The tendrils of the vine

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Les vrilles de la vigne

1908115 x 187 mm

FIRST EDITION
with an autograph letter signed by Colette

Reserved

Description

FIRST EDITION. 
Copy of the current print run

At the top is a short autograph letter signed addressed to Gyp, Countess of Martel, mentioning the end of the writing of Chéri (1920):

"I don't have any other papers to hand Countess, and I'm dead tired, having stayed up 14 nights to complete (that's the right word) this galopin de Chéri. All you have to do is ask for seats at the ticket office; they'll be there tomorrow evening. And then, come for lunch this Sunday, Countess, inaccessible to years, surprising, Countess. Love to you. Colette."

Good amateur binding.

Paris,Editions de la Vie parisienne,Undated [1908].In-12, Bound,115 x 187 mm,224 pp.

Modern binding. Caramel half-chagrin with corners, spine ribbed, gilt title, cover boards preserved. Spine faded.

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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