Joseph DELTEIL (1894-1977). Autograph manuscript; and 27 L.A.S., 1935-1937 and 1962-1977, to Pierre LHOSTE; 2 pages and a half in-8; 9 pages various sizes and 18 postcards or greeting cards, some headers of La Tuilerie de Massane, 18 envelopes. Autograph manuscript of a chapter of his novel Les Cinq Sens (1924), entitled Voyage de Gaspard à Londres, in blue ink with 4 lines crossed out. Under the title, Delteil writes the summary of the chapter: "The rats of the Library - The hungry and howling beasts - The deserted city - The Thames with the rotten ships - The house of the 200 children"... Friendly correspondence. Delteil does not fail to send his wishes each year to Lhoste and to celebrate their friendship. - [1936-1937]. At the Château des Cathelans in Tavel: "I am only preparing my wine for 1937, which requires complicated collaborations with Mother Nature, a good girl in comparison to Mother Literature, but in the end... [...] at the time of what you call the vacations, one sticks the master's eye in the barrels, one feels the chasselas, one 'hopes'..." - Later, there is talk of radio and television programs. 1962: for the House of your Dreams: "You gave birth to me very well, if I dare say". 1965. He would like a recording of a program by Marcel Sauvage, entitled Humoresque, on Paleolithic cuisine. 1969. He sends "a copy of the special issue of the Revue Entretiens sur moi". 1971. He asks for information about Jean-Christophe Averty who is preparing a television program on the Revue Nègre, in which his wife Caroline "would have something to say"; he receives "the Nouvelles Littéraires with your cordial article, and I recognize your influence in Le Monde"... An autograph list of his publications from 1926 (Mes Amours) to 1945 (A la belle étoile) is attached; an engraved portrait and 2 photographs, with dedications to Pierre Lhoste; and 5 photographs. Plus 8 L.A.S. and 8 postcards or greeting cards from his wife Caroline Delteil to P. Lhoste or his wife; in a letter of 1977, to which Delteil adds a few words, she alludes to the last book he will not finish, a love story ""Joseph & Caroline" - he wants it, I don't", and she encloses a photocopy of a letter from Delteil to her addressed to her... Plus autograph notes in preparation for a novel, in colored pens, on an oblong envelope, in-4, and 3 small sheets.