Manuscripts, autographs and books - Pierre Lhoste Collection
Wednesday 17 May 2023 at 14:00
3, rue Favart, 75002 Paris
261 lots
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51 - Paul CLAUDEL (1868-1955). 4 L.A.S., 1 L.A. and 1 L.S., 1934-1938, to Pierre LHOSTE; 2 pages in-4 and 6 pages in-8, one envelope. April 9, 1934. Claudel encourages Lhoste on the path of conversion: "The ontological proof of God" is misrepresented: "It is not a question of an idea of perfection or imperfection: it is a question of a universal and objective fact. On the other hand, it is not a defect, but rather a limitation which implies its complement. [...] the limited and contingent being impl
Result €640Estimate €600 - €800 -
52 - Bernard CLAVEL (1923-2010). Autograph manuscript, L'Espion aux yeux verts, and 20 L.A.S. and 2 L.S., 1961-1977, to Pierre LHOSTE; 20 pages and a half in -4; 26 pages in-4 and in-8, 4 postcards and 2 cards with drawings of B Clavel, 5 envelopes. The Spy with green eyes. Manuscript with some erasures and corrections of a radio short story, which puts in scene a 60 years old man, alone in his apartment who listens and comments the noises of the neighbors and the street... The correspondence revolv
Result €576Estimate €500 - €700 -
53 - Georges CLEMENCEAU (1841-1929). L.A.S. "Cl.", July 9 [1924]; 2 pages in-4. Clemenceau is on vacation. He sends his correspondent "a good letter without head or tail", to continue their conversation, in which the latter will discover "the quality that I mainly lack: epistolary fervor. As they say in Parisian slang, I don't write to you, I talk to you"... He waits for "the doctor's certificate to know if I am dead or alive. [...] My poor dying friend is Ignatius the deputy, suffering from I don't
Result €448Estimate €300 - €400 -
54 - Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963). Autograph manuscript signed, À propos de Jean Marais. Les jeunes premiers et la guerre, [1940]; 5 pages in-4 with erasures and corrections. He evokes the death of Réjane, Yvonne de Bray who upset Jean Marais, the youth of 1940, Jean Marais who had to abandon the theater at the height of his glory to go to war... And he salutes the heroism of the young actors "who ask us to forget them, to sacrifice them, not to let the boards cool down, to light up the theaters, to e
Result €576Estimate €400 - €500 -
55 - Jean COCTEAU. Autograph manuscript signed, Le danger des machines, [1941]; 2 pages in-4. Before the premiere of his play La Machine à écrire (Théâtre Hébertot, April 29, 1941): "I have never used a typewriter in my life. I don't like machines"... He evokes the use of a typewriter in the orchestra of Parade, Berthe Bovy in La Voix humaine, and La Machine infernale: "The cinema, the typewriter, the telephone, the radio, so many devices that make ghosts and release them in disorder in the cit
Result €1,408Estimate €400 - €500 -
56 - Jean COCTEAU. Autograph manuscript signed, "Britannicus" at the Bouffes-Parisiens, [1941]; 3 pages in-4. On the occasion of the Britannicus staged by Jean Marais. "The impulse of the youth of 1941 towards the classics is an instinctive impulse towards balance, nobility, the sublime. .... The idea for this show came to Jean Marais during his nights on guard. Cocteau attended the last rehearsals and keeps "the memory of a youthful, modest, sumptuous and solemn show, a perfect example of the attit
Result €512Estimate €400 - €500 -
57 - Jean COCTEAU. 3 autograph manuscripts (one signed), [1941-1946]; 4 pages in-4. Two short texts presenting his work as director, costume designer and set designer for Georges FEYDEAU's La Main passe. About Eileen HERLIE who will play The Two-Headed Eagle in London, and the ballet The Young Man and Death: "Desiring for The Young Man and Death a great background music and refusing the sacrilege of translating Bach into choreography, I made my artists rehearse on modern rhythms. It is on these rhyt
Result €512Estimate €400 - €500 -
