Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo
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COLETTE Sidonie Gabrielle, known as COLETTE (1873–1954)
Chér…
See original version (French)
21
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COLETTE Sidonie Gabrielle, known as COLETTE (1873–1954)
Chér…
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
COLETTE Sidonie Gabrielle, known as COLETTE (1873–1954)
Chéri
Bibliothèque Grasset, 1920, Paris.
First edition, inscribed on the title page; one of five hundred numbered copies on pure rag paper, A 371.
Foxing, water stains.
Included is an autographed card signed by the author, and two autographed letters signed by Henry Gauthier-Villars, known as Willy.
Transcriptions (original spelling retained):
‘Dear friend, how late I am in replying to you and thanking you! I do so with a contrite and very friendly heart,
Colette’
‘Dear Madam,
Could you let me know if my great friend Jean Bernard is in Paris? I wrote to him from the Conservatoire but received no reply, so I ? Out in the countryside, … which must be covered in roses!
Yours respectfully devoted
Willy
Hotel Hespera
149 avenue de Suffren”
“Dear Sir,
I’d be delighted to meet on Tuesday. Yours most cordially
Willy”
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
About the sale
Antique and 19th-century paintings, Drawings, Furniture, Works of art, Silverware, Books
Auction location
Auction time
06/24/2026 at 2:30 PM
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