Schriftsteller (1886-1962). Albumblatt mit eigenh. U. O. O. u. D. 170:120 mm.
$ 89 / 80 €
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French author. Signed album page, Pierre Benoit, n. p. n. d., 7 x 4.75 inch, with a long epigram in French: „Perhaps I will always deserve only large golden wings of an angel. Higher than my heart, my love, my attitude superior to the altar where your gilded lute swings ... (the devoted) ...” Mounted together with a portrait photograph to a larger cardboard. In fine condition.
French writer (1886-1962). Autograph lettercard signed. Saint-Céré, Lot. Oblong 12mo. 1p½ In-12 (8 lignes).
$ 111 / 100 €
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To an unnamed recipient, inviting him to visit Benoit in Saint-Céré in the Lot department and asking for a few days notice: "C'est mon tour d'être absent de Paris. Je suis dans ce petit éden jusque au début d'octobre. Au moment, je serai heureux de vous voir à l'hôtel de Massa. Vous n'avez que me prévenir trois ou quatre jours à l'avance de la matinée que vous aurez choisie". - On stationery of the president of the Société des Gens de Lettres. With an old mark in crayon. Well preserved.
French writer (1886-1962). Autograph letter signed. N. p. o. d. 4to. 4 lines.
$ 133 / 120 €
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To a recipient named Léon, correcting an error concerning a meeting and asking him to call him: "J'ai du me tromper, ça devait être six heures et demie du matin. Téléphonez [...]". - Traces of folds.
French writer (1886-1962). 3 autograph letters signed. Paris. 4to and 8vo. Together 3 pp.
$ 609 / 550 €
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The earliest letter can be dated based on a reference to Benoit's first publication "Kœnigsmark". Benoit cancels an appointment with the unnamed recipient at the famous Café de Flore, asking him instead to come to the Ministry of Education, where Benoit worked as a librarian, to give him a copy of "Kœnigsmark" and an article. - A letter to the playwright Lucien Descaves, dated 18 April, concerns Descaves' comedy "L'As de cœur" from 1920. Benoit chastizes the critics of the play and consoles his friend.
- In the final letter in the collection, dated 8 April 1929, Benoit thanks a journalist for an article and expresses his hope to see him soon. - The letter from 1929 on stationery of the Société des Gens de Lettres. Minor browning..