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VICHY ENCHERES

39 - Biographies: A ten-volume set comprising: 5 volumes from the…
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Biographies: A ten-volume set comprising: 5 volumes from the ‘Les Grands interprètes’ collection, with texts by Bernard Gavoty and illustrated with photographs (Kister, Geneva, 1956–1962, hardback albums, in-4 format): Claudio Arrau, Szymon Goldberg, Clara Haskil, Antonio Janigro, Markevitch. Included is a signed letter dated 7 December 1961 from Bernard Gavoty to Mr Commault, ‘the eminent collector known and appreciated throughout France and in many parts of the world’; 1 volume by Andrei Tudor. Enescu. Bucharest, Foreign Language Publications, 1957, folio, paperback. A fine album devoted to Georges Enescu, published in his home country, with numerous photographic reproductions; 1 volume, ‘Album of Photographs’. In the Private Lives of Illustrious Figures, 1845–1890. Paris, M.D. Editions, c. 1950, Italian-style in-4, paperback. Facsimile of photographs and autograph letters by writers, musicians, actresses and politicians… slightly damaged; 1 volume: *Music Above All Else*, …MCMXXIX. Paris, Tambourinaire, 1929, small in-4, paperback, unpublished texts by P. Valéry, H. Massis, C. Bellaigue, A. George, L. Dubech, J. Cocteau, T. Klingsor, A. Levinson, E. Schneider, H. Béraud. Woodcuts by Hermine David, seven previously unpublished drawings by Robert Wild. Included: *Fifty Years of French Music*, L.E.F., 1925, large folio, paperback, edited by L. Rohozinsky, volume 1 only; *Revue S.I.M.*, 15 June 1912, in -4, paperback. Expert: François ROULMANN
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Auction time 11/07/2026 at 1:45 PM
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