{"title":"Paul Verlaine","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"l-a-s-verlaine-a-leon-vanier","title":"Autograph letter signed, Verlaine to Léon Vanier","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVERLAINE PAUL (1844-1896), Autograph letter signed, Paris July 7 1892, to Léon Vanier.\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1 page In-8. \u003cem\u003eBeautiful letter to his publisher Léon Vanier about Mes Prisons, published in 1892.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe poet writes to his publisher, Léon Vanier, about Mademoiselle Krantz, who should “get as much as possible from the balance of Mes Prisons”, citing moving in, “which requires money”. Also included is her new Paris address, “9 rue des fossés St Jacques”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Mon cher Vanier,\u0026nbsp;Je vous envoie Mademoiselle Krantz pour toucher\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ele plus possible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003edu solde de\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMes Prisons\u003c\/span\u003e. Nous demé et eménageons, ce qui exige de l'argent. Vous vous rendrez compte de cela et serez une fois de plus mon très cher débiteur... j'allais dire bienfaiteur !! J'irai cet après midi, si vous devez y être, recopier, arranger des choses dans votre arrière boutique. Votre Vieux. 15 rue Descartes. P. Verlaine. à partir de demain 9 rue des fossés St Jacques\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50111391662405,"sku":"0226","price":2300.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/Verlaine-Autographe-1.jpg?v=1726572034"},{"product_id":"l-a-s-verlaine-a-leon-deschamps","title":"Autograph letter signed, Verlaine to Léon Deschamps","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVERLAINE, Paul (1844-1896). A.L.S., s.l., 16 January 1889, to [Léon] Deschamps.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1 page In-8.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA charming letter from Verlaine, in which he complains about seeing his portrait published by his friend Frédéric-Auguste Cazals without his prior agreement: \"Does he take my face for a living?\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVerlaine wrote, in part, 'I hope your ‘reasons’ are not as serious as you imagine them to be. In any case, mine are too real to be true. Take care of yourself a little... I intend to show you around Monday at the latest. Try to get some gold for such beautiful worms!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhy on earth this 1 franc entry, so oddly placed? I find Cazals unkind in this, as in the publication in a book of a portrait that I did not authorise him to publish: does he take my face for a living?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd would you be so kind as to give (for me) the book in question Congrès des Paroles to Mrs Sacher. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou're still doing that, aren't you? Looking after my pension? I think it's time to strike the iron'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTiny tear at edge of centrefold, otherwise very fine letter in good condition.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLéon Deschamps (1863-1899) is best known for founding the literary magazine La Plume.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrédéric-Auguste Cazals (1865-1941), whom Verlaine mentions in the letter, was none other than one of his greatest friends, who produced almost 150 illustrations of our poet.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54957881393477,"sku":"0361","price":1400.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_1092_1.jpg?v=1750284795"},{"product_id":"dedicaces","title":"Dédicaces","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVERLAINE, Paul. Dédicaces.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParis, Léon Vanier,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e1894.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn-8 (188 x 135 mm), (4) ff, 234 pp, (1) f., covers preserved.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBurgundy half-maroquin with corners, spine ribbed, gilt head on witnesses, untrimmed (\u003cem\u003econtemporary binding\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrecious second edition, partly original.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of the 55 first copies on Hollande\u003c\/strong\u003e, the only ones to contain an \u003cstrong\u003eautograph poem signed by Verlaine\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is \u003cstrong\u003einscribed here to an unidentified Mr Louis\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe copies on Hollande are ‘highly sought after [...] as they all have an autograph poem by the author’ (Clouzot).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe 1894 edition is the first public sale of Dédicaces, the initial 1890 edition having been printed only for the poet's close friends. The present edition is augmented by 71 new pieces, numbered XXXVIII to CV.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe handwritten poem is signed by Verlaine and addressed to Bibi-la-Purée, the pseudonym of André-Joseph Salis (1847-1903), a whimsical figure from the Montmartre bohemian scene\u003c\/strong\u003e. Nicknamed the \u003cem\u003eKing of Bohemia\u003c\/em\u003e, he inspired painters (Picasso, Steinlen, Villon), poets (Verlaine, Jehan Rictus, Léo Farguier) and musicians alike, appearing in Brassens's repertoire. First christened \u003cem\u003eLarbi-la-Purée\u003c\/em\u003e by Verlaine, then quickly reduced to \u003cem\u003eBibi\u003c\/em\u003e, he inspired two films of the same name: the silent film \u003cem\u003eBibi-la-Purée\u003c\/em\u003e (Maurice Champreux, 1925), then Léon Joannon's talkie (1935).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe is also immortalised in Paul Fort's verses in \u003cem\u003eL'enterrement de Verlaine\u003c\/em\u003e :\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eN'importe ! Je suivrai toujours, l'âme enivrée\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAh ! Folle d'une espérance désespérée\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMontesquiou-Fezensac et Bibi-la-Purée\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVos deux gardes du corps. - entre tous moi dernier.