The Flower Beneath the Foot

by Firbank, Ronald

John Mortimer is a playwright, novelist, and former practicing barrister who has written many film scripts as well as stage, radio, and television plays, the Rumpole plays, for which he received the British Academy Writer of the Year Award, and the adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. He is the author of twelve collections of Rumpole stories and three acclaimed volumes of autobiography.

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THE FLOWER BENEATH THE FOOT: BEING A RECORD OF THE EARLY LIFE OF ST. LAURA DE NAZIANZI AND THE TIMES IN WHICH SHE LIVED

THE FLOWER BENEATH THE FOOT: BEING A RECORD OF THE EARLY LIFE OF ST. LAURA DE NAZIANZI AND THE TIMES IN WHICH SHE LIVED

by Firbank, Ronald

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London: Grant Richards Ltd, 1923. First Edition. Sharp copy of Firbank's absurd and flamboyant court satire, set on the eve of a royal wedding. "It creates its own court in the Kingdom of Pisuerga, complete with royal household, during a state visit from the rulers of the Land of Dates. Within this environment Laura de Nazianzi reluctantly enters a… Read more about this item
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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… Read more about this item
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THE FLOWER BENEATH THE FOOT,; being a record of the early life of St. Laura de Nazianzi and the times in which she lived

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NY: Brentano's, 1924. First edn. 8vo, Pp. 229. Little soiled black cloth. Portrait of Firbank on the titlepage by Wyndham Lewis. (not in Morrow and Lafourcade).
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New York: Brentano's. 1924. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Good in boards. First US Edition. Includes a three page Introduction by the author specially written for this edition. .
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THE FLOWER BENEATH THE FOOT

by Ronald Firbank

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The Flower Beneath the Foot - being a record of the early life of St. Laura de Nazianzi and the times in which she lived.

by Firbank, Ronald.

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Grant Richards. London. 1923. First edition.. Hardback.. Black and White frontispiece. Very Good-, without dust jacket. (chip from rear free end-paper; owner's bookplate)
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London: Grant Richards, 1923. First Edition. John, Augustus. 8vo, pp. 224. Black cloth stamped in gilt. With portraits by Augustus John and Wyndham Lewis. Owner's bookplate on flyleaf. Some slight foxing, a few pencil markings, o/w VG.
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Flower Beneath the Foot: Being a Record of the Early Life of St. Laura De Nazianzi and the Times in Which She Lived (Classic Reprint)

by Firbank, Ronald

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1924
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New York: Brentanos. Good with no dust jacket. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. As is. .
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The Flower Beneath the Foot

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1924
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3 pp. facsimile manuscript. 229 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
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New York: Brentano's, 1924. First American edition. 3 pp. facsimile manuscript. 229 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Spine of dust jacket just a little darkened and just slightly chipped at spine ends, else fine. First American edition. 3 pp. facsimile manuscript. 229 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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London: Grant Richards, 1923. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. C.R.W. Nevinson. 8vo. Minor foxing on edges and interior; slight wear to cloth edges. Dj front panel clean and bright with the artwork of Christopher R.W. Nevinson (1889-1946), surface wear to hinges of spine, with some paper loss along one quarter rear hinge, spine extremities and corners with… Read more about this item
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Flower Beneath the Root

by Ronald Firbank

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1924
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Brentanos, 1924. First Edition, first printing. Very good+ in black cloth with gilt lettering. Tears and chips around edges of dust jacket. Otherwise very good.
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The Flower Beneath the Foot

by Ronald Firbank

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1940
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DUCKWORTH, 1940. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. This is the 1929 printing. The binding suffers moderate loosening due to age and wear,… Read more about this item
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The Flower beneath the Foot (Penguin modern classics)

by Ronald Firbank

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April 1987
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NY: Penguin Books, 1986. 128pp. Photos on request.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Flower Beneath the Foot

by FIRBANK, RONALD

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The Flower Beneath the Foot - Being a Record of the Early Life of St. Laura de Nazianzi and the Times in which she Lived.

by FIRBANK, Ronald.

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Grant Richards, London., 1923. First edition. Octavo. 224 pages. Eight page catalogue of the author's other books at rear. Three illustrations: portrait of St. Laura by C.R.W. Nevinson on front pastedown; portrait of the author by Augustus John as frontispiece; portrait of the author by Wyndham Lewis on title-page. 1000 copies printed. Head and tail of spine and… Read more about this item
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The Flower Beneath the Foot (Modern Classics)

The Flower Beneath the Foot (Modern Classics)

by Firbank, Ronald

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