Spleen.

Moore (Olive, pseud. for Constance Vaughan)

Published by Jarrolds, 1930

About this Item

FIRST EDITION, faint foxing to prelims with the odd recurrence at opening and close of text, pp. 283, crown 8vo, original black cloth, vertical rule blind-stamped to upper board, backstrip lettered in gilt, slight lean to spine, some light wear and fading, free endpapers browned, a couple of pencil notes to rear pastedown, ticket removal at foot of same, good. Inscribed by the author on the half-title, referring to a character from the novel: 'To Mrs Lahr, though she mustn't take too seriously all that Uller has to say on marriage! Olive Moore, 3.4.32'. Also signed by the author to the title-page. The recipient was Esther Lahr (née Argeband), the wife of bookseller and publisher Charles Lahr, whose Blue Moon Press published Moore's work in the year of this gift - his 'Progressive Bookshop' on Red Lion Street was a meeting-point for authors, including Moore. A scarce book (only four locations for the first edition on COPAC) 'Spleen' is perhaps the most powerful statement by this neglected and elusive novelist, the narrative concerning a woman in self-imposed exile on an Italian island following the birth of a child with deformed feet.

Seller Inventory # 75487

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spleen.
• Publisher: Jarrolds
• Publication Date: 1930
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern First Edition