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195283726Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1952. Fine. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat août 1952 20.80 x 34 cm 52 pages Autograph manuscript by Jean Cocteau early version of the poetry collection Appogiatures - published in 1953 by Éditions du Rocher in Monaco - comprising 47 leaves of thick paper taken from a large drawing pad and 5 smaller leaves of thin paper written in blue ink and blue ballpoint pen. Numerous deletions and corrections. The leaves are numbered up to 25 including one number 8 bis and most bear a small cross or the mythical Cocteau star. The last leaf containing the poem titled ""Lettre"" is dated in the poet's hand August 15 1952. Also in Cocteau's hand the first leaf bears the final title above which is crossed out the initially envisaged title - Soucoupes volantes - the date 1952 and the place - St Jean Cap Ferrat; it also features a crossed-out dedication: ""À la mémoire de Baudelaire et de Max Jacob qui nous apprirent ces exercices de style."" While the collection clearly shows the influence of Baudelaire's Petits Poèmes en prose and Max Jacob's Le Cornet à dés this tribute was not retained in the published version and was replaced by a dedication to the publisher Henri Parisot. An exceptional ensemble containing 33 of the 51 published poems 11 texts rejected on the advice of publisher Henri Parisot and published in ""En marge d'Appogiatures"" uvres poétiques complètes de la Pléiade pp. 818-831 and 6 unpublished texts. David Gullentops in the edition of Jean Cocteau's uvres poétiques complètes in the Pléiade notes the existence of a second set of manuscripts and typescripts preserved at the Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris BHVP. He further indicates that he had access to no manuscript of the poem ""Lanterne sourde."" Yet this poem is indeed part of our ensemble which would thus be the first version of the collection envisioned by Cocteau. Jean Cocteau began writing this collection of poems in verse and prose commissioned by his friend the publisher Henri Parisot at the end of July 1952 while staying at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat in Francine Weisweiller's Villa Santo-Sospir. The first version of the collection was completed in mid-August as attested by the two dates on our manuscript ""août 1952"" and ""15 août 1952"" and this entry in Cocteau's diary: ""J'ai terminé la mise au point des courts poèmes en prose pour Parisot. Il y en aura vingt-six à moins que le mécanisme continue ce que je ne souhaite pas car à la longue ces exercices d'écriture illustrés par Baudelaire et Max Jacob fatiguent."" Le Passé défini Tome 1 1951-1952 August 14 1952. Our ensemble would thus be a mixture of the first poems sent to Henri Parisot written with a pen and several added texts written with a ballpoint pen. This hypothesis is supported by the writing of the final title Appogiatures on the title page of our manuscript; Cocteau relates this change again in his diary dated August 29 1952: ""Ai . classé les poèmes pour Parisot sous le titre : Appogiatures."" Our early manuscript version contains significant variants concerning the titles of the poems; thus the poem ""Livre de bord"" was initially titled ""Le Spectacle"" likewise for ""Au poil"" for which Cocteau had previously chosen ""La langue française"" or ""Le tableau noir"" originally titled ""Le lièvre et la tortue."" The order of the poems was also considerably modified for printing: our ensemble shows that Cocteau wished to begin the collection with ""Le voyageur"" which would finally be replaced by ""Seul"" and moved to second position. Also noteworthy in our dossier is the presence of eight poems entirely in verse: these would be removed Appogiatures becoming a collection exclusively in prose. The ensemble heavily deleted and corrected also presents long passages suppressed in the published version for example this very beautiful extract from the poem ""Scène de ménage"" evoking the ""countess"" Francine Weisweiller: ""Et les larmes de la comtesse se disaient : nous sommes la mer. Et la mer se unknown
195485235Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1954. Fine. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 27 Septembre 1954 14.50 x 11 cm une enveloppe Handwritten envelope addressed by Jean Cocteau to his friend Olivier Quéant sent from Saint Jean Cap-Ferrat 4 lines in blue ink. unknown
195185234Milly-la-Forêt 1951. Fine. Milly-la-Forêt 8 Janvier 1951 14.50 x 11 cm une enveloppe Handwritten envelope addressed by Jean Cocteau to his friend Olivier Quéant sent from his house in Milly-la-Forêt 4 lines in black ink. unknown
195485159Kietzbühel Kitzbühel 1954. Fine. Kietzbühel Kitzbühel 8 Février 1954 13.50 x 21 cm une page une enveloppe Autograph letter signed by Jean Cocteau addressed from the Grand Hotel Kietzbühel 16 lines in black ink to Olivier Quéant. Fold marks inherent to mailing envelope included. ""Grd Hotel Kietzbühel 8 Feb. 1954 my dear Olivier dans le poème ""J'ai dans un train"" il y a les chevaux noirs et l'homme le lotte du guerre et paix de Picasso isti guerre on pourrait prendre le motif séparé du livre qui flambe sous le pied d'un cheval noir. Il ferait une belle image. Si tu ne l'as pas demande le catalogue illustré de Rome . Eugenio Réale 3 rue Mangili Rome."" in the poem ""J'ai dans un train"" there are the black horses and the man the lotte of Picasso's guerre et paix isti guerre we could take the separate motif of the book that burns under the foot of a black horse. It would make a beautiful image. If you don't have it ask for the illustrated catalogue from Rome . Eugenio Réale 3 rue Mangili Rome. unknown
