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1934140946393Paris: The Obelisk Press 1934. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing of this literary high spot. One of 1000 copies in publisher's original printed wrappers with price of 50 fr. intact Front wrapper printed with Maurice J. Kahane's striking crab and globe design. Near Fine with browning and light soiling to wraps light edge wear top corner lightly bumped and light creasing to wraps. Contents tanned. Housed in a custom chemise slipcase. <p>The scarce first appearance of Miller's scandalously erotic novel which would eventually test the boundaries of free speech in America and become a landmark of 20th century literature rare in the original wrappers. Since so many copies of the first edition were seized by authorities in England and the U.S. The Obelisk Press discarded the printed wrappers in favor of less conspicuous plain ones for the second and subsequent editions. Shifreen & Jackson A9a. The Obelisk Press unknown
198848260DEUTSCHER TASCHENBUCH VERLAG 1988. 1. softcover. DEUTSCHER TASCHENBUCH VERLAG paperback
193463142Paris:: The Obelisk Press 1934. publisher's wrappers illustrated by Maurice J. Kahane rear wrapper detached. A dark brown stain affects the bottom 1-1/4 inch of the spine extending to a larger unprinted area on the back panel; small chips at the edges of the spine affecting the lettering at the bottom of the front panel. Old pencil ownership signature; contents otherwise clean and fine. 8vo. Preface by Anais Nin. The Obelisk Press, unknown
1936163655Paris: Siana Editions 1936. Inscribed to a "hell-cat with a tongue made of broken bottles and dipped in acid" First edition first printing presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Rebecca and Henry with affection Anaïs Paris 1936". This edition comprised 249 copies all numbered and signed by the author: this is number 67. It was Nin's "first best and most challenging volume of prose fiction" Franklin and Schneider. The recipient was Nin's friend Rebecca West the author and critic hailed as "indisputably the world's number one woman writer" by Time in 1947 and her husband the banker Henry Maxwell Andrews. West's literary opinions were strongly held and sharply worded. She called Tolstoy the "most bogus great writer of all time" declared "I am dead to Dante" and dismissed H. G. Wells the father of her child as "the old maid among novelists" Rollyson p. 10 Her friend and colleague at the Evening Standard once told her that she had the reputation of a "hell-cat with a tongue made of broken bottles and dipped in acid" ibid. Nin's diaries often refer to West including a recollection of their first encounter. West had written to Nin praising her first published work D. H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study 1932 and invited her to visit London. Nin accepted and an intense friendship blossomed. "I liked her immediately" recalled Nin "her warmth her brilliant dark eyes her wit. She visited me in Louveciennes. We talked so much together we lost our way in the forest and had to telephone to a friend to come and pick us up in a car. In Louveciennes she commented that she had never seen a house where deep talks could be treated so lightly." vol. 2 1966 p. 31ff. Despite their mutual admiration their friendship cooled in large part because of Nin's long-term relationship with Henry Miller. West despised Miller as both a writer and a person. "She first met him in Paris in Anaïs Nin's apartment. Rebecca happened to be passing the bathroom and heard a gurgling sound. She opened the door and there was Henry Miller committing suicide by drowning himself in the bathtub. 'So I pulled the plug and walked out' Rebecca confided to a friend. 'You know he never thanked me'" Rollyson ibid. The House of Incest is a prose poem "a book of dreams fantasies half-realities visions interior monologues and journeys; an esoteric description of a progress through experiences and relationships that actually represent the unnamed narrator dealing with her own multifaceted self" Franklin and Schneider p. 4. Tall octavo. Original cream wrappers lettered in black edges untrimmed. With original glassine. Spine ends slightly bumped and chipped short closed tear at head of front joint; glassine a little chipped with a few faint marks: a near-fine copy in like glassine. Wendy M. DuBow Conversations with Anaïs Nin 1994; Benjamin Franklin & Duane Schneider Anaïs Nin: An Introduction 1979; Carl Rollyson Rebecca West and the God That Failed 2005. unknown
198948259DEUTSCHER TASCHENBUCH VERLAG 1989. 2. softcover. DEUTSCHER TASCHENBUCH VERLAG paperback
