[CIRCUS]. Precious set of books and documents on the circus: - BARRÈRE (Adrien) - CODEY (Émile). Circus and Music Hall. Souvenir du Cirque de Paris. Paris, [ca. 1925]. - Album in-4, paperback. A rare and amusing humorous album about the circus, illustrated by Adrien Barrère and captioned by Émile Codey. It is divided into two parts that unfold like an accordion. This copy is enriched with the score of Cousine, a song created by Mayol, illustrated with a portrait of the artist by Sem, the original colour drawing signed by Barrère on tracing paper, the poster of P. L. Flers' magazine entitled Ce que je peux rire. Flers' magazine poster entitled Ce que je peux rire, made for the Alcazar and depicting the caricatured portraits of Dranem and Miss Campton, a superb drawing of the face of a white clown and the text Réflexions sur le cirque by Francis Carco, pages 27 to 30 taken from a book. Spine torn. Some traces of tape inside. - BERTRAM MILLS CIRCUS. London, 1946. - Fascicules in-8, in publisher's red half cloth boards, illustrated cover. Programme for the 1946-1947 season of the Bertram Mills circus in London, enriched with several dedications, namely by Pierre and Jacques Alizes, the Cumberlands, the Tovarich troupe and the Dagenham girl pipers. Two programs of the Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione, from 1948 and 1951, the first with a dedication from Gustave Reverho and the clowns Rolph and Zavatta, the second with the signature of Gustave, Madeleine and André Reverho. - Original photograph by the A. Wulf studio in Hamburg, showing Gustave and André Reverho in stage dress, with the signature "Reverho" in the lower left corner. - Greeting card from Gustave, Madeleine and André Reverho for 1955, 2 sheets in-16, with a long autograph page from André Reverho to his cousin. - Card of thanks addressed to Jacques Crépineau after the death of Madeleine Reverho. - BOST (Pierre). The Circus and the Music-Hall. Illustrated by G. Annenkoff. Paris : Au Sans Pareil, 1931. - In-8, paperback. First edition. Letter from the author to Louis Dalgara. Some soiling to the cover. - DURKHEIM (Jean). Le Cirque. Paris : Fernand Nathan, [1955]. - In-12, publisher's hardback. First edition illustrated with 63 photographs in black. The author sends this booklet to Jacques Crépineau: "To Jacky Crepineau // discoverer of the most beautiful girl in the universe, lover of the magic // enchantment of the pink ring, grey eminence // of the great ones of the music-hall, I // dedicate this booklet, glazed along // the roads, by the ex august // Jean Dukheim". A very well preserved copy, enriched with an autograph postcard from the author addressed to Jacques Crépineau. - FERNEL (Fernand) - BIZET (René). The Union of Artists at the Circus. 1923-1930. Paris : Union des artistes, [1931]. - Large album in-4 oblong, 288 x 423. White half cloth boards from the publisher. Incomplete copy of this beautiful album decorated with compositions drawn in intaglio from the studies made by Fernel at the parties given from 1923 to 1930 by the Union des artistes at the circus. It includes 36 plates out of the 60 required. The copy is enriched with the subscription form, a large original drawing by Siss in India ink on the theme of the circus, newspaper clippings and a few magazines, mainly from the 1950s, concerning the circus, as well as the program for the 40th gala of the Union des artistes, dating from 1973 . - GROCK. Precious set on the famous German clown Adrien Wettach, better known under the pseudonym Grock. Includes the two-sheet booklet of Pierre Billon's film Au revoir monsieur Grock, released in 1950, in which was placed a superb original photograph of Grock as a clown, DEDICATED TO SACHA GUITRY ("To the most famous actor and author // Monsieur Sacha Guitry // with all my admiration // on February 4 // 1924 // Grock") 2 very beautiful watercolours by the costume designer Charles Bétout, representing 4 costume studies, the score of Allo Grock illustrated with a composition after Vertès, a German brochure on Grock from the Varieté-Festspiele, and the reproduction of a caricature of Grock by Georges Bastia. - KUBNICK (Henri). Le Cirque. Illustrations by Pierre Luc. Paris : Librairie Gründ, [1938]. - In-4, stapled, illustrated hardcover. First edition. Envoi from the author to Jacques Crépineau on the title : " For you, dear // Jean (sic) Crépineau // great director // of the Cirque de // la Michodière ! // 1000 Amitiés... // Henri Kubnick ". A well preserved copy despite some wear to the cover, enriched with a card and an autograph letter from the author to Jacques Crépineau, written respectively in 1987 and 1989. There is also a large colour photocopy of a photo of Henri Kubnick. - REVHERO. Set of documents on the Revhero,