Auction 27 February 2023 500 AUTOGRAPHS - ALL PERIODS - ALL THEMES

Lot n° 1

Henry de MONTHERLANT (1895-1972,...

Henry de MONTHERLANT (1895-1972, novelist and playwright of the French Academy / Typed letter signed, 1 p in-4, May 7, 1955

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Lot n° 2

Paul ADAM (1862-1920, symbolist...

Paul ADAM (1862-1920, symbolist novelist and art critic) / Autograph letter signed, 2 p. large in-8, August 1912, from Rio (Brazil) Paul Adam will publish in 1914 his travel impressions in a "Face of Brazil".

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Lot n° 3

Paul ADAM (1862-1920, a prolific...

Paul ADAM (1862-1920, a prolific novelist, after having admired General Boulanger and frequented Maurice Barrès, Paul Adam turned to libertarian ideas. It is from this period, between 1894 and 1902, that his collaboration with the Revue Blanche dates,...

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Lot n° 4

Jean AICARD (1848-1921, novelist...

Jean AICARD (1848-1921, novelist of the French Academy) / Autograph letter signed, 2 p in-8, Paris, July 3, 1876

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Lot n° 5

Marie Alexandrine DUMAS (1831-1878,...

Marie Alexandrine DUMAS (1831-1878, painter and novelist, daughter of Alexandre Dumas) / Autograph letter signed "Marie Alexandre Dumas" (her pen name), 1 p in-8, Paris (107 Boulevard Malesherbes - this is where she lived with her father, keeping his...

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Lot n° 6

Alexandre DUMAS FILS (1824-1895)...

Alexandre DUMAS FILS (1824-1895) / Original printed announcement of his marriage with Henriette Régnier on June 26, 1895 in Marly-le-Roi, 1 p small in-4 (He had married a first time in 1864 with Nadejda (Nadine) Narychkine - He remarried with Henriette...

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Lot n° 7

Octave FEUILLET (Saint-Lô 1821...

Octave FEUILLET (Saint-Lô 1821 - 1890, novelist and playwright of the Académie Française / Autograph letter signed, 1 p in-8, headed "Le Chemin près Tournan (Seine et Marne)", October 1867 / Enclosed: original period photograph, business card size, by...

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Lot n° 8

Paul FEVAL (Rennes 1816-1887, feuilletonist)...

Paul FEVAL (Rennes 1816-1887, feuilletonist) / Autograph letter signed, 1 p in-8, to Gustave Chadeuil

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Lot n° 9

Rosemonde GERARD (1866-1953, poetess...

Rosemonde GERARD (1866-1953, poetess and actress, wife of Edmond Rostand) / Autograph letter signed, 2 p in-8, on the letterhead of the Hotel Normandy in Deauville

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Lot n° 10

Eugène LABICHE, 1815-1888, the...

Eugène LABICHE, 1815-1888, the famous playwright - Eugène Labiche was decorated by Tsar Alexander III, "Autocratic Emperor of all the Russias", by oukase to the Chapter dated October 12, 1882, Knight of Our Order of Saint Anne, second class - The present...

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Lot n° 11

Eugène Labiche, 1815-1888, the...

Eugène Labiche, 1815-1888, the famous playwright - Eugène Labiche receives his nomination as Officer in the National Order of the Legion of Honor (large in-4, signed by General Joseph Vinoy, July 13, 1871 - It was Napoleon III who had promoted him to...

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Lot n° 12

Félicité de LAMENNAIS (Saint-Malo...

Félicité de LAMENNAIS (Saint-Malo 1782-1854, priest, writer, philosopher and politician / Autograph letter signed, 1 p in-12 plus address page, to François Gervais known as "de Caen" (one of the most influential members of the Republican Party)

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Lot n° 13

Eugène SCRIBE (1791-1861, playwright...

Eugène SCRIBE (1791-1861, playwright and librettist, he was one of the most performed authors of the XIXth century) / Autograph letter signed, 2 p in-8, he recommends "a young girl who all her life has worked for the Théâtre Français", "she aspires to...

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Lot n° 14

Henri BARBUSSE (1873-1935, writer...

Henri BARBUSSE (1873-1935, writer and politician) / Typed letter signed, 1 p in-4, October 15, 1919, to Maurice Verne

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Lot n° 15

Hervé BAZIN (Angers 1911-1996,...