196185154Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1961. Fine. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 23 Janvier 1961 21 x 27 cm une page Autograph letter signed by Jean Cocteau on letterhead from Villa Santo-Sospir in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat which he decorated 13 lines in blue ink to Roger Nimier. Fold marks inherent to mailing. ""23 Janv. 1961 Très cher Nimier voici pour accompagner le portrait dessin. Si vous le trouvez trop bref demandez chez Grasset un exemplaire de journal d'un inconnu. Dans le chapitre de l'amitié je raconte un déjeuner entre Simenon Pagnol et moi.- sans nommer personne. Mais le passage est très significatif de ce que je résume en q.q. lignes. Votre fidèle Jean. P.S. Dites moi vite si tu as reçu cette note et son P.S."" ""23 Jan. 1961 / Very dear Nimier / here is something to accompany the portrait drawing. If you find it too brief ask Grasset for a copy of Journal d'un Inconnu. In the friendship chapter I tell of a lunch between Simenon Pagnol and myself - without naming anyone. But the passage is very significant of what I summarize in a few lines. Yours faithfully Jean. P.S. Tell me quickly if you received this note and its P.S."" unknown
195885233Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1958. Fine. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 4 N ovembre 1958 13.50 x 21 cm trois pages et demi sur deux feuillets Autograph letter signed by Jean Cocteau 52 lines in blue ink to Olivier Quéant sent from the Villa Santo-Sospir in Saint Jean Cap-Ferrat which he decorated. Fold marks inherent to the mailing. Jean Cocteau waxes bucolically enthusiastic about the place where he resides and works: "". chaque jour je travaille à flanc de colline dans une sorte de ferme exquise où ne fleurisse que les grains qui tombent d'ailleurs."" "". each day I work on the hillside in a sort of exquisite farm where only the seeds that fall from elsewhere flourish."" and rhapsodizes about the local craftsmanship: "". des artisans véritables. travailler chez eux c'est le contraire de lire un journal. On aime voir ce miracle de l'équilibre entre le coeur et la main."" "". true artisans. working with them is the opposite of reading a newspaper. One loves to see this miracle of balance between heart and hand."" He informs Olivier Quéant of his upcoming exhibition: ""J'expose le 15 13 pour la première 6 rue Bonaparte. je ne te demande pas de venir voir mes oeuvres mais leur besogne ils le méritent."" ""I'm exhibiting on the 15th 13th for the opening 6 rue Bonaparte. I'm not asking you to come see my works but their labor they deserve it."" and also explains the aesthetic causes he intends to defend henceforth: "". nous menons la même croisade : celle de soutenir ces braves types qu'on dédaigne comme des aristocrates du milieu ouvrier. Le drame c'est que l'artiste qui tournait amoureusement un pied de fauteuil Louis 15 apporte la même application mais froide à forger la pièce d'une machine qui fabriquera le fauteuil."" "". we wage the same crusade: that of supporting these good fellows who are disdained as aristocrats of the working class. The tragedy is that the artist who lovingly turned a Louis XV chair leg applies the same care but cold to forging the part of a machine that will manufacture the chair."" while lamenting that artisanal traditions and know-how are sinking into oblivion: "". les jeunes refusent d'apprendre le métier par exemple des femmes de soixante ans qui firent ce prodige : ma tapisserie de Judith et Holopherne. disaient : c'est la dernière."" "". young people refuse to learn the trade for example women of sixty who performed this miracle: my tapestry of Judith and Holofernes. said: it's the last one."" He hopes to see his friend Olivier Quéant soon: ""Tu en verras une chez les Weill si tu me fais la grâce de venir et si le déluge parisien cesse et si tu ne dois pas atteindre la rue Bonaparte en arche ou gondole."" ""You'll see one at the Weills' if you do me the grace of coming and if the Parisian deluge ceases and if you don't have to reach rue Bonaparte by ark or gondola."" unknown
195575873Paris 1955. Fine. Paris s. d. 17 décembre 1955 20.80 x 26.80 cm une page sur un feuillet Autograph letter signed by Jean Cocteau addressed to Michael Smithies. One page written in blue ballpoint pen. Two transverse folds inherent to the mailing. Interesting letter filled with disappointment: ""Here is one of my dreams: to speak at Oxford and once again fate opposes it. I have just been very ill."" One easily understands Cocteau's state of health following the sentence very confused: ""on me me chambre la montagne vers ces dates"". ""Think of the sentence I underline and let us organize something for the near future."" The poet's dream would be fulfilled the following year; promoted to the rank of doctor of letters honoris causa by Oxford University on June 12 1956 he would deliver the Discours d'Oxford on the 14th. unknown
1823829561823. Fine. s. d. jeudi 9 13.50 x 20.80 cm une feuille Autograph letter signed by painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres about his pupil Albert Magimel with whom he worked in close collaboration. Magimel published a catalogue raisonné of his master's artworks. Handsome signature of Ingres in the lower part of the letter. unknown
1996010125NY: National Cartoonists Society. Signed first edition. Softcover. Published NY: National Cartoonists Society 1996. 4to. wrappers 8 1/2" x 11" 395pp. illustrated throughout with b/w photographs and reproductions. Inscribed by editor Bill Janocha to cartoonist Mary Anne Case: "Welcome to the NCS Mary Anne! heart drawing Bill Janocha-199" A virtual encyclopedia of American cartoonist each with a photographic or drawn portrait capsule bio/statement and typical cartoons. Includes articles Our Photo Album - historical photographs of the society lists of award winners. Crease along spine. Very good plus. Business cards and post notes of other cartoonists names/phone numbers/signatures laid in. . Very Good Plus. Soft cover. 1st. 1996. National Cartoonists Society, paperback
19005Juvenile star of the original "Our Gang" series and other films; also starred in radio series such as "The Parker Family." Scarce signature and date 1969 November 1 on a heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. Fine. With original envelope. unknown
20662Betty Grable's one-time husband was a brilliant trumpeter and long-time bandleader. IPS 8" X 10" n.p. n.y. ca. 1960. Near fine. Tiny pinhole at each upper corner. Handsome head-and-shoulders portrait in white suite trumpet barely visible inscribed boldly in blue in a light portion to the right of his face: "To / Mr & Mrs / Kerker / From / Harry James." Quite nice. unknown
