COLETTE - Ces plaisirs. (Inscribed by the author).

Paris, J. Ferenczi & Fils, 1932. Rebound in boards using the original upper cover. 256 p. Printed in 1470 numbered copies. Édition originale (1st edition). With a tiny bookbinder's mark ('J. Bergkamp/ Zwolle'). Traces of reading and some notes about persons in the book by the dedicatee on the last page. One of 1050 printed 'sur vélin bibliophile'. With a handwritten dedication by the author on the halftitle: 'à mon excellent confrère/ J. Premsela,/ amical souvenir/ Colette'. The Dutchman Martin J. Premsela was a teacher of French in Zwolle but also an untiring translator, a champion of French literature into Dutch. He usually had his books bound for ready use by a simple Dutch bookbinder. This book by Colette treats various kinds of love, especially homosexuality. It mentions a.o. Renée Vivien and the Ladies of Llangollen.