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10 - René Benjamin, *Gaspard*, winner of the 1915 Prix Goncourt
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René Benjamin, *Gaspard*, winner of the 1915 Prix Goncourt A collection comprising typescripts, correspondence and the first edition, including FIND THE FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT IN OUR ONLINE AUCTION CATALOGUE Gaspard and the Prix Goncourt Letter from the author (L.A.S.), 1 December 1915, from Gustave Geffroy, novelist, signed by the seven members of the Académie Goncourt: Elémir Bourget, J.H. Rosny the Elder, Léon Hennique, etc. The Soldiers of the War: Gaspard typewritten draft composed between 20 May and 22 July 1915, with handwritten deletions and additions, 305 pp., in-4 Les soldats de la guerre: Gaspard Paris, Arthème Fayard & Cie, 1915 20 x 13 cm, full red morocco binding, covers with cold-stamped and gold-stamped decoration featuring a wide frieze of stylised palmettes, spine with five raised ribs emphasised by cold-stamped fillets, title and date in gold lettering, gilt head, the endpapers in marbled paper framed by a wide band of morocco leather adorned with a rich gilded decoration (friezes of palmettes, interlacing, fillets), signed by the Moens bookbinding house First edition (partly untrimmed), one of 20 copies printed on Dutch laid paper Incoming correspondence received by René Benjamin, approx. 200 letters and postcards, 1915–1917, congratulatory messages on winning the Prix Goncourt, thank-you notes for the book, requests from foreign publishers for translations and for theatrical adaptations, numerous letters written by writers and journalists, family and friends, nurses, and anonymous correspondents from across France and Europe, including: personal letter, from the front, 29 February 1916, Pierre Loti, writer Letter to the author, 5 November 1915, Georges Sorel, philosopher and sociologist Letter to the author, 2 December 1915, Henry Bataille, playwright and poet Letter from the author, 28 April 1915, Henry Bauër, writer, polemicist and critic 2 letters from the author, 1915, Gérard Bauër, essayist and critic Letter from the author, 30 September 1915, Marie Rouget (alias Marie-Noël), poet and writer Letter from the author, 9 November 1916, Louis de Maud’huy, general Letter from the author and postcard from the author, 1915–1916, Paul Fiolle (1887–1916), doctor and writer who fell in battle, listed in the Panthéon amongst the 560 writers Letter from the author, 2 November 1915, Gabriel Signoret, actor and director Letter from the author, 14 December 1915, Edouard Guerber, veterinary surgeon, poet and satirical writer Letter from the author, 26 February 1916, from a ‘poilu’ who had seen the war, a critical letter reproaching René Benjamin for presenting a distorted, even insulting, picture of military reality Letter from the author, 22 June 1916, Théophile Dronchat, composer and chanson singer celebrating Parisian slang and soldiers’ banter + ‘Ohé Gaspard!’ ‘Veux-tu du pinard?’ lyrics and music by the singer-songwriter Cap de Zoug (Théophile Dronchat), with a signed dedication 2 letters, 1 November and 2 December 1915, Georges Docquois, poet and novelist Letter from the author, 29 October 1915, Victor-Emile Michelet, poet and playwright Etc... FIND THE FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT IN OUR ONLINE AUCTION CATALOGUE
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About the sale René Benjamin, the 20th-century Balzac scholar
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Auction time 10/06/2026 at 2:00 PM
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