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Ludovici (Arline) Dark Desire
£295
[Rome], Ars Nova, 1932.
First (sole?) edition. 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers, priced 38 lire on lower wrapper.
An intriguing ‘curioso’, with only six copies we could locate in institutional holdings, all but one in America. As rather darkly & disturbingly intimated by the cover artwork, the story focusses on an interracial relationship…
Out of stock
Some toning and browning to text-block; wrappers with light soiling and browning, some splits and rubbing.
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