COLETTE (1873-1954). 5 L.A.S. "Colette Willy" or "Colette de - Lot 226

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COLETTE (1873-1954). 5 L.A.S. "Colette Willy" or "Colette de - Lot 226
COLETTE (1873-1954). 5 L.A.S. "Colette Willy" or "Colette de Jouvenel", Paris 1907-[early 1920s]; 5 pages and a half in various formats, 2 Le Matin headings, one envelope. Enclosed are two dried flowers pressed against a sheet of letterhead from 9 rue de Beaujolais; an l.a.s. from Willy to Curnonsky, evoking Colette; an l.a.s. from Henri Lavedan to Colette; a fragment of a letter from a friend evoking his article "Bêtes amies"; a long l.a.s. from his daughter Colette de Jouvenel on her relationship with her mother (1976); and an l.a.s. from Pauline Tissandier . 44 rue de Villejust 18 February 1907, to Alfred Vallette, about La Retraite sentimentale (Mercure de France, 1907). She asks at what time "I do the service in your offices" on Thursday. "You speak that I will remind Mendes of his promise to Rachilde. Good tobacco, if he talks about the Retreat...". 57 rue Cortambert [1911-1914], at the same address. Gémier needs a "Dialogues de Bêtes", I don't have one either, how can I do it? Will your printer deign to print something? We "play" the dialogue on the 29th at the Antoine, Gémier et Suz theatre. Desprès want to rehearse it this week, I really look like a gourd " ... [November 1921], to a friend. "L'Ermite proposes, as title and subtitle L'Envers du Monde. Mœurs de la Cour et de la ville sous la République. [...] Chéri's first pains at the scene drive me crazy, - and Jouvenel sends me to the Landru trial!!!! "... [March 7, 1922], to Haydée Magnus-Level, inviting her to come and see her in the Morning: "I will be delighted to see you again"... [Early 1920s], to a friend. "Quickly, quickly, dear friend, do not arbitrate before having read the works of Elissa Rhaïs! I urge you, but not as a friendly favour. It is only a matter of fairness "...
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