COLETTE Three signed autograph letters 1914 7 pages WWI

  
Drawing and signed autograph poem to his muse - Le Pas Sage Bookstore. 3 signed autograph letters to Jane Pierly. "My Bel-Gazou finds all this natural, she walks, she talks, she is intelligent and magnificent, she calls all the soldiers passing by: "My uncle!" A long and beautiful letter sent at the beginning of the world conflict while her husband, Henry de Jouvenel - Sidi is in Verdun - November 26, 1914 (postmark) - 5 pages in-12, envelope preserved. My dear Jane, your letter brought me great joy. The writing of this will be ugly because I have been in bed for two and a half days, with a pulmonary emphysema crisis. I won't say more! That's what happens when you step out, at dusk, from an overheated hospital! I avoid chest congestion, but it’s pure luck. Anyway, I’m crocheting in my bed, covering myself with cupping glasses and ridiculous things to heal quickly. Just think, if Sidi could come for 48 hours to Chalon sur Marne, and I could join them! I can’t think about anything else, it doesn’t take much for me to be happy. It’s been 102 days since I last saw him. For the cover, it’s thick snow wool; the stitch is simply a half-bar, but without turning the work, you break the wool at each end, and all four sides are covered by the silk lining (rather soft liberty satin) that is folded over and sewn like this: [sketched diagram].

(I draw without pretension, but it’s a quick sketch). I saw Armand this morning, our former wounded driver, (bullet in the thigh) healed, limping a bit; he is being sent back to Dixmude.

Have you read Annie de Pène's journey? This little brat, with no other papers than a letter from Couyba for the prefect of the North - who has been missing for two months!

- went to throw herself right into the fire. I think that’s very good. You'll be back in 15 days?

If you only knew how much we need our friends! My daughter just arrived in Castel-Novel, my mother-in-law kindly went to pick her up by car, they had a bumpy and long trip, but my Bel-Gazou finds all that natural, she walks, she talks, she is intelligent and magnificent, she calls all the soldiers passing by: My uncle! If Sidi could see her! I embrace you with all my heart, my dear Jane, kiss Jean for me, with all the affection I hold for you/him.

Letter on blue paper, letterhead from 69, boulevard Suchet. My dear Jane, don’t try to make me believe in my power or my diplomacy: Your letter spoke much better than I could. I have the reward without having had the trouble, and here I am face to face with charming flowers, chosen by a woman of taste. I embrace you very affectionately, always your old friend. Dear Jane, Sorry for the delay! I had the flu and was working despite the flu. I embrace you with all my heart. Born on January 28, 1873, in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye (Yonne) - died on August 3, 1954, in Paris. Mime, actress, and journalist, a French woman of letters best known as a novelist, Colette was the second woman elected as a member of the Académie Goncourt in 1945 after Judith Gautier in 1910, of which she became president from 1949 to 1954.