LA ROSE ROUGE No. 1, May 3, 1919-No. 16, August 14, 1919. Paris, Editors: Maurice Magre and Pierre-Silvestre. Texts by Henry Bataille, André Billy, Francis Carco, Blaise Cendrars, Louis Chadourne, Paul Claudel, René Fauchois, Charles-Henry Hirsch, Léo Larguier, Emmanuel Lochac, Maurice Magre, Francis de Miomandre, Jehan Rictus, André Salmon, Edmond Sée, André Suarès, Ambroise Vollard, André Warnod. Complete collection. 16 issues in 1 vol. in-4 bound. Handwritten notes by Vasseur (4 ff.). Enclosed: - 1 press clipping from Le Figaro ("Le clin d'œil de Carco" by Serge Groussard, May 26, 1959); - 1 postcard showing Pierre Mac Orlan's house in Saint-Cyr-sur-Morin, with the signatures of Pierre Mac Orlan, Francis Carco, Pierre Benoît and Roland Dorgelès on the back; - 1 photo (postcard) of Francis Carco with a few autograph lines on the back from Carco to Paul Lombard (March 20, 1934); - 1 portrait of Paul Claudel by André Rouveyre (excerpt from Mercure de France); - 1 portrait of Henry Bataille; - 1 L.A.S. from Maurice Magre, s.d., addressed to "Mon cher directeur" [Alfred Vallette]. Some soiling to first issue. Rare complete collection of this magazine, whose motto printed on the cover reads: "Against foolishness and literary routine, we will defend with all our energy, without hatred or complacent friendship, what is beautiful, young and human. "Commenting on this magazine, André Salmon wrote in his Souvenirs sans fin: "La Rose Rouge", a strange gazette. Maurice Magre played a leading role in principle, but legend has it that Blaise Cendrars had some influence there. At the center was a journalistic spirit that the "literati" on the left had no more to worry about than those on the right, on the Magre side. No one at "La Rose Rouge" enjoyed more freedom than I did, the freedom I had granted myself and which could be described as the freedom to do me harm by feeding a certain column called "Critique des Critiques". Something hard underneath the smiles. It made Rachilde cry. "