First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy. A light tear at foot of spine, front cover with small marginal stains. Autograph inscription dated and signed by Jean Pierre Dorian to Carlo Rimand his wife who had taken the pen name Caro Canaille. Carlo Rim, author of "Ma belle Marseille", was a Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker and friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob.