Olivia Alpine 640 + viii

640 + viii

A VG+ copy in the original binding

Closed tear to jacket with slight loss and chips to head and tail of the spine

98 photographic plates from the author's originals (in pagination)

Also includes shots of literary and theatrical stars of the forties and fifties like Vidal

Olivia Alpine 640 + viiiLondon: Hogarth Press, 1949. Second impression (May), one month after the first printing. 8vo. pp 109, [1] With the dust jacket designed by Duncan Grant, not price clipped. Publisher's plum coloured cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to front and spine, faded at spine. Jacket in excellent condition, slightly soiled with light rubbing at extremities. Top edge stained plum, as published. A significant piece of mid 20th century lesbian literature,