{"title":"Alexandre Dumas fils","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"lettre-autographe-signee-dumas-fils","title":"Autograph letter signed, Dumas fils","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"179\" data-end=\"269\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"179\" data-end=\"239\"\u003eDUMAS fils, Alexandre. Autograph letter signed, n.p.n.d.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"239\" data-end=\"242\"\u003e1 page in-8 (210 × 130 mm).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"271\" data-end=\"838\"\u003eA concise and vivid note in which Dumas fils requests \u003cstrong data-start=\"325\" data-end=\"363\"\u003ea recommendation for a young woman\u003c\/strong\u003e, hoping she might be engaged by the newspaper \u003cem data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"423\"\u003eLe Parisien\u003c\/em\u003e. He thanks his correspondent, promises to see M. Rabin, and adds that all this “will be useful”. He then asks for a brief word to be sent to the director of the newspaper on behalf of \u003cstrong data-start=\"608\" data-end=\"631\"\u003eMlle Hermance Javel\u003c\/strong\u003e, whom he describes as \u003cstrong data-start=\"654\" data-end=\"692\"\u003e“very intelligent and very honest”\u003c\/strong\u003e, taking care to clarify that he means honest “in the sense of probity”, and adding with characteristic irony that “the rest is a matter of luck”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"840\" data-end=\"1080\"\u003eThe playful end of the letter, invoking the proverb about \u003cstrong data-start=\"898\" data-end=\"926\"\u003eMahomet and the mountain\u003c\/strong\u003e, underscores both the urgency and the lightness with which Dumas frames his request. A charming example of his \u003cstrong data-start=\"1038\" data-end=\"1079\"\u003ewit, spontaneity and social dexterity\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"840\" data-end=\"1080\"\u003e\"merci - cher ami - je verrai m. rabin. Tout ca me servira.\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003eAutre service -\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003evous connaissez le directeur du [?] Parisien.\u003cbr\u003eUne halte prompte [?] pour lui recommander mademoiselle Hermance Javel. Très intelligente et très honnête fille - dans le sens de probité - bien entendu - de reste - au petit bonheur.\u003cbr\u003eSi vous ne recevez pas à Paris, j'ai peut-être à [?] - Peut que la montagne ne veut pas - Mahomet - etc - etc -\u003cbr\u003eA vous en hâte\u003cbr\u003eA Dumas\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1082\" data-end=\"1122\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eSome small spots not affecting the text.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56534015869253,"sku":"0769","price":90.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_4716.jpg?v=1764717397"},{"product_id":"la-dame-aux-camelias","title":"La Dame aux Camélias","description":"\u003cp\u003eDUMAS fils, Alexandre. La Dame aux Camélias.\u003cbr\u003e\nParis: Carteret, 1929.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuarto (287 x 220 mm). (2) ff., 297 pp., (3) ff. Original wrappers and spine preserved.\u003cbr\u003e\nFull blue morocco, covers with a triple gilt fillet border, a rose bouquet onlaid in white, green, red and pink at the centre of the front cover, raised bands with decorated compartments, author, title, date and place of publication in gilt, double gilt fillet to board edges, top edge gilt, gilt roll to turn-ins (Ch. de Samblanx).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated edition, a limited deluxe edition.\u003cbr\u003e\nOne of 175 copies on Rives vellum paper, ours no. 111.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1848, La Dame aux Camélias is one of the founding texts of the modern sentimental novel and remains the most celebrated work of Alexandre Dumas fils. Inspired by his relationship with Marie Duplessis, the story of Marguerite Gautier at once established itself as a literary myth before enjoying an exceptional career on stage and in opera, notably with Verdi's La Traviata.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the library of the Baron de Launoit; his bookplate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58295990649157,"sku":"0801","price":800.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/8-IMG_5511.jpg?v=1781649815"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.librairie-alexisnoque.fr\/en\/collections\/auteur-alexandre-dumas-fils.oembed","provider":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","version":"1.0","type":"link"}