ROMAN. Jules CHERBONNIER. Autograph manuscript signed, As-tu vu ça, dis?, 1925; 310 and 342 pages small in-4. Complete manuscript, in two versions, of this novel published under the pseudonym Jack Shepheard (Paris, Tassel, 1925). The first draft manuscript, extensively crossed out and corrected, with additions, is presented in 8 double-sheet notebooks. The finalized manuscript also features numerous corrections, notably in red ink; it is signed and dated December 11, 1924-January 5, 1925. In his preface, or "Note de Jules Coaler" (of which we have the draft in the first manuscript, but only the last lines in the second), the author states: "These memoirs should not be considered as a novel, but as a study. I attach much more importance to the descriptions contained in this book - either of circus customs, life aboard ship or equatorial mores - than to the painting of the lives of the two artists, a real-life event added to so many others". Quite a program!