CLAUDINE A L'ECOLE, CLAUDINE A PARIS, CLAUDINE EN MENAGE, CLAUDINE S'EN VA

Paris: Editions Albin Michel, 1960. Hardcover. Near fine. Each volume is limited to 3,000 numbered copies, selected for friends of the Club International du Livre. The complete Claudine series, originally published between 1901 and 1904. Among the most autobiographical of Colette's works, these four novels are dominated by the child-woman Claudine, whose strength, humor, and zest for living make her seem almost a symbol for the life force. Features colorful illustrations and binding designs by Dr. Claude-Michel Grosjean. Octavo, four volumes. Full blue leatherette bindings, with decorative gilt stamping. The spines are a touch faded; else a near fine set. Housed in the publisher's slipcases. (Inventory #: 76182)