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HAMNETT, Nina. Laughing Torso. London: Constable, 1932. 8°. Half title, frontispiece, half tone plates, illustrations. Original black cloth, spine lettered and decorated in silver (without the dust-jacket, some light staining). INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, "Portrait of the Authoress in a contemplative mood, Nina Hamnett, March 1933," with an ORIGINAL PEN-AND-INK SKETCH BY THE AUTHOR of her own head in profile looking yearningly towards a bottle of gin.

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HAMNETT, Nina. Laughing Torso. London: Constable, 1932. 8°. Half title, frontispiece, half tone plates, illustrations. Original black cloth, spine lettered and decorated in silver (without the dust-jacket, some light staining). INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, "Portrait of the Authoress in a contemplative mood, Nina Hamnett, March 1933," with an ORIGINAL PEN-AND-INK SKETCH BY THE AUTHOR of her own head in profile looking yearningly towards a bottle of gin.

LEWIS, Wyndham (1884-1957). The Apes of God. London: The Arthur Press, 1930. Large 8° (247 x 187mm). Decorations by Wyndham Lewis. Original tan cloth, spine lettered in turquoise (without the dust-jacket, spine a little darkened). LIMITED TO 750 COPIES, THIS ONE OF 50 SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.

With James Joyce's Exiles (London, 1918, first English edition), William Burroughs' Naked Lunch (New York, 1959, first American edition) and Graham Greene's The End of the Affair (London, 1951, first edition), the last 2 in dust-jackets. (5)
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