Keogh (Theodora) The Tattooed Heart
£159
London, Peter Davies, 1953.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 11s6d..
One of a series of provocative mid-century novels exploring sexuality, psychology and bohemian life by Keogh, themes that prefigured and influenced later counter-cultural and queer writing.
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Internally very good; minor occasional discolouring to cloth; small closed tear to foot of jacket spine.
Jacket artwork by Biro.
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