COLETTE. The Obstruction. Roman. Paris: Librairie des Lettres, 1913. - In-12, 182 x 116: (4 ff. 2 first blanks), 307 pp., (2 ff. blanks), printed cover. Emerald morocco, double framed with seven and two gilt fillets on the flats, spine ribbed with multiple gilt fillets, edge-to-edge lining and taupe box guards, gilt edges on witnesses, preserved cover and spine, blue morocco overlapping shirt and bands , case (Semet and Plumelle). Original edition . "The novel The Obstacle tells the sequel to The Wanderer. The tone is different: Colette had meanwhile married Henry de Jouvenel in 1912 and their daughter was born in 1913; in L'Étoile Vesper, she recounts with humour the adventures of the composition: "The child and the novel were running me over, and La Vie Parisienne, which published my unfinished novel as a serial, was gaining speed. The child showed that he came first, and I screwed on the cap of my pen. Colette will a posteriori make severe remarks on this novel, denouncing the "narrow end", the "diminished heroes", the "blessing tone": perhaps she did not appreciate the turnaround... of Renée Néré" (Les Amis de Colette website ). One of 130 numbered copies on Dutch Van Gelder tinted paper . Very nice copy in a double binding with Semet et Plumelle.