and Other Stories
IN DUSTWRAPPER AND SLIPCASE
The Garden Party and Other Stories
The Verona Press, 1939.
First edition of this collection. Number 506 of 1200 copies printed at the Officina Bodoni after a design by Hans Mardersteig. Original green patterned linen covered boards with red title label, in grey dustwrapper printed in green, complete with numbered card slipcase. Illustrated with sixteen original colour lithographs by Marie Laurencin. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper, with a small scratch to the spine, in a very good slipcase with some edge wear. A superb copy.
The first edition of this collection, its contents differing from those of the collection of the same name published in 1922. The publisher's note states that, "This special limited edition aims at presenting in one volume the best stories written by Katherine Mansfield at every stage in her career".
Stock ID: 20926
£1,250.00