Hervé BAZIN (Angers 1911-1996, novelist, President of the Académie Goncourt) / Autograph answer signed on a circular letter (1 p in-4 mimeographed) from Pierre Béarn, Secretary General of the Société des Gens de Lettres of October 27, 1978

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Lot n° 16

Pierre BENOIT (1886-1962, writer...

Pierre BENOIT (1886-1962, writer of the French Academy) / Autograph letter signed, 1 p in-4, December 31, 1925, to Marie Descaves, the wife of the writer Lucien Descaves

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Lot n° 17

Lucien BODARD (1914-1998, journalist...

Lucien BODARD (1914-1998, journalist and writer, Prix Goncourt 198) / Title page (detached from the book) of "La Duchesse" with autograph signed letter to Yvan Audouard

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Lot n° 18

Léon BRUNSCHVICG (1869-1944, philosopher)...

Léon BRUNSCHVICG (1869-1944, philosopher) / Autograph letter signed, 1 p in-4, Paris, December 11, 1936, about a publication in the Bulletin of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences of which he was President

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Lot n° 19

Félicien CHAMPSAUR (Turriers, Basses...

Félicien CHAMPSAUR (Turriers, Basses Alpes 1858-1934, journalist and novelist, many of his sulphurous novels were scandalous / Autograph postcard signed, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, March 10, 1923, to Claude Béranger in Marseille, whom he thanks for the "charming...

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Lot n° 20

Mary HIGGINS CLARK (1927-2020,...

Mary HIGGINS CLARK (1927-2020, American novelist and best-selling author) / Photograph (color print 10 x 15 cm) signed by her in blue ink

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Lot n° 21

Maurice DEKOBRA (1885-1973, great...

Maurice DEKOBRA (1885-1973, great reporter and novelist, known for his successful novel La Madone des Sleepings / Typed letter signed by him, 1 p in-4, beautiful letterhead illustrated with two cobras entwined and to his Parisian address, November 13,...

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Lot n° 22

Paul FORT (Reims 1872-1960, poet)...

Paul FORT (Reims 1872-1960, poet) / Autograph letter signed, 1 page in-8

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Lot n° 23

Paul GUTH (Ossun 1910-1997, novelist...

Paul GUTH (Ossun 1910-1997, novelist and columnist) / Autograph letter signed, 2 p in-8, Paris, November 17, 1959, to Marcel Mithois (successful playwright and columnist) : "every week, I have the happiness to read, in Jours de France, your admirable...

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Lot n° 24

Marcel JOUHANDEAU (1888-1979, writer)...

Marcel JOUHANDEAU (1888-1979, writer) / Autograph manuscript, with erasures and corrections, 1 p in-8, on the painter Gen Paul, dated October 21, 1952

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Lot n° 25

Pierre-Jean JOUVE (Arras 1887-1976,...

Pierre-Jean JOUVE (Arras 1887-1976, poet, novelist and critic) / Autograph letter signed, 1 p large in-8, from Martinez to Cannes, 23 March 1941

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Lot n° 26

Frederike ZWEIG (1882-1971, woman...

Frederike ZWEIG (1882-1971, woman of letters, first wife of the writer Stefan Zweig) / Autograph postcard signed, Brugges (Belgium), April 29, 1958, to Andrée Jouve (woman of letters, first wife of the poet Pierre-Jean Jouve, both women were activists...

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Lot n° 27

Professor Henri MONDOR (Saint-Cernin,...

Professor Henri MONDOR (Saint-Cernin, Cantal 1885-1962, physician, surgeon and man of letters of the French Academy) / Autograph letter signed, 2 p in-8, with letterhead to Emile Roche then President of the Economic and Social Council

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Lot n° 28

Jean PAULHAN (Nimes 1884-1968,...

Jean PAULHAN (Nimes 1884-1968, writer, critic and editor) / Autograph letter signed, 1 p in-8, headed "NRF

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Lot n° 29

Henri de REGNIER (Honfleur 1864-1936,...

Henri de REGNIER (Honfleur 1864-1936, poet and novelist of the Académie Fraçaise) / Autograph letter signed, 2 p in-8, to his brother-in-law, the writer Maurice Maindron (Maindron had married Hélène, daughter of Jose-Maria de Heredia and thus had as brothers-in-law...

