?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
COLETTE (1873-1954)
Inscribed, first edition of La Seconde, with Olympic provenance.
Paris: J. Ferenzi et fils éditeurs, 1929.
First edition, limited issue, octavo; copy H.C. 340 of 300 copies printed on Scottish Alfa paper numbered H.C. 116 to H.C. 415; inscribed by Colette, "sa vielle amie" to French novelist and Olympic fencer Marcel Boulenger (1873-1932), in black ink on the half-title; bound in three quarter red morocco over marbled boards enhanced with gilt; marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with others uncut; original cream printed wrappers preserved at front and rear (spine lightly sunned); 7 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.
Provenance: Marcel Boulenger (inscription); Alice Kiaer (1893-1967), leader of U.S. Women's Olympic Ski Team and the first U.S. woman to scale the North Face of the Matterhorn (bookplate and penciled ownership inscription) - Champagne Auctions 27 March 2024, Lot 202.
