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a collection of letters and handwrittens from the late 19th centurya close up of a piece of paper with handwriting on itseveral old letters and envelopes are stacked on top of each otheran old book with writing on it sitting next to a piece of paperan open book with a handwritten letter on it sitting on top of a tableseveral old papers are stacked on top of each other on a white surface
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15 - René Benjamin, writer and observer of the Great War
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René Benjamin, writer and observer of the Great War A collection of typescripts, correspondence, first editions and press cuttings, including FIND THE FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT IN OUR ONLINE AUCTION CATALOGUE Sous le Ciel de France, published by Fayard in 1916 *Sous le Ciel de France*, a handwritten/typed draft compiled and written from the version serialised in *Le Journal*, with the published extracts pasted in, corrected and amended, featuring crossings-out and additions, 220 pp., in-4 La Guerre – Sous le Ciel de France Paris, Arthème Fayard & Cie, 1916 20.5 x 19.5 cm, paperback First edition (untrimmed and uncut), author’s copy on vellum, with a signed autograph dedication addressed to his mother Incoming correspondence received by René Benjamin, approx. 100 letters and notes, 1916–1919, expressions of thanks for the book, numerous letters written by writers and journalists, including: Louis Beaufaux, lyricist and composer (letter + poem) – Léon Blanchet, philosopher – Emmanuel Bourcier, writer – Madeleine Dayot, painter, decorator and art critic (letter on ‘Le Vêtement du Prisonnier’ letterhead) - Victor Eftimiu, Romanian poet and writer - Jils Garrine (?–1917), cartoonist and set designer - Suzanne Grinberg, lawyer, feminist and pacifist - Othon Guerlac, linguist in New York - Fernand Hayward, writer - Gabriel Malleterre, Governor-General of Les Invalides - Louis de Maud’huy, Major-General - Abbé Mugnier - Henri Polart, poster artist - Marcel Rouff, Swiss writer - Marc Varenne, writer - Albert Willemetz, librettist and screenwriter - Julie Zagoulaieff, Russian translator *Major Pipe and His Father*, published by Fayard in 1918 English at War – *Major Pipe and His Father*, typewritten draft with handwritten deletions and corrections, inscribed ‘To Auguste Bréal, who has helped me so much with his friendship and wit’, 229 pp., in-4 Incoming correspondence received by René Benjamin, approx. 70 letters and postcards, 1918–1919, expressions of thanks and congratulations on the submission and publication of the book, numerous letters written by writers and journalists, including: Albert d’Amade, general – Léon Blanchet, philosopher – Emmanuel Bourcier, writer, novelist and newspaper editor – Georges Docquois, poet and novelist – Maurice de Fleury, psychiatrist and man of letters - Robert Hénart, painter and illustrator – Eugène Hollande, journalist and writer – Hugh Alexander Law, Irish nationalist politician – Joseph-Henri Louwyck, writer – Sir Eric Maclagan, British historian and museum director - Jean Martet, poet and novelist - Louis Ernest de Maud’huy, Major-General - Victor-Emile Michelet, poet and playwright - Abbé Mugnier - Gabriel Nigond, writer from the Berry region - Fabien Sollar, playwright and librettist - Benjamin Vallotton, writer, journalist and teacher - Georges Wormser, man of letters Letter from the author, 9 April 1918, Juliette Adam, writer, polemicist and feminist salon hostess Letter from the author, 6 November 1918, Lucie Delarue-Mardrus, poet and novelist Letter from the author, 1918, Anatole France, writer Postal letter, Paris, 18 April 1918, Alfred Cortot, renowned pianist and conductor, head of the Artistic Propaganda Department within the Ministry of Public Instruction and Fine Arts Letter from the author (L.A.S.), Peyrehorade (Landes), 1918, Jean Rameau, novelist and poet *Les rapatriés*, published by Berger Levrault in 1918 Incoming correspondence received by René Benjamin, 19 L.A.S./P.A.S., 1918, expressions of thanks and congratulations on the dispatch and publication of the book 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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