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Jouhandeau, Marcel. - Collection of 20 first-edition works, …
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259
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Jouhandeau, Marcel. - Collection of 20 first-edition works, …
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
Jouhandeau, Marcel. - Collection of 20 first-edition works, all with signed autograph text related to the book. Format in-8 unless otherwise stated.
1/ Incomplete suite of "Mémorial" in 6 (of 7) in-12 volumes bound in burgundy-orange half-maroquin with corners and wood-like boards, spine ribbed, author, title and tomaison gilt, gilt heads, covers and spine preserved (rel. F. Simon). Ex-libris, Emmy Joubert. All 6 printed on vellum pur fil: T I, 398 copies (no. XXXVIII, one of 35); T II, 881 copies (no. XCIV, one of 103); T III, 938 copies (no. LXII, one of 158); T IV, 685 copies (no. XCV, one of 105); T V, 140 copies (no. 94, one of 110); T VI, 140 copies (no. 94, one of 106). Given that only 35 copies of T I were printed on pur fil, there are only 35 complete copies of the memorial printed on pur fil. 4 of the autograph texts are dated 26 May 63.
2/ - "Journaliers" - 5 hardbacks from the NRF.
- Les Instantanés de la mémoire. Journaliers II, 1959 [actually 1957-1959]. (1963). In a vellum-backed jacket with gilt title and slipcase. Edition of 125 copies (No. 7, one of 30 first copies on Hollande van Gelder). Autograph text dated 16 July 63.
- Littérature confidentielle. Journaliers III, 1959 (1963). Edition of 125 copies, one of 10 by the author justified in his own hand on Voiron pur fil.
- Littérature confidentielle. Journaliers III, 1959 (1963). Edition of 125 copies, one of the 30 first copies on Hollande van Gelder vellum (No. 4). Untrimmed, uncut copy.
- Aux cent actes divers. Journaliers XVI, février, mars, avril 1964 (1971) Edition at 65 copies, one of 10 reserved for the author (copy "C", on blue parchment paper). Autograph text dated 20 October 71.
- Parousie. Journaliers XXII février 1967-juillet 1968 (1975). Edition of 47 copies, one of 10 reserved for the author "(B", printed on Grillet et Féau Saint-Amand laid paper).
3/ - Set of 7 paperbacks published by Gallimard.
- Véronica (1933). Edition of 650 copies, all on Lafuma-Navarre esparto, one of 500 (n°377). Filled grey cover in titled chemise and slipcase. Autograph text dated 28 December 1962.
- De L'abjection (NRF, collection métamorphoses, VII, 1939). Edition of 1240 copies on chestnut paper (not justified). Without author's name, in titled chemise and slipcase. Autograph text dated 16 July 1963.
- La Ferme en folie (1950). Edition of 2193 copies, one of the 43 first copies on vellum pur fil Lafuma-Navarre (n° 35). In-12 in a cream-coloured filled cover, folder with gilt title and slipcase. Autograph text dated 26 July 1963.
- Éloge de la volupté (NRF, Collection Métamorphoses XLI, 1951). Edition of 4142 copies, one of 107 on vellum pur fil Lafuma-Navarre (n°56). In a cream cover, folder with red title page and slipcase.
- Last years and death of Véronique (1953). Edition of 2193 copies, one of 3 H-C (unmarked), printed on vellum pur fil, in a grey filled cover.
- Réflexions sur la vie et le bonheur (NRF, 1958). Edition of 100 copies, one of the 30 first copies on Hollande van Gelder (no. 11). The autograph text is dated 25 June 1964. Untrimmed copy in folder with gilt title and slipcase.
- Divertissements. Mes préfaces présentées par Bernard de Fallois (NRF, 1965). Edition of 117 copies, one of 10 reserved for the author ("J", printed on blue parchment paper). Untrimmed.
4/ - La Faute plutôt que le scandale. - Paris, Éditions de Flore, 1940. Cover with flaps, titled chemise and slipcase. Edition of 165 copies on Crèvecoeur du Marais, one of 150 after 15 H-C (n°53).
5/ - Essai sur moi-même. - Paris, Marguerat, 1946. Paperback in filled cover. Edition of 3050 copies, one of the 50 first copies on vélin du Marais pur fil (n° XLI). Handwritten text dated 15 August 1963.
2 in-8 first edition books by the same author, without autograph manuscript text, are included.
- Ces Messieurs. - Paris, Éditions Lilac, 1951. Paperback, in pink cover. Copy with large margins, untrimmed. Edition of 1000 copies, one of 7 on pur chiffon rose, by hand, from Moulin Richard de Bas (n°1) after 1 copy on Japon nacré.
- Cocu, pendu et content. NRF, 1960. Midnight blue half-maroquin with gilt fillet bands and underlining, ribbed spine, gilt author and title, gilt head, covers and spine preserved (rel. Reine Aimée). Edition of 150 copies, one of the 30 first copies on Hollande van Gelder (No. 4, untrimmed). A handwritten note in pencil indicates that the work would have belonged to Maurice Chevalier (sic).
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Ref. : E0282 - 15
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