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Author, Title, Summary Price
W. Harrison Ainsworth, novelist

Autograph Note Signed "W. Harrison Ainsworth", novelist, to a Miss Price, an autpograph collector whom other letters in the collection reveal as an invalid.

One page, 12mo, trimmed and stained (from glue that held it in an album), text clear and complete. "I have very great oleasure in sending you my autograph, and beg to sunscribe myself [...]"

£30.00
Zeke Berlin, director (Gramercy Theatre, New York).

Typed Letter Signed "Zeke Berlin", theatre director, to Edward Marsh, translator of Anouilh, Cocteau etc.

Substantial TLS from Zeke Berlin to Marsh, 29 Jan. 1963, 2pp., sm. folio, giving information about rehearsals, the Theatre, the actors, commenting on the "idiom" in the play, music, characters. Play not mentioned but characters named reveal Anouilh's "Dinner with the Family".

£80.00
Jules Roy, French writer, friend of Camus

Autograph Note Signed "Jules Roy" to [Edward Marsh, translator of Anouilh, Cocteau, etc.],

One page, 12mo, 9 lines, In Roy's small hand, 3 Nov. 1950, in French. He is awaiting Marsh's sign, depending on him for how England will receive his work.

£56.00
Marc Camoletti, French playwright, best known for "Boeing-Boeing":

A small archive mainly involving correspondence with translator, Edward Marsh.

Total: 6 items, 1957-1961.One substantial ALS from Marc Camoletti to Edward Marsh, translator, 2pp. 4to, 25 Jan. 1957, in French, discussing previous meetings (including the "Bar du Scribe"), explaining why he can't make up his mind about the production of "Boeing-Boeing" in England [ran for a...

£220.00
Marcel Achard, French Playwright, French Academician:

A small archive mainly involving correspondence with translator, Edward Marsh.

Total: 18 items, 1957-1961, including:One ALS, one TLS, one telegram from Marcel Achard to Edward Marsh, translator, only the TLS in French, others in English.Subjects: rights to translation of "Voulez-vous jouer avec moa" (gentleman's agreement for six months); this play "on appelle communément...

£320.00
Tom Espie and Martin Seymour-Smith, editors

[Periodical; poetry] Scorpion One a magazine of poetry march 1950

[12]pp., 8vo, paper wraps. Contributors include J.B. Donne, Donald Watt, Michell Raper. One copy listed on COPAC/OCLC, at Oxford.

£95.00
Jean Cocteau, dramatist [Edward O. Marsh, translator and adapter of French plays]

A small collection of material relating to the adaptation and production of Cocteau's "Les Monstres Sacres" ["The Holy Terrors"], including a Cocteau ALS en francais and Signed Agreement.

Circa 20 items, two printed, others typescript and manuscript, various formats including: a. Autograph Letter en francais Signed "Jean Cocteau", 19 Dec. 1952, one page, c.20 x 30cm, to [Edward O. Marsh, translator and adapter], presumably a response to e. below, partly about translation and...

£500.00
Jean Anouilh, French playwright [Edward O. Marsh, translator and biographer of Anouilh].

A collection of material, mainly correspondence, from the papers of Edward Marsh, translator of Anouilh and others, including two ALsS in French from Anouilh and a publishing agreement signed by him (about 40 items).

A small archive of material relating to the translation into English and production in the UK and USA of works by Jean Anouilh (particularly "Dinner with the Family"), comprising: A. Two Autograph Letters Signed "Jean Anouilh", in French, to Edward Marsh, translator and biographer of Anouilh...

£850.00
Hubert Herkomer [Sir Hubert von Herkomer, 1849-1914], Portrait Painter

Autograph Note Signed "Hubert Herkomer" to an unnamed correspodent.

One page, 12mo, bifolium, fold mark, mainly good condition. "I am quite ashamed of my blunder in having sent you the letter of Mrs May's so curiously addressed [to me?] & thank you for this trouble of forwarding it. The [?] misled me - pray excuse me, & let me welcome you [?] Sunday in...

£45.00
Georges Neveux, French playwright:

A small archive, mainly correspondence involving the translator, Edward Marsh.

Total: c.38 items, some more than one page, 1953-1968, 1984-1991, including:8 ALsS, Neveux to "Edward" [Marsh, translator], total 13pp., various formats, 1953-1961. All in French.Subjects include: looking for a British book on film in Paris for information about a British "cinéaste", enlisting...

£450.00
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