Levallois-Perret

Autograph letter signed by Maurice Ravel, 3 pages on a bifolium with letterhead of the Hotel de l'Ile de France, with his autograph address at the end of the letter "11 rue Chevallier Levallois (Seine)"
Transverse folds inherent to posting.
Superb letter from Ravel with contrasted and incisive handwriting, in which he hastily postpones a concert appointment.

"Chère Madame,
Mille excuses pour le malentendu qui est de ma faute, sans doute.
Je ne me souvenais pas du tout que vous n'étiez pas libre ce soir. Si vous l'êtes demain samedi, j'en serais heureux. J'ai couru à Châtelet et suis parvenu à faire changer le jour pou

First edition printed in 70 numbered copies on laid Holland paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Grisélidis Real, writer, painter and prostitute, is a great romantic figure of the late twentieth century. A lover, militant, fighter and poet, she upset the customs of Geneva society. She is now buried in the Cemetery of the Kings in Geneva between Jean Calvin and Jorge Luis Borgès.
Nice copy.
Rare autograph dedication signed Grisélidis Réal: "For Marie Chatelain, in memory of a friend I loved as a sister, Cécile Buhler, so artist, so alive and so beautiful, always present in our hearts Grisiledis Real."

first edition for which it was not taken from large papers.
Autograph signed by Maurice Rajfus to Pierre Dumayet.
Pleasant copy.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, olive shagreen title-label enhanced with gilt fillets and dots, author's name in burgundy shagreen, navy embossed paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
Signed autograph inscription by Alfred Le Petit, the dedicatee's name has been cut out.
Bookseller's label pasted below the autograph inscription.
Text and illustrations by the author.
Rare publication fiercely anticlerical and "anti-hagiographical".
Handsome copy.