Lot n° 278
Estimation :
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ACHARD (Marcel).
Set of 7 works by Marcel... - Lot 278 - Ader
ACHARD (Marcel).
Set of 7 works by Marcel Achard or from his library:
- ACHARD (Marcel). Malborough s'en va-t-en guerre! Three acts and two paintings. Paris : Librairie Gallimard, Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, [1924]. - In-12, stiff bradel vellum, smooth spine decorated, gilt head, untrimmed, cover retained, case (Altermat).
First edition dedicated to Louis Jouvet. A copy of the press service, offered by the author to his future wife Juliette Marty, including these very beautiful autograph letters written between January and April 1925:
to a musician of great talent (this word was partly cut by the binder) // to a spiritual comrade, // to an exquisite friend // to Juliette Marty, // as a token of deep friendship // and admiration, // Marcel Achard //
January 29, 1925to
the one I love // February 1925 Marcel Achard
to the great love, to the beautiful love, // to my little one, // with the best of me, // to the madonna and the gypsy woman, //in
distraughtly grateful memory. //
April 1925 Marcel1925
is the year of their meeting and these three letters are a moving testimony of the beginning of their idyll
.
Copy enriched with an autograph card from Juliette Achard.
Cover soiled.
A set of 5 works from the library of Marcel Achard, bound, unless otherwise indicated, in half tan leather by Alternat :
- BOURDET (Édouard)
.
La Fleur des pois. Play in four acts. Paris: Librairie Stock, 1933. - In-12, cover and spine preserved.
First edition. Copy of the current edition, enriched with this letter from the author: to Marcel Achard // his friend // Edouard Bourdet.
- BOURDET (Édouard). Les Temps difficiles. Play in four acts. Paris : Librairie Stock, 1935. - In-12, cover preserved.
First edition. Copy of the current edition, enriched with this letter from the author: to Marcel and Juliette // Achard // their friend // Edouard Bourdet.
- COURTELINE (Georges). Le Train de 8h. 47. La Vie de caserne. Illustrations by Poulbot. Paris : Calmann-Lévy, [1909]. - In-8, beige basane, spine decorated with large cold bands, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Altermat).
New edition illustrated by Francisque Poulbot. Copy bearing this letter on the false title: to Marcel Achard // a small souvenir of // the author // GCourteline // June 1909Some
minor rubbing and spotting
.
- JEANSON (Henri). Toi que j'ai tant aimée... Paris : Librairie Gallimard, Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, [1929]. - In-12, cover and spine preserved.
First edition. One of the 50 copies on vellum pur fil Lafuma-Navarre, the only one on large paper, this one being part of the 25 hors commerce (n° v), enriched with this sending from the author: to my // little Marcel // darling, this book which // constitutes an answer // once and for all to all // his letters, postcards, telegrams // and pneumatic (1918-1935) // his Cain // HJeanson // February 8, 1927.
- PASSEUR (Stève). The Buyer. A piece of wire cut in two. Paris : Librairie Gallimard, Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, [1930]. - In-12, cover and spine preserved.
First edition. One of 55 copies on vellum pur fil Lafuma-Navarre, the only large paper edition, this one being one of the 25 hors commerce (n° f).
Very nice letter from the author : For Marcel Achard // whom I accuse of being my "good // master" much less by // joke than he supposes // By declaring that he is perhaps // the one who has done the most for // L'ACHETEUSE // with my admiration // and my tenderness 1 // Stève Passeur // March 31 // 1but without American song.
- PASSEUR (Stève). Not yet. La Traversée de Paris à la nage. Paris : Librairie Gallimard, Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, [1927]. - In-8, cover and spine preserved.
First edition. One of the 895 copies in-8 crown on vellum paper pur fil Lafuma-Navarre, this one being one of the 30 copies of author out of trade (n° 861). Beautiful letter from the author : to Marcel Achard // thanking him // for being the only poet among the // current playwrights // congratulating him // for forgetting for 20 // hours out of 24 or rather for // 330 days out of 365 his // "formidable" talent to be content // with being the most // moving // the most amusing // of friends // with my affection // Steve Passeur.
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