58 - Jean COCTEAU. 4 original drawings, 3 of which are signed; 25 x 21 cm (small marginal crack) and 3 21 x 13,5 cm. Self-portrait in bust, one hand holding a cigarette, in black ink, signed lower left "Jean Cocteau" with the star. 3 pen drawings on 3 detached sheets of a spiral notebook: head of Pierre Lhoste in profile, cigarette to the lips, signed "Jean" and star; two heads in profile, including P. Lhoste in the foreground, signed "Jean" and star; head of Jean Marais, not signed. Attached: - 6
Result €2,944Estimate €1,000 - €1,200 -
59 - COLETTE (1873-1954). 4 L.A.S., most of them to Pierre Lhoste; 5 pages of various sizes on blue paper, one envelope (1946). Answer to an inquiry: "During my vacations? But I work. There is also gardening, and swimming, - fortunately!"... - Congratulations to the "new spouses". - Appointment (on the letterhead of the Immeuble Marignan). - A letter with the letterhead of the Claridge is addressed to "little Serge of my old heart" and is relative to his legion of honor, prematurely announced: "it i
Result €640Estimate €400 - €500 -
60 - CRIME. François SALVADOR (1895-1925) criminal, known as "the Bloody Artificer". 2 autograph manuscripts signed, Murder of Doladille, Summary of facts and Theft of Roussel Jacques, Summary of facts; 20 pages in-4. Very curious file. Salvador relates the facts of which he is accused, in a very clear and detailed account. Twice, in fact, this chief artilleryman of the army, decorated war hero, murdered military comrades, whose corpses he made disappear in supposedly accidental explosions... Murde
Result €512Estimate €400 - €500 -
61 - CURIOSITIES. Important set of various documents. Invoice for a funeral in Spain in 1711. Facsimile of the Mayflower Compact. Menus. Advertisements (Érard pianos, banks, railroads, wines, hotel, cabaret, etc.). Tracts and leaflets. Programs. Music scores. Postcards. Death announcements and commemorative pictures (several from Belgium decorated). Newspapers : Gazette de France (1750), Pan, La Plume, newspapers of the 14-18 war including the Revue des Causes célèbres on the treason trials, Fren
Result €1,152Estimate €300 - €400 -
62 - Louis-Jacques-Mandé DAGUERRE (1787-1851). L.S., Paris July 10, 1839, to the director of the newspaper Le Temps; 1 page in-4, address (fading). He asks to insert a note announcing "that he is completely alien to an exhibition presented under the name of Diorama. Mr. Daguerre believes himself all the more obliged to inform the public, that not only has the name of his establishment been taken but that the announcement has been made in such a way as to make people believe that it is this same est
Result €4,864Estimate €500 - €600 -
63 - 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 howlin
Result €1,920Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
64 - Tristan DERÈME (1889-1941). L.A.S., 7. VIII. 1935, to Pierre LHOSTE; 1 page in-4 (under glass, fading). Letter-poem in 4 stanzas, intended for publication. "I write to you, my dear friend, - in waves of grass asleep, - or, at least, half asleep"... Etc.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
65 - DRAWINGS. 2 albums in-4 maroquin havane, gilt edges, cases. 8 and 17 ff (the rest blank). 8 signed drawings, 5 with autograph dedication and commentary : Bernard Clavel, Jean Dutourd ("portrait of the artist as an antique"), Lanza del Vasto (self-portrait), Georges Mathieu, André Rolland de Renéville (self-portrait), Michel de Saint-Pierre, André Soubiran (self-portrait), Erich von Stroheim (self-portrait). 17 drawings of writers, most with autograph commentary signed: Michel Bataille, Rober
Result €512Estimate €500 - €700 -
66 - MISCELLANEOUS A. About 140 letters or pieces, mostly L.A.S., with some manuscripts or typescripts. Laure d'Abrantès, Marcel and Juliette Achard, Paul Adam, H.F. d'Aguesseau, W. Aguet, Pierre Alary (9, and 6 drawings), Alcanter de Brahm, G. Alcée, H. Alibert (self-portrait), F.P. Alibert, A. Allan (ms), S. Alma, Marc Alyn), L. Amade (5 and poem a.s.), R. Amadou, Aman-Jean, H. d'Amfreville, D. Amiel (4), Ph. Amiguet, Alex. Ananoff, B. d'Andlau, Jean Anglade (9), Anti (3 drawings), G. Aranda, S.
