Nin (Anaïs) The Four-Chambered Heart
£95
London, Peter Owen, 1959.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original grey boards. Dust-jacket, priced 15s.
An autobiographical novel by Anaïs Nin, first published in 1950. It is part of her ‘Cities of the Interior’ series and draws from her personal experiences, particularly her tumultuous relationship with Peruvian poet and bohemian Gonzalo Moré in the late 1930s.
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Internally very good; boards sharp; jacket slightly rubbed at extremities, otherwise very good.
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