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Nightwood (NC 11)
by Djuna Barnes
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Cottage Grove, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Tight, square spine. Former owner name and seller sticker to front flyleaf, but interior is else clean and unmarked. Only very light shelf-wear to the book. Jacket has some edge-wear and a few small chips. Barnes drafted this roman à clef in the summer of 1932 during a stay at Peggy Guggenheim's Devonshire manor, using the working title, Bow Down, as she fictionalized the exploits of her real-life bohemian compatriots. Later that year she would travel to Morocco with Charles Henri Ford, who helped her type an early version of the manuscript. This beautiful New Classics Series edition (NC 11) features olive-colored full buckram boards, a jacket by quintessential mid-century modernist Alvin Lustig, and an intro by T. S. Eliot, who, as an editor at Faber and Faber, helped the book see publication. 170 pp. Featured Rare & Collectible.
Synopsis
Nightwood is a 1936 novel by Djuna Barnes first published in London by Faber and Faber. An edition published in the United States in 1937 by Harcourt, Brace included an introduction by T. S. Eliot.. Author Charles Henri Ford typed an early version of the manuscript for Barnes during the summer of 1932, and it took Barnes several years to find a publisher. Nightwood is one of the first lesbian novels (or, for that matter, homosexual novels) to be published.
Reviews
On Feb 6 2012, TheObservatory said:
If you are fascinated by the 1920s and the intellectuals dwelling therein, this will make a wonderful read for you.It is also amusing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Goodbar Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 931678
- Title
- Nightwood (NC 11)
- Author
- Djuna Barnes
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Goodbar Books
Biblio member since 2021
Cottage Grove, Oregon
About Goodbar Books
New, used, and collectible books in historic downtown Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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