40522This popular extraordinarily prolific British writer penned nearly one hundred novels such as "Richelieu" 1829 "The Gypsy" 1835 as well as plays poetry and historical writings such as "The Life and Times of Louis XIV" 1838 exceeding the voluminous output of his mentor Sir Walter Scott; later he turned to diplomacy serving as a British consul in America and vice-consul at Venice. ALS 2pp inlaid 4¼" X 6 3/4" Norfolk VA 1853 May 5. Addressed to M.M. Ballou at Gleason Pictorial in Boston 1820-95 Boston publisher novelist travel writer first editor of Boston Daily Globe. Near fine. "Please excuse my seeming negligence in not having sooner answered your note. When it arrived I was absent from home wandering about for a few days and the letter was mislaid It is thus only today that I have seen it and I hasten to apologize for acknowledging it at an earlier period thinking that in the mean time you have not thought very hardly of Your faithful Servant." Boldly attractively penned in brown ink. So profuse is James's apology though that he fails to mention the object of Ballou's note! Amusingly the very next year Ballou's illustrated pictorial founded 1851 passed along this unflattering tidbit from a London magazine: "The American papers report the particulars of a fire in the house of Mr. G.P.R. James whereby one storey was consumed. What a pity it didn't burn many more! unknown
31710This Democratic senator from Rhode Island 1851-57 was an engineer and machinist and developed a promising new projectile called the "James projectile"; while a major general in the Rhode Island State Militia in 1862 his invention was being demonstrated at Sag Harbor New York when one of his shells accidentally exploded killing him. Clipped signature 2½" X 1" tan stock n.p. n.y. Very good. Boldly penned in brown ink likely during his senatorial career. Uncommon. unknown
18-0340New York: James Lowe Autographs 1960s. 8vo. ca 40 pp. Very Good. Soft Covers. Staples wraps. Some foxing to front cover. Pages fine. Mailed to Frederick G. Ruffner Jr.From the collection of the late Frederick Ruffner Jr. founder of Gale Research Detroit. New York: James Lowe Autographs, [1960s?]. paperback
196085174s. l. 1960. Fine. s. l. s. d. ca 1960 21 x 27 cm une page Autograph letter signed by Jacques Perret 22 lines in black ink addressed to a colleague probably Roger Nimier. Fold mark inherent to postal dispatch. Jacques Perret awaits a letter from Roger Nimier that is running late: ""Your note arrived late given that I no longer live on rue de la clé but at 5 rue de l'Ancienne Comédie. Gordon Pym has not yet arrived but that doesn't surprise me coming from him."" and inquires about his correspondent's health: "". I learned that you had heart troubles; before long I will go see if everything has returned to order."" He enthuses about the success his friend Antoine Blondin is enjoying: ""When you see Blondin tell him that my thoughts follow him in his glory and that he should reserve half a setier of his treasure to drink when the day comes. Also tell him that my boy who is operating in Kabylia would be quite pleased with a word or an apostilled sign."" Jacques Perret a royalist writer fierce partisan of French Algeria and virulently anti-Gaullist was stripped of his civil rights and then in 1963 struck from the military medal roll despite protests from some of his fellow writers suspects that his political positions do not favor honorary decorations: ""I find that we were made to sign a manifesto manifestly designed to torpedo my ribbon."" unknown
196084817s. l. 1960. Fine. s. l. s. d. ca 1960 13.50 x 18 cm une page Autograph letter signed by Jacques Perret 33 lines in black ink addressed to a colleague probably Roger Nimier apologizing for being unable to attend a meeting organized by the review Arts. Fold marks inherent to posting. For lack of time Jacques Perret was unable to honor his promise to write a preface requested by his correspondent: "". if you are pressed for time and you have a replacement preface writer at hand have no scruples of course as I will not be able to deliver proper work before my return."" Jacques Perret then evokes his passion for rugby: ""On Rancoule's repositioning three-quarter wing of Stade Toulousain whom he later joined on the staff. I therefore had the joy of outflanking the Cardinal's defense and going for the try. It remains for me to convert it by going to embrace my dear Raoul in that army of Princes from whom we still await wonders."" Jacques Perret royalist writer fierce partisan of French Algeria and virulently anti-Gaullist was stripped of his civil rights then in 1963 struck from the military medal roll despite protests from some of his fellow writers suspects that his political positions do not favor honorary decorations: ""I think we were made to sign a manifesto manifestly designed to torpedo my ribbon."" unknown
197687298Fleury-Mérogis 1976. Fine. Fleury-Mérogis 21 Septembre 1976 21 x 29.50 cm une page recto verso Autograph letter dated and signed by Jacques Mesrine dated Tuesday September 21 1976 68 lines in blue ink on one recto-verso page addressed to his lover at the time Jeanne Schneider thanks to whom the manuscript ofInstinct de mort was discreetly smuggled out of prison. A horizontal fold inherent to the envelope placement a small tear in the right margin of the letter at the fold level. Jacques Mesrine then incarcerated at Fleury-Mérogis prison arranged with his mother for her to cede upon her departure from the Paris region her Clichy apartment to Jeanne Schneider after his possible provisional release: ""J'ai eu un très agréable parloir avec maman. J'ai au moins une bonne nouvelle à t'annoncer. Pour Clichy c'est d'accord. Comme elle va vivre presque tout le temps à la montagne tu auras l'appartement pour toi. Je paierai le loyer. Elle a tout de suite dit d'accord après mon explication. . Je me doute de ta joie de savoir que tu pourras vivre à Clichy - si près de notre papy. toujours présent de par l'amour que nous avons pour lui. Je suis certain que cette petite nouvelle te remonte le moral."" I had a very pleasant visit with mama. I have at least one good piece of news to tell you. For Clichy it's agreed. Since she's going to live almost all the time in the mountains you'll have the apartment