ACHARD (Marcel). Let's laugh with them.... - Lot 277 - Ader

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ACHARD (Marcel). Let's laugh with them.... - Lot 277 - Ader
ACHARD (Marcel). Let's laugh with them. Les grands auteurs comiques. Paris : Librairie Arthème Fayard, [1957]. - In-8, 199 x 125 : 328 pp, (2 ff.), illustrated cover and printed cover. Half lemon morocco, spine ribbed with gilt fleuron, gilt head, untrimmed, double cover preserved (modern binding). First edition of this "collection of enthusiasms [...] for the use of laughter lovers", dedicated to authors of comic texts such as Victor Hugo, Meilhac, Halévy, Georges Feydeau, Alphonse Allais, Georges Courteline, Tristan Bernard, Robert de Flers, Sacha Guitry and Marcel Pagnol. One of 55 copies on Lafuma paper (n° 38), the only one on large paper. Copy including this double letter from the author: For Jacques Crépineau - // a great lover of theatre // with my very great // sympathy // Marcel Achard // Sept. 68 // What a nice book! My sym- // pathy increases from page to page. Here we are in February // 1974! What progress Jacques has made // in the theatre and in my friendship: he is amazing in // both fields. I kiss you, // old devil! // Marcel Achard // (to be continued) This copy is richly endowed with the following items: - an autograph postcard from the author to Jacques Crépineau, in which Marcel Pagnol is mentioned, - a portrait of the author drawn by André Bernheim, dedicated to Jacques Crépineau and accompanied by an autograph note, - a photograph of Marcel Achard, in silver print from the time, - a folding caricature of the author, drawn in ink and signed by Georges Libault, - a partly autographed visiting card from Marcel Achard, - various portraits, programmes and chromolithographs related to the texts, - an autographed card from Pierre Fresnay to Jacques Crépineau . Nice copy, complete with the double cover, the first of which is illustrated by Siné.
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