COLETTE, Sidonie-Gabrielle — AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
n.p.. A one-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, unusually, as "Colette Willy," written in French in purple ink to an unknown recipient on black-bordered mourning stationery (4-1/2" x 7"). "Willy" was the pen name of Colette's first husband, Henry Gauthier-Villars, an author of whom she said she would never have become a writer but for him. Colette (1873-1954) was a French author and woman of letters, best known for her 1944 novella GIGI.. A couple of minor smears; crease from mailing. Very Good