Complete Short Stories

Elmwood Park, IL: Dalkey Archive Press. Near Fine. 1991. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Paperback. First Edition Thus (1991) so stated. This is, however, a REMAINDER showing a small dot at the bottom edge of the text block. Else, Near Fine in Wraps: shows a hint of wear to the extremities and the very mildest rubbing to the panels; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the mildest wear and minor, unobtrusive imperfections and of course the remainder mark. Bright and clean. Very close to "As New". NOT a Book-Club or Ex-Library. 8vo (8.5 x 5.5 x 0.55 inches) . Portriat photographs of the author at the front and rear panels. Language: English. Weight: 8.8 ounces. Earliest copyright is 1962. Paperback. Ronald Firbank (1886 – 1926) was an innovative British novelist. His eight short novels, partly inspired by the London aesthetes of the 1890s, especially Oscar Wilde, consist largely of dialogue, with references to religion, social-climbing, and sexuality. The Flower Beneath The Foot (1923) , the setting is an imaginary country somewhere in the Balkans. The characters include the King and Queen, sundry high-born ladies about the Court, and the usual attendant chorus of priests and nuns. His novels have been championed by many English novelists including E. M. Forster, Evelyn Waugh, Alan Hollinghurst and Simon Raven. The poet W. H. Auden praised him highly. Susan Sontag named his novels as part of "the canon of camp" in her 1964 essay "Notes on 'Camp'; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 170 pages .