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Lot n° 30

SURREALISM - André BRETON / "Suite...

SURREALISM - André BRETON / "Suite Princière", tract (1 p in-4 on beautiful green laid paper) published in small number on November 15, 1960 signed by André Breton, Francis Ponge, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Julien Gracq, Pierre Jean Jouve, of André Pieyre de...

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Lot n° 31

Henri TROYAT - Lev Aslanovitch...

Henri TROYAT - Lev Aslanovitch Tarassov (1911-2007, a Russian writer of the French Academy and winner of the 1938 Goncourt Prize) / Autograph card signed in his name with the mention "de l'Académie Française", 1 p small in-8 oblong, Paris, November 24,...

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Lot n° 32

ACADEMIE FRANCAISE - René DOUMIC...

ACADEMIE FRANCAISE - René DOUMIC (1860-1937, writer of the Académie Française) / Corrected publisher's proofs signed by his hand (initials) entitled "Comment on devient Académicien", 14 p in-8, April 1935: it is a chapter of the book "Trois Siècles de...

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Lot n° 33

Marcel SEMBAT (1862-1922, socialist...

Marcel SEMBAT (1862-1922, socialist politician) / autograph letter signed, 1 p small in-8 plus address page with postage, November 7, 1919

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Lot n° 34

Victor HUGO - Louis-François CAUCHY...

Victor HUGO - Louis-François CAUCHY (1760-1848, high civil servant, Secretary of the Chamber of Peers and poet) / Autograph letter signed, 1 p. small in-4, letterhead of the Chamber of Peers, 8 September 1846, to Victor Hugo

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Lot n° 35

Victor HUGO - Double annotation...

Victor HUGO - Double annotation of his "R" (for "answered") on the letter of A. Blanchard, manager of the verse gazette "Le Versificateur" of Toulouse, of December 18, 1859, apologizing to the "Master" (whom he is on first-name terms) for a "gross typographical...

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Lot n° 36

Ludovic HALEVY (1834-1908, librettist...

Ludovic HALEVY (1834-1908, librettist of operettas, notably for Offenbach, of the Académie Française) / Autograph letter signed, 2 p in-8 and autograph visiting card signed

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Lot n° 37

Blanche BARETTA (1855-1939, actress...

Blanche BARETTA (1855-1939, actress of the Comédie Française, wife of the actor Gustave Worms) / Postcard representing her in a role signed by her hand in 1903

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Lot n° 38

Marie COLOMBIER (1844-1910, actress,...

Marie COLOMBIER (1844-1910, actress, great rival of Sarah Bernhardt against whom she wrote the famous pamphlet "Sarah Barnum") / Autograph letter signed, 1 p in-8, right in the subject: "Petty jealousies, gossip, all that is finally women's stories!"

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Lot n° 39

François CHALAIS (1919-1996, great...

François CHALAIS (1919-1996, great reporter and film columnist) / Autograph letter signed, 2 p in-8, June 21, 1956, to the director of "L'Aurore" Léon Treich, envelope enclosed

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Lot n° 40

Victorien SARDOU, 1831-1908, playwright...

Victorien SARDOU, 1831-1908, playwright / His death announcement, 1 p in-4

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Lot n° 41

Marshal Joseph JOFFRE, 1852-1931...

Marshal Joseph JOFFRE, 1852-1931 / Invitation to his National Funeral at Notre-Dame de Paris, reserved for guests of the Parliament, 1 p in-8 cardboard

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Lot n° 42

Maurice ROSTAND (1891-1969, poet,...

Maurice ROSTAND (1891-1969, poet, son of Edmond) / Program page dedicated and signed by his hand in 1936 (the page is mounted on beautiful laid paper 15,5 x 22 cm)

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Lot n° 43

Jules ROMAINS (1885-1972, writer...

Jules ROMAINS (1885-1972, writer and playwright of the French Academy) / Program page dedicated and signed by his hand in 1938 (the page was mounted on beautiful laid paper 15.5 x 22 cm)

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Lot n° 44

Maurice CHEVALIER / Certificate...

