Maurice CHEVALIER (1888-1972). Lot n° 21

2 typescripts and an autograph manuscript for Ma route et mes chansons. Volume II, [London, Hollywood, Paris, ca. 1947]; 174 in-4 pages and 173 in-4 pages (carbon copies) and 43 autograph in-4 pages (rusting of a paper clip); set of typescripts and a manuscript for the second volume of Maurice Chevalier's memoirs, which will be entitled London, Hollywood, Paris when it is published by Julliard in 1947. Included here are 18 chapters (out of the 20 of the final version), 17 of which are in typewritten form, and an autograph manuscript; missing from the book are the introduction ("Je vais sur mon chemin"), and chapters XV and XVIII ("La Petite Marcelle" and "My American Best Pote").Typescript [A], consisting of 13 chapters bound under hardcover and cloth spine, plus 4 inserted chapters. Missing the end of the chapter "It was so beautiful" (the bottom of the antepenultimate page and the two following ones have been removed with scissors). This typescript presents many small autograph corrections in blue ink, and an autograph page in pencil, inserted. Typescript [B], identical to the previous one, and with a report, by Chevalier, of his corrections and additions. This second typescript was then submitted to a collaborator who rewrote entire lines, made numerous stylistic alterations, and corrected the punctuation, always in red ink. The end of the chapter "It was so beautiful" was cut out but preserved in this typescript. Memories and roses. First draft autograph manuscript, revised by the same proofreader in red ink. This text will form chapter XIX of the book. Chevalier recalls moments spent in America: "Lying on a chaise longue - in the midst of other travellers, the horizon seems to me like a screen of gigantic dimensions, where crowds of faces parade and where scenes and sketches interpose themselves as if, at the moment of remembrance, they were in the midst of the world.