CARESSES ET BLASPHEMES

KENNARD Sir Coleridge, Bart,

Published by J. Haumont., Paris,, 1945

About this Item

First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 34. 1st and only ed. Pub. Paris: No. 13 of 380 copies, poems finely printed all in English, on Johannot paper; small loss and tears to spine ends; cream wrappers slightly used, moderately worn and marked. Internally clean and tight, about near VG overall. Kennard, a wealthy diplomat, known for his good looks and something of a dandy-- his mother was in Oscar Wilde's circle (she financed the Epstein memorial for him at P re Lachaise cemetery in Paris). He was a great friend of Ronald Firbank and Vyvyan Holland. A number of the poems are erotic and some quite homoerotic. It has been suggested that the book is a spoof 'created by a third party, to denigrate Kennard or bring amusement to others'. Sme wear otherwise near very good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CARESSES ET BLASPHEMES
• Publisher: J. Haumont., Paris,
• Publication Date: 1945
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good