BARNES (DJUNA) Ryder, FIRST EDITION, second printing, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'To Dolly with [?] admiration & love - Djuna Barnes, Paris 1928' on front free endpaper, spine worn, New York, 1928; Ladies Almanack Showing their Signs and their Tides... Written & Illustrated by a Lady of Fashion, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 798 OF 1050 COPIES, half-title, illustrations, original '798' ticket loosely inserted, publisher's pictorial wrappers, Paris, Printed for the Author, 1928; A Book, FIRST EDITION, printed spine label, spine faded, New York, 1923; Night Wood, FIRST EDITION, dust-jacket (spine faded with loss at head touching one letter), Faber, [1936]; The Antiphon. A Play, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY inscribed 'For Edwin and Willa Muir - with admiration, gratitude & love Djuna Barnes, N.Y. 1958' on front free endpaper, dust-jacket (some age toning), New York, Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, [1958], all but second mentioned publisher's cloth, 8vo; and a portrait photograph of Barnes by 'M. Morehouse, 4 Patchin Place..' (stamped credit on verso), INSCRIBED BY BARNES on the verso 'Djuna Barnes, 5 Patchin Place, NY. II. NY, 1959' [the '5' scuffed], stained, 202 x 128mm., [c.1959] (6) This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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