Estimate €500 - €600 -
67 - MISCELLANEOUS B. Approximately 330 letters or pieces, mostly L.A.S., with some manuscripts or typescripts. F. Bac, L. Bailby, Aug. Bailly, J. Bainville, J. Balde (5), M. Balka, P. Balmain, F. Balsan, M. Cl. Bancquart, Banine (5), L. Barattieri di San Pietro, H. Barbusse (4), A. Bardoux, J. Bartet, Roger Barthe (and tps of poetry), F.R. Bastide, M. Bataille (4), A. Baudrillard, G. Bauër (8), J. Bazaine, R. Beauvais, R. de Beauvoir, M. Bedel (9), J.L. Bédu, R. Béhaine (4), A. Bellec, J. Benda
Result €1,024Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
68 - MISCELLANEOUS C. About 280 letters or pieces, mostly L.A.S., with some manuscripts or typescripts. J. Cabanis (5), A. Cahuet, A. Caillaud, J. Caillaux, P. Cami, Léo Campion (drawing), Max. du Camp (8), J. Campbell, C. Campinchi, J. Carmet, Eug. Carrière, Guy des Cars (12), J. des Cars, Carzou, J.M. Carzou, J. Cassou (7 and ms), R. Castans, A. Castelot (5), H. Castillou (ms), mal de Castries, R. duc de Castries (12), B. Cathein, J. Cayrol, P. Cazin, M. Celmas, Bl. Cendrars (3), A. Cérou, G. C
Result €1,536Estimate €1,000 - €1,200 -
69 - MISCELLANEOUS D. About 350 letters or pieces, mostly L.A.S., with a few manuscripts or typescripts. J.L. Dabadie, Eug. Dabit, Ed. Daladier, J. Dalbreuil, A. Dalmas, A. Damien (drawing), Marie de Hesse-Cassel queen of Denmark, Daniel-Rops (13 and ms), Jean Dannet (10 with drawings), Suz. Dantès, D. Darrieux, D. Dauberson, J. Darla (4), Julia A. Daudet (8 to his son Lucien), Cl. Dauphin (drawing), A. David, J. Davray, H. Deberly, P. Debray-Ritzen, R. and M. Debré, A. Decaux, H. and D. Decoin, C
Result €1,024Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
70 - MISCELLANEOUS E-F. About 180 letters or pieces, mostly L.A.S., with some manuscripts or typescripts for Le dernier quart d'heure. Eugénie Éboué-Tell, H. Ebrard, W. van Eck, Cl. Elsen (5), E. Engel-Pak (3), J. d'Esme, P. d'Esneval, Jean d'Esparbès (29), J.-P. Etcheverry, Ed. Estaunié (5), H.P. Eydoux, Emm. Fabius, Émile Fabre, Saturnin Fabre (self-portrait), Véra Fabre (engraving), J.L. Faivre dArcier, A. de Falloux, Cl. Farrère (6), R. Fauchois, W. Faulkner (tps), Edgar Faure, Renée Fa
Result €384Estimate €500 - €600 -
71 - MISCELLANEOUS G. About 150 letters or pieces, mostly L.A.S., with some manuscripts or typescripts. Robert Gaillard (5), Roger Gaillard (4), F. Galipaux, gal de Galliffet, G. Gallimard, Galtier-Boissière (and ms), Y. Gandon, B. Gantner (7), G. Ganne, M. Garçon (3), Chr. Garnier, J.P. Garnier (11), J.J. Gautier, Th. Gautier fils, Lys Gauty, P. Gaxotte (4), Gazi (3), D. Gélin, F. Gémier, G. Gennari (4), Georgius (4), H. Ghéon, A. Gide (3), R. Gignoux, M.G. Gilbert (13 and 2 drawings), A. Gilb
Result €704Estimate €500 - €600 -
72 - MISCELLANEOUS H. About 70 letters or pieces, mostly L.A.S., with some manuscripts or typescripts. Otto de Habsbourg, Frédéric Hagen (drawing), Reynaldo Hahn (3), D. Halévy (7), P. Hamp (4), G. Hanotaux (4), Edm. Haraucourt (3), R. d'Harcourt, R. Hardy, Myriam Harry, G. Haussmann, J. Hébertot, F. Hébrard, M. Héglon, L. Hennique, Em. Henriot, Ph. Hériat, Abel Hermant (ms Le plus grand courage), Ed. Herriot, Johny Hess, B. Heuvelmans, Edm. Heuzé (8), R. Hibbert, P. Hiegel (and photo dedica
Result €320Estimate €400 - €500 -
73 - MISCELLANEOUS I-K. Approximately 115 letters or pieces, mostly L.A.S., with some manuscripts or typescripts. R. Ikor (5), V. d'Indy, Fr. Innocent (3), J.B. Isabey, J. Isorni (4), P. Jacob, H. Jadoux (drawing), A.M. Jamet, G. Jean-Aubry (4), René Jean (3), J. Joffre, J. Jolinon (7), J.F. Josselin (4), R. Jouglet (24), M. Jouhandeau (16 and photo ded.), Edm. Jouhaud, H. de Jouvenel, M. Jullian (5), Philippe Jullian (2, and drawing), Ernst Jünger, Alexandre Kalda (6, and tps with autogr. additio
Result €768Estimate €700 - €800 -
