GUITRY (SACHA).

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GUITRY (SACHA).
Petite Hollande, comedy in three acts. Preface by M. Octave Mirbeau. Le Cocuit qui faillit tout gâter (The Cuckold who almost spoiled everything), a short act in verse. Paris, P.-V. Stock, 1908. In-12, burgundy morocco, jansenist, spine with gilt title, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine, case (Modern binding). First edition. One of 7 copies on hollande, numbered and initialled by the publisher, the only one in large paper. Beautiful autograph letter from Guitry to Octave Mirbeau on the false title: Monsieur Mirbeau, By the beautiful pages that precede it you have given this [Petite Hollande] fugitive an unhoped-for value, and when I have told you once again how much I love and admire you, all that will remain is for me to deserve, one day, your praise, Sacha Guitry Octave Mirbeau greatly appreciated Sacha Guitry's spirit, his kindness and his humour, and saw in him a possible renovator of the old, crusty theatre. He relentlessly encouraged his friend and agreed to write the preface to his Petite Hollande. From the libraries of Octave Mirbeau (I, 1919, n°860) and Jean-Claude Delauney (2018, n°134).
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