Mes apprentissages - Exemplaire de Valentine Hugo

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.