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Cassell, 1934. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1934. First Edition. 299 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with dark green lettering. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Minor sunning to spine.
The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole: A Romance of Modern Venice by ROLFE, Frederick, Baron Corvo; A.J.A. Symons, intro - [1934]
by ROLFE, Frederick, Baron Corvo; A.J.A. Symons, intro
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The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole: A Romance of Modern Venice
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London: Cassell and Company, [1934]. First Edition. Hardcover. Second of the author's novels to feature his alter-ego Nicholas Crabbe, though the first to be published (the novel Nicholas Crabbe, written earlier, was not published until 1958). Recounts Crabbe's struggles against poverty in Venice as he falls in love with his androgynous (female) valet Zildo. Octavo (22.5cm.); original green cloth (a bit foxed from damp), gilt-stamped spine, purple topstain; x,299pp. Spine cocked and a hint faded, front hinge slightly cracked but holding; contemporary bookseller ticket mounted to rear pastedown. Good or better.
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The Desire And Pursuit Of The Whole
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New York: George Braziller, 1994. Paperback. xx, 297p., preface, introduction, note on the text, very good uncorrected advance proof/ARC trade paperback in blue printed wraps. Reissue of Young 3337*. Baron Corvo's "Venice Romance" a uranian love affair between a man and his boy-girl servant Gilda/Zildo.
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New Directions, 1953. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Introduction by A. J. A. Symons. Foreword by W. H. Auden. A nice copy in a dust jacket that has some wear and chipping, especially at the head and foot of the spine, rear fold has a tear and is splitting at the fold. Some what uncommon edition in dust jacket..
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London: Cassell. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1934. Hardcover. Publisher's cloth. First edition stated; later issue with no spine gilt. Armorial Bookplate, edgewear to boards, hinges cracked but holding, mild scattered foxing. In custom slipcase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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1 . hardback. Fine. A Romance of Modern Venice. Introduction by A.J.A.Symons. 1st ed. L.(Cassell) 1934. Fine.
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