1923, ISBN: b1df8665492758158a96bedba0f05163

[SC: 11.66], [PU: New York: Boni & Liveright, 1923], BOOKS LGBTQ+ ILLUSTRATED WOMEN WORKS BY LITERATURE AMERICAN MODERN PLAYS POETRY SHORT STORIES NOISBN, First edition, first printing, o… Mehr…

[SC: 11.66], [PU: New York: Boni & Liveright, 1923], BOOKS LGBTQ+ ILLUSTRATED WOMEN WORKS BY LITERATURE AMERICAN MODERN PLAYS POETRY SHORT STORIES NOISBN, First edition, first printing, of the "first serious Barnes book" (Field, p. 17). This collection of poems, prose, plays, and sketches includes the story "A Night Among the Horses", which made Barnes's name among her expatriate peers in Paris. For this publication, she received her first accusations of lesbianism, which she later memorably denied with the statement, "I'm not a lesbian, I just loved Thelma". The collection was twice reissued with alternative titles and revised content, as A Night Among the Horses (1929) and Spillway (1962). Andrew Field, Djuna: The Life and Times of Djuna Barnes, 1983. Square octavo. Original dark blue boards, paper spine label, bottom edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Frontispiece and 5 plates on grey paper stock after portrait sketches by the author. Rubbing to rear cover, couple of leaves with light foxing; jacket soiled and rubbed, shallow chips to edges, rear spine fold and a few closed tears neatly stabilized in places, not price-clipped: a very good copy in good jacket.<

1983, ISBN: b1df8665492758158a96bedba0f05163

New York: Boni & Liveright,, 1923. First edition, first printing, of the "first serious Barnes book" (Field, p. 17). This collection of poems, prose, plays, and sketches includes the sto… Mehr…

New York: Boni & Liveright,, 1923. First edition, first printing, of the "first serious Barnes book" (Field, p. 17). This collection of poems, prose, plays, and sketches includes the story "A Night Among the Horses", which made Barnes's name among her expatriate peers in Paris. For this publication, she received her first accusations of lesbianism, which she later memorably denied with the statement, "I'm not a lesbian, I just loved Thelma". The collection was twice reissued with alternative titles and revised content, as A Night Among the Horses (1929) and Spillway (1962). Square octavo. Original dark blue boards, paper spine label, bottom edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Frontispiece and 5 plates on grey paper stock after portrait sketches by the author. Rubbing to rear cover, couple of leaves with light foxing; jacket soiled and rubbed, shallow chips to edges, rear spine fold and a few closed tears neatly stabilized in places, not price-clipped: a very good copy in good jacket. Andrew Field, Djuna: The Life and Times of Djuna Barnes, 1983., 1923, 0<

1923, ISBN: b1df8665492758158a96bedba0f05163

First edition of one of Djuna Barnes's lesser known titles, a collection of short stories. Also has 2 illustrations, presumably by Barnes. Clean text and good binding. Spine has stamped… Mehr…

First edition of one of Djuna Barnes's lesser known titles, a collection of short stories. Also has 2 illustrations, presumably by Barnes. Clean text and good binding. Spine has stamped label, also good. Spine cloth slightly faded. Overall, nice clean very good copy. No dj., Boni and Liveright, 1923, 0<