RACHILDE. Important set of novels comprising 29 volumes. - Lot 606

RACHILDE. Important set of novels comprising 29 volumes. Almost all these copies belonged to André de Nicolaï (1910-1936), and bear an autograph letter from Rachilde to him. An admirer and friend of Rachilde, André Nicolaj, known as André de Nicolaï, had a short career in letters, as secretary to Fernand Gregh and Max Fischer; author of a critically acclaimed book - Les Fêtes douloureuses - he committed suicide in 1936. Some copies bear his signature as a bookplate. In-12, in-16 or in-18, stapled (except one bound). Covers soiled, faded or worn, various defects. - Monsieur de La Nouveauté. Paris, Dentu, 1880. Author's autograph letter to André Nicolaï. Volume incomplete from end after page 234. -Madame Adonis. Paris, J. Ferenczi, 1919. Author's autograph letter to André Nicolaï. - Monsieur Vénus. Paris, Flammarion, [ca. 1925]. Recent black basane binding, four-ribbed spine, gilt author, title, date and fleurons, interior roulette, gilt head, covers and spine preserved. New edition, with an unpublished letter from Maurice Barrès reproduced in facsimile. One of 40 numbered copies on vergé pur fil Lafuma, no. 13. Autograph letter from the author to André Nicolaï, and handwritten bookplate by the same author. - La sanglante ironie. Paris, Mercure de France, 1923. Author's autograph letter to André Nicolaï. - Théâtre. Paris, nouvelle librairie parisienne Albert Savine, 1891. First edition illustrated with a frontispiece composition after Gauguin. Author's autograph letter to André Nicolaï. - L'animale. Paris, Mercure de France, 1923. Author's autograph letter to André Nicolaï. - La Tour d'amour. Paris, Georges Crès et Cie, 1916. Edition of 1,048 copies, this one of 950 on Rives paper, number 683. Frontispiece engraved by Louis Jou. Author's autograph letter to André Nicolaï. - Contes et nouvelles suivis du Théâtre. Paris, Mercure de France, 1922. Author's autograph letter to André Nicolaï. - Le dessous. Paris, Mercure de France, 1923. Author's autograph letter to André Nicolaï. - Dans le puits ou la vie inférieure. Paris, Mercure de France, 1918. First edition. Portrait-frontispiece of the author by Lita Besnard. Author's autograph letter to André Nicolaï. - The discovery of America. Geneva, Kundig, 1919. First edition printed in an edition of 776 copies, this one of 750 on English laid paper, number 599. Illustrated by Gustave François. Author's autograph letter to André Nicolaï. - La souris japonaise. Paris, Flammarion, 1921. First edition. - La souris japonaise. Paris, Flammarion, 1926. Author's autograph letter to André Nicolaï. - Les Rageac. Paris, Flammarion, 1921. First edition. Author's autograph letter to Monsieur de Thiercy. - Les Rageac. Paris, Flammarion, 1921. First edition. Author's autograph letter to André Nicolaï. - L'hôtel du grand veneur. Paris, J. Ferenczi, [1922]. First edition. Autograph letter from the author. - L'hôtel du grand veneur. Paris, J. Ferenczi, [1922]. Author's autograph letter to André Nicolaï. - Le château des deux amants. Paris, Flammarion, [1923]. First edition. Author's autograph letter to André Nicolaï. - Au seuil de l'enfer. Paris, Flammarion, n.d. Author's autograph letter to André Nicolaï. - La haine amoureuse. Paris, Flammarion, n.d . Author's autograph letter to André Nicolaï. - Refaire l'amour. Paris, J. Ferenczi, [1927]. Author's autograph letter to André Nicolaï. - Le prisonnier. Paris, éditions de France, [1928]. Autograph letter from the author and André David to André Nicolaï. - Madame de Lydone, assassin. Paris, J. Ferenczi, n.d. Autograph letter from the author to André Nicolaï. - Why I'm not a feminist. Paris, éditions de France, [1928]. First edition. - La femme aux mains d'ivoire. Paris, éditions des portiques, s.d. Author's autograph letter to André Nicolaï. - Portraits d'hommes. Paris, Mercure de France, 1929. Author's autograph letter to André Nicolaï. - L'homme aux bras de feu. Paris, J. Ferenczi, [1930]. First edition. Author's autograph letter to André Nicolaï. - Les voluptés imprévues. Paris, J. Ferenczi, [1931]. First edition. Author's autograph letter to André Nicolaï. - Mon étrange plaisir. Paris, éditions Baudinière, [1934]. First edition. Author's autograph letter to André Nicolaï.