Jehan RICTUS (1867-1933). L.A.S., November 1, 1902, to a "dear Master"; 4 pages in-8 (owl vignette). Rictus seeks a position as a secretary and asks for the protection of his correspondent, and for recommendations to a stockbroker, or to Malmaison, or to libraries and museums... "In April my first book [Les Soliloques du pauvre] will be published again, illustrated by Steinlen and revised and enlarged by me. There will be a launch of 10,000 copies, and the publisher is confident of success. The book will be priced at 3F50. Steinlen must deliver his drawings in January and February. My last two slang books are being finished through everything, with an unyielding tenacity and there will be poems in them that are much more beautiful than Jasante de la Vieille"...