DUMAS
(Alexandre, 1824-1895, fils, French Novelist, Playwright and Writer on Morals and Society)
Substantial autograph Manuscript Fragment, unsigned, in French, with translation
and transcription, of an unused portion of his comedy 'L'Ami des Femmes', first produced in 1860, a dialogue between J[ane de Simerose] and de M[ontègre], with many corrections in the text, between the lines, or in the margin, made at the time of writing, Dumas explores as many as four versions of a sentence before continuing, Jane passionately asks Montègre whether, if her husband has broken his word, that is a reason to break hers, "So long as I am to keep his name, I must respect it", if a wife gave herself to another, "each of the two would have this right to despise her, for you would despise me in spite of yourself if I were to believe you ... Who do you take me for ? To put me in a web of lies, terrors, insults, adulteries ... to lower myself in the esteem of others and my own - Never", 2 sides folio on blue paper, old identification of the handwriting in French, no place, no date but watermark 'Towgood's Extra Super' dated
very light mending of short side tears
Item Date:
1857
Stock No:
51542
£575
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[DUMAS
(Alexandre, père, 1802-1870, French novelist and dramatist, Author of The Three Musketeers)]
Unsigned carte de visite photo by Duroni & Murer
showing him head and shoulders seated, with one arm on the back of his chair, 4¼" x 2½", no place, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
38431
£150
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DURRELL
(Gerald, 1925-1995, Naturalist, Writer, Conservationist and Television Presenter)
Typed Letter Signed with a “G” and a heart with an arrow going through it, with Autograph Salutation to “My very dear Marge”
saying that “it was marvellous meeting you, and the longer you stay in Copenhagen the more it will incite me to come back and attack your wine cellar, but I hope by then you will have some decent records to play! Seriously, though, you entertained us wonderfully well and I am most grateful for all you did, and even if we don’t meet in Copenhagen I hope that you will come over to Jersey one day and get drunk on my wine...”, 1 side A4 on his headed paper with a dodo in a red circle at the top, Les Augres Manor, Jersey, together with a fine unsigned photo by Sven Aage Andersen showing him half length kissing a goat, 8” x 6½”, 8th October
Item Date:
1969
Stock No:
42434
£575
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