Autograph letter signed « Gus Flaubert » to Émile Zola
[Croisset, 25th July 1876], 3 p. in-8°
« I received yesterday from our young friend Maupassant a very pleasant epistle, and full of the detail of his lust – on a boat, with a fat woman »
Autograph signed document « Guy de Maupassant » to Georges Charpentier
Paris, 24th April 1880, 1 page in-8-oblong.
Autograph letter signed “Guy” to “Mon Bien”
N.d.n.p, 1/2 page in-8 on laid paper
Charming billet from Maupassant
Period albumen print by Benque & Co
[c. 1885], mounted on thick cardboard, cabinet format (10,5 x 15,4 cm)
Very scarce portrait of the novelist by Benque & Co
Film print on postcard (9 x 11,6 cm)
Handsome portrait of Maupassant in bust
Autograph letter signed « Guy de Maupassant » to a gentleman
N.p.n.d [Cannes, after 1885], 1 p. in-12 on his letterhead Bel-Ami
“I will choose a dark day to be sure to find you”
Autograph card-letter signed « Maupassant » [to Jacques Normand?]
24 rue Boccador, [Paris, 24th February 1891], 2 p. in-12°
« My head is sick »
Three autograph letters signed « Guy de Maupassant » to Dr Despaigne
Paris, October, November and December 1891, 9 p. 1/2 in-8° and in-12°
« Crushed by trains, bitten by rabid dogs, chased by assassins »
Autographe card signed « Laure de Maupassant » [to Robert Pinchon]
[Nice, c. 1890 – 1891], 2 pp. in-24°
« It was a happy time, when comedy was played in the house of Etretat… »
Autograph letter signed « Emile Zola » to Gustave Flaubert
Médan, 30th November [18]78, 4 pages in-8 on double sheet, black ink on laid paper
“My ambition is to show the whore’s daily life”