Search Results: the flower beneath foot being by ronald firbank

Brentano's. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Spine is cracked. Slightly dampstained.

New York: Brentano's Publishers, 1924. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Black cloth, lettered in gilt. Covers show mild shelf wear with a few surface marks. Spine panel lettering rubbed away. Top text block edge dulled by age. Former owner's signature inked on front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. 1st ed. 229 pp., frontis..

Brentano's. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Book Good. No dust jacket. 1st American edition. Stamped on front pastedown. (Nuns, Fiction)

New York: Brentano's, (1924).. Tiny edge tears at foot of spine and one along edge of spine, edge wear at head of spine, signed by previous owner on frontispiece portrait, Good. Portrait of Firbank by Wyndham Lewis. . Good. Hardcover. First American Edition.. 1924.

New York: Brentano’s, 1924. First Edition. Lettering from spine flaked, else a sound very good copy without dust jacket.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

THE FLOWER BENEATH THE FOOT BEING A RECORD OF THE EARLY LIFE OF ST. LAURA DE NAZIANZI AND THE TIMES IN WHICH SHE LIVED, Brentano's, 1924, first American edition, slight wear to spine edges, gold-gilt lettering to spine all but gone (but still nice and bright on the front cover), else a tight vg copy. Includes a three page facsimile holograph letter of Introduction by the author which does not appear in the English edition.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Brentano's, 1924. First Edition THUS. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket now in new archival sleeve.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Grant Richards Ltd, 1923. First Edition. Sharp copy of Firbank's absurd and flamboyant court satire, set on the eve of a royal wedding. "It creates its own court in the Kingdom of Pisuerga, complete with royal household, during a state visit from the rulers of the Land of Dates. Within this environment Laura de Nazianzi reluctantly enters a nunnery when the prince and heir of Pisuerga deserts her for a marriage of state with the English Princess Elsie...The Flower Beneath the Foot is not a love story, but as usual with Firbank's novels a commentary on a number of things: courts, England and the English, human passion, the religious life" (Benkovitz, Ronald Firbank: A Biography, p.208). Benkovitz A9a; Connolly 100. First Impression, one of 1,000 copies. Octavo (19.5cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; lime green topstain; dustjacket; [ii],[8],9-224 + [8]pp publisher's catalog at rear, with frontispiece portrait of the author by Augustus John, title page portrait by Wyndham… Read More