COLETTE (Willy dit). La retraite sentimentale. Paris, Société du Mercure de France, 1907. In-12 bound aubergine half-chagrin with corners, spine ribbed, cold-stamped fillet to boards, gilt head tr., original cover and spine preserved. Binding signed Semet & Plumelle. First edition enriched with a signed autograph letter from Colette to the painter Willy Michel. Good condition, paper oxidized Good condition Binding in very good condition Original cover restored (old tears filled in) Paper evenly and quite markedly oxidised Some pages a little browned Some foxing