Lot no. 112
COLETTE. My apprenticeships. Ce que Claudine n'a pas dit. [Paris], Ferenczi, In-8, black morocco, decorated with multiple horizontal bands of gilt or silver dotted lines of various sizes, smooth spine decorated with a vertical line of gilt dotted lines, gilt dotted fillet inside, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine, slipcase (J. Anthoine Legrain). First edition illustrated with 32 full-page photographs printed on sixteen plates outside the text.
One of 100 copies on Van Gelder hollande, in this case one of 25 reserved for members of the Cercle lyonnais.
In this autobiographical work, Colette recounts the thirteen years of her marriage to Henry Gauthier-Villars, known as Willy, who died in 1931, and the circumstances of her emancipation.
Fléty, 12 - Devauchelle III, 243 - Peyré, 191.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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