to yourself. I'll pay the rent. She immediately said yes after my explanation. . I can imagine your joy knowing that you'll be able to live in Clichy - so close to our grandpa. always present through the love we have for him. I'm certain this little news will lift your spirits. His daughter Sabrina worries him and he senses that he will have to be severe regarding her behavioral lapses: ""De Sabrina rien ! Il y a une chance pour qu'actuellement elle me prépare un ""douze"" je ne peux t'en parler sur lettre. mais j'ai l'impression que la puce me ment sur certaines choses. elle prend peut-être une route où il va me falloir la plus grande fermeté. J'ai demandé à maman de vérifier si elle va bien à l'école."" Nothing from Sabrina! There's a chance that currently she's preparing a ""twelve"" for me I can't talk about it in a letter. but I have the impression that the kid is lying to me about certain things. she's perhaps taking a path where I'll need the greatest firmness. I asked mama to check if she's doing well in school. News of his ""godson"" the famous robber Jean-Charles Willoquet with whom he organized his escape from La Santé prison where they had met makes him prouder: ""J'ai reçu la photo du plus jeune détenu de France à savoir mon filleul ""Willy Willoquet"" dans sa cour de promenade. c'est émouvant et triste à la fois !"" I received the photo of the youngest prisoner in France namely my godson ""Willy Willoquet"" in his exercise yard. It's moving and sad at the same time! The situation of his young protégé cut off from all contact with his loved ones and the people who love him reminds him of his own personal situation and the indignities of a prisoner's isolated existence: ""Je me demande comment va réagir Martine quand on va lui enlever Enfin c'est le destin qu'elle a choisi et accepté. Elle paie cher le prix de l'amour. Vous le payez toutes ""très cher""."" I wonder how Martine will react when they take him away from her Well it's the destiny she chose and accepted. She pays dearly the price of love. You all pay it ""very dearly"". In order to quickly erase this morose and implacable truth Jacques Mesrine plunges into schoolboy humor and affectionately mocks his lover's physical flaws: ""J'espère que la bonne nouvelle va te rendre ton sourire. eh ! la mémé. boutons sur la gueule. ou pas ! Je t'adore. il ne fallait pas flirter avec ""voyou"" ! C'est lui qui t'as passé cela sic nanou d'amour ton viejo pirate monte à l'abordage de tes lèvres. et. !! tu coules ! "" I hope the good news will bring back yo unknown
197684669Paris 1976. Fine. Paris 12 Octobre 1976 21 x 29.50 cm une page recto verso Autograph letter dated and signed by Jacques Mesrine dated Tuesday October 12 1976 70 lines in blue ink on one recto-verso page addressed to his love of the time Jeanne Schneider thanks to whom the manuscript of Instinct de mort was discreetly smuggled out of prison. Jacques Mesrine then incarcerated at La Santé shows great tenderness and reveals himself in another light that of the affectionate and attentive lover: ""Bonsoir petite fille. tu aimes bien jouer ""au St Bernard"" tu ne changeras jamais à ce sujet. C'est toi qui a 7 ans 1/2 de taule et tu dois remonter le moral des ""gamines"" qui ont joué du calibre !"" ""Good evening little girl. you like to play 'the St Bernard' you'll never change about that. You're the one who has 7 and a half years of jail and you have to cheer up the 'girls' who played with guns!"" He praises and is somewhat amazed by his companion's devotion to a couple of young criminals: ""Tu me parles d'une sentence de 20 ans pour elle ! tu rigoles ou quoi. elle ne peut pas prendre plus de 8 ans je la vois plutôt avec 5 ou 6 si les choses s'arrangent. Son mari avec 20 ans au maximum."" ""You talk to me about a 20-year sentence for her! are you kidding or what. she can't get more than 8 years I see her more with 5 or 6 if things work out. Her husband with 20 years maximum."" and tries to transmit all his optimism his pugnacity and to cheer her up: ""Tu sais ma puce; quand tu m'écris que la cause de Michou est une cause perdue d'avance je ne te comprends plus. Il n'y a pas de cause perdue d'avance. Dans la vie il faut se battre jusqu'au bout. tu sais pourtant ce que cela représente. Tu vois moi je vais au maximum ! et pourtant je vais me défendre toutes dents dehors. Car ma liberté il faudra me la prendre. Je ne la donnerai pas faute de combat !"" ""You know my darling; when you write to me that Michou's cause is a lost cause from the start I don't understand you anymore. There is no lost cause from the start. In life you have to fight to the end. you know what that represents though. You see I'm going for the maximum! and yet I'm going to defend myself tooth and nail. Because my freedom will have to be taken from me. I won't give it up for lack of fighting!"" Jacques Mesrine also evokes his love of horse racing while boasting of being a betting specialist: ""Oui j'avais joué ""Dernier tango"" mais seulement à la place. J'avais 2000frs dessus je gagne donc 6000frs. Ce n'est pas de la chance mais un savant calcul. Il m'arrive de perdre mais avec ma méthode je suis obligé d'être gagnant. Forécement pour la suivre il faut un certain capital. J'ai mis plus d'un an à faire tous les calculs de probabilité. Cela doit me rapporter à peu près 7000frs par mois. Net d'impots sic."" ""Yes I had bet on 'Dernier tango' but only for place. I had 2000frs on it so I win 6000frs. It's not luck but a scientific calculation. I sometimes lose but with my method I have to be a winner. Obviously to follow it you need a certain capital. I spent more than a year doing all the probability calculations. It should bring me about 7000frs per month. Net of taxes sic."" He ironizes about his situation as a prisoner having plenty of time to devise his financial gain strategies: ""J'ai aussi mis au point une méthode pour le jeu de baccara. Que veux-tu. j'ai le temps de calculer un tac de choses sic ! Tu me comprends . L'administration aussi ! resic. "" ""I also developed a method for baccarat. What do you want. I have time to calculate a bunch of things sic! You understand me . The administration too! resic."" but deplores his impossibility to continue writing Instinct de mort: "". je suis actuellement incapable d'écrire une page de mon bouquin. je ne sais pas comment tourner ce passage-là. enfin je vais bien trouver la solution."" "". I am currently unable to write a page of my book. I don't know how to phrase this passag unknown
