[MANUSCRIPT]. CHACK (Paul). Hoang Tham, Pirate.

[MANUSCRIPT]. CHACK (Paul). Hoang Tham, Pirate. Complete autograph manuscript consisting of 225 numbered folios (including one duplicate), with annotations, strikethroughs, additions, and corrections, illustrated with four ink maps on tracing paper, including two fold-out maps (Gulf of Tonkin and the area around Hanoi, a map of the roads and trails of the upper Yn-Thé dated 1909 and the region above Hanoi). A 3-f. typewritten copy of a letter from Second Lieutenant Braun to Lieutenant Demolle, dated November 9, 1909, in Sontay, bound between pages 204 and 205. Dê-Tham stamp pasted onto the title page for reproduction. Full green morocco binding, the front cover bearing the coat of arms, smooth spine with title running lengthwise, upper edge gilt. Published in 1933, *Hoang Tham, Pirate* depicts the fictionalized life of Hoàng Hoa Thám, better known by the nickname Đề Thám and nicknamed “the Tiger of Yên Thế,” a Vietnamese nationalist who was one of the leaders of the uprising against French colonization in Indochina. Autograph dedication signed by the author on the first flyleaf, dated February 12, 1935: “For Édith Madvig, who sings and enchants.” (scratches, water stains, and soiling on the binding; sun-faded spine; minor repairs and soiling; ink stain on page 196) PROVENANCE Indirect heir of Jean Cocteau, grandson of Edouard Dermit, Jean Cocteau’s last partner, who until 1995 was the legatee of the artist’s estate Appraiser: Nicolas ASVISIO