TERRE, Hélène. Coucou La Goutte plays her Part in the War, [London:] Chatto & Windus, 1942. 8°, plates, most coloured, by the author, original coloured pictorial wrappers (a few spots, foot of backstrip torn with some loss). PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "Pour Violette [Trefusis] qui, chaque semaine, patiement, une ramenait un air du france dans ma tour de Londres. Hélene Terré. 14 Juillet 1942."

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TERRE, Hélène. Coucou La Goutte plays her Part in the War, [London:] Chatto & Windus, 1942. 8°, plates, most coloured, by the author, original coloured pictorial wrappers (a few spots, foot of backstrip torn with some loss). PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "Pour Violette [Trefusis] qui, chaque semaine, patiement, une ramenait un air du france dans ma tour de Londres. Hélene Terré. 14 Juillet 1942."

SITWELL, Edith. Chanson Verte et d' autres Poèmes. Traduits par Marie Laure. Préface de Harold Acton, [Lyon:] Confluences, 1944. 4°, original wrappers printed in green and black, unopened, the upper wrapper inscribed, "Pour Violet [Trefusis], Marie Laure [drawing of a leaf]," and further inscribed, "To Lady Violet Sitwell with deep love, Harold [Acton]."

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Violet's friend Hélène Terré escaped to England to join De Gaulle upon the fall of France. Due to a series of errors she was interned in Holloway prison where Violet visited her frequently. Finally liberated, she joined General de Gaulle and played a significant role in the Free French movement, accompanying the General to Paris upon the liberation.

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