{"title":"Guy de Maupassant","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"maupassant-de-guy-en-famille","title":"En Famille","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMAUPASSANT (de) Guy. En Famille\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis\u003c\/em\u003e, A. \u003cem\u003eBlaizot\u003c\/em\u003e, 1905.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-4 (268 x 180 mm): [2] ff., 74 pp. [1] f. Full chocolate morocco, floral mosaic decoration of fawn and red morocco, gilt fillet frame, ribbed spine, title, author and date in gilt, gilt head, counterguards lined with marbled paper framed with fillets, protected by a cardboard slipcase (\u003cem\u003eKieffer\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSublime edition bound by René Kieffer (1876-1963), on watermarked Arches vellum paper containing a state of the etchings for 32 color compositions, including 6 full-page. Ours, number 74.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWork enriched with an A.L.S. of February 14\u003c\/strong\u003e from the author to Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897), his \"dear master\" whom he invites to see a \"little play\" \u003cem\u003e(Histoire du vieux\u003c\/em\u003e temps). He hopes to receive a positive response that same evening from his publisher Georges Charpentier (1846-1905). The first performance of the play was at the Troisième Théâtre Français, five days later, on February 19, 1879.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpine faded, otherwise a very fine copy in artist's binding with very fresh interior.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49804182880581,"sku":"0196","price":2200.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/Maupassant-En-Famille-01.jpg?v=1721839642"},{"product_id":"notre-coeur","title":"Notre Cœur","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMaupassant (de), Guy. Notre Cœur.\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParis, Paul Ollendorff\u003c\/em\u003e, 1890.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn-8 (189 x 125 mm): [5] ff, 300 pp, [2]. Covers preserved. Chocolate half-maroquin with corners, spine with false-nerves, author and title gilt, gilt head (\u003cem\u003econtemporary binding\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSuperb first edition of Maupassant's last novel, of which 5 copies were printed on Japon and 150 on Hollande.\u0026nbsp;Presentation copy\u0026nbsp;with an inscription from the author to Maurice Leloir: ‘a Maurice Leloir ton ami Guy de Maupassant’.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe painter and writer Maurice Leloir (1851-1940), who was also a friend of Dumas fils, contributed several illustrations to Maupassant's titles, including Une vie in 1920. Guy de Maupassant dedicated his short story Idylle to Maurice Leloir's brother, Alexandre-Louis Leloir. Already suffering from syphilis, Maupassant undertook a final novel following this one, L'Angélus, which he never completed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJoints slightly worn but solid.\u003cbr\u003eFrom the library of Lucienne Corneux Filloux, with bookplate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50309015306565,"sku":"0151","price":1300.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/NotreCoeur-3.jpg?v=1729506703"},{"product_id":"clair-de-lune","title":"Clair de Lune","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMAUPASSANT (de), Guy. Clair de Lune.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParis, Ed. Monnier\u003c\/em\u003e, 1884.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn-8 (234 x 165 mm): [2] ff, 117 pp, [2] ff. Covers preserved. Full green morocco, painted decorations on covers, spine with gilt spandrels, author, title and date stamped in gold, gilt head, slipcase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst illustrated edition, published the same year as the first edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe copy is decorated with a wood-engraved illustration at the beginning of each chapter by Arcos, Gambard, Grasset, Jeanniot, Le Natur, Adrien Marie, Merwart, Myrbach, Renouard, Rochegrosse, Roy and Tirado.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSuperb work in its curiously unsigned binding, depicting painted foliage - perfectly executed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53994168090949,"sku":"0253","price":450.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/2-IMG_7387.jpg?v=1737380262"},{"product_id":"l-a-s-maupassant-a-henry-kistemaeckers","title":"A.L.S. Maupassant to Henry Kistemaeckers","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMAUPASSANT (de), Guy (1850-1893). A.L.S., Paris, 10 rue Montchanin, s.d. [circa 1884], to Henry Kistemaeckers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3 pages In-8.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eVery fine letter in which the author sets out the contractual terms with the Belgian publisher for the Dix nouvelles (Ten short stories) he has just finished; he mentions Mademoiselle Fifi, Les Sœurs Rondoli and Desprez's book Autour d'un clocher (Around a church tower).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMaupassant replies to his correspondent, who asks him for works to be published, and makes him an offer to publish his ‘Nouvelles’, adding all the contractual conditions he wants, the selling price, and many other details. Maupassant, considered to be the father of the modern short story, said in part:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"My dear friend, You have tacitly reproached me for not giving you anything. Here is what I propose. A volume of short stories, including Ten Short Stories, to be published in December or January. I am fixing this date so that you do not put it on sale at the same time as another volume of mine. It is therefore a slightly larger volume than M.elle Fifi. You would make a nice semi-luxury edition, but not quite the same as the ordinary exploitation volumes, because I don't want to flood Paris with volumes of short stories in this format. The selling price would be 3fr.50 or four francs. You will have sole ownership of this work for 5 years, and I can deliver half the manuscript to you straight away. You will pay me 60 centimes per copy, with a first print run of 3,000 - that is, 3,300 with the usual allowances.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou will pay me, in advance, on 1 August, half of this print run. The other half when [...] goes on sale.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe goes on to explain what advance payment he expects, and for what payment he will deliver half of the works, and sets out payment schedules, stating:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"We have drawn the Rondoli Sisters at 4400 - all paid in advance. I'll show you my treatise if you like. I have not yet been able to talk about Around a Bell Tower, but I shall endeavour to do so incessantly... if this business does not suit you I shall give it to Marpon.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHenry Kistemaeckers (1851-1934) was a Belgian publisher who fled to France and began publishing works by naturalist authors such as Maupassant. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLes Sœurs Rondoli is a short story by Maupassant, published by L'Echo de Paris in 1884.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFinally, Autour d'un Clocher is an 1884 novel by Louis Marie Desprez (1861-1885), published by Kistemaeckers. 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It was also Desprez's death in prison that heightened the controversy, and Zola's unforgettable line: \"Those who killed this child are wretches!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTiny tear at edge of centrefold, otherwise very fine letter in good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54957899940165,"sku":"0360","price":2000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_1086_jpg_1.jpg?v=1750284832"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.librairie-alexisnoque.fr\/en\/collections\/auteur-guy-de-maupassant.oembed","provider":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","version":"1.0","type":"link"}