Sale 2519 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, October 10, 2019

163 c   BOWLES, PAUL. Two Typed Letters Signed, to Margot Mifflin, one in brown ink, concerning a meeting and interview. Each 1 page, 4to, onion skin paper; folds. Each with the original envelope. Tangier, 27 June 1982; 5 October 1983 [200/300] 28 June 1982: “. . . Your project sounds extraordinary. If you feel that I could be of any use in the work you intend to do, please don’t hesitate to come to Tangier and see me. . . .” 5 October 1983: “I received the interview yesterday, and am hastening to get my emendations off to you. In general it reads well. . . . “[P]age 4, P.B.4) Well, I don’t use my imagination when I’m actually writing. Before that I have to build the cosmos in which the action is going to take place. Once I’ve done that, I don’t have to imagine, because I know what the place is like. I don’t consciously record what I see. What happens is: you see, there is a digestive process, and later it comes out. . . .” “I’LL DO THE ARTICLE ON STRAVINSKY IF YOU ALLOW ME” 164 c   COCTEAU, JEAN. Autograph Letter Signed, to an unnamed editor or publisher (“Dear Sir”), in French, sending his poem, “Periscope” [not present], offering to write an article on Stravinsky, and, in a postscript, adding that “Rag Time by St[ravinsky] just appeared at Sirène.” 1 page, 4to; moderate scattered foxing, moderate even toning, remnants of hinging at upper corners verso, folds. Np, 26 December 1919 [1,000/2,000] “Here’s Periscope . I applied myself to have legible penmanship. Pay close attention to the form on the page—I marked the location in pencil. “I’ll do the article on Stravinsky if you allow me a little time.” “Périscope” was first published in his Poésies 1917-1920 , Paris: Éditions de la Sirène, 1920. “Ragtime” is a work by Igor Stravinsky whose arrangement for piano was published in 1919 by Éditions de la Sirène with a cover featuring artwork by Pablo Picasso. Provenance: From the collection of William A. Emboden. 164