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an open book with writing on it sitting on a tablea brown book sitting on top of a table next to a white wallan open book sitting on top of a table next to a cup of coffeean open book sitting on top of a table next to a cup of coffee
Daguerre Savoie

134 - Gyp (pen name of the Countess of Martel de Janville, née Syb…
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Gyp (pen name of the Countess of Martel de Janville, née Sybille Riquetti de Mirabeau) - *Les amoureux* – A long, handwritten, autograph comic dedication signed by the author to her doctor on the half-title page: ‘This is so that you may read only the first chapter, “Love Through the Ages”, because Jules Lemaitre and Anatole France… that is what Gyp did best’. Félix Juven, undated (1902), first edition. In-12 format comprising 270 pages. Bound in full brown sheepskin, with a red title label; covers preserved with a small trace of adhesive tape, in good condition. Note: Gyp, the pen name of the Countess of Martel de Janville, née Sybille Riquetti de Mirabeau, was a French playwright, novelist and salon hostess, 1849–1932. She published over 120 works, many of which were successful. Gyp delightfully satirises the high society of which she was a part. She created characters who remain archetypes: the spoilt child, the precocious schoolgirl, the young wife...
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About the sale AUTOGRAPHS & BOOKS
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Auction time 09/06/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 88412510
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