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COLETTE WILLY. The Wanderer. Novel. Paris, Librairie...

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COLETTE WILLY. The Wanderer. Novel. Paris, Librairie Paul Ollendorff, s. d. [1910]. In-12, jansenist black morocco, spine gilt, green moire lining and endpapers, cover preserved, case (P. Goudon). ORIGINAL EDITION. ONE OF THE FIVE HEADER EXAMPLES ON JAPAN, THIS ONE N° 1, bearing on the false-title this SENDING FROM COLETTE "to my beloved Missy who alone could retain and fix forever "the Vagabond" Colette Willy". Under the name of MISSY, Colette's great friend, Sophie Mathilde Adèle Denise de MORNY (1863-1944), the last daughter of Napoleon III's half-brother, is recognized.