THE JOURNALS OF ANAIS NIN - Volume One 1931--1934 (First edition)

Anaïs Nin (Edited with an introduction by Gunther Stuhlmann)

Published by Peter Owen Limited, London, 1966

About this Item

Volume One - 1931-1934. First impression of the first British Commonwealth edition. Photographic frontispiece of Anaïs Nin to the fore plus black and white photographic illustrations throughout. Eight-page introduction by Gunther Stuhlmann. ***Very good in light grey cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. No bumps. Corners sharp. Page block edges clean. Slight reading lean. Spine tight. Internally also very good with no inscriptions. Pages clean. No foxing. No creases or tears. ***In a very good black and white photo-illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, showing the original publisher's printed price of 42s. Bright pink titles and text to front panel and spine of dustwrapper. B/w photo of author on rear panel of dustwrapper. Head and tail of spine and corner-tips of dustwrapper rubbed and creased with very small loss. No serious chips, creases or tears. Scratch across the front panel. No fading. ***xxiii prelims plus 368 text pages including index to rear. 222mm x 144mm. ***'Anaïs Nin is now internationally recognised as a major writer. Her monumental diary, dating back from childhood, read in manuscript by leading writers has already established a legendary reputation and become the subject of rumour and conjecture.*** Henry Miller has expressed the opinion: 'it will take its place beside the Revelations of St Augustine, Petronius, Abelard, Rousseau and Proust.' Anais Nin believes that the body of her previously published work was merely the outcroppings of her diary and that her real life as a writer and a woman will now be revealed. ***Emigrating to the USA as a child, she accompanied her father, the Spanish composer Joaquin Nin, on European tours. In the 1930s she lived near Paris, meeting many artists who later became famous. The roster of those who appear in the Journals represents a cross-section of the artistic life of the past forty years. Anaïs Nin writes at length, and often with startling candour, about her relationships and her friends, adding valuable detail to our knowledge of an artistic era. She portrays and records with flashing insight people, conversations and events. But the true significance of her diary is of another kind. ***It does not seem to be of importance that the struggling writer she befriends is Henry Miller, that the tortured poet who confides in her is Antonin Artaud, that Dr Otto rank is her psychiatrist. The real revelation of her diary lies in the fact that here, for the first time, we have a passionate, detailed and completely candid record of a modern woman writer's journey of self discovery.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First impression of the first British Commonwealth edition in its original dustwrapper in very good condition. Uncommon especially in this condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 8455

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE JOURNALS OF ANAIS NIN - Volume One 1931-...

Publisher: Peter Owen Limited, London

Publication Date: 1966

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Jacket design by Keith Cunningham

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition