FIRE: From "A Journal of Love": The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1934-1937, with a Preface by Rupert Pole and Biographical Notes and Annotations by Gunther Stuhlmann
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title by Rupert Pole, the second husband of Anaïs Nin, as well as her literary executor: “For Charlotte [Hyde], Anaïs finds a lover who speaks the language of her ancestors and together they create Fire. With Love, Rupert, Aug. 1996." It was Hyde, a tourism representative for Tahiti, New Caledonia, and the Hebrides, who helped Nin fulfill her lifelong dream of visiting Bali.
Picking up where Incest (1992) left off, Nin chronicles a restless search for fulfillment that leads her to New York City - ”that brilliant giant toy” - then back to Paris and Henry Miller, and eventually into the arms of a passionate new lover.
Octavo: xi, [1], 434 p. with textual photographs. Original mustard paper-covered boards over a yellow cloth spine, with red titles. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Near fine / Near fine. Item #75695
ISBN: 0151000883
Price: $100.00