74 - MISCELLANEOUS L. About 250 letters or pieces, mostly L.A.S., with some manuscripts or typescripts. J. Laborde, H. de Laboulaye, P. Labracherie, L. Lacour, J. de Lacretelle (9), B. Lafay, A. de La Force, G. de La Fouchardière, P. de La Gorce, Et. Lalou, R. Lalou (3), F. de Lamennais, Lamothe-Langon, La Motte-Picquet, R. Lamoureux (self-portrait), B. Lancret, P. Landowski, X. de Langlais (10 and corrected typescript), A. Lanoux (11 and ms), Lanza del Vasto (6)P. Laparra (and drawing), Raoul Lapa
Result €960Estimate €1,000 - €1,200 -
75 - MISCELLANEOUS M. About 330 letters or pieces, mostly L.A.S., with some manuscripts or typescripts. Mac Avoy, M. Maeterlinck, X. de Magallon, M. Magre, Henri Mahé (11 and 2 paintings), Berthold Mahn, J.D. Maillart, C. Malaparte, H. Malherbe (ms), A. Mallet, Rob. Mallet (and ms),G. Mandel, Manouche (drawing), J. Marabini, R. Maran, F. Marceau, Ch. Marcepoil, G. Marchal (drawing), J.C. Mardrus, G. Margaritis, J. de Margerie, V. Margueritte (9), J. Mariotti, Eug. Marsan, J. Martet, R. Martin du Ga
Result €3,840Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
76 - MISCELLANEOUS N-W. About 50 letters or pieces, mostly L.A.S., with some manuscripts or typescripts. R. Naly, Prince Napoleon (Jerome), C. Nel, I. Nemirovsky, G. Néry, Georges and Pol Neveux, P. Neyrac, Anaïs Nin, Ch. Nodier, L. Noël, Noël-Noël, P. Nora, Pierre Nord (and ms), F. Nourissier, L. Nucera (and ms), R. Nungesser, R. de Obaldia, Oléo, P. Olivier,Max d'Ollone, Jean d'Ormesson (6), W. d'Ormesson (10), R.J. Ottoni,
Result €448Estimate €300 - €400 -
77 - MISCELLANEOUS P-Q. About 120 letters or pieces, mostly L.A.S., with some manuscripts or typescripts. J. Pacra, R. Pagnol, M.L. Pailleron, M. Paléologue, H. Parmelin (5), G. Parrot (9 poems), G. Parry, R. Patorni-Casadesus, J. Paul-Boncour, F. Payen, Ed. Peisson (7), E. Pémissier, M. Percheron, H. Perdrière, E. Pérochon, J. Perry (3), J. de Pesquidoux, gal E. Petit (3), Henri Petit (and typescript), J. Peyré (6), P. Philippe, V. Photiadès, Ed. Piaf, G. Picard (5), J. Picton (5), Martial-Pi
Result €576Estimate €500 - €700 -
78 - MISCELLANEOUS R. Approximately 210 letters or pieces, mostly L.A.S., with some manuscripts or typescripts. H. Rabaud, F. de Rabutin, Rachel, Rachilde (4), J.F. Raffaëlli, G. Rageot (7), M. Ragon, C.F. Ramuz, R. Randau, J. Ratinaud (plus ms of the novel Les Berges prochaines), J. Ravelin (6), G. Raynes, P. Reboux (13 and typescript), H. de Régnier (5), col. Rémy (20), J.M. Renaitour, E. Renan (7), J.Cl. Renard, Line Renaud, G. Reval (3), R. Rey (7), Paul Reynaud (4), M. Rheims, F. Ribadeau-Du
Result €1,280Estimate €1,000 - €1,200 -
79 - MISCELLANEOUS S. Approximately 180 letters or pieces, mostly L.A.S., with some manuscripts or typescripts. Rob. Sabatier, G. Sablon, Maur. Sachs (7), S. de Sacy, G. Saint-Bris (3), R. Saint-Cyr, Saint-Georges de Bouhélier, Saint-Granier, M. Saint-Hélier (3), M. de Saint-Pierre, C. Saint-Saëns, Marc Saint-Saëns (drawing), Cl. Sainte-Soline, L. Sainturier, A. Salacrou, R. Salan (5), A. Salmon, M. Samuel-Rousseau, Yves Sandre (12), V. Sardou, Marcel Sauvage (10), Léon Say, Mad. Scellier (draw
Result €3,328Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
80 - MISCELLANEOUS T-U. Approximately 100 letters or pieces, mostly L.A.S., with some manuscripts or typescripts. L. Tailhade, H. Taine, Talleyrand-Périgord family, A. Tardieu, J. and J. Tharaud (4), A. Thérive (6), A. Theuriet, Ch. Thibault, Ad. Thiers, M. Thorez, Thureau-Dangin, M. Tinayre, Jean Tissier, M. Toesca (8), Cath. Tosltoï, P. Torreilles, H. Torrès (15), G. Tosi, Suz. Tourte (4), G.M. Tracy, J. Tranchant (drawing), R. de Traz, R. Trébor, Ch. Trenet (3 drawings, including portraits o
Result €512Estimate €600 - €800 -
81 - MISCELLANEOUS V-Z. About 130 letters or pieces, mostly L.A.S., with some manuscripts or typescripts. Annette Vaillant, mal Vaillant, P. Valéry, P. Vallery-Radot, A. Vallette, J. des Vallières, gal Valluy, J. Valynseele, J.D. Van Caulaert (4), M. Vandermeersch, G. Van Parys (and music), F. Vandérem, J. Variot, J.L. Vaudoyer (3), Cl. Vautel (3), N. Védrès (3), D. de Venancourt, G. Venturini, G. Veraldi, R. Vercel (4), J.L. Vergne, P. Verlet, H. Verne, A. Vernier, Nath. Vernier, Dr Véron, J.
