GREENWICH VILLAGE AS IT IS.

BARNES, DJUNA.

(New York: The Phoenix Bookshop, 1978). 190 x 120 mm. (7 1/2 x 4 3/4"). [14] leaves. No. 26 OF 300 COPIES.

Publisher's orange buckram, spine with paper label lettered in pale blue. With nine full-page illustrations, which had accompanied the original 1916 magazine article. Spine rather sunned, otherwise flawless.

Witty and full of evocative detail, this early work of a trailblazing modernist provides an engaging view of Greenwich Village as it was in the 1910s. Artist, journalist, and writer Djuna Barnes (1892-1982) originally wrote this charming account of her beloved Village--where she resided for most of her life--for the October, 1916 issue of "Pearson's Magazine." Accompanied by its original illustrations, this limited-edition republication--which is uncommonly seen on the market--ensures the survival of the little-known article, which is, the introduction tells us, "too good to be allowed to rest in undeserved oblivion." Our copy is from the library of Laure-Anne Bosselaar (b. 1943) and her husband Kurt Brown (1944-2013). Bosselaar is a Belgian-American poet, translator, and editor who has published numerous works of poetry in multiple languages, including five collections of her own works. She has received various prizes and recognitions (Pushcart, Isabella Gardner, Breadloaf) and was named Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara in 2019. Sometimes publishing jointly with Bosselaar, Brown was also a prolific poet and editor of anthologies, as well as the founder and first director of the Aspen Writer's Conference, playing a pivotal role in shaping its early vision and establishing Aspen as a literary center. (ST20338-024)

Price: $175.00