La petite bijou

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy despite very small stains to right margin of front cover and left margin of rear cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Patrick Modiano to the director, playwright and writer Simone Benmussa and her partner, the actress Erika Kralik.
Literary advisor to the Jean-Louis Barrault - Madeleine Renaud Company, then, in 1957, editor-in-chief of the Cahiers Renaud-Barrault, Simone Benmussa also directed, from the Odéon theatre, the cultural service and the Cahiers of the Renaud-Barrault company. She adapted for the theatre works by her friend Nathalie Sarraute, Pierre Klossowski, Jean Cocteau, Gertrude Stein... She was the partner of the actress Erika Kralik.