Shadows of Old Paris by Georgie Raoul-Duval (pen name of Jeannie Urquhart, 1866 - 1913), Illustrations by J. Gavin.
Inscribed, signed by author, Georgie Raoul-Duval (1847-1913) to Arthur Brentano Sr., president of Brentanos Inc., at the time, the largest bookseller in the world.
First Edition by Francis Griffiths, London, 1910. Inserted an original 1910 review from Daily Telegraph, London.
Georgie Raoul-Duval (born Jeannie Urquhart, also known as George Duval or George Daring), was a French writer of American descent. She is best known for her erotic relationship with the writer Colette and her husband Willy, Henry Gauthier-Villars (1859-1931). Colette's first lesbian lover, Georgie Raoul-Duval, would later be the model for the mother in Jean Cocteau’s novel Les Parents Terribles.
Under the pen name G.R. Duval, she published 3 books. Shadows of Old Paris, 1910, described Paris for Americans. In the Sand, 1912 was inspired by the Sahara journey. Little Miss, an Unfinished Story was published posthumously in 1914.
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873 - 1954), known as Colette, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist.
Colette fictionalized Georgie as the Austrian girl Rezi in Claudine En Menage, the 3rd of her Claudine series, and as Suzy in La Retraite Sentimentale in 1907. Edouard Bourdet depicted her as Madame dAiguines in his 1926 play La Prisonerniere. In the 2018 film Colette, Jeannie Urquhart was played by Eleanor Tomlinson.

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