signed first edition Letter
n.d · n.p.
by COLETTE, Sidonie-Gabrielle
n.p., n.d. Letter. A couple of minor smears; crease from mailing. Very Good. A one-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, unusually, as "Colette Willy," written in French in purple ink to an unknown recipient on black-bordered mourning stationery (4-1/2" x 7"). "Willy" was the pen name of Colette's first husband, Henry Gauthier-Villars, an author of whom she said she would never have become a writer but for him. Colette (1873-1954) was a French author and woman of letters, best known for her 1944 novella GIGI. (Inventory #: 021794)
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