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibi was one of Verlaine's last companions\u003c\/strong\u003e, acting in turn as his messenger, confidant, makeshift secretary... and sometimes as a self-serving provocateur. \u003cstrong\u003eHe played a significant role in the tumultuous love affairs of Verlaine's last years\u003c\/strong\u003e, blurring the lines between Eugénie Krantz and Philomène Esther Boudin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA spy, a matchmaker, a quarrel-maker - and a great umbrella-snatcher - Bibi was ‘\u003cem\u003eusually wearing a top hat [...] lost in improbable frock coats, he could be seen hanging around cafés and bars with his old-fashioned shoes covered, in a fashion to which Bibi has remained faithful, with sordid white gaiters\u003c\/em\u003e’ (\u003cem\u003eRevue universelle\u003c\/em\u003e, 1903).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHe alone embodies a certain decadent bohemia, between Montmartre and the Latin Quarter, and symbolises Verlain's imagination of transgression and asserted marginality.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSpine restored, title page partially stuck to the false-title page, resulting in a small negligible crack to the latter, tear of a few centimetres on page 187 not affecting the text in any way.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the library of Max Boehn (1850-1921), his bookplate; a senior German officer who took part in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and in the First World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eClouzot, 267 ; Vicaire, VII, 996 ; Carteret, II, 428.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55208209711429,"sku":"0642","price":4000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/VerlaineDedicacesOK.png?v=1753256349"},{"product_id":"lettre-autographe-signee-verlaine-a-rene-baschet","title":"Autograph letter signed, Verlaine to René Baschet","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"164\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"75\"\u003eVERLAINE, Paul. Autograph letter signed “P. Verlaine”, to René Baschet.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"75\" data-end=\"78\"\u003e1 March 1890.\u003cbr data-start=\"91\" data-end=\"94\"\u003e1 p., 8vo (170 × 110 mm), mounted on larger brown card (278 × 206 mm).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"166\" data-end=\"430\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"166\" data-end=\"430\"\u003eA succinct and revealing letter in which Verlaine, informed that his submitted poems have been declined, admits he has nothing suitable among his unpublished verses and expresses his hope that his portrait and biographical notice will nevertheless appear soon.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"432\" data-end=\"823\"\u003eHe writes with characteristic candour: \u003cem data-start=\"471\" data-end=\"620\"\u003e“les vers que je vous avais envoyés ne sauraient convenir aux lecteurs de votre revue… j’ai regardé dans mes vers inédits… et je n’ai rien trouvé.”\u003c\/em\u003e Far from protesting, he accepts the decision and turns instead to the planned publication about himself: \u003cstrong data-start=\"726\" data-end=\"823\"\u003e“j’espère que portrait et biographie paraîtront bientôt, le moment m’en semble tout indiqué.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Le 1 mars 1890\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMonsieur,\u003cbr\u003eMonsieur Maurice Barrès m'apprend que les vers que je vous avais envoyés ne sauraient convenir aux lecteurs de votre revue. Sur votre désir à moi par lui transmis, j'ai regardé dans mes vers inédits ce qui pourrait faire l'affaire et je n'ai rien trouvé.\u003cbr\u003eJe pense donc que nous pouvons passer outre et j'espère que portrait et biographie paraitront bientôt, le moment d'ailleurs m'en semblent tout indiqué.\u003cbr\u003eAgréez, Monsieur, mes salutations sympathiques\u003cbr\u003eP. Verlaine\u003cbr\u003eHotel des mines, boulevard Saint Michel, 125\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1062\" data-end=\"1130\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eVery good condition, the letter neatly mounted on contemporary card.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56534010691909,"sku":"0780","price":900.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_4752.jpg?v=1764717131"},{"product_id":"invectives","title":"Invectives","description":"\u003cp\u003eVERLAINE, Paul. Invectives.\u003cbr\u003e\nParis: Léon Vanier, 1896.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOctavo (191 x 127 mm). (3) ff., 155 pp., (1) f.\u003cbr\u003e\nBlue cloth in the Bradel manner, smooth spine, red morocco lettering-piece with author, title and a gilt fleuron (modern binding).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst edition, extra-illustrated with an autograph letter by Verlaine in which Invectives is mentioned.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe letter is underlined in two places by Vanier:\u003cbr\u003e\n\" Mercredi 24 7bre\u003cbr\u003e\nMon cher Vanier,\u003cbr\u003e\nAlité, mais sain d'esprit, je travaille aux premières pièces d'Invectives. Demain après-midi ayez bien une centaine de vers contre, j'espère, une somme de plusieurs thunes. En attendant Mademoiselle Krantz qui est digne de toute confiance, que j'aime beaucoup, qui m'empêche de faire des sotties et qui prend soin de moi et de mes affaires d'une façon admirable, veut bien se charger d'aller quérir de vous cent sous qui sont indispensables.\u003cbr\u003e\nMerci d'avance et à demain après-midi. \u003cbr\u003e\nP. Verlaine\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the library of Max Brun; his bookplate.\u003cbr\u003e\nCopy partly unopened, a few small marginal tears.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58295948411205,"sku":"0592","price":2200.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/4-IMG_9107.jpg?v=1781648042"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.librairie-alexisnoque.fr\/en\/collections\/auteur-paul-verlaine.oembed","provider":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","version":"1.0","type":"link"}