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1840866121840. Fine. s. d. circa 1840 9.80 x 13.80 cm une page sur un feuillet Autograph letter signed by Amable Tastu monogram stamped in blind in upper left corner 11 lines written in black ink. Fold mark inherent to mailing. The author sends various works to his correspondent and also informs him that he has at his disposal: ""le morceau que je vous ai promis pour un fac-simile."" ""the piece I promised you for a facsimile."" unknown
1840734331840. Fine. s. d. circa 1840 9.80 x 13.80 cm une page sur un feuillet Autograph letter signed by Amable Tastu addressed to her mother-in-law Élise Voïart and written in black ink. A small tear in left margin not touching text. unknown
193376130s. l. 1933. Fine. s. l. 1933 10.40 x 16.20 cm 2 pages sur un double feuillet Autograph letter signed by Edmond Aman-Jean; two pages written in black ink on a double sheet with the painter's monogram. Fold inherent to mailing. ""No longer having the apartment below my studio I am not quite sure that my telephone is working properly. One can always call me through the concierge. I have the desire to see the canvas you mention to me."" unknown
40809This amiable American leading man of the late 1930s best known for "The Story of Alexander Graham Bell" appeared in dozens of films well into the 1990s; he became more popular than ever late in life appearing in "Trading Places" 1983 and winning an Oscar for the 1985 film "Cocoon." Partly-printed TDS 1p 9¼" X 3" Hollywood CA 1936 August 8. Near fine. Pale orange check drawn on the California Bank typed out to "CASH" in the amount of $150.00 and boldly signed in black ink by Ameche. Normal bank perforation cancellations not touching signature. An attractive piece from quite early in Ameche's career -- his film debut had only occurred the previous year. It wasn't until 1939 that his most famous role as Alexander Graham Bell would make him a household name -- and actually make the name "ameche" synonymous with the telephone as in "You're wanted on the ameche!" Accompanied by an 8½" X 11" reproduction of an early head-and-shoulders caricature of a smiling young Ameche. unknown
16157The greatest of all Federalists the one who organized the Federal Party was a Massachusetts representative famed for his 1796 speech defending Jay's Treaty. Unsigned AN with initialed signature tipped on 1p 7½" X 3½" n.p. n.d. Very good. Odd fragment apparently from a legal agreement concerning a house reading in part: "1st. that you agree in the interpretation I have put on the expression of 'a convenient house' as meaning also convenient outhouses and garden." An initialed signature has been tipped in at the close of this partial document which has been tastefully double matted alongside a lovely 5½" X 8" period steel engraved portrait of Ames and engraved brass plaque and framed in a ½" antiqued silver frame overall dimensions 19" X 12". Very attractive and scarce. unknown
191388289Londres 1913. Fine. It is no longer a question of conquering the world; but of pacifying it. Work let us work together for world peace. Londres 12 décembre 1913 20 x 25.50 cm en feuillets Complete autograph manuscript in French by Anatole France 7 pages in black ink on 7 leaves and a signed autograph note on a bifolium. Complete and extensively corrected speech by Anatole France on the occasion of a banquet given in his honor in London. The future Nobel Prize winner for Literature delivers a passionate appeal for peace between nations and an ode to England - its philosophy literature and politics - less than a year before WW1. The writer offered this manuscript with a signed note: Keep dear colleague and friend keep these leaves of paper if they are of any value to you. Anatole France London December 12 1913. Anatole France's English biographer witnessed this speech which foreshadowed the absolute necessity of a close relationship between France and England based on their long and rich relationship: ""In December 1913 the Master paid a brief but memorable visit to this country. The central event of his sojourn in London was the banquet given in his honour at the Savoy Hotel. On this occasion it was apparently decided in those remote and exalted circles where such decisions are made that the socialist should be ignored his turn was to come later with the Fabians but that honour could and should be paid to the man of genius