Maurice CHEVALIER / Certificate of recognition of the French Circle of Dallas, partly printed, with the name of Maurice Chevalier calligraphed, given on March 23, 1966 and signed by the directors (japanese paper 25,5 x 20 cm)

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Lot n° 45

Paul BELMONDO (1898-1982, sculptor,...

Paul BELMONDO (1898-1982, sculptor, father of the actor Jean-Paul Belmondo) / Visiting card in his name with some autographs of thanks, autograph envelope with his address on the back attached

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Lot n° 46

Princess MATHILDE (Mathilde Bonaparte,...

Princess MATHILDE (Mathilde Bonaparte, cousin of Napoleon III, 1820-1904) / Autograph letter signed, 1 p in-12

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Lot n° 47

IVORY COAST - Louis-Gustave BINGER...

IVORY COAST - Louis-Gustave BINGER (1856-1936, officer, explorer and colonial administrator, he left his name to the town of Bingerville in the Ivory Coast) / Autograph letter signed, 3 p in-12, while he was Governor of the Ivory Coast

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Lot n° 48

LES COMPAGNONS DE LA CHANSON -...

LES COMPAGNONS DE LA CHANSON - Hubert LANCELOT (1923-1995, singer, in charge of the group's tours) / Autograph letter signed on behalf of the group, 1 p in-4, beautiful embossed letterhead, January 8, 1951

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Lot n° 49

LES COMPAGNONS DE LA CHANSON (vocal...

LES COMPAGNONS DE LA CHANSON (vocal group founded in 1946) / The Compagnons de la Chanson were asked their opinion on the Egyptian public, they give their answer, 1 p in-4, early 50's - The 9 founding members of the original group have all signed: Jean...

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Lot n° 50

Maurice CHEVALIER (1888-1972, the...

Maurice CHEVALIER (1888-1972, the famous singer) / Autograph letter signed, 2 p in-4 on the letterhead of "La Louque", July 13, 1957, to Maurice Goudeket (who was the last husband of the woman of letters Colette)

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Auction 27 February 2023 500 AUTOGRAPHS - ALL PERIODS - ALL THEMES - Paris

Bid on the lot list Vermot et Associés : 27 February 2023 - <p>VENTE ONLINE</p> Vermot et Associés - Paris

500 AUTOGRAPHS - ALL PERIODS - ALL THEMES

Henry de MONTHERLANT (1895-1972,...

Henry de MONTHERLANT (1895-1972, novelist and playwright of the French Academy / Typed letter signed, 1 p in-4, May 7, 1955

Paul ADAM (1862-1920, symbolist...

Paul ADAM (1862-1920, symbolist novelist and art critic) / Autograph letter signed, 2 p. large in-8, August 1912, from Rio (Brazil) Paul Adam will publish in 1914 his travel impressions in a "Face of Brazil".

Paul ADAM (1862-1920, a prolific...

Paul ADAM (1862-1920, a prolific novelist, after having admired General Boulanger and frequented Maurice Barrès, Paul Adam turned to libertarian ideas. It is from this period, between 1894 and 1902, that his collaboration with the Revue Blanche dates,...

Jean AICARD (1848-1921, novelist...

Jean AICARD (1848-1921, novelist of the French Academy) / Autograph letter signed, 2 p in-8, Paris, July 3, 1876

Marie Alexandrine DUMAS (1831-1878,...

Marie Alexandrine DUMAS (1831-1878, painter and novelist, daughter of Alexandre Dumas) / Autograph letter signed "Marie Alexandre Dumas" (her pen name), 1 p in-8, Paris (107 Boulevard Malesherbes - this is where she lived with her father, keeping his...

Alexandre DUMAS FILS (1824-1895)...

Alexandre DUMAS FILS (1824-1895) / Original printed announcement of his marriage with Henriette Régnier on June 26, 1895 in Marly-le-Roi, 1 p small in-4 (He had married a first time in 1864 with Nadejda (Nadine) Narychkine - He remarried with Henriette...

Octave FEUILLET (Saint-Lô 1821...

Octave FEUILLET (Saint-Lô 1821 - 1890, novelist and playwright of the Académie Française / Autograph letter signed, 1 p in-8, headed "Le Chemin près Tournan (Seine et Marne)", October 1867 / Enclosed: original period photograph, business card size, by...

