29. Bowles (Jane) Two Serious Ladies, first edition, original cloth, corners and spine ends slightly bumped, otherwise fine, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine very slightly faded with ends a little creased, small tape repair to foot of spine, corners chipped, otherwise very good, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, New York, 1943.
est. £750 – £1000
Jane Bowles’ scarce first work, hugely controversial and widely condemned upon release, it has since become regarded as a modernist classic