the foremost man of letters of the day. The feast was therefore presided over by a peer the late Lord Redesdale himself a gifted writer. The company was numerous and distinguished. . Monsieur France though an inimitable talker is not a speaker and on this occasion he read his discourse. All that I now remember of it was the rich deliberate music of the voice that uttered it and the words which he repeated with strange insistency: 'Travaillons de concert a la paix du monde''Let us work together for the peace of the world.' This was in December 1913. The exhortation thus reiterated seemed even then to be fraught with ominous significance and now looking back over the years of horror that were so soon to follow one wonders whether this old man with his strange inscrutable eyes and musical melancholy voice had somehow seen the shadow of the coming catastrophe."" J. Lewis May Anatole France the man and his work: an essay in critical biography p. 98-99. The manuscript contains numerous crossed-out and rewritten passages and shows the genesis of the writing of this beautiful speech: M.M. I am not sure that I am not dreaming. Welcomed with this splendid cordiality by so many men whose names works and thoughts represent so much greatness strength and beauty. . Your compatriots have authored masterpieces of this kind for two centuries. Need I remind you of Richardson and Fielding Swift and Daniel Defoe Walter Scott Dickens and Thackeray George Elliott . the novel is in England in its favorite soil like the apple in Normandy and the orange in Valencia. Why It takes a large volume or a single word to explain it. Well let's say it in a word. This word Lord Redesdale gave us a foretaste of it. It is that the novel is intimate cordial and familiar by nature and that the English has a familiar intimate and cordial spirit. Gentlemen I am not dreaming: it is a banquet I see the shining cups and the benevolent faces of the guests. And I can understand why you invited me. I am a symbol an allegory for you. I represent at this table the French literati just as at the festivals of the French Revolution the citizen Momoro represented the goddess Reason. Without being a goddess or particularly reasonable this idea puts me at ease and I won't quibble too much with you about the choice of your symbol. I tell myself that perhaps you didn't mind having a Frenchman at your table who having the weakness to write at least had the merit which you greatly value of never d unknown
1975047198Kyoto Japan: Senshoku to Seikatsusha Publishing Co 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. 76 pages indexed 104 colour plates. Hardcover in green cloth. Binding has scuffs on front and rear covers. SIGNED by the author on the half title. Text is clean. Text is in English with Japanese translation on the facing page. <br/> <br/> Senshoku to Seikatsusha Publishing Co hardcover
1940059287New York: The Macmillan Company 1940. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Light Blue Boards Spine Stamped In Black. First Edition Dated 1940 On Title Page "Published October 1940" On Copyright Page . A Bright Clean Solid Copy No Fraying Or Stains Or Marks. Dust Jacket First Issue Price Clipped But Rear Panel Refers To His Only "Earlier Book" Black Bay And Chestnut. Dust Jacket With Short Tears And Loses Small Tape Repairs At Bottom Edge Of Front Panel; Vertical Crease On Front And Rear Panels As Dust Jacket Was Stored Folded Inside The Book. <br/> <br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover
1923008436Philadelphia: J B Lippincott Co. Second Edition Revised. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Philadelphia: J B Lippincott Co. 1923 sixth printing. 8vo. 312pp. with 25 illustrations and 35 diagrams frontis. Gold cloth with blue titles and cover design. Inscribed by author on flyleaf: "Best wishes for success on 'the downward path!' Paul L. Anderson January 21 1933." Gentle foxing along edges of page block light soil to cloth sweating line along top edge of frontis and its tissue guard. Else very good plus pages clean unmarked binding tight. . Very Good Plus. Hard. 1923. J B Lippincott Co unknown
21893This Negro Leagues player 1916-36 was a teammate of Satchel Paige on the 1927 Chattanooga Black Lookouts; he also played for the Mohawk Giants and the Syracuse Black Chiefs. Large bold "Andrew Andy Anderson" in blue fineline heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. 1987 March 16. Near fine. Anderson started to sign the verso as well before realizing he'd already signed the card thus the "Andrew Andy A" found there. unknown