Paul FEVAL (Rennes 1816-1887, feuilletonist)...

Paul FEVAL (Rennes 1816-1887, feuilletonist) / Autograph letter signed, 1 p in-8, to Gustave Chadeuil

Rosemonde GERARD (1866-1953, poetess...

Rosemonde GERARD (1866-1953, poetess and actress, wife of Edmond Rostand) / Autograph letter signed, 2 p in-8, on the letterhead of the Hotel Normandy in Deauville

Eugène LABICHE, 1815-1888, the...

Eugène LABICHE, 1815-1888, the famous playwright - Eugène Labiche was decorated by Tsar Alexander III, "Autocratic Emperor of all the Russias", by oukase to the Chapter dated October 12, 1882, Knight of Our Order of Saint Anne, second class - The present...

Eugène Labiche, 1815-1888, the...

Eugène Labiche, 1815-1888, the famous playwright - Eugène Labiche receives his nomination as Officer in the National Order of the Legion of Honor (large in-4, signed by General Joseph Vinoy, July 13, 1871 - It was Napoleon III who had promoted him to...

Félicité de LAMENNAIS (Saint-Malo...

Félicité de LAMENNAIS (Saint-Malo 1782-1854, priest, writer, philosopher and politician / Autograph letter signed, 1 p in-12 plus address page, to François Gervais known as "de Caen" (one of the most influential members of the Republican Party)

Eugène SCRIBE (1791-1861, playwright...

Eugène SCRIBE (1791-1861, playwright and librettist, he was one of the most performed authors of the XIXth century) / Autograph letter signed, 2 p in-8, he recommends "a young girl who all her life has worked for the Théâtre Français", "she aspires to...

Henri BARBUSSE (1873-1935, writer...

Henri BARBUSSE (1873-1935, writer and politician) / Typed letter signed, 1 p in-4, October 15, 1919, to Maurice Verne

Hervé BAZIN (Angers 1911-1996,...

Hervé BAZIN (Angers 1911-1996, novelist, President of the Académie Goncourt) / Autograph answer signed on a circular letter (1 p in-4 mimeographed) from Pierre Béarn, Secretary General of the Société des Gens de Lettres of October 27, 1978

Pierre BENOIT (1886-1962, writer...

Pierre BENOIT (1886-1962, writer of the French Academy) / Autograph letter signed, 1 p in-4, December 31, 1925, to Marie Descaves, the wife of the writer Lucien Descaves

Lucien BODARD (1914-1998, journalist...

Lucien BODARD (1914-1998, journalist and writer, Prix Goncourt 198) / Title page (detached from the book) of "La Duchesse" with autograph signed letter to Yvan Audouard

Léon BRUNSCHVICG (1869-1944, philosopher)...

Léon BRUNSCHVICG (1869-1944, philosopher) / Autograph letter signed, 1 p in-4, Paris, December 11, 1936, about a publication in the Bulletin of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences of which he was President

Félicien CHAMPSAUR (Turriers, Basses...

Félicien CHAMPSAUR (Turriers, Basses Alpes 1858-1934, journalist and novelist, many of his sulphurous novels were scandalous / Autograph postcard signed, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, March 10, 1923, to Claude Béranger in Marseille, whom he thanks for the "charming...

Mary HIGGINS CLARK (1927-2020,...

Mary HIGGINS CLARK (1927-2020, American novelist and best-selling author) / Photograph (color print 10 x 15 cm) signed by her in blue ink

Maurice DEKOBRA (1885-1973, great...

Maurice DEKOBRA (1885-1973, great reporter and novelist, known for his successful novel La Madone des Sleepings / Typed letter signed by him, 1 p in-4, beautiful letterhead illustrated with two cobras entwined and to his Parisian address, November 13,...

Paul FORT (Reims 1872-1960, poet)...

Paul FORT (Reims 1872-1960, poet) / Autograph letter signed, 1 page in-8

Paul GUTH (Ossun 1910-1997, novelist...

Paul GUTH (Ossun 1910-1997, novelist and columnist) / Autograph letter signed, 2 p in-8, Paris, November 17, 1959, to Marcel Mithois (successful playwright and columnist) : "every week, I have the happiness to read, in Jours de France, your admirable...

