COLETTE (inscribed to Valentine HUGO)
Mes apprentissages - Exemplaire de Valentine Hugo
[My Apprenticeships – Copy from Valentine Hugo’s library]
J. Ferenczi & fils|Paris 1936|14.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in navy blue half box, smooth spine lettered in gilt, patterned paper boards, covers preserved (the front with a skilfully executed marginal restoration) along with the spine, binding signed Boichot.
A few marginal tears restored without loss.
Illustrated with photographic plates.
Precious signed autograph presentation inscription from Colette to Valentine Hugo, painter and muse of the Surrealists: "Pour Valentine Hugo, beau nom, beau visage, - l'âme a suivi".
Colette, by then an emancipated woman, recounts her life with Willy. The captions to the photographic reproductions are biting with irony.
Bradel binding in navy blue half box, smooth spine lettered in gilt, patterned paper boards, covers preserved (the front with a skilfully executed marginal restoration) along with the spine, binding signed Boichot.
A few marginal tears restored without loss.
Illustrated with photographic plates.
Precious signed autograph presentation inscription from Colette to Valentine Hugo, painter and muse of the Surrealists: "Pour Valentine Hugo, beau nom, beau visage, - l'âme a suivi".
Colette, by then an emancipated woman, recounts her life with Willy. The captions to the photographic reproductions are biting with irony.
€1,700