31199Secretary of agriculture under Truman 1945-48 and Democratic senator from New Mexico 1949-73. Bold signature in blue fountain pen heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. 1969 October 30. Fine. With original envelope. Accompanied by a superb vintage 8½" X 6½" glossy news agency photograph International News Photo. Fine. Issued on 9 April 1947 this informal half-length shot depicts Commerce Secretary Averill Harriman the chairman of the Economic Advisory Council and Agriculture Secretary Anderson chatting and smiling as they leave the White House. The original mimeographed caption sheet usually absent for printed on cheap newsprint is still present and in superb condition and captions this image: "Special Cabinet Meeting Weighs Rise in Prices" elaborating "President Truman met in a special meeting with his cabinet today and heard a full-dress discussion of the nation's economy but no immediate government action to halt the rise of high prices was decided upon." A scarce and desireable image. unknown
27480American career balloonist with many "firsts" to his name; in 1978 he Ben Abruzzo and Larry Newman piloted the Double Eagle II in the first Transatlantic balloon crossing departing Maine on August 11 and landing in France six days later -- for which they were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1979. Signed commemorative postal cover honoring this achievement 6½" X 3½" cancelled in Albuquerque New Mexico on April 20 1979. Envelope bears the 13-cent "French Alliance 1778" stamp and 4-cent "A Public That Reads" stamp and a special postal cancellation featuring an image of the Double Eagle balloon and the caption "Double Eagle II / First Transatlantic Balloon Flight." No decorative printed cachet at left; no distracting recipient's name/address present. Anderson signs boldly in black fineline near the center. Also present is a small portion of the original mailing envelope used to transmit this cover cancelled in Albuquerque July 18 1979. An Albuquerque philatelic connection is relevant for the Double Eagle II crew were among those who established this town as the ballooning capital of the world. Anderson died in a balloon crash in Germany making his a rather scarce signature. unknown
21361Minnesota's 28th governor 1952-55 had already served a record-setting 11 years as lieutenant governor starting at the record-setting age of 26! Signed First Day Cover 6½" X 3½" cancelled at Fort Snelling Minnesota on October 17 1970 and with "First Day of Issue" noted. Near fine. Single 6-cent "Great Northwest Fort Snelling 1820 1970" stamp at upper right. No decorative cachet at left; no distracting recipient's name/address. Just at the left of the "sweet spot" Anderson signs boldly in blue ballpoint. Anderson chaired the Fort Snelling Sesquicentennial Commission and spearheaded efforts to preserve and restore this site thus his signature on this cover is especially relevant. Small portion of original transmittal envelope present. A printed Department of the Army "stuffer" enclosed notes that "This envelope existing in limited edition is probably unique in postal history" for a Post Office was created in Fort Snelling for one day only solely to issue and cancel this particular stamp. unknown
27398This U.S. Navy admiral was Chief of Naval Operations in charge of the U.S. blockade of Cuba during the Soviet missile crisis in 1962; denied appointment as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff because of friction with Secretary of Defense McNamara he was named U.S. Ambassador to Portugal. TNS 1p 5 3/4" X 7 3/4" n.p. 1962 August 31. Addressed to Gerald L. Arnholt. Near fine. Single faint horizontal fold. On "Chief of Naval Operations" letterhead featuring a 4-star blue flag the admiral complies with an autograph request. "I am honored that my signature will be added to such a distinguished collection." Bold full signature. unknown
