Jean GIONO : - Lot 317

Sale Books & Manuscripts

An important collection from the Paul Beauvais collection, featuring numerous manuscripts by authors including Daniel Halévy corrected by Charles Peguy, Paul Léautaud, Abel Bonnard, Charles Maurras, Pierre Gaxotte and Robert Brasillach; but also numerous signed autographs sent to fellow artists, such as Colette to the Morand couple, Francis Carco to Joseph Kessel, Madame de Noailles or Anatole France, Paul Valery to Francis de Miomandre or Eugène Dabit to Valery Larbaud, among others; some rare and original items, such as Valery Larbaud's poem "La Neige", signed, the Corti catalog of surrealists, or a charming tribute to Paul Bonet. Also some first editions such as Le Petit Prince by Saint-Exupéry, USA 1927 by Paul Morand illustrated by Pierre Legrain, Le flâneur des deux rives by Guillaume Apollinaire or Le Serpent by Paul Valery bound by Pierre-Lucien Martin.

THURSDAY DECEMBER 19, 2024 at 1:30pm

PARIS - HÔTEL DROUOT - ROOM 15

Public exhibitions:

Wednesday December 18 from 11am to 6pm

And the morning of the sale from 11am to 12pm

Telephone during the exhibition and sale: 01 48 00 20 15

Consultant : Alix de HEAULME

+33 (0)6 42 87 78 50 - alix.deheaulme@gmail.com