COLETTE. - Lot 131

COLETTE. Œuvres complètes. Paris: Le Fleuron, Flammarion, [1948-1950]. - 15 volumes in-8, dark green half-chagrin with corners, ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Le Douarin). First collective edition, partly original; the collections "Autres bêtes", "A portée de la main" and "Mélanges" appear here for the first time. One of 5,300 numbered copies on Guyenne laid paper, this being one of 300 on this paper printed for the author and her friends. Colette's handsome autograph letter on the false title of the first volume: "à // Michel Génin, // en souvenir d'une // vieille dame arthritique // (mais encore très gentil // dans ses bons jours!) // Colette " Spines faded, many wear and tear marks.