31202Secretary of agriculture under Truman 1945-48 and New Mexico senator 1949-73. TNS 1p 8½" X 11" Albuquerque NM 1939 October 26. Addressed to Owen Davies. Near fine. On Anderson's "General Insurance" letterhead the future cabinet member orders a copy of Ruth Underhill's "First Penthouse Dwellers in America" adding that his check will also "cover the 3-cent postage on the book." Interesting that Anderson shows an interest in this 1938 hardcore Native American classic. And-- gulp! Shipping a book at three cents -- those were the days. Large bold signature on this exceptionally early item. Accompanied by an original and exceptional 8½" X 6½" glossy black-and-white news agency photograph showing President Truman and a small group of high-powered men. Newsprint text affixed to verso dates this image 7 April 1947 titles it "President Reviews Capital's Biggest Army Day Parade" and describes the Washington DC scene: "More than 7000 troops highlighted Army Week today in an Army Day parade down Constitution Avenue. President Truman reviewed the parade from a stand on the south end of the elipse. Photo shows left to right: Commerce Secretary W. Averill Harriman; Fleet Admiral Wm. D. Leahy the President's Chief of Staff; Agriculture Secretary Clinton Anderson; Secretary of War Robert Patterson; Treasure Secretary John Snyder and President Truman." An evocative pair -- early letter and choice photograph. unknown
1969010291Paris: EURIMPRIM IMPRIMEURS EUROPEENS REUNIS. 2nd Edition. Hard cover in red letherette boards. Published Paris: EURIMPRIM IMPRIMEURS EUROPEENS REUNIS 1969. Folio 9 3/4" x 13" 413pp. illustrated with full page plates of insignia in color and b/w. Text in French. Pebbled red letherette with gilt titles. Russian born Serge Andolenko served admirably as French military officer rising to the rank of brigade général of the French Army. "A passionate historian he was renowned for several publications on the French Army and the Imperial Russian Army." Work covers all infantry regiments including infantry of the foot hunters the Zouaves the foreign legion the Moroccan riflemen the African light infantry and the Moroccan Goums. Mild dust foxing on top edge of page block gilt bit dull else fine clean bright unmarked. A beautiful copy. . Near Fine. Hard. 1st. 1969. EURIMPRIM (IMPRIMEURS EUROPEENS REUNIS) unknown
1949010290Paris: Imprimerie Nationale. Signed numbered first edition. Number 30. Hard cover in cloth and limp boards. Published Paris: Imprimerie nationale 1949. 4to. 8 3/4" x 12" 317pp. Text in French. Pale green cloth with gilt titles. Signed by Andolenko on fly leaf. Russian born Serge Andolenko served admirably as French military officer rising to the rank of brigade général of the French Army. "A passionate historian he was renowned for several publications on the French Army and the Imperial Russian Army." Work covers all infantry regiments including infantry of the foot hunters the Zouaves the foreign legion the Moroccan riflemen the African light infantry and the Moroccan Goums. Some uniform sun fade to the spine dust foxing on top edge of page block else near fine clean bright unmarked. A beautiful copy. . Very Good Plus. Hard. 1st. 1949. Imprimerie Nationale unknown
1923003175New York 1923: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1923. First American Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good. 314 Pp. First Printing. This Is Andrade's First Book Originally Published In England In 1923 Intended As An Introduction To Atomic Structure For The "Serious Student". Andrade Was Quain Professor Of Physics At The University Of London 1928-1950 And A Highly Honored Historian Of The Physical Sciences. This Copy Signed By Robert F. Bacher And Dated In April 1925 While Bacher Was A Student. Bacher Later Followed Hans Bethe To Cornell In 1935 Where He Started Doing Experimental Work In Nuclear Physics With Bethe And Left Theoretical Work Behind. He Was Quickly Promoted To Full Professor And Director Of The Laboratory Of Nuclear Studies. Early On He Had Felt That The United States Needed To Start Doing War Work And When Lee Dubridge Head Of The Radiation Lab Working On Radar At Mit Summoned Him There In 1941 He Went. Then Late In 1942 Oppenheimer Who Had Been One Of Bacher's Instructors Earlier At Caltech Approached Bacher About A New Lab For Nuclear Weapons Work That Was Just Starting Up And The Following Spring Asked Him To Join The Manhattan Project. Bacher Declined Initially Telling Oppenheimer That What He Needed Was Engineers. Ultimately When Oppenheimer Made A Commitment To Hiring More Engineers And Made Him Head Of The Experimental Physics Division Bacher Signed On. From The Beginning Bacher Was Firmly Opposed To Making Los Alamos