A Book [Together with]

£275 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

The second edition of 'Nightwood' includes an introduction by T.S Eliot. He praised it 'for it's great achievement of style, the beauty of phrasing, the brilliance of wit and characterisation, and a quality of horror and doom very nearly related to Elizabethan tragedy.' The German language edition is an essay by Barnes about the role of women in society First editions, with the exception of Night Wood, a second edition and Solange es Frauen gibt, an early edition; 5 volumes; The Antiphon: 8vo (227 x 147mm); publisher's purple cloth with gilt lettering to spine, unclipped dust-jacket, which is slightly toned. Spillway: (205 x 140mm); publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, unclipped dust-jacket, mild creases to surface area, spotting only to front end paper. A Book: 8vo (200 x 155mm); six plates from the author's own drawings, publisher's black cloth, title in caption to spine. Nightwood: 8vo (212 x 140mm); publisher's lilac cloth with gilt lettering to spine, unclipped dust jacket. Solange es Frauen gibt: small 8vo (210 x 170mm); photographs and other illustrations in black white; publisher's red cloth with laminated photograph depicting author to upper board, all in very good condition.

• Binding: Hardcover

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