A Night Among the Horses by Barnes, Djuna - 1929

New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. The first novel by Djuna Barnes (1892-1982). Barnes, a poet, playwright, and artist, was a member of the Parisian modernist group that included Joyce and Stein. Now a bit of a lesbian icon, her literary reputation was made seven years later with "Nightwood." This is a Very Good copy, lacking a dustjacket. Orange paper-covered boards with a black cloth spine. Clean text; 257 pages, with two pages of poetry as a coda at the end. Contemporary (dated 1929) inscriptions and a small label on the FFEP. Light soiling and very mildly bumped. The original lettering on the spine is faint, and there are two small tears at the edges. Still, a solid copy if not a beautiful one, and uncommon today. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. Hardcover. viii, 259p., first revised edition of "A Book" wear to the corner edges and very light dust soiling to top edge otherwise a very good first edition in black quarter-cloth over orange boards, gilt titles on spine still quite bright and readable, clear mylar jacket added. Messerli 5. A revised edition of Barnes' second book and first full-length publication by a major publishing house, "A Book" published in 1923 includes plays, short stories and poems and adds three more stories but does not include the illustrations from the original. Grier A* B* C**.