A Military Lab And Persuaded Oppenheimer Who Had Agreed To Take A Commission As Lieutenant Colonel And Had Already Ordered His Uniforms To Keep It Under Civilian Control At Least Until They Had Enough Fissionable Material For A Bomb. When The Project Was Reorganized In July 1944 To Speed Work On Implosion Bacher'S Experimental Physics Division Was Split And He Was Put In Charge Of The G For "Gadget" The Code Name For The Bomb Division. Bacher Personally Escorted The First Bomb To The Test Site In July Of 1945. In 1946 He Was Awarded The President'S Medal For Merit For His Work On The Manhattan Project. Bacher Returned To Cornell Hoping To Get Back To High-Energy Physics But The Bomb'S Aftermath Continued To Involve Him. He Felt Strongly That There Should Be Some Sort Of International Control Of Atomic Weapons And Worked Hard On Negotiations With The Soviet Union. He Admitted In His Oral History That This Was Perhaps Idealistic But Thought That Getting This Technology Out In The Open Might Have Avoided The Subsequent Cold War. When The Atomic Energy Commission Was Established Bacher Served As The Only Scientist Among Its Members; He Had Tried To Decline The Post But Took It On When He Learned That There Would Be No Scientist At All If He Didn'T Accept. While A Member Of The Aec He Pushed For The Development Of Nuclear Submarines And Breeder Reactors For Commercial Power. In The Meantime Lee Dubridge Now President Of Caltech Offered Him A Position As Chairman Of The Division Of Physics Mathematics And Astronomy Or As Just A Professor Whichever He Preferred. "The Decision I Came To Was A Fateful One And Probably Illustrates A Major Failing In My Makeup" Bacher Said In The Oral History. What He Saw As A Major Failing In His Makeup Was In Fact A Superb Talent For Envisioning The Future And Leading The Institute Into It. After Getting A Commitment That The Institute Would Support A Program In High-Energy Physics Both Theoretical And Experimental Bacher Arrived In 1949. One Of His First Hires In High-Energy Physics Was Robert Walker Whom He Had Known At Los Alamos And Cornell. Another Of Bacher'S Early Recruits Was Richard Feynman Who Was Reportedly Feeling "Unsettled" At Cornell; Bacher Persuaded Him To Sign On At Caltech With A Sabbatical Year In Brazil In Between. Feynman Then Settled In Pasadena In 1951 For The Rest Of His Career. Now With Feynman And Robert Christy Who Had Come In 1946 Bacher Felt He Had The Two Most Outstanding Theorists From Los Alamos. Then In 1955 He Also Hired Murray Gell-Mann. <br/> <br/> Harcourt Brace & Co. hardcover
194186762Paris 1941. Fine. Paris s. d. ca 1941 14 x 15.50 cm une page sur un double feuillet Autograph letter signed by sculptor André Abbal 13 lines in black ink on a double sheet. Traces of folding inherent to postal dispatch. The sculptor discusses his various productions: ""I am now certain that my Tarn et Garonne will not return to the workshop. With peace of mind on this front I will work hard on other things that interest me greatly."" André Abbal student of Alexandre Falguière is renowned for his direct-carved stone sculptures. unknown
1961627341961. Fine. 23 juin 1961 13.50 x 21 cm 1 page sur une feuille Signed autograph letter of André Billy written in green ink. Date at the top of the letter and signature at the bottom of the letter. Folding caused by mailing. André Billy writes in this letter that ""Franco-Maurras friendship"" is not new. unknown
195375729Paris 1953. Fine. Paris 8 janvier 1953 21 x 27 cm 1 pages et quelques lignes sur un feuillet Unpublished handwritten signed letter from André Breton addressed to critic Charles Estienne; one page and a few lines in black ink on a paper from the à l'étoile scellée gallery. Two transverse folds from having been sent a small corner missing in the upper right margin. Very beautiful letter giving an account of the death of one of André Breton's dearest friends and of his quarrel with Albert Camus. Breton tells his friend about the death of the Surrealist Czech artist Jindich Heisler: Your letter spoke of those days where it seemed that there was only just enough fire to live: on Monday there was far from enough fire when it reached me: one of my two or three best friends Heisler taken suddenly unwell on his way to mine on Saturday had to be hospitalised urgently and I had just received the pneumatic from Bichat telling me of his death. The event no less