Djuna Barnes — Ryder

New York, Horace Liveright, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this intriguing experimental modernist novel by Djuna Barnes. The first edition, first printing, which was limited to 3,000 copies.'Ryder' is an important modernist novel written in the Rabelaisian tradition. With themes of sexuality and polygamy, nearly every chapter is written in a different style, an interesting and experimental novel. This work was heavily censored when first published, the censored parts are indicated by asterisks in text. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates.Collated, bound without the plates to face pages 1, 16, and 48. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Loss to the head and tail of the spine. Light bumping and loss to the extremities. Spine is a little discoloured. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Front hinge is strained, rear hinge is starting. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Bound without three plates. Good . Ill.: Djuna Barnes. Good .