increasingly ill they are sending him on two months' leave but he must be admitted to the hospice if he doesn't want to remain crippled. Moreover they couldn't give him a mechanism for his knee while at the same time the doctor told him it was indispensable - perhaps he could get one at Val de Grâce - I recommend him highly to you and to citizen Lafont - I will come to see you about this and another matter of the same kind before the 12th but if it were possible to have little Lucien Dacheux admitted to the hospice beforehand I would be very happy because he will be completely crippled and unable to continue his service where they are very pleased with him."" Louise Michel met Clemenceau in October 1870 when he was mayor of Montmartre and she was assistant schoolmistress. From their first meeting was born a strong friendship that lasted until Louise Michel's death. Clemenceau never ceased to support her particularly during her banishment to Nouméa and they maintained an extensive correspondence. A moving letter testimony to the unwavering devotion of the former communard and to the great friendship that united Louise Michel to Georges Clemenceau. unknown‎

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‎Guillaume APOLLINAIRE‎

‎"Vous avez senti mon âme comme personne."" • Unpublished signed autograph letter addressed to Jean Royère after the release of Alcools‎

‎s. l. Paris 1913. Fine. s. l. • Paris s. d. ca. juin 1913 15.70 x 24.50 cm une page sur un feuillet Unpublished autograph letter signed by Guillaume Apollinaire addressed to Jean Royère one page written in black ink on a sheet. Transverse folds inherent to posting. Very fine letter of thanks from poet to poet. ""I thank you for the admirable article you devoted to me. You have felt my soul like no one else."" Jean Royère had indeed written a laudatory article upon the publication of Alcools in the June 20 1913 issue of La Phalange: ""Here gathered in an 18mo of barely two hundred pages is almost the entire poetic work of Apollinaire. Fifteen years of poetry rest in this small volume. I therefore do not open it without almost a preconceived admiration. In poetry abundance means sterility and one only writes three volumes in a year through inability to devote one's life to a book. Apollinaire evidently will leave only one book of verse like Baudelaire and Mallarmé like Rimbaud: this is a considerable chance of immortality for the true poet is one who has this too rare gift of condensation."" "". I will come to see you in the coming days to thank you first and also to speak to you about naturalization I am appalled by the new law."" The poet here alludes to the Three Year Law dubbed the Barthou Law increasing the duration of military service from two to three years in view of preparing the French army for a possible war with Germany. If Apollinaire's biography prefers to focus on the publication of his works in this year 1913 the letters his mother addresses to her son show that the latter moves heaven and earth to avoid military service and be naturalized as quickly as possible: ""For your papers an Italian colonel attached to the ministry of war who was witness for your act of recognition had written to me once to give me the steps to follow so that you would be exempted from military service in Italy and for your French naturalization. I am going to write to him moreover to ask him to see to the Town Hall."" letter from Angelika Kostrowicka of July 12 1913. War would come soon and on August 3 1914 the day after mobilization the stateless poet would file a request for voluntary enlistment accompanied by a naturalization request. The latter would only be granted to him in 1916. An interesting letter written at the dawn of the Great War bearing witness to Guillaume Apollinaire's two passions: poetry and France. unknown‎

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‎Louise MICHEL‎

‎" Il faut enfin que ce soit vous qui rappeliez cette pauvre femme qui a rendu tant de services."" • Signed autograph letter addressed to Lucien Barrois‎

‎s. l. Paris 1885. Fine. s. l. • Paris 12 juin 1885 11 x 16.90 cm 2 pages 1/2 sur un bifeuillet Autograph letter signed by Louise Michel addressed to Lucien Barrois; two and a half pages written in black ink on a white paper bifolium with black border. Transverse folds inherent to postal delivery. Louise Michel requests help for one of her acquaintances: ""Madame Maron à qui Lafont ou Clémenceau avait fait avoir promesse à la mairie d'un terme de son loyer elle en doit trois n'a plus entendu parler de rien et il faut qu'elle déménage pour aller en face où elle paiera moins. Sa propriétaire l'aurait attendue avec un terme payé sur les trois. Il faut enfin que ce soit vous qui rappeliez cette pauvre femme qui a rendu tant de services."" ""Madam Maron for whom Lafont or Clémenceau had secured a promise from the town hall for one term of her rent she owes three has heard nothing more and must move across the street where she will pay less. Her landlady would have waited for her with one term paid out of the three. You must finally be the one to remind them of this poor woman who has rendered so many services."" Moving letter testimony to the unwavering devotion of the former Communard. unknown‎

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