1 page oblong in-8 folded. He requests from his publisher copies of "each of the most important" of his books for charity sales. ½ page (half in-4), on the letterhead of his Paris residence, May 6, 1938.
André Maurois thanks his correspondent regarding a mention of Chateaubriand. I had not seen your note on Chateaubriand's passage in Albi, but I will have it searched for.
I would be very happy to receive you if you want to come see me one Sunday morning after ensuring by phone that I am indeed at home. Please believe in my best sentiments.” 3 Autographed postcard signed. Verso: view of the Château d'Essendiéras (Dordogne).Maurois admits to a mistake and will correct it. “Thank you, for you are right.
The passage in question was found, in the notebooks, among the unpublished texts, or at least different from the printed texts. I thought this one was in the same vein. The note will disappear at the next reprint.
He had asked his correspondent, probably a journalist writer, for “a small note for Ernest de Ganay” (historian of gardens and castles) for his book Les embarquements: histoire de quatre jeunes filles. However, nothing has appeared “and poor Ganay begs me to bring it up to you again.
You would make me happy with a few words.” Free shipping in France.