New York: Dutton, 1948. First edition. Softcover. fair to vg. 8vo. 101pp. Original illustrated wraps. Inscribed by author on free front endpaper: "For Virginia Fouts, Anais Nin." Collection of 13 short stories by Nin. Water staining to wraps. Some rubbing and creasing on wraps. Tail of spine chipped. Two small bookplates pasted on colophon. Few markings in pencil on margins of some pages. Wraps in fair, interior in overall very good condition. Contents: Houseboat / The Mouse / Under a Glass Bell / The Mohican / Je Suis le Plus Malade des Surrealists / Ragtime / The Labyrinth / Through the Streets of my Own Labyrinth / The All-Seeing / The Eye's Journey / The Child Born out of the Fog / Hejda / Birth.

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Bookseller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 22482
Title: Under a Glass Bell and other Stories [INSCRIBED]
Author: Nin, Anais
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - fair to vg
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dutton
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1948
Keywords: Anaïs Nin, Angela Anais Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell, erotic literature, female erotica, erotic writing, 20th century literature, diarists, diarist, cuban-American writers

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