Daffodil

Barr, Cecil (ps. of Jack Kahane)

Published by Obelisk Press, Paris, 1936

About this Item

Manchester-born novelist Jack Kahane began the Obelisk Press after his publisher, Grant Richards, went bankrupt. Going into partnership with a printer, Kahane, as Cecil Barr, published his next novel Daffodil under his Vendome imprint. Pearson identified July 1931 [3rd impression] as the earliest issue printed: "He almost certainly exaggerated the number of times the book went to press in order to give the appearance of healthy sales, and stimulate demand. Lending weight to this theory is the sign-off which appears at the end of the text on [301]: Paris, May 1931. It seems unlikely that the book would have been set, proof-read and published in less than a month, and unlikelier still that it would have been reprinted twice by July. " This is the Obelisk July 1936 "11th" impression. Daffodil, light bit of erotica about a model who did more, perhaps, off-camera. Was a shocker for the tourists in the early '30s. Creasing, soiling to the covers. Pages are a bit age-toned. Seller Inventory # 277999

Bibliographic Details

Title: Daffodil

Publisher: Obelisk Press, Paris

Publication Date: 1936

Binding: softcover

Condition: very good

Book Type: book