Keogh (Theodora) The Tattooed Heart
£175
London, Peter Davies, 1953.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
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.
In stock
Some foxing; cloth slightly dulled at spine; jacket price-clipped, slightly faded at spine.
Jacket artwork by Biro.
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