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1929125 x 190 mm

FIRST EDITION.
ONE OF 25 NUMBERED EXEMPLIES on Madagascar signed by the author.

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FIRST EDITION.

ONE OF 25 EXEMPLAIRES numbered on Madagascarthe most limited edition.
Printed especially for the members of the Nice bibliophile society and signed by Colette on the title page. This is Mr de Caunes' copy.

(Total edition 50 copies on Japon super nacré, 110 copies on Japon impérial, 290 copies on Hollande, 435 copies on Pur-fil, 535 copies on vélin Bibliophile, 2300 copies on Alfa d'Écosse, 200 copies on Simili Japon for the author and 25 copies on Madagascar for members of the Société des Bibliophiles de Nice).

Paris,Ferenczi,1929. Softcover125 x 190 mm,270 pp.

Light spotting throughout.

Bio

Gabrielle-Sidonie Colette

Born on 28 January 1873 in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye (Yonne) - died on 3 August 1954 in Paris. Mime, actress and journalist, a French woman of letters known above all as a novelist, Colette was after Judith Gautier in 1910, the second woman elected member of the Goncourt academy in 1945, of which she became president between 1949 and 1954.

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