Accession number
PML 190010
Creator
Aldington, Richard, 1892-1962.
Published
New York : Covici, Friede, 1929 (New York : Van Rees Press)
Credit line
Bequest of Kenneth A. Lohf, 2002.
Notes
This American ed. contains fewer expurgations than the English ed., which followed by a few weeks; the first unexpurgated version was published in Paris in 1930.
Description
ix, 398 p. ; 22 cm.
Inscriptions/Markings
Below the inscription (on free front end-paper) Aldington has written out the eight "Omitted passages" in the book, represented in the text by asterisks on seven pages where they occur; comprising about 125 words in Aldington's hand, these were expurgated because of their sexual content.
Provenance
Presentation copy to Aldington's publisher: "To Donald Friede, without whose encouragement this book might never have been finished. From Richard Aldington"; Kenneth A. Lohf, New York.
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