The Flower Beneath the Foot.

London, UK Duckworth, 1929. Hardcover Second Edition (1929). First published by Grant Richards in 1923. Very Good: shows rubbing to the head and heel of the backstrip, which also shows sun-blanching to the blue cloth background field (the gilt titles thereon remain bold and clearly legible); a little sunning to the top and bottom edges of the front panel as well; a little foxing to the outside edges and endpapers; the binding is square and secure; text clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A carefully-used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and some cosmetic imperfections. A stiff vinyl plastic protective cover has been placed over the book, which shows some chips at the top edges and heavy rubbing. It has done it's work in protecting the book but does not at this point enhance its attracdtiveness. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.75 x 0.65 inches). 136 pages. Language: English. Weight: 10.5 ounces. "Being a Record of the Early Life of St. Laura de Nazianzi and the Times in Which She Lived". Blue cloth over boards with gilt titles at the backstrip. Hardback: Lacks DJ. 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'