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
82 - MISCELLANEOUS. Set of typescripts and proofs. Typescripts. - Lucien Audouze, Jules. - Pierre Brive, L'Homme au chapeau rond, play in 3 panels. - François Charleval, Le Grand Canard, novel. - Jean Guitton, Marie-Louise. - Robert Mallet, Graffiti with autographed add. - Claude Montigny, Le procès de Marie-Antoinette. - Norbert, Under the Japanese sword, or Secret agent against Japs. - Quentin Ritzen, Un final vénitien with dedication to P. Lhoste. - Roger-Ferdinand, Hommage à Saint-Lô, Image
Result €640Estimate €500 - €600 -
83 - Juliette DROUET (1806-1883). L.A.S. "Juliette", "January 9, Sunday morning, 11:00 a.m." [1842?], to Victor HUGO; 4 pages in-8. Beautiful love letter. "Hello toto, hello awful Toto, why don't you come? This cannot last any longer. I warn you and from next night I want you to come and sleep with me. Why didn't you put on your suit last night, were you afraid of being too hot? And then you will catch a cold and it will be me who will suffer more than you. Shut up Rosambeau, how are all the little
Result €960Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
84 - Juliette DROUET (1806-1883). P.A., General Receipt of June 1841...; 2 pages in-4. Household accounts with Hugo... General receipt for the month of June 1841: each day she notes the sums given by Victor Hugo: "Money from my beloved's purse", "Money earned by my Toto", "Money earned by my beloved", "Money from my beloved's purse", etc., for a total of 638 fr... On the reverse, Expenses for the month of June 1941. She noted the various expenses for food and wine, coal, lighting, house maintenance,
Result €448Estimate €400 - €500 -
85 - Alexandre DUMAS father (1802-1870). Autograph manuscript, L.A.S. and P.A.S. Incomplete autograph manuscript, [Les Trois Phèdre], collected in the Souvenirs dramatiques, 1868, pages 5 to 34 (large in-fol. on blue paper), comparison of the Phèdre of Euripides, Seneca and Racine (lacks the beginning and some final pages). Letter of dispatch of ten folios, which "lead to the end of the work", claiming 400 F (1 p. in-8). Plus an autograph envelope to his daughter Marie in Florence. Note signed A.D
Result €1,088Estimate €400 - €500 -
86 - WRITERS. 3 photographs with autograph dedications signed; on 3 postcards framed together under glass. Francis CARCO: " to Pierre Lhoste very friendly Francis Carco ". Tristan DERÈME: " to my dear friend Pierre Lhoste Tristan Derème ". Paul VALÉRY : " with all my thanks and sympathy Paul Valéry ". 2 photographs are attached: Georges and Blanche Duhamel with the Lhoste; Tino Rossi with P. Lhoste (under glass).
Result €320Estimate €300 - €400 -
87 - Gustave EIFFEL (1832-1923). L.S., Levallois-Perret January 25, 1884, to the secretary of the Association Amicale des Anciens Élèves de l'École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures; 1 page in-4, on his letterhead G. Eiffel (1855) / Constructions métalliques & Entreprises générales de Travaux publics... He asks for the modification of his address in the 1884 directory, as well as the addition of his decorations: Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honor, of the Iron Cross (Austria) of Fre
Result €832Estimate €400 - €500 -
88 - Georges d'ESPARBÈS (1863-1944). Corrected proof, Les Demi-solde, 1898; in-8 of 321 p., tan morocco binding, gilt head, lined case. First complete proof of this "epic novel" (addition on the title), published by Flammarion in 1899, overprinted with autograph corrections, with autograph additions, including a full page dedication to his sons, and the table of contents. A set of plates in first proof before corrections is enclosed.
