
First edition on ordinary paper, with a press copy punch mark at the foot of the rear wrapper.
Green half morocco with corners, spine faded, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesques incorporating red morocco onlays, gilt fillet borders to the marbled paper boards, slightly faded at the edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, two bookplates affixed to one pastedown. Binding signed by Le Douarin.
Signed autograph inscription from Colette to her friend Andrée Laferté.
Our copy is further enriched with an autograph postcard from Colette to her friend André Laferté, mounted on a stub at the beginning of the volume, announcing her forthcoming visit to Paris.