197684900Fleury-Mérogis 1976. Fine. ""Le pire que l'on puisse faire à un juge c'est lui enlever toute autorité devant les autres et crois moi il l'a bien compris"" ""The worst thing you can do to a judge is to remove all his authority in front of others and believe me he understood it well"" Fleury-Mérogis 2 Décembre1976 21 x 29.50 cm une page recto verso Autograph letter dated and signed by Jacques Mesrine dated Thursday December 2 1976 65 lines in blue ink on one recto-verso page addressed to his love at the time Jeanne Schneider thanks to whom the manuscript of Instinct de mort was discreetly smuggled out of prison. Jacques Mesrine then incarcerated at Fleury-Mérogis prison feels unwell and helpless far from his companion and from all human warmth: ""Ce soir je suis très mal foutu. il est 19 heures et je me couche juste après la fin de ta lettre. de rien de grave. juste une grande fatigue à rien faire"" ""Tonight I feel really awful. it's 7 PM and I'm going to bed just after finishing your letter. nothing serious. just very tired from doing nothing"" As a good father Jacques Mesrine rejoices in his daughter's happiness: ""Je suis heureux que sa veste lui plaise. de plus c'est la mode. son Loïc chéri ne va plus la reconnaître."" ""I'm happy that she likes her jacket. plus it's fashionable. her dear Loïc won't recognize her anymore."" and shows himself neither surprised nor more than amused that his daughter wants to embrace the Jewish religion: ""Comme cela la puce veut prendre la religion juive. encore une idée à elle. oui je sais elle a fait croire à ses copains qu'elle était juive. car eux l'étaient.si cela l'amuse je la laisse libre. mais ça démontre aussi un dédoublement de personnalité."" ""So the little one wants to take up the Jewish religion. another one of her ideas. yes I know she made her friends believe she was Jewish. because they were. if it amuses her I leave her free. but it also shows a split personality."" Public enemy No. 1 evokes with a certain pride his latest confrontation with his judge a fierce revenge of the insubordinate against the penitentiary universe that crushes men: ""Aujourd'hui j'ai eu la visite du juge Madre. Tu aurais rigolé car il a eu droit à tout mon vocabulaire. il en perdait la parole j'ai pris mon pied sic A un moment il me dit ""mais c'est quand même moi qui commande. Réponse de ton bibi : ""Ici pédé"" c'est moi ton patron"". Il était vert et les flics se marraient comme des perdus."" ""Today I had a visit from Judge Madre. You would have laughed because he got my full vocabulary. he was speechless I had a ball At one point he tells me 'but I'm still the one in charge. Your boy's response: 'Here faggot I'm your boss.' He was green and the cops were laughing like crazy."" and against all submission to any form of power or violence: ""Le pire que l'on puisse faire à un juge c'est lui enlever toute autorité devant les autres et crois moi il l'a bien compris. Il était venu avec 5 anti-commandos. L'un avait la bombe de gaz à la main. au cas où Loin d'être impressionné. cela me rend con."" ""The worst thing you can do to a judge is to remove all his authority in front of others and believe me he understood it well. He had come with 5 anti-commandos. One had the gas canister in his hand. just in case Far from being impressed. it makes me crazy."" The eternal rebel ends his letter with a beautiful testimony of tenderness for his beloved: ""Là ma puce je vais prendre mon lit en marche.Ton vieux voyou pose ses lèvres sur le tiennes en une douce caresse d'amour. je t'adore petite fille. car nous sommes réellement le ""couple"" et plus encore. Bonne nuit chaton."" ""There my little one I'm going to take to my bed. Your old rogue places his lips on yours in a sweet caress of love. I adore you little girl. because we are truly the 'couple' and even more. Good night kitten."" Rare and very fine letter by Jacques Mesrin unknown
197684675Paris 1976. Fine. Paris 11 Octobre 1976 21 x 29.50 cm une page recto verso Autograph letter dated and signed by Jacques Mesrine dated Monday October 11 1976 70 lines in blue ink on one recto-verso page addressed to his love of the time Jeanne Schneider thanks to whom the manuscript of Instinct de mort was discreetly smuggled out of prison. Jacques Mesrine then incarcerated at La Santé showers with gifts the people he loves because he wants their happiness: ""Comme cela j'ai payé une mobylette à mes trois gamines. Toi ce sera une quatre roues sic."" ""Like this I paid for a moped for my three girls. For you it will be four wheels sic."" He shows all his affection for a young girl named Betty whom he seems to cherish more than his own daughter Sabrina: ""Peut-être que je recherche en Betty ce que je ne trouve pas en Sabrina et que Mury m'a refusé ! Tu sais mon ange ; à 15 ans j'aurais tellement aimé avoir un copain de 40 ans à qui je puisse tout dire qui sache m'aider ou m'offrir mon rêve. Peut-être que ce cadeau je me le fais à moi-même."" ""Maybe I'm looking for in Betty what I don't find in Sabrina and what Mury refused me! You know my angel; at 15 I would have loved so much to have a 40-year-old friend to whom I could tell everything who would know how to help me or offer me my dream. Maybe this gift I'm giving it to myself."" for whom he has no more confidence feeling betrayed: ""Mais on ne devient jamais l'ami de quelqu'un qui vous juge. Pas plus que pour Sabrina ! qui elle m'a trompé dans ma confiance donc dans mon amour. Quand on use les sentiments ils ne redeviennent jamais les mêmes."" ""But one never becomes the friend of someone who judges you. No more than with Sabrina! who deceived my trust and therefore my love. When feelings are worn out they never become the same again."" Public enemy No. 1 takes great pride in his relationship with Jeanne Schneider based on honesty: ""C'est peut-être pour cela que je me suis toujours refusé à te mentir - quitte à te faire souffir. Je n'ai aucun passé.mais un seul présent ""Toi"". C'est peut-être cela qui fait que notre