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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
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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 / written & illustrated by a lady of fashion.
Edition
First edition.
Publication
Paris : Printed for the author, and sold by Edward W. Titus, 4 rue Delambre, at the sign of the Black Manikin, 1928.
Manufacture
At Dijon : Printed by Imprimerie Darantiere, 1928.
Physical Description
84 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Local Notes
BEIN Za B261 928L Copy 1: No. 272 of 1000 on Alfa. Part of imprint blacked out.
BEIN Za B261 928L Copy 2: No. 242 of 1000 on Alfa. Has author's presentation inscription to William Carlos Williams, 1943.
BEIN Za B261 928L Copy 3: No. 677 of 1000 on Alfa. Has original glassine wrapper laid in. Author's name and publication information supplied in note by Robert McAlmon.
BEIN Za B261 928L Copy 4: No. 29 of 40 on Rives, hand colored. Titus's name and address blacked out on title page. Original plain cream wrappers with handcolored printed vellum dustjacket. Accompanied by undated autograph letter from "Fabi" [Jemima Fabienne Cravan Lloyd Benedict, the daughter of Mina Loy and Arthur Cravan] to Roger Conover suggesting that Mina Loy may have hand colored this copy (1 leaf).
Notes
Published anonymously. The author revealed her identity in a later edition. (New York : Harper & Row, 1972).
"First edition limited to 1050 copies, of which 10 on Vergé de Vidalon colored and signed by the author, 40 on Rives, hand colored and 1000 on Alfa"--Title page verso.
After the author had a dispute with the bookseller Edward Titus, Robert McAlmon paid for the printing for Barnes who herself distributed the copies. Consult Ford, Hugh. Published in Paris, pages 131-132.
Some copies with Titus's name blacked-out on title page.
Illustrations are relief prints.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 28, 2024
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
relief prints.
Humor.
Satirical literature.
Relief prints.
Satirical literature.
Romans à clef - France - Paris - 1928.
Satires - France - Paris - 1928.
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