Description
FIRST EDITIONS of the two volumes written under the name of Willy, later brought together in a new version, signed Colette Willy, under the title The Libertine Ingenue (1909).
- MinneParis: Ollendorff, 1904. ONE OF THE 50 NUMBERED COPIES ON HOLLANDThis is the only paperback edition.
copy with an autograph letter signed by Henry de Régnier to Henry Gauthier-Vilard - Willy about the book:
"My dear friend
The day before yesterday you sent me a very amusing article, and yesterday I received your novel! Thank you twice, I'll be happy to read Minne. It's hard to get back to writing after two months of laziness. Finally... I would like you to pay my respects to Mme Colette, to whom my wife sends her fondest memories, and to believe me most cordially, your Henri de Régnier. "
- Les égarements MinneParis, Ollendorff, 1905. ONE OF THE 50 NUMBERED COPIES ON HOLLANDThis is the only paperback edition.
copy with an autograph letter signed by Henry Gauthier-Vilard - Willy to Pierre Mortier about the book:
"My dear Mortier
[...] Your friend Dhasty told you about Minne's Wanderings. He's bragging. Only three people know about it, Colette, Polaire and me. I am mistaken: a fourth reader has had the proofs in his hands, Gustave Lyon, director of the Pleyel publishing house; I owed him this courtesy, having featured him in the novel".
Charming Bradel-style half binding in long-grained red and black morocco.
Bindings from the first half of the 20th century. Bradel-style long-grain half-maroquin, smooth spines, gilt title, cover and spine preserved.