THE ARTIFICIAL PRINCESS

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original violet cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and free of previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. In the nicked, spine toned dustwrapper which has some slight loss to both spine tips. Not price clipped (6/- net to the front flap).

A very short, posthumously published novel which takes inspiration from Salome. Firbank was known for lightly plotted novels heavy on aesthete-pastiche and decadent style and concepts. Provenance: from the library of Martin Stone.