A Scarlet Pansy
Scully, Robert [pseudonym of Robert McAlmon]
From Washington Square Autographed Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 24 February 2011
From Washington Square Autographed Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 24 February 2011
About this Item
Either 2nd or 3rd printing, published shortly after the 1st, in 1932. (The spine label differs slightly from the one other 1933 copy I can locate online.) Binding tight; pages clean; wear to edges and corners of boards, particularly along spine; spine label shows wear; gutters intact; well-meaning but unfortunate p/o note written on front endpaper (see photos). A truly uncommon title by a fascinating figure: Robert McAlmon was an assistant to James Joyce who founded a small publishing house and immediately brought out Ernest Hemingway's very first book. "A Scarlet Pansy," written under a pseudonym, is a scandalous roman a clef of the author's Paris circle, including thinly disguised portraits of William Carlos Williams, Marsden Hartley, Sylvia Beach, Gertrude Stein, and Alice B. Toklas. Publisher "William Faro" was actually the dubious smut-peddler Samuel Roth. The novel is openly, campily gay, and would surely have caused more of a stir had it been widely distributed. After 1933, the novel was reprinted just once, in the early 1950s, before finally returning to print in 2016. Lacking the genuinely scarce DJ. 370 pages. Seller Inventory # 3895
Bibliographic Details
Title: A Scarlet Pansy
Publisher: N.Y.: William Faro
Publication Date: 1933
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 1st Edition
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