194232954New York: Gemor Press 1942. Very Good . New York: Gemor Press n.d. ca. 1942 First American Edition Limited to 500 copies. Octavo 21.5cm; publisher's black pictorial paper-covered boards; 4155pp.; copper engravings throughout. Brief rubbing to spine ends and corners white spine titling browned textblock lightly toned else a Very Good or better example. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper: "Dorothy Perera - one of the new women! this decadent world we are transcending / Anaïs Nin / New York 1943." <br /> <br /> The first work to come out of the Gemor Press which Anaïs Nin and her lover Gonzalo More established in Greenwich Village in 1942 naming it the Gemor Press after Gonzalo though Nin raised the money taught herself to set type and did the lion's share of the physical work. Distribution in turn was aided by Frances Steloff at the Gotham Book Mart. <br /> <br /> The works Gemor published--eight titles all together six of them by Nin herself--were frequently illustrated by Nin's husband Hugh Parker Guiler who went under the pseudonym Ian Hugo. The colophon in this work notes that Hugo "used the tecnique sic which William Blake called 'revealed' because it was revealed to him by his brother in a dream. This is the first time this technique as developed by S.W. Hayter has been employed since Blake invented it." <br /> <br /> Winter of Artifice was first published by the Obelisk Press in 1939 but the contents were revised for this edition which Nin's bibliographer Benjamin Franklin yes that's right claims is one of the hardest to date. Nin's diary usefully notes that the work was delivered fully bound on May 15 1942. <br /> <br /> Franklin A3b. Gemor Press unknown
1948144891New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1948. First edition of this landmark novel from the library of Anais Nin. Octavo original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Accompanied by a clipped dedication page that reads "For Anais Nin" boldly signed by Vidal laid in. Gore Vidal and Anais Nin's friendship emerged from their shared commitment to challenging the literary and cultural orthodoxies of mid-twentieth-century America. While Vidal’s incisive social satire and Nin’s lyrical explorations of erotic subjectivity differed in style both writers pursued themes of identity and transgression which created a foundation of mutual admiration. In fine condition. From the library of Anais Nin. An exceptional association linking these two great writers. Stylistically influenced by Hemingway this work "is distinguished by its honesty and lack of self-pity; the central figure is unexceptional in every respect but his sexual choices" Stringer 690. "One of the best novels of its kind. . . . It isnt sentimental and it is frank without trying to be sensational and shocking" Christopher Isherwood. E.P. Dutton & Company hardcover
19666343<p>London: Peter Owen 1966. Anaïs Nin writes intimately on her philosophies of society culture and feminism reflecting over six decades of private and very public literary life mainly in France and the USA. Published with a foreword from Gunther Stuhlmann complete Peter Owen sets of the Journals are pretty thin on the ground but despite the rather rocky relationship between Owen and the author the end product is a deservedly respected and indispensable collection of the unstoppable and luminous Anaïs Nin.</p><p>First edition seven volumes. Complete set of hardbacks in varied colours of cloth and original dust jackets. Cloth binding to Vol I is slightly soiled but in good condition. Dust jacket is worn around edges shows creases across the top of the front cover. A couple of small chips on top and bottom edges as well as two 5 mm closed tears. A trifle worn but holding together and in solid condition. Volumes 2-7 essentially near fine with some inoffensive edgewear shelfwear and the odd crease.</p> Peter Owen hardcover
1932368277Paris: Edawrd W. Titus 1932. First edition of the author's first book number 491 of 500 copies. 10 146 2 pages. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth gilt lettered on front cover and spine. Unopened fine in dust jacket that is lightly toned with some modest chipping at extremitites light soiling to rear panel. First edition of the author's first book number 491 of 500 copies. 10 146 2 pages. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation copy inscribed on the ffep: "For Richard who accompanies me faithfully on the inner-outer voyage started with this book / Love Anais / February 21 1973." The recipient is likely Richard Centing co-founder of the first Anais Nin periodical. Centing invited Nin to Ohio State to give lectures and and championed her work internationally. Franklin A1 Edawrd W. Titus unknown
19741343253London: Peter Owen 1974. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 275 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket spine black with white and green titling. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Price uncut: "£4.50 net." Mild shelfwear and rubbing overall with light bumping to lower corners. Stamp on front free endpaper reads "From the Library of Anais Nin and Ian Hugo." There are no markings or marginalia. Shelved in Case 12. 1343253. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Peter Owen hardcover
