RHYS (JEAN) The Left Bank & Others Stories... with a Preface by Ford Madox Ford, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR 'For John [Byrne] from Jean Rhys. Devon, August 15th '76' on the half-title, yellow cloth with spine label printed in black and yellow, dust-jacket with illustration on upper cover, unclipped with price '7s. 6d. net', spine soiled with slight wear at ends, 8vo, Jonathan Cape, [1927] Footnotes: FIRST EDITION IN VERY RARE DUST-JACKET OF JEAN RHYS' FIRST PUBLISHED BOOK, inscribed by her in later life from her home in Devon. Sub-titled as 'Sketches and studies of present-day Bohemian Paris' on the upper cover, Ford Madox Ford wrote in the preface that 'Miss Rhys's work seems to me so very good, so vivid, so extraordinarily distinguished by the rendering of passion, and so true, that I wish to be connected with it'. 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