inconceivable than accomplished left me distraught for a long time: there was no-one more exquisite than he putting more warmth into everything he did the most constant of which was to lighten and embellish those whom he loved. The two poets were indeed very close: Heisler participated alongside Breton in the launch of Néon in 1948 and supported him during a period of depression accompanying him with other friends to the Île de Sein. The beginning of 1953 was overshadowed by the death of Jindich Heisler 4 January. Loyal among the faithful he lived entirely for Surrealism according to Breton who pays tribute to his activity as a leader: This is how he was between 1948 and 1950 the soul of Néon and until his last moments the greatest bearer of projects that as if by magic his talent gave him the means to achieve. Henri Béhar André Breton In this letter laden with pain Breton suddenly makes reference to L'Homme révolté by Albert Camus published two years earlier: Come on it is not yet the time in the rebellion that I will succeed in introducing the measure that M. Camus kindly preaches to us. The two writers met in New York at the end of March 1946 when Camus was invited to the United States for a conference tour as a representative of Combat. The two agree on the best way to preserve the testimony of certain men free from ideological distortions. They dream of a kind of pact by which people of their calibre would commit to not join any political party to fight against the death penalty to never claim any credit whatsoever. ibid. With other intellectuals they founded the Rassemblement démocratique révolutionnaire RDR in 1948; but the idyll ended a couple of years later in the autumn of 1951 when Camus published Lautréamont et la banalité an extract from his Homme révolté which was published later. Breton was extremely hurt and responded to him in an article entitled Sucre jaune in Arts: This article . testifies to the part of Camus for the first time for an indefensible moral and intellectual position. . He only wants to see a guilty adolescent in Lautréamont whom he - in his capacity as an adult - must discipline. He goes as far as to find him in the second part of his work: Poésies a deserved punishment. According to Camus Poésies would be but a mass of laborious banalities . It could still be worse if the destitution of these views did not intend to promote the most suspect thesis in the world which is that absolute revolt can generate only the taste for intellectual enslavement. This is a completely gratuitous ultra-defeatist statement which must incur even more contempt than its false demonstration. Thus two years later Breton still holds out against Camus' crime of lese-majesty towards that which Breton constructed as the father of surrealism but even more this allusion to Camus' pacifist philosophy bearing witness to the incompatibility between a thought of moderation and a poetry of revol unknown
195875712Amsterdam 1958. Fine. Amsterdam 1958 13.90 x 8.90 cm une carte postale Autograph signed postcard addressed to Jean Schuster Amsterdam 1958 13.9 x 8.9 cm a postcard Handwritten postcard signed by André Breton addressed to Jean Schuster written in blue ballpoint pen on the back of a postcard reproducing a black and white photography of a Melanesian mask preserved at the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam and which André Breton designates under the highly significant qualifier friend responsible for showing his affection to Jean Schuster. This grid pattern of canals and the tulip tiling leaves us in great indecision. . This country is decidedly very beautiful. His wife Elisa Breton added a few lines of a Surrealist tone following the main text: Elisa in Amsterdam comes from a gingerbread tin and a potential twisting from antiquarians. Jean Schuster 1929-1995 joined the Surrealist group in 1947. Close to Benjamin Péret and André Breton he will become Breton's executor. unknown
