The FOUR - CHAMBERED HEART by Nin, Anais [1903 - 1977] - 1950

New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1979.. Hard Cover. xi, 146 p. ; 24 cm. Short stories: Little birds; The woman on the dune; Lina; Two sisters; Sirocco; The maja; A model; The queen; Hilda and Rango; The chanchiquito; Saffron; Runaway. Stock# 43,695. Vg / dj vg.

New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1969.. Hard Cover. xv, 268 p., 17.5 cm. Written in 1940-41 for a collector who paid $1.00 per page for pornographic writing; not intended for publication. Stock# 43,696. Vg / dj vg.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich [c1979]. Thirteen stories: Little Birds, Woman on the Dunes, Lina, Two Sisters, Sirocco, The Maja, A Model, The Queen, Hilda and Rango, The Chanchiquito, Saffron, Mandra, Runaway. Hard Cover. 146 pages; 24 cm. Tan pictorial dj, minor wear, old sticker stain on front, upper front corners bumped, upper part of spine stretched where pencil was used as bookmark; internally clean; VG. stock#44172/drk.

New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,, (c, 1977.). Hardcover -. Fine in burgundy leatherette boards in a near fine dust jacket.. Book club edition. Includes a preface by Nin. The second volume of her erotic short stories, published posthumously - a sequel to "Delta of Venus." xi, 146 pp. 

New York:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,, (1977.). Hardcover -. Very good in red cloth with gilt lettering in a poor dust jacket with staining and crinkling to the front cover.. Later printing. Includes a preface by Nin of several diary entries from the early 1940's, explaining the origin of these stories (written for $1 a page, when in need of money.) Posthumous publication of these erotic stories: The Hungarian Adventurer; Mathilde; The Boarding School; The Ring; Mallorca; Artists and Models; Lilith; Marianne; The Veiled Woman; Elena; The Basque and the Bijou; Pierre; Manuel; Linda; Marcel. xvii, 250 p. 

New York:: Putnam,, (1995). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (appears unread). First printing. The most comprehensive biography to date of this very complicated woman. Bair is the first scholar to be granted access to Nin's original diaries - all 250,000 pages of them - and to have the full cooperation of Rupert Pole, her surviving husband and of Nin's family and friends. She takes pains to treat Nin with the objectivity and critical analysis a write deserves. Illustrated with photographs. Extensive notes, index. A massive book at 656 pages.

Paperback / softback. New.

London : Quartet Books, 1979. Pbk edition. Softcover. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; [103]p.,p241-589 : ill. ; 22cm. Subject; Fiction in English.

New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 414 pages; No. 6. Of the diaries. Subjects: Nin, Anais 1903-1977 --Diaries. Authors, American --20th century --Diaries. Thus.

New York : Swallow Press, 1971. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; volume 4 (only): 235 p. : illustrations ; 22 cm. Subjects; Nin, Ana�s (1903-1977) � Diaries. Authors, American � 20th century � Diaries. Women authors, American � 20th century � Diaries. Volume 4: (1944-1947).