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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