amour dure depuis 10 ans "" ""Maybe that's why I've always refused to lie to you - even if it means making you suffer. I have no past.but only one present 'You'. Maybe that's what makes our love last for 10 years "" Jacques Mesrine then turns to material considerations so important for a prisoner: ""J'ai reçu ton linge. Je ne risque pas d'avoir froid cet hiver. Le polo est très bien."" ""I received your clothes. I won't risk being cold this winter. The polo shirt is very good."" before castigating the inhumanity of the prison system and its indifference to suffering: ""Mais nous n'avons rien à attendre des juges et si ma lettre au président a été ferme c'est le genre de lettre qu'il comprendra mieux que le style ventre à terre."" ""But we have nothing to expect from judges and if my letter to the president was firm it's the kind of letter he will understand better than the groveling style."" As an eternally untamed man Jacques Mesrine never ceases to advocate fighting against the prison administration: ""On ne se défend pas en mettant sa tête dans le sable comme l'autruche ! Dès l'instant où l'on prend une arme dans la main. il faut s'attendre à payer ! que Michou le comprenne ce n'est pas le moment d'être ""bébé"" mais celui d'être femme."" ""You don't defend yourself by putting your head in the sand like an ostrich! From the moment you take a weapon in your hand. you must expect to pay! let Michou understand this is not the time to be a 'baby' but to be a woman."" Jacques Mesrine ends this beautiful letter with a moving declaration of love full of optimistic humor: ""Ton vieux tigre pose de doux bécots sur tout ce qui est toi. Bonne nuit chaton et un moral d'acier est de rigueur ok. Je t'adore chanceuse & Ton mystère Jacques !! ""Te adoro A toi seule."" ""Your old tiger puts gentle kisses on everything that is you. Good night kitten and a steel hardcover
197684739Fleury-Mérogis 1976. Fine. Fleury-Mérogis 21 Octobre 1976 21 x 29.50 cm une page recto verso Autograph letter signed and dated by Jacques Mesrine dated Thursday October 21 1976 70 lines in blue ink on one recto-verso page addressed to his lover at the time Jeanne Schneider thanks to whom the manuscript of Instinct de mort was discreetly smuggled out of prison. Jacques Mesrine then incarcerated at Fleury-Mérogis prison rejoices at having been able to speak with his beloved in the visiting room who was also imprisoned: ""What a very pleasant visit you were moreover very feminine in that outfit which is very much in your style as a woman. even worth double the price because I like it"" and attempts to reassure her so that she does not lose all fight against the prison system that crushes inmates: ""But if by misfortune a new refusal should affect you do not have that bad reaction you told me about because those who surround you and have helped you do not deserve to pay for the injustice of others. You will have to face it as always. Because the doors will open one day and you know it."" As a protective patriarch Jacques Mesrine worries about the despair that could strike her and her daughter Murielle placed with social services: ""But I worry enormously about you because you have a limit. and I believe you have reached it! or almost. Regarding Mury and that bogus judge. we will see about removing her from social services. I prefer to pay for her studies and Mrs. Chevallier and all her upkeep if necessary. If you get out! Tell me. so many women to support. I'd better work overtime sic"" Public enemy No. 1 evokes Jeanne Schneider's upcoming freedom while ordering her not to fall back into criminality: "".If you get out formal prohibition from getting involved with me on a level that we both understand very well. I don't want to see you in prison anymore because you outside is a little bit of myself that will be free. You give your word for this freedom. prove that we others always keep it in good times as in bad"" Jacques Mesrine praises his companion's integrity the keystone of their strong union through the deprivation of freedom: ""This is what unites us most; criminals dangerous. but honest. This is what makes me love you with you no unpleasant surprises; you are 'white-blue' and for me you have the value of a diamond. It is the only stone that is harder than steel sic. but less hard than me resic"" He ends this missive with this humorous note reflecting the terrible intrusive reality of the penitentiary system: ""And if my Christmas package is prepared by you. the administration will X-ray it"" but also with these tender words: ""Sweet kisses rest on your lips. gesture of love that has united us always and for a long time. EL VIEJO Bandido!"" Rare and very beautiful letter from Jacques Mesrine in which we discover him protective and eager for freedom for his companion and for whom honesty must be erected as a rule of life. unknown
197685089Fleury-Mérogis 1976. Fine. Fleury-Mérogis 18 Octobre 1976 21 x 29.50 cm une page recto verso Autograph letter dated and signed by Jacques Mesrine dated Monday October 18 1976 68 lines in blue ink on one recto-verso page addressed to his love of the time Jeanne Schneider thanks to whom the manuscript of theInstinct de mort was discreetly smuggled out of prison. Jacques Mesrine then incarcerated at Fleury-Mérogis prison seeks to reassure his love whom he is helping through his lawyers so that she might obtain provisional freedom: ""C'est que je sens que cela va être bon et cela malgré que les avocates m'avaient déconseillé de le faire. tu sais que je fais de la prémonition mais dans le bon sens. Je sais que ma lettre les fait réfléchir. cela j'en suis certain. C'est la première fois que j'interviens pour toi. Ca aussi a de l'importance."" ""It's that I feel this is going to be good despite my lawyers having advised me against doing it. you know I have premonitions but in a good way. I know my letter makes them think. of this I am certain. This is the first time I'm intervening for you. That too is important."" and thanks to whom she should regain freedom: ""Mais le plus important est que tu retrouves cette pute de liberté. Après ce sera aux avocates de jouer pour un régime plus souple. Je te parle comme si tu étais déjà libre.Que ""veux-tu"" j'y crois."" ""But the most important