Estimate €200 - €250 -
89 - Armand FALLIÈRES (1841-1931) President of the Republic. 32 L.A.S., 1872-1891, to his secretary and friend Marcel Boudon in Nérac; ca. 80 pages, various sizes. Beautiful correspondence which spreads over twenty years. 1872-73. As mayor of Nérac, he entrusts Boudon, during his vacations, with some business, to follow his correspondence, to prepare his return, etc., and tells him about his vacations in the Basque country, etc. March 29, 1876. Deputy for Lot-et-Garonne, he has been appointed to
Result €1,024Estimate €700 - €800 -
90 - Léonard FOUJITA (1886-1968). Autogr. postcard signed with drawing, January 31, 1967, to Mme Bourgeois in Bougival; illustrated postcard with text and address on reverse. He is "on the right path to convalescence", and thanks "Belle Gazou" for "beautiful gifts [...] really you are nice like the gum ball". And he draws with colored felt pens a bouquet with a candle. The postcard represents his fresco of the Crucifixion in his chapel in Reims: under one of the characters, he writes: "it's me. L.
Result €704Estimate €150 - €200 -
91 - Émile Othon FRIESZ (1879-1949). L.A.S. with drawing, [Paris May 22, 1923?], to his wife in Cap-Brun; 4 oblong pages in-4, envelope. He recounts, and draws, with humor, a mundane and sinister wedding. "It was not at all the woman that an artist needs - better would have been 3,000,000 times for him the crane of the last order that we plate after... experience. Finally - he had already had 2 accidents - never two without three "...
Result €448Estimate €400 - €500 -
92 - Youri GAGARINE (1934-1968). Photograph with autograph signature; on postcard. Signature of the first cosmonaut, on a postcard in colors representing him in company of Titov, with two Russian stamps with their effigy and seals (1962).
Result €1,088Estimate €500 - €700 -
93 - Jean GALMOT (1879-1928) businessman and adventurer. L.A.S., Paris March 8, 1919, [to Paul REBOUX]; 3 pages in-4 on his letterhead and address. Rare letter from the hero of Rhum by Cendrars. Following an article by Paul Reboux "Les deux témoins" published in L'Œuvre on March 8, 1919, denouncing the absurdity of the administration, Galmot congratulates him: "I would like to have this issue of L'Œuvre posted in all the administrations"... Protests against the Administration and Mr. Lebureau are
Result €448Estimate €400 - €500 -
94 - Charles GARNIER (1825-1898). L.A.S. "Carlos", Bordighera March 18, 1885, to a friend; 4 pages in-8, at his address Villa Charles Garnier, Bordighera. His friend complaining about his bad handwriting, Charles Garnier sends him a letter (supposedly written by his gardener) with different calligraphies. He cannot be in Paris for the election of the free member of the Academy of Fine Arts, but he sees "only two candidates really worthy of the nomination: Rothschild and Heuzey; one by his situation
Result €384Estimate €300 - €400 -
95 - Gustave GEFFROY (1855-1926). Autograph manuscript signed, Le Salon de 1900; 17 and a half pages in-8. This text, which includes erasures and corrections, was published in La Vie artistique. Geffroy reports on the exhibition that took place at Place Breteuil, poorly housed in a camp of wood and canvas, and which brought together 2,872 works. He cites among the "painters of life" Emile Wéry and his painting The Fishermen, Amsterdam, Jules Adler showing working class life in his painting of Le Cr
Estimate €250 - €300 -
96 - Maurice GENEVOIX (1890-1980). 6 autograph manuscripts (2 signed); 13 pages in-8. Drafts of presentation texts before readings of excerpts from his works: La Loire, Agnès et les garçons and Raboliot. 2 poems, with letters to P. Lhoste; La Fourmi et la Cigale and La Rouquine. Evocation of November 11, 1918. Answers to an inquiry about his work as a narrator, his favorite animal (the beaver), flowers, his joys... 2 original drawings in red pen signed with initials: pike (6 x 11 cm), leaf with a
Result €1,280Estimate €1,000 - €1,200 -
97 - Paul GÉRALDY (1885-1983). Autograph manuscript, and 11 L.A.S. to Pierre Lhoste; 11 pages in-4, and 12 pages mostly in-8. La Coupe et la Grappe, commentary on this prose poem, abundantly crossed out and corrected (the 1st page printed): "poetry is by no means limited to the art of verse"... Friendly correspondence, for meetings, interviews, etc., written from Paris or Beauvallon.
