THE BOOK OF REPULSIVE WOMEN

by Djuna Barnes, Hans Mayer

$600 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix · No longer available

n.p. : Hans Meyer , circa 1972 . Handmade artist-book transcription of the 1948 chapbook reprint suppressed by Barnes of her first book — a landmark of lesbian verse — lovingly recreated with collaged elements by the German critic Hans Mayer for presentation to Barnes. Near fine. Item #50616 Originally published in 1915, Barnes later dismissed and tried to suppress later editions of REPULSIVE WOMEN.

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