Francoise Sagan — Dear Sarah Bernhardt the Leash

London, Macmillan, 1989; 1991. First edition. Cloth. A very smart pair of very scarce first English language and first UK editions respectively, in original unclipped dust wrappers. A very smart pair of very scarce first editions by prolific French author Francoise Sagan - 'Dear Sarah Bernhardt' being a first English language edition, and 'The Leash' being a first UK edition.Featuring the creative semi-biographical title, 'Dear Sarah Bernhardt', which is comprised of fictionalised correspondence between Sagan and French stage actress Sarah Bernhardt, who had died in 1923, before Sagan was born.Both titles in original, unclipped dust wrappers. Bound in original cloth. In original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, in lovely condition. very slight bumping to head and tail. Small mark to vol2 front joint head. Dust wrappers very smart, with the odd small spot to reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Slight strain to vol2 front hinge between front blanks and title page. Pages generally bright and clean. The odd spot to text block edges. Slight dusting to top edges. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.