Marcel JOUHANDEAU (1888-1979, writer)...

Marcel JOUHANDEAU (1888-1979, writer) / Autograph manuscript, with erasures and corrections, 1 p in-8, on the painter Gen Paul, dated October 21, 1952

Pierre-Jean JOUVE (Arras 1887-1976,...

Pierre-Jean JOUVE (Arras 1887-1976, poet, novelist and critic) / Autograph letter signed, 1 p large in-8, from Martinez to Cannes, 23 March 1941

Frederike ZWEIG (1882-1971, woman...

Frederike ZWEIG (1882-1971, woman of letters, first wife of the writer Stefan Zweig) / Autograph postcard signed, Brugges (Belgium), April 29, 1958, to Andrée Jouve (woman of letters, first wife of the poet Pierre-Jean Jouve, both women were activists...

Professor Henri MONDOR (Saint-Cernin,...

Professor Henri MONDOR (Saint-Cernin, Cantal 1885-1962, physician, surgeon and man of letters of the French Academy) / Autograph letter signed, 2 p in-8, with letterhead to Emile Roche then President of the Economic and Social Council

Jean PAULHAN (Nimes 1884-1968,...

Jean PAULHAN (Nimes 1884-1968, writer, critic and editor) / Autograph letter signed, 1 p in-8, headed "NRF

Henri de REGNIER (Honfleur 1864-1936,...

Henri de REGNIER (Honfleur 1864-1936, poet and novelist of the Académie Fraçaise) / Autograph letter signed, 2 p in-8, to his brother-in-law, the writer Maurice Maindron (Maindron had married Hélène, daughter of Jose-Maria de Heredia and thus had as brothers-in-law...

SURREALISM - André BRETON / "Suite...

SURREALISM - André BRETON / "Suite Princière", tract (1 p in-4 on beautiful green laid paper) published in small number on November 15, 1960 signed by André Breton, Francis Ponge, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Julien Gracq, Pierre Jean Jouve, of André Pieyre de...

Henri TROYAT - Lev Aslanovitch...

Henri TROYAT - Lev Aslanovitch Tarassov (1911-2007, a Russian writer of the French Academy and winner of the 1938 Goncourt Prize) / Autograph card signed in his name with the mention "de l'Académie Française", 1 p small in-8 oblong, Paris, November 24,...

ACADEMIE FRANCAISE - René DOUMIC...

ACADEMIE FRANCAISE - René DOUMIC (1860-1937, writer of the Académie Française) / Corrected publisher's proofs signed by his hand (initials) entitled "Comment on devient Académicien", 14 p in-8, April 1935: it is a chapter of the book "Trois Siècles de...

Marcel SEMBAT (1862-1922, socialist...

Marcel SEMBAT (1862-1922, socialist politician) / autograph letter signed, 1 p small in-8 plus address page with postage, November 7, 1919

Victor HUGO - Louis-François CAUCHY...

Victor HUGO - Louis-François CAUCHY (1760-1848, high civil servant, Secretary of the Chamber of Peers and poet) / Autograph letter signed, 1 p. small in-4, letterhead of the Chamber of Peers, 8 September 1846, to Victor Hugo

Victor HUGO - Double annotation...

Victor HUGO - Double annotation of his "R" (for "answered") on the letter of A. Blanchard, manager of the verse gazette "Le Versificateur" of Toulouse, of December 18, 1859, apologizing to the "Master" (whom he is on first-name terms) for a "gross typographical...

Ludovic HALEVY (1834-1908, librettist...

Ludovic HALEVY (1834-1908, librettist of operettas, notably for Offenbach, of the Académie Française) / Autograph letter signed, 2 p in-8 and autograph visiting card signed

Blanche BARETTA (1855-1939, actress...

Blanche BARETTA (1855-1939, actress of the Comédie Française, wife of the actor Gustave Worms) / Postcard representing her in a role signed by her hand in 1903

Marie COLOMBIER (1844-1910, actress,...

Marie COLOMBIER (1844-1910, actress, great rival of Sarah Bernhardt against whom she wrote the famous pamphlet "Sarah Barnum") / Autograph letter signed, 1 p in-8, right in the subject: "Petty jealousies, gossip, all that is finally women's stories!"

François CHALAIS (1919-1996, great...