195676379Saint-Cirq-Lapopie 1956. Fine. Saint-Cirq-Lapopie 9 octobre 1956 13.50 x 18 cm 1 page sur un double feuillet et une enveloppe Autograph letter signed by André Breton addressed to Jean Schuster; one page written in black ink on a double sheet of white paper. Envelope included. The writing of this letter coincides with the publication date of the very first issue of the journal Le Surréalisme même: ""At last! Considering the closed object let us say that there is nothing left but to await events."" Breton then at his house in Saint-Cirq-Lapopie plans to return to Paris for this occasion: ""This was necessary - and the great cold of the morning - to bring us back to Paris: we will be there Friday and I will stop by the Musset in the evening."" Jean Schuster 1929-1995 joined the Surrealist group in 1947. Close to Benjamin Péret and André Breton he would become the latter's literary executor. unknown
194576388New York 1945. Fine. New York 23 octobre 1945 17.10 x 25.40 cm 2 pages sur un feuillet et une enveloppe Unpublished autograph letter signed by André Breton addressed to Marcel Jean two pages written in blue ink on a sheet. ""Air mail"" envelope enclosed. Creases inherent to mailing. This letter is mentioned and very briefly quoted in Marcel Jean's autobiography Au galop dans le vent. Important and lengthy letter sent from New York when Breton in exile since 1943 as he was considered a ""dangerous anarchist"" by the Pétainist government was forced - like many intellectuals - to leave France in order to continue working. He shares with his friend the ""overwhelming despair"" ""l'accablement"" that the city brings him and one still senses his eagerness to return to his homeland. Painter draftsman and decorator Marcel Jean joined the Surrealist group in 1933 and became one of the movement's first chroniclers. One can sense all his emotion upon receiving this letter which he discusses at length in his autobiography: ""October 1945 I write to André Breton in New York. In response two densely written pages of fine calligraphy. My letter whose tone must have pleased him gave him ""real pleasure"" ""vraiment plaisir"". He finds me ""healthy safe and by no means lacking in that lucid smiling very human way of seeing"" ""sain sauf et nullement dénué de cette façon de voir lucide souriante très humaine"" that he has always known in me ""I just thought ""Je viens de penser"" he says of your firm handshake ""à ta rude poignée de main""."". I had mentioned to him the study on Lautréamont whose elements I am gathering he encourages me to give extracts of it for a Surrealist issue being prepared for the magazine Vrille ""this without prejudice to a drawing by you that Vrille should reproduce"" ""cela sans préjudice de dessin de toi que Vrille devrait reproduire"" and for the same magazine to submit ""a certain number of recent works to an in-depth analytical and critical commentary"" ""un certain nombre d'ouvrages récents à un commentaire analytique et critique approfondi"". This is followed by advice and encouragement regarding a work of literary criticism he would like to see me undertake. Then some news from America and our friends: Max Ernst Tanguy Péret who is bored in Mexico Matta who ""paints large panels in a new genre sadistic figurative much remarked upon."" ""peint de grands panneaux dans un nouveau genre figuratif sadique très remarqués."". And the vigorous signature. Breton's letters their contrast between the text with extremely regular handwriting and the flourish hurried and in both scripts something controlled have always given me the impression that in writing to me he was doing me the favor of an autograph. His message outlined for me a program as chronicler in view of his return to Paris in the spring but I had in mind something other than commenting on the commentaries of critics whose interest he pointed out to me - Maurice Blanchot or Léon-Pierre Quint. My projects concerned the study of Lautréamont and then - or at the same time: to paint and to draw."" unknown
194975342Île-de-Sein 1949. Fine. Île-de-Sein Août 1949 13.60 x 9 cm une carte postale Handwritten postcard from André Breton signed by himself his wife Elisa Benjamin Péret Toyen and Jindich Heisler addressed to Marcel Jean and his wife and written on the back of a black and white photograph view of the Chaise-du-Curé rocks on the Île de Sein Finistère. Charming poetic postcard written during a stay in Brittany: ""la corne de brume manque à tous ses devoirs quoique le coupage au couteau soit de règle. Dans la vase à quoi se limite la vue de l'hôtel de l'Océan un bateau penché dit son nom : ""Rose effeuillée"". Rien de moins. Mais c'est toujours très bien dans l'ensemble."" Returning to more professional discussions Breton asks for news of the American gallery owner Sidney Janis: What was the result of the Janis' visit unknown