194533870New York: Gemor Press 1945. Very Good -. New York: Gemor Press 1945. First Edition Limited to 1000 copies. Octavo 21cm; publisher's cream pictorial paper-covered boards printed in magenta; 183pp.; woodblock prints by Hugo throughout. Boards rubbed and worn at corners and spine ends general dust-soiling and brief damp stain at bottom margin of rear cover internally clean and sound. A Good to Very Good copy. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper "For George Davis avec amitié / Anaïs."<br /> <br /> One of the few works to come out of the Gemor Press which Anaïs Nin and her lover Gonzalo More established in Greenwich Village in 1942. Though named after Gonzalo Nin raised the money taught herself to set type and did the lion's share of the physical work for the press. Distribution in turn was aided by Frances Steloff at the Gotham Book Mart. Many of the works as is the case here were illustrated by Nin's husband Hugh Parker Guiler. <br /> <br /> Excellent association copy inscribed and signed on front free endpaper to Harper's Bazaar and Mademoiselle editor George Davis 1906-1957. Davis and a collection of like-minded friends had founded a bohemian artist's commune in Brooklyn Heights in 1940 to which Nin was a regular guest. It was Nin who gave the commune its name February House after noticing that most of its residents had been born in that month. <br /> <br /> Franklin A6a. Gemor Press unknown
194680234New York: E.P. Dutton 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Signed by Anaïs Nin and inscribed by her husband engraver and filmmaker Ian Hugo born Hugh Parker Guiler 1898-1985 to attorney Ferdinand J. Wolf with a handwritten thank you card from Nin signed "Anaïs Guiler" laid in. Octavo. Original black cloth binding with gilt-stamped titling and decoration. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some light toning and wear along the extremities.<br /> <br /> The first novel in Nin's celebrated Cities of the Interior series interweaving the stories of several women each emotionally inhibited in her own way: through self-doubt fear guilt moral drift and distrust. The author's own experiences as recorded in her famous diaries supplied the raw material for her fiction. It was her intuitive experimental and always original style that transformed one into the other. E.P. Dutton hardcover
199140229KNAUR THEODOR 04/1991. 1. softcover. KNAUR, THEODOR paperback
19500013271950. Soft cover. Near Fine. Anais Nin folding woodblock print social note card probably circa 1950s. Unopened size is 4 1/4" x 2 3/4". Opened size 8 1/2" x 2 3/4". Softly erotic woodblock print of the female form on the cover closed format. Signature and handwriting certified by an FHE and the physical form of that certification will accompany this piece. Also some provenance in the form of the business card of the previous owner himself a rare manuscripts dealer. A flirtatious note from Ms.Nin to a gentleman who had previously wanted to write a story about her telling him that now the time may be right for that - and including her phone number. Date of this piece not known but might be deduced from her phone number by a Nin authority. Such an expert may also know who the gentleman in question is. And for that matter it may not even be a gentleman. Near fine condition just a bit toned from the years not much and no other flaws. See scans. A neat and very "that's-so-HER" little piece of manuscript ephemera from the world of and history of literature - from a time when there were such things. Today she would have just texted the guy. You can't collect that. L52 <br/> <br/> paperback
194532968New York: Gemor Press 1945. Very Good . New York: Gemor Press 1945. First Edition Limited to 50 de luxe copies on Etruria paper this unsigned copy presumably hors série. Octavo 24.5cm; publisher's pink pictorial paper-covered boards; 183pp.; hand-colored woodcut frontispiece four leaves of color plates. Light wear to spine ends margins toned brief ink spotting to top edge of rear cover else a Very Good internally clean and sound copy.<br /> <br /> Exceptional example of this de luxe edition of one of the few works to come out of the Gemor Press which Anaïs Nin and her lover Gonzalo More established in Greenwich Village in 1942. Though named after Gonzalo Nin raised the money taught herself to set type and did the lion's share of the physical work for the press. Distribution in turn was aided by Frances Steloff at the Gotham Book Mart. Many of the works as is the case here were illustrated by Nin's husband Hugh Parker Guiler. A trade edition limited to 1000 copies with uncolored illustrations appeared simultaneously though this limitation has two extra plates. <br /> <br /> Franklin A6b. Gemor Press unknown
1945140947165New York: Gemor Press 1945. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. Signed by Anais Nin on the front free endpaper. Publisher's cream paper covered boards printed in maroon with woodcuts by Ian Hugo. Near Fine with very light wear and soiling to covers small stain to rear cover offsetting to end sheets from binder's glue and light even toning to pages. One of 1000 copies of 1050 total. <p>A lovely copy with firm binding. Anais Nin's novel handles the travails of existing as a woman in a male-dominated world. Gemor Press unknown
