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212 - MAURIAC, François. Autograph signed letter-card addressed to…
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Estimate €100 - €150
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MAURIAC, François. Autograph signed letter-card addressed to Daniel Halévy. “For the first time since I started writing, I feel a little ‘intoxicated’. It’s time to be careful!” One in-12 page signed ‘M’ (147 x 113 mm) with address and postmarks on the reverse. Paris, 7 February 1922. Edges slightly browned. He thanks his correspondent for ‘the’ request for publication: ‘I find it astonishing, perfectly concise… thank you a thousand times […] all the letters I receive give me great comfort’… This is the advertisement for *Le Baiser aux lépreux*, the author’s first success, published in 1922 in the *Cahiers Verts* collection edited by Daniel Halévy at Grasset.
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About the sale Sale of collectable books and first editions – Varia III –
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Auction time 09/14/2026 at 2:00 PM
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