Result €128Estimate €200 - €300 -
98 - Jean-Léon GÉRÔME (1824-1904) painter. L.A.S., [October 1893], to a friend; 1 page in-12 at his address (under glass). "As it is probable that our colleague GOUNOD is going to die, and that I will be obliged to make a small speech on his grave, you would be kind enough to give me the outline, because I am in music of a crass ignorance"... Under glass with a L.A.S. by Alfred BUSQUET and Aurélien SCHOLL to Dr Piogey, concerning the last moments of Henry MURGER, [January 1861]. An autograph pa
Result €218Estimate €200 - €300 -
99 - Jean GIONO (1895-1970). 3 L.A.S., to Pierre Lhoste; 2 pages and a half in-4, one envelope. "I have read your two poems and I rather like Ronde de femmes. Try yourself on more directly external and more human subjects and send me your work without fear I would be delighted to tell you what I think of it"... - He transmits his letter to Grasset: "I am never in Paris. If you want to see me here, I will wait for you. Le Paraïs, Manosque [...] There is little chance that we will ever meet elsewhere
Result €410Estimate €200 - €300 -
100 - Émile de GIRARDIN (1806-1881). 9 L.A.S.; ca. 15 pages in various formats and headings. Business letters, to various correspondents. A letter on the letterhead of the Journal des connaissances utiles asks for an exchange between his Journal officiel de l'Instruction Publique and La France Littéraire of which he wishes to receive the complete collection. Another, with the letterhead of the National Society for Intellectual Emancipation, is addressed to Élie Berthet. From Bourganeuf on July 1,
Estimate €400 - €500
About the sale
MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPHS AND BOOKS - COLLECTION PIERRE LHOSTE
Public auction sale
Salle des ventes Favart
3, rue Favart - 75002 Paris
Wednesday May 17, 2023 at 2 pm
Public exhibition
Salle des ventes Favart
3, rue Favart - 75002 Paris
Monday, May 15 from 11 am to 6 pm
Tuesday, May 16 from 11 am to 6 pm
Wednesday May 17 from 11 am to 12 pm
Telephone during the exhibition: 0033 (0)1 53 40 77 10
CATALOG DIVISION:
MANUSCRITS AND AUTOGRAPHS Nos. 1 to 160
BOOKS Nos. 161 to 226
Experts:
Thierry BODIN
French Union of Professional Experts in Works of Art
The Autographs
45, rue de l'Abbé Grégoire - 75006 Paris
lesautographes@wanadoo.fr
Phone : 0033 (0)1 45 48 25 31
Nos. 1 to 160
Éric BUSSER
BUSSER Bookshop
Member of the Compagnie Nationale des Experts en Art
37, rue Monge - 75005 Paris
librairiebusser@orange.fr
Tel: 01 56 81 63 22 - 06 08 76 96 80
Nos 161 to 226
Responsible for the sale:
Marc GUYOT
Assisted by Clémentine DUBOIS
marc.guyot@ader-paris.fr
Phone : 01 78 91 10 11
Élodie DELABALLE
elodie.delaballe@ader-paris.fr
Phone : 01 78 91 10 16
Assisted by Lucie GUILLAUME
lguillaume@ader-paris.fr
Tel: 01 80 27 50 20
Terms of sale
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Conditions générales :
La vente se fera expressément au comptant.
Aucune réclamation ne sera recevable dès l’adjudication prononcée, les expositions successives permettant aux acquéreurs de constater l’état des objets présentés.
L’adjudicataire sera le plus offrant et dernier enchérisseur et aura pour obligation de remettre ses nom et adresse. En cas de contestation au moment des adjudications, c’est-à-dire s’il est établi que deux ou plusieurs enchérisseurs ont simultanément porté une enchère équivalente, soit à haute voix, soit par signe, et réclament en même temps cet objet après le prononcé du mot « adjugé », ledit objet sera immédiatement remis en adjudication au prix proposé par les
enchérisseurs et tout le public sera admis à enchérir à nouveau.
La date indiquée entre crochets […] correspond à la création du modèle. La pièce présentée ayant été réalisée postérieurement.
Les éventuelles modifications aux conditions de vente ou aux descriptions du catalogue seront annoncées verbalement pendant la vente et notées sur le procès-verbal.
Catalogue : 20 € dont TVA à 5,5 % au titre du droit d’auteur. Les images sont propriété exclusive d’ADER.
Toute reproduction ou diffusion nécessite une autorisation écrite de la Maison de Vente.
Frais de vente et paiement :
L’adjudicataire devra acquitter, en sus du montant de l’enchère, par lot, les frais et taxes suivants :
- 28 % TTC (20 % de TVA) sauf pour le vin et les livres 25 % TTC (5,5 % de TVA sur les livres).
- 1,8 % TTC (20 % de TVA) du prix d’adjudication pour des enchères via Drouot Live ;
3,60 % TTC (20 % de TVA) du prix d’adjudication pour les enchères via Interenchères ; 3 % TTC
(20 % de TVA) du prix d’adjudication pour les enchères via Invaluable.