thing is that you regain this damn freedom. After that it will be up to the lawyers to work for a more lenient regime. I'm talking to you as if you were already free. What can I say I believe in it."" Overflowing with enthusiasm and certainty for the success of these proceedings regarding Jeanne's provisional freedom and sure of the weight of his intervention the indomitable Mesrine fumes at the idea of a hypothetical refusal by the prison authorities: ""Quel affreux pirate qui te donne de l'espoir. Non mon ange je ne sais absolument rien. Sauf que le Président a dit que je le menaçais sur ma lettre. J'ai été très dur et à juste raison car la plaisanterie a assez durée. Toi tu supporteras ton refus. moi je ne l'accepterai plus. C'est pas plus compliqué que cela. Car tu as assez payé. même trop."" ""What a terrible pirate giving you hope. No my angel I know absolutely nothing. Except that the President said I was threatening him in my letter. I was very harsh and rightly so because the joke has gone on long enough. You will endure your refusal. I will no longer accept it. It's no more complicated than that. Because you have paid enough. even too much."" Public enemy No. 1 takes the opportunity again to shatter this reputation as a bloodthirsty beast that sticks to his skin: ""Si les journalistes savaient que toutes les infirmières entraient seules dans ma cellule et en toute confiance on serait loin du ""fauve"" et de la prise d'otages à la Buffet. Les infirmières ont toujours été sacrées pour moi. Elles sont intouchables comme pas mal d'autres personnes mais cela les pédés de journalistes l'ignorent ; car ils ne sont pas dans mes pensées et c'est regrettable parfois."" ""If journalists knew that all the nurses entered my cell alone and in complete confidence we would be far from the 'beast' and the hostage-taking like Buffet. Nurses have always been sacred to me. They are untouchable like many other people but those journalist faggots don't know this; because they are not in my thoughts and that's sometimes regrettable."" Jacques Mesrine speaks of the creation of his work L'instinct de mort and his health in a fatalistic manner: ""Autrement tout est ok sauf mes douleurs au coeur qui me reprennent. mais je laisse faire car je n'aime pas prendre de médicaments. Et puis le mécanisme s'arrêtera le jour ""J"" du destin. Peut-être dans tes bras. qui sait ""Otherwise everything is ok except my heart pains that are returning. but I let it be because I don't like taking medication. And then the mechanism will stop on the 'D' day of d unknown
197685081Fleury-Mérogis 1976. Fine. ""She's an exceptional woman . I considered her like a mother . Woe to anyone who would touch a single hair on her head."" Fleury-Mérogis 22 Septembre1976 21 x 29.50 cm une page recto verso Autograph letter dated and signed by Jacques Mesrine dated Saturday September 22 1976 67 lines in blue ink on one page recto verso addressed to his love of the time Jeanne Schneider thanks to whom the manuscript of Instinct de mort was discreetly smuggled out of prison. Jacques Mesrine then incarcerated at Fleury-Mérogis prison and deprived of human warmth is enthusiastic about all the visits he receives in the visiting room thus dispelling the myth of the antisocial bandit devoid of human feelings: ""And after that they'll say I'm a savage! No quite the contrary and people who have had contact with me want to see me again. This gave me immense pleasure and do you know what happened next. she's also going to ask to see you. Apparently I'm missed by the nurses 'mister smile' that's the secret."" He particularly appreciated the visit from the nurse at La Santé prison who would also be their wedding witness with Jeanne Schneider and whom he praises: "". an enormous surprise! You'll never guess who came to see me! My nurse from La Santé. yes my darling. that charming lady with white hair whom you had seen in the visiting room at La Santé and who is to be our witness at our wedding . She's an exceptional woman a former military nurse and quite well-placed in the ministry. During my 2 and a half years at La Santé I considered her like a mother this woman is so devoted it's unthinkable. Woe to anyone who would touch a single hair on her head."" Public enemy No. 1 takes the opportunity again to break this reputation as a bloodthirsty beast that sticks to him: ""If journalists knew that all the nurses entered my cell alone and with complete confidence we'd be far from the 'beast' and hostage-taking à la Buffet. Nurses have always been sacred to me. They are untouchable like quite a few other people but those journalist faggots don't know that; because they're not in my thoughts and that's regrettable sometimes."" Jacques Mesrine the rebel is surprised to find himself appreciating his prison solitude: ""Do you know that I'm beginning to like it here. What calm you know manou my isolation I bear it insofar as I have peace. In detention it's not proven that I would have it. It's my reactions I'm afraid of. and the mentality of so-called crooks is increasingly disgusting! . in my isolation there's good and bad. but personally I don't want to complain. because there's no reason to do so."" and ends his letter with paternal considerations for his daughter who is not very assiduous at school and for whom he worries: ""I'm going to find out if Sabrina has been regularly attending her classes. I hope so because if the opposite were the case. no mercy this time. But what worry this kid can represent and what powerlessness I have to control her being here!"" Rare and very fine letter from Jacques Mesrine overflowing with reverence for the nursing profession and regrettable detestation for that of journalists. unknown
