ROMAINS (Jules). Knock or the triumph of medicine. Comedy in three acts. Paris : Éditions du Sagittaire, 1931. - In-8, 223 x 165 : 145 pp, (2 ff.), illustrated cover. Green half-chagrin, smooth spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Ateliers Boichot). Edition of 1000 numbered copies on Rives vellum paper (n° 688), illustrated with 32 colour compositions by Paul COLIN, including 10 full-page and 22 in the text. UNIQUE EDITION, dedicated by the author, the artist and Jacques Hébertot, to Jacques Crépineau and enriched with the following items: - Original drawing signed by Siss, done in India ink, representing Jules Romains. On the back is the stamp of the magazine Aux écoutes indicating that the drawing was submitted to the clichage on January 16, 1960 at 3 p.m. - Black and white photograph (113 x 147) of the portrait of Jules Romains painted by Picart-Ledoux and housed in the Musée des beaux-arts de Tours. On the back is stamped "Photographie industrielle M. Rigal". - Typed letter signed by Jacques Hébertot, written on Théâtre-Hébertot letterhead on January 3, 1968 and addressed to Jacques Crépineau, 1 page in-4. Hébertot wishes him all the best and asks him if he is willing to help him with the production of an important play "which is due to open around 20 January". The play in question was probably Thornton Wilder's Our Little Town, which opened on January 22, 1968. It was under the direction of Jacques Hébertot that the play Knock was first performed at the Comédie des Champs-Élysées on 15 December 1923, directed by Louis Jouvet. - Autograph manuscript signed by Paul Guth, 13 1/2 pages in-4 folded in two, about Louis Jouvet, creator of the role of Knock in 1949. This manuscript is a first draft and contains numerous corrections and erasures. It is written in brown ink except for the last sentence, some words in the text and the signature in capital letters, which are in blue pen. Entitled here simply Louis Jouvet, it is an article that appeared in volume 56 of La Revue de Paris in February 1949 (p. 133 and following), under the title Quand Jouvet répète. It offers several differences with the printed version. Leaf 9 is missing, which included a part not retained for printing. Three quarters of the text written on folio 8 were also not included in La Revue de Paris. - Original program published on the occasion of the revival of the play at the Théâtre de l'Athénée in 1949, including the autograph signatures of 7 actors from the play, namely Louis Jouvet (Knock), Pierre Renoir (M. Mouquet, the pharmacist), Paul Barge (Dr. Parpalaid), Léo Lapara (the first guy), Mlle. Wanda (the lady in purple), Suzanne Courtal (the lady in black) and Marion Tourès (the maid). - Handwritten sheet listing the first actors in the play in 1923, accompanied by a pencil note requesting the extension of the actors' engagement from June 1 for the summer season. - Typed letter signed by Lise Romains, wife of the author, dated March 12, 1974, 1 page in-12 oblong. It is addressed to Jacques Crépineau whom she would be happy to see again. - Program composed of 2 sheets in-32, for the last performance of Knock at the Comédie des Champs-Élysées after 1000 performances in this theatre. Good copy. Program of the film Knock ou le triomphe de la médecine directed by Louis Jouvet and Roger Goupillières in 1933, produced by Georges Marret . Published in folio format, it consists of only two leaves plus the cover. It includes a color composition on the first cover, after Bernard Bécan, and 13 black and white photographs of the film, accompanied by the corresponding text. Copy enriched with 3 photographs (164 x 222) taken from the film, in vintage print, without stamp or signature. They are numbered 32, 41 and 99 . - Program of the film Knock directed in 1951 by Guy Lefranc, with Louis Jouvet in the title role. It is presented in the form of a stapled folio, with many black and white photographs from the film.