first edition
1928 · London
by Hall, Radclyffe
London: Jonathan Cape, 1928. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. First issue with "Whip" on page 50, line 13. Bound in publisher's original dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with light rubbing to cloth at extremities, light bubbling and staining to front cover visible in raking light. Pages toned. Hall's book faced a wave of suppression as the plot follows the life of a lesbian, openly portraying her "sexual inversion" as natural during a time when homosexuality was not openly discussed.
(Inventory #: 140940824)