Barnes, Djuna

Ryder

New York: Horace Liveright, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition of Barnes' experimental novel. Damaged jacket with heavily faded spine and losses, old tape repair on verso. Blue boards. Top stain faded. Laid in newspaper clipping of a contemporary review from Gretchen Mount of the Detroit Free Press. The clipping has left a shadow on the front endpapers and the front flap of the jacket. Old Detroit booksellers label "The Sign of the Mermaid" on front fixed endpaper. Pages faintly toned. xi, [1], 323, [1]pp. 6 x 8.5" Very Good / Fair. Item #2026-S151

Price: $250.00