1935928P36Paris: The Obelisk Press 1935. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. A Zaehnsdorf bound second edition of Henry Miller's controversial novel published by the Obelisk Press in Paris. The second edition of this brilliant and controversial work strikingly bound by Zaehnsdorf. Five hundred copies of this second edition were printed. Miller's 'Tropic' novels were first published by the Obelisk Press in Paris during the 1930s due to the obscenity laws in the States at the time which resulted in the works being banned in the country.'Tropic of Cancer' is a novel regarded now as an important work in twentieth century literature notorious for its candid sexuality.By Arthur Miller an American author who was known for breaking with the literary forms of the day and developing a new type of semi-autobiographical novel.This edition with a preface by Anais Nin who helped to edit the book and assisted financially in the publication of the work. In a half crushed morocco binding with cloth to the boards bound by Zaehnsdorf. Externally generally smart with light marks to the boards and spine including a damp stain to the tail of the boards and spine. Fading to the head of the boards and to the spine. Minor rubbing to the spine. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean. Very Good The Obelisk Press hardcover
1945140947340New York: Gemor Press 1945. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. Signed by Anais Nin on the front free endpaper and inscribed with a French quotation to a previous owner. 184 3 pp. Publisher's cream paper covered boards printed in maroon with woodcuts by Ian Hugo. Very Good with light wear and soiling to covers several small stains to spine and front cover and light even toning to pages. Offsetting to pastedowns from binder's glue. One of 1000 copies of 1050 total. <p>An attractive copy designed and printed by the author. Anais Nin's novel handles the travails of existing as a woman in a male-dominated world. Gemor Press unknown
19482823First Edition Thus; A Very Good or better book in a Very Good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to Sascha Laurance a Hollywood Script Supervisor later owned by Elton John co-writer Bernie Taupin; Taupin's blind stamp to the front free paper below the inscription. A unique association copy of this collection of stories the 3rd collection from Nin all containing the title story with other mixed content. This copy is in very good or better condition with a square tight binding bright gold lettering over clean black boards and crisp pages throughout free from markings; the book does show some mild rubbed areas to the boards and a couple of small indentions to the edges else near fine or better. Housed in a clean and bright original dust jacket that shows some mild fading to the spine common for the title and some light rubbing and chipping to the edges with a couple of associated short closed tears. Overall a highly presentable copy greatly enhanced with Nin's signature and the unique association. Not remaindered not price clipped not ex-library; in a fresh Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box. E. P. Dutton hardcover
1944140949249New York: Gemor Press 1944. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing one of 300 copies. Bound in publisher's black and white illustrated paper-covered boards. Near Fine with lean to binding light toning light rubbing to extremities creasing to front free endpapers. <p>A surreal production of short stories printed by Nin herself with equally unearthly copper engravings by her husband Ian Hugo. The couple collaborated often both in print and cinema most notably for Hugo's avant-garde conceptual films such as Bells of Atlantis 1952 where Nin lent dialogue from her poem “House of Incest†and Melodic Inversion 1958. Gemor Press unknown
194280235New York: Gemor Press 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Limited to 500 copies. Presentation copy inscribed by Anaïs Nin to Doris Townsend Wright on the front flyleaf with Townsend Wright's bookplate on the front pastedown. Octavo. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. The spine is leaning just a touch with some mild toning and wear along the extremities; otherwise very good.<br /> <br /> The first American edition of Nin's second published book which was hand printed by Anais 1903-77 and her lover Gonzalo Moré with engravings by her husband Ian Hugo born Hugh Parker Guiler 1898-1985 in the "revealed" technique employed by William Blake. The stories that comprise this collection "Djuna" "Lilith" and "The Voice" delve into the psychological landscapes of its characters including a film star a woman's relationship with her father and a psychoanalyst reflecting Nin's own life and relationships particularly with Henry Miller and her analysts. It is considered a significant work in her oeuvre showcasing her unique literary voice and daring subject matter. Gemor Press hardcover
