SECRETS OF THE FLESH A Life of Colette by Thurman, Judith - 1999

Good.

London, Bloomsbury, 1999. Hard Cover. xix, 592 pagess, [24] pages of plates, 24 cm. "Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette was the twentieth century's first modern woman." Stock#31,108. Fine/ dj fine

Fourth printing, in the publisher's original brown cloth-backed boards, octavo, pp. xix, 592 + [8]. Black and white illustrations.

London England: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. Paperback. Secrets of the Flesh. A Life of Colette. Crease to corner front cover. She arrived in Paris around 1900 as the provincial child bride of a notroious rake and brilliant literary impresario, Willy. She ran off with a woman lover and embarked on a flamboyant stage career. She bared her breast to raucous applause in the French musioc hall. She deservidly built a reputation for hugely popular fiction, drama, memoir, criticism and scandal. She was the first woman to report from the font lines at Worl War I. She edited the literary pages of a major daily. At forty, she had her only (much neglected) child. At forty-seven she seduced her stepson. Until her death in 1954 she continued to rewrite the rules of loving, working and ageing, never ceasing to shock and disarm her public. Illustrated. 597 pp. . Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 2000.

Ballantine. Collectible Very Good. 1999. First Printing. Soft Cover. (W134) .

Ballantine. Collectible - Good. 2000. First Edition First Printing. Soft Cover. 0345371038 (I135) .

Bloomsbury Pub Ltd. Near Fine. 2000. Paperback. 0747548439 . An oversize Trade Paperback in Near Fine condition. A sound binding, bright & unmarked pages. An uncreased spine with a crease to the front cover top corner. Black & white photos, Notes, Bibliography, & Indexed. "Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette was this century's first modern woman. She was one of the first women to report from the front lines of World War I. In 1935, a readers' poll named Colette the greatest living master of French prose. Until her death in 1954, she continues to rewrite the rule for loving, working, and ageing." ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 592 pages .