- 5,5 % de frais additionnels au titre de la taxe à l’importation temporaire, pour les lots dont le numéro est précédé d’un astérisque (*).
Dans certains cas, ces frais pourront faire l’objet d’un remboursement à l’acheteur.
Le paiement devra être effectué immédiatement après la vente :
- en espèces (euros) jusqu’à 1 000 € pour les ressortissants français ou jusqu’à 15 000 € pour les ressortissants étrangers (sur présentation d’un justificatif de domicile, avis d’imposition, etc. ; en plus du passeport).
- par carte bancaire (Visa, Mastercard).
- par paiement « 3D Secure » sur le site www.ader-paris.fr
- par virement bancaire en euros à l’ordre de ADER.
Caisse des dépôts et consignations - 56, rue de Lille 75356 PARIS Cedex 07 SP
RIB : 40031 00001 000042 3555K 89 - IBAN : FR72 4003 1000 0100 0042 3555 K89
BIC : CDCGFRPPXXX
Le règlement par chèque n’est plus accepté.
Ordres d’achat :
Un enchérisseur ne pouvant assister à la vente devra remplir le formulaire d’ordre d’achat inclus dans ce catalogue et le signer.
ADER agira pour le compte de l’enchérisseur, selon les instructions contenues dans le formulaire d’ordre d’achat, ceci afin d’essayer d’acheter le ou les lots au prix le plus bas possible et ne dépassant, en aucun cas, le montant maximum indiqué par l’enchérisseur.
Ledit formulaire devra être adressé et reçu à l’étude au plus tard 24 heures avant le début de la vente.
Les ordres d’achat ou les enchères par téléphone sont une facilité pour les clients. ADER n’est pas responsable pour avoir manqué d’exécuter un ordre par erreur ou pour toute autre cause. Merci de vérifier après envoi que votre ordre d’achat a été dûment enregistré.
ADER se réserve le droit de ne pas enregistrer l’ordre d’achat s’il n’est pas complet ou si elle considère que le client n’apporte pas toutes les garanties pour la sécurité des transactions ; sans recours possible.
Pour garantir la bonne volonté de l’acheteur, une consignation pourra être demandée avant la vente qui ne sera validée qu’en cas d’adjudication.
Drouot Live et Interenchères étant des services indépendant, nous déclinons toute responsabilité en cas de dysfonctionnement. Le coût supplémentaire lié aux achats sur internet est détaillé sur chacun des sites et dans nos conditions de vente.
Transports des lots / Exportation :
Dès l’adjudication prononcée, les achats sont sous l’entière responsabilité de l’adjudicataire.
Aucun lot ne sera remis aux acquéreurs avant acquittement de l’intégralité des sommes dues.
Les achats de petit volume seront transportés chez ADER, 3 rue Favart 75002 Paris, où ils seront gardés en dépôt à titre gracieux pendant 14 jours.
L’étude est ouverte du lundi au vendredi, de 9 h à 18 h.
Les acheteurs, souhaitant exporter leurs achats, pourront récupérer la TVA sur les honoraires d’achat à la condition qu’un justificatif de douane en bonne et due forme soit remis à ADER et que le nom de la Maison de Vente y soit mentionné en tant qu’exportateur. Le bordereau d’adjudication est dû intégralement ; la TVA est remboursable par la suite sur présentation des références du compte bancaire.
L’envoi des lots achetés peut être organisé par ADER à la charge et sous la responsabilité de l’acheteur.
C’est un service rendu par ADER qui se réserve la possibilité d’y renoncer si les conditions légales ou pratiques présentent le moindre risque. Les délais ne sont pas garantis et sont tributaires de l’activité de la Maison de Vente.
Le coût de l’emballage et de l’expédition est à la charge de l’acheteur ; le règlement à l’ordre d’ADER.
Les acheteurs sont invités à organiser eux-mêmes le transport de leurs achats si ces conditions ne leur conviennent pas. L’étude ADER ne fait pas les envois de bijoux, les acheteurs sont invités à organiser eux-mêmes le transport de leurs achats.
Défaut de paiement :
À défaut de paiement par l’adjudicataire de la totalité des sommes dues, dans le mois qui suit la vente, et après une seule mise en demeure restée infructueuse, ADER entamera une procédure de recouvrement. L’acheteur sera susceptible d’inscription au Fichier des restrictions d’accès aux ventes aux enchères (Fichier TEMIS – www.temis.auction) mis en œuvre par la société Commissaires-Priseurs Multimédia (CPM – 37 rue de Châteaudun 75009 Paris) et l’ensemble des dépends restera à sa charge. A compter d’un mois après la vente et à la demande du vendeur, la vente pourra être annulée sans recours possible.