Sale 2514 - The Pride Sale, June 20, 2019

35 c DJUNA BARNES (1892-1982) Group of 5 Autograph Notes on postcards, including 4 Signed, “Djuna” or “D,” and one, to her mother or a friend, in green or black ink. The first four, to her mother Elizabeth Chappell Barnes, asking after siblings, requesting news, giving travel plans, etc. The last, to M.E. Fitzgerald, praising the weather and inquiring about a gift. Verso of each shows a photograph of Berlin, Nice, London, or Tarrytown in NY. Each 1 page, oblong 12mo; scattered chipping to edges, minor loss to corners of two postcards. Vp, 1918-45 [from postmarks]. [600/900] Tarrytown, 23 October 1915: “Here on Helen Gould story . . . . How is Kid brother one, two & three? You might write!” Berlin, 25 September 1921: “Walk through here every day—on our way to lunch etc. . . . [verso shows view of Brandenburger Tor].” London, 24April 1924, to Fitzgerald: “Have been here a week—glorious weather. Got the Duchess & . . . 70 Dukes & Princes! Have you read the little gift?” Nice, nd, unsigned: “Why don’t you write? I am worried when you don’t—Can’t you imagine this? These are pictures of some of the Carnival feats . . . . [verso shows bare-chested mermaid on Carnival float].” 35A c DJUNA BARNES (1892-1982) Ryder. 8vo, publisher’s 1 / 4 cloth-backed boards; dust jacket, mild rubbing to fold corners, light shelfwear, hint of toning. New York: St. Martin’s Press, (1979) [400/600] author ’ s copy of the reissue of her first novel . With half-page unsigned typescript of the jacket blurb with numerous corrections in her hand in red and green ink. Also with various clippings and material related to publication, including a signed check from Barnes to her literary executor Hank O’Neal (paperclipped to front flyleaf). 35 35A