19471413260San Franciso California: Gemor Press 1947. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo 52 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's red fabric with black lettering and decoration. Mild bumping to spine. Slight discoloration to boards. Light cracking and staining to half title page as well as pages 24 and 25. Inscribed by Nin on front free end paper: "Gladys Calbrera 'What is it allotted me to say Only the truth disguised in a fairy tail.' Anais Nin." Shelved in Case 0. Made famous by her widely-read journals which were published through out the 1960s "House of Incest" was Anais Nin's first book. The prose poem alludes to the incestuous nature of her relationship with her father a topic that would later be discussed in her journals. As a trailblazer in the realm of female erotica and a writer of proto-autofiction the semi-autobiographical and taboo nature of "House of Nature" is an early example of what made Nin an unique voice in the American literary canon. 1413260. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Gemor Press hardcover
194532955New York: Gemor Press 1945. Very Good . New York: Gemor Press 1945. First Edition Limited to 1000 copies. Octavo 21cm; publisher's cream pictorial paper-covered boards printed in magenta; 183pp.; woodblock prints by Hugo throughout. Light wear and dust-soil else a Very Good or better copy. <br /> <br /> Exceptional example of one of the few works to come out of the Gemor Press which Anaïs Nin and her lover Gonzalo More established in Greenwich Village in 1942. Though named after Gonzalo Nin raised the money taught herself to set type and did the lion's share of the physical work for the press. Distribution in turn was aided by Frances Steloff at the Gotham Book Mart. Many of the works as is the case here were illustrated by Nin's husband Hugh Parker Guiler. <br /> <br /> Franklin A6a. Gemor Press unknown
197272081Chicago 1972. Chicago: 1972. Period reel-to-reel audio recording preserved in an Ohio State University box with manuscript titles on the rear panel. Digitized in early 2020 into wav recordings which are provided on a USB key. The recording is 28 minutes 37 seconds in length. Nin 1903-77 the French-born diarist and passionate eroticist is interviewed by Robert Cromie of the Chicago Tribune for the PBS television program Book Beat. In the course of their wide-ranging conversation which was recorded shortly after the publication of The Diary of Anais Nin Volume Four 1944-1947 1971 she discusses her literary approach: "it's played all kind of the roles the Diary you know it was the story of growth of a woman it was also a notebook and many of the characters in the novels I would start taking from reality from the Diary and then of course they go through a transformation which fiction always does and they will become composites. So there will be two people in one portrait and they change but nevertheless the base of it was in truth in the truth of the Diary and you can find similarities." Nin also speaks to her complicated relationships with writer Gore Vidal and filmmaker Maya Deren among others and the publication of Under a Glass Bell 1944 by her own printing Press which she named Gemor Press. When asked about Henry Miller's bohemian lifestyle she recalls "he was very generous with everything with his ideas with his stories with his life . he's generous to other writers too which is something that we kept from the Paris days and we never understood when we came to New York the absence of fraternity. But then of course the New York scene was different. The French writer never made any money. There was something rather uncommercial about being a writer and we were always helping each other and inspiring each other and encouraging each other and I miss that. Henry continued to encourage writers and I did too. Somebody said the history of art is the history of friendship. Should be." She also touches on a number of topical issues musing on the future of the Diary and sharing her thoughts on feminism: "There's one aspect I'm very much involved in with the creativity of the woman the liberation of the woman. There's an aspect which is very militant which I'm not involved with and you know there are many factions as you know it's already divided into many factions. I'm interested in showing the writing of women their capacities inspiring them and the Diaries of course have meant a great deal to women because it's unusual to have the story of a woman's growth. We never had a record of that and I was always interested in the growth of plants I would watch plants grow. I think I love to see the growth of human beings and I found the only one I could really record scientifically completely was my own and I think this became the story of growth for other women: examining the conflicts and the obstacles and watching day by day how you could expand without damaging others how could you grow without being destructive and all the problems that a woman has. unknown
195990964Chicago: The Swallow press 1959. Fine. The Swallow press Chicago 1959 13.4 x 21 cm Broché First edition. A pleasing copy. Inscribed by Anaïs Nin to her friend the writer Christiane Baroche: ""Vos paroles Christiane Baroche : 'je veux cueillir le feu comme un dernier amant' amitié et concordances. Anaïs Nin."" The Swallow press unknown
