Ladies Almanack Showing their Signs and their tides; their moons and their Changes; the Seasons, as it is with them; their Eclipses and Equinoxes as well as a full Record of diurnal and nocturnal Distempers

Paris: Printed for the Author, and Sold by Edward W. Titus, 1928.

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Softcover. First edition. Illustrated wrappers. Fine and unopened in a very near fine example of the original unprinted glassine sleeve with slightest wear. Copy number 999 of 1000 numbered copies. The early 20th Century's most notorious example of underground lesbian literature. The main character was based on Barnes' sometime-lover Natalie Barney, who encouraged her to publish the book. Most of the characters are based on other real lesbians and friends of the time: Mina Loy, Janet Flanner, Radclyffe Hall, Una Troubridge, and Oscar Wilde's niece, Dolly Wilde. A superior copy of a fragile book.

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Item #539313 Ladies Almanack Showing their Signs and their tides; their moons and their Changes; the Seasons, as it is with them; their Eclipses and Equinoxes as well as a full Record of diurnal and nocturnal Distempers. Djuna as A. Lady of Fashion BARNES.

Djuna Barnes
birth name: Djuna Barnes
born: 6/12/1892
died: 6/18/1982
nationality: USA

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Biography

Avant-garde American writer who was a well-known figure in the Parisian literary scene of the 1920s and '30s. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore

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