197684696Fleury-Mérogis 1976. Fine. Fleury-Mérogis 31 Décembre 1976 21 x 29.50 cm une page recto verso Autograph letter dated and signed by Jacques Mesrine dated Friday December 31st 1976 approximately 70 lines in blue ink on one recto verso page addressed to his love of the time Jeanne Schneider thanks to whom the manuscript of Instinct de mort was discreetly smuggled out of prison. Jacques Mesrine then incarcerated at Fleury-Mérogis prison wondered about the difficulties he might encounter if his Instinct de mort were to appear soon and with which sufficiently courageous publisher it could be edited: ""Je vais voir avec mon avocate pour les ""presses de la cité"" car je crois que l'on peut tirer un trait sur Simone. De toute façon il sera publié par celui acceptera d'en courir le risque"" ""I'm going to see with my lawyer about the ""presses de la cité"" because I think we can draw a line under Simone. In any case it will be published by whoever will accept to run the risk"" He also advised his beloved on her working conditions: ""Au sujet de ton boulot. j'espère que tu as discuté avec ta patronne car les horaires ne sont pas légaux. ne te laisse pas faire à ce sujet. Vis à vis du procureur tu es obligé de travailler. cela ne veut pas dire être esclave au boulot."" ""About your job. I hope you discussed with your boss because the hours are not legal. don't let yourself be taken advantage of on this subject. With regard to the prosecutor you are obliged to work. that doesn't mean being a slave at work."" and worried about the future of his daughter Sabrina: ""Demain j'espère la visite de la puce. je vais avoir une très sérieuse conversation avec elle au sujet de l'avenir. Car elle ne fait rien en classe. donc le mieux pour elle est de travailler pour obtenir un CAP en quelque chose. Elle veut jouer les adultes. alors il va falloir qu'elle se conduise en adulte."" ""Tomorrow I hope for a visit from the little one. I'm going to have a very serious conversation with her about the future. Because she does nothing in class. so the best thing for her is to work to get a vocational certificate in something. She wants to play at being an adult. so she'll have to behave like an adult."" Public enemy No. 1 evoked the coming new year: "".l'année nouvelle qui s'annonce. que nous réservera-t-elle. je l'ignore mais rien de bon si la logique se fait loi. cela ne m'empêchera pas de garder mon moral."" "".the new year that is coming. what will it hold for us. I don't know but nothing good if logic becomes law. that won't stop me from keeping my morale up."" Jacques Mesrine alone in his cell on the evening of December 31st New Year's Eve ended this beautiful letter with affectionate thoughts for Jeanne Schneider: ""Ce soir j'ai la tête un peu vide. tu comprends mais j'ai le coeur plein de toi et c'est cela qui compte. je vais me mettre dans les draps et penser à toi. Ton vieux voyou pose de tendres bécots sur tout ce qui est toi. Bonne nuit chaton. Te quiero."" ""Tonight my head is a bit empty. you understand but my heart is full of you and that's what counts. I'm going to get into the sheets and think of you. Your old rogue places tender kisses on everything that is you. Good night kitten. Te quiero."" and with this humorous note: "".tu connais cette blague : c'est une femme condamnée à mort. arrivée devant la guillotine elle embrasse le verre que l'on vient de lui servir. Le procureur demande : ""elle est folle que fait-elle"". L'avocat lui répond ""elle embrasse son dernier rhum"" Pas mal hein. un petit sourire ma puce."" "".do you know this joke: it's a woman condemned to death. arrived in front of the guillotine she kisses the glass that has just been served to her. The prosecutor asks: ""is she crazy what is she doing"". The lawyer replies ""she's kissing her last rum"" Not bad eh. a little smile my darling."" Rare and very beautiful letter from Jacques Mesrine in which we see him preoccupied with his daughter's future where he sho unknown
195784396Paris 1957. Fine. Paris 29 Avril 1957 21 x 27 cm une feuille une enveloppe Autograph letter dated and signed by Jacques Chardonne addressed to his friend Roger Nimier 54 lines in blue ink regarding Paul Morand's style spiritual father of the Hussards Roger Nimier and Antoine Blondin being considered much against their will as leaders of this literary movement. Fold marks inherent to the letter's mailing envelope included. Jacques Chardonne intends to challenge two false ideas concerning Paul Morand the first being stylistic in nature: ""There is a double misunderstanding regarding Morand. He has been seen as a 'modern'. but he is essentially a 'naturalist'; his artistic doctrine is exactly that of Maupassant and Flaubert."" holding the latter as a major writer: ""But he has infinitely more talent and intelligence than the writers of the naturalist school."" ; the second of a psychological nature: ""He is hygiene and wisdom incarnate in his person. But through his work he has debased the youth who came after him. It is he who nearly killed Sagan."" Jacques Chardonne then ironizes about Françoise Sagan's talents while exalting the predominance and mastery of his friend Paul Morand in everything he undertakes: ""It is Morand who bought Sagan's terrible cars. But he knows how to drive."" while recalling the cautious advice that Bernard Frank gave to the author of Bonjour tristesse : ""Bernard Frank says: your car doesn't hold the road. Sagan vexed accelerates. And everything capsizes."" As a literary elder brother Jacques Chardonne reassures Roger Nimier about his own talent: ""Morand is very pleased with you. I say that Gaston Gallimard seems to have much friendship for you."" and congratulates his correspondent on the quality of Artaban a review to which Roger Nimier contributes Jacques Chardonne being honored in a recent issue: "". surprised to see myself on the front page; the text fills me with pride. I have scorned honors in order to be honored. I could not have been better served than in this little text."" and attributes the authorship of the text concerning him to one of his Hussard disciples: "". I tell myself: it's Nimier or Hecquet or Milliau. Truth be told I don't know. And I thank the Lord."" Overwhelmed by so many tributes paid to him Jacques Chardonne lucid prefers to avoid being too much in the spotlight: ""That is why I no longer want to publish anything. As soon as one applauds you you must leave."" Very handsome letter from Jacques Chardonne praising his friend Paul Morand spiritual father of the Hussards and evoking Françoise Sagan's terrible car accident in an Aston Martin on April 13 1957. A premonitory evocation: Roger Nimier would kill himself five years later on the western highway on September 28 1962 also at the wheel of an Aston Martin. unknown
