(i) MANTZ, Ruth Elvish. The Critical Bibliography of Katherine Mansfield ... with an Introductory Note by John Middleton Murry, London: Constable, 1931, 8°, FIRST EDITION, limited to 1000 copies, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on front blank, original grey cloth, t.e.g, dust-jacket (worn). [Kirkpatrick B9a]

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(i) MANTZ, Ruth Elvish. The Critical Bibliography of Katherine Mansfield ... with an Introductory Note by John Middleton Murry, London: Constable, 1931, 8°, FIRST EDITION, limited to 1000 copies, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on front blank, original grey cloth, t.e.g, dust-jacket (worn). [Kirkpatrick B9a]
(ii) MANTZ, R. E. & J. MIDDLETON MURRY. The Life of Katherine Mansfield, London: Constable, 1933, 8°, portrait frontispiece, plates, original grey cloth, dust-jacket. [Kirkpatrick B10]
(iii) [CONSTANCE BAKER] The Memories of LM, London: Michael Joseph, 1971, 12°, FIRST EDITION, original dark brown cloth, price-clipped dust-jacket (worn). [Kirkpatrick B15a]
(iv) ALPERS, Antony. The Life of Katherine Mansfield, New York: Viking Press, 1980, 8°, FIRST EDITION, original black cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket. [Kirkpatrick B17a]
With another bibliography on Mansfield. (5)

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Attached to the front pastedown of Mantz's Critical Bibliography is a 2-page autograph letter of 38 lines, signed "Ruth Mantz," from Crosby Hall, Cheyne Walk, London S.W.3, 4th August [n.y.], to Mrs. Gunn, concerning her forthcoming biography of K.M. Also loosely inserted are several typed lists of K.M.'s periodical publications.

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