
THE PRINCESS ZOUBAROFF: A COMEDY
London: Grant Richards Ltd., 1920. First Edition. Firbank's only published play during his lifetime, set in an English colony in Florence, and centered around two couples on their honeymoons. The husbands leave their wives for a holiday jaunt, with humorous results. Benkovitz A7. Item #5781
First Impression, one of 530 copies printed, though according to the publisher's ledgers, only 513 were bound. Octavo (19.25cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; hunter green topstain; dustjacket; [ii],[6],7-112 + [6]pp ads, with pictorial frontispiece and title page by Michel Sevier. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, with some trivial wear to extremities and just a hint of sunning to spine.
Price: $850.00