The Girls of Radcliff Hall (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp vii, 99. Prited pale green dust jacket. Original publisher's green decorative cloth with gilt lettering at spine. One of 750 copies. 500 for England / 250 for UK. It was printed in Englland in Over Wallop. Good intro by John Byrne and a list of the real names of the characters in this spoof roman a clef. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signedes.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 750 copies printed, very good clean condition in dust wrapper.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Montcalm & The Cygnet Press. London. 2000. Reprint. Limited to 750 copies. First published in c.1934. Hardback; green cloth-backed patterned paper boards, dust jacket. viii, 102 pages. 2 illustrations. English. 220x145mm. 0.35kg. Near fine, in near fine dust jacket; slight browning to spine, very slight knock to front lower forecorner. A reprint of Lord Berners' roman a clef, featuring many of the Faringdon circle. The Girls of Radcliff Hall was a direct parody of Radclyffe Hall's banned lesbian novel The Well of Loneliness, as well as being a spoof of the many school girl stories popular at the time. Lord Berners' characters are thinly disguised versions of his friends and set, and the book is a flawed but insightful record of the often complex relationships within his homosexual circle. Cyril Connelly's copy identifies figures inspired by Lord Berners, Cecil Beaton, Peter Watson, Oliver Messel, David Herbert, Robert Heber-Percy, Tchelitchew, Christian Berard, Doris Castlerosse and others. Despite publishing the book under the pseudonym of Adela Quebec, it was fairly obvious to those who knew Berners who the book was penned by and whom it was about. The book was frequently destroyed by those featured and copies are scarce. This welcome reprint brings the text to new audiences and benefits from the editor's introduction and postscript. Beaux Books specialises in fine and rare books on art and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. We welcome questions about our books and we are happy to provide any extra images. Buy with confidence from an experienced bookseller. 2000. Reprint. Limited to 750 copies. First published in c.1934.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Almost as new.Very short tear in dustwrapper edge at head of spine. One of 250 copies for the American market.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Dust wrapper is very good and unblemished. The book has no annotations and has no signs of usage.We will dispatch this item as soon as possible. Of 790mcopies designed by Simon Randall printed by BAS printers of Over Wallop & bound by The Green Street Bindery 250 copies are published in America by Asphodel Editions. This is the English edition.

Hardcover. vii, 99p., frontis-portrait, frontis-photo of original publication cover, introduction, key to real personages at rear, fine first edition thus limited to 750 copies green cloth backstrip over decorative boards, gilt titles on spine, in fine, unclipped dj. Originally privately printed in 1934 by Lord Berners under the pseudonym of Adela Quebec. Most copies were destroyed. The "girls" of the humorous tale are actually real male personages such as Cecil Beaton, Oliver Messel, Pavel Tchelitchew, Peter Watson and the author himself (Miss Carfax!) Key to the characters at rear. Gay parody of "The Well of Loneliness".

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Thus. 2000 edition, first printing, limited to 750 copies, reprint of the rare 1934 edition. Published by The Cygnet Press / Montcalm, London UK. Hardcover in patterned paper covered boards with green cloth spine with DJ. Condition new. square tight and crisp book, sharp corners, no edgewear, no markings of any kind, not an ex-library, no edgewear, no names no underlinings no highlights no bent pages, Not a reminder. DJ new, bright, no tears no chips, price not clipped. 8vo, 112 pages.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. (London: Montcalm and the Cygnet Press 2000). First UK Edition. Limited to750 copies of which 500 copies are published in the UK with a further 250 copies simultaneously published by Asphodel Press for the US market. A fine copy in an almost fine D/W, slight fading to the spine with a touch of bruising to tips/corners and one or two faint marks to the front/rear panel. N.B: by far the author's scarcest work, originally published under a pseudonym for private circulation only. A highly erotic parody of the lesbian classic The Well Of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall. Designed by Simon Rendall printed by BAS Printers of Over Wallop & bound by the Green Street Bindery. Publisher's patterned paper-covered boards with green cloth spine. Originally published in 1935 this is the first printing of this re-issue. A lovely production. ISBN: 0 907435 13 0. Photographs/scans available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. [99] pp. BERNERS, Lord Asphodel 2000 8.75" x 5.75" Limited edition of 250 copies Montcalm & The Cygnet Press. London. 2000. Reprint. Limited to 750 copies. First published in c.1934. Hardback; green cloth-backed patterned paper boards, dust jacket. A reprint of Lord Berners' roman a clef, featuring many of the Faringdon circle. The Girls of Radcliff Hall was a direct parody of Radclyffe Hall's banned lesbian novel The Well of Loneliness, as well as being a spoof of the many school girl stories popular at the time. Lord Berners' characters are thinly disguised versions of his friends and set, and the book is a flawed but insightful record of the often complex relationships within his homosexual circle. Cyril Connelly's copy identifies figures inspired by Lord Berners, Cecil Beaton, Peter Watson, Oliver Messel, David Herbert, Robert Heber-Percy, Tchelitchew, Christian Berard, Doris Castlerosse and others. Despite publishing the book under the pseudonym of Adela Quebec, it was fairly obvious to those who knew Berners who the book was penned by and whom it was about. The book was frequently destroyed by those featured and copies are scarce. This welcome reprint brings the text to new audiences and benefits from the editor's introduction and postscript.

First printing of this reissue. vii + 99 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Edited by John Byrne, with his introduction. One of 500 (of 750) copies. Originally published in 1935 in a small edition under the pen name "Adela Quebec.".