KEYNOTE. FARR, Florence. The Dancing Faun. FIRST EDITION. Elkin Mathews & John Lane. (Keynotes series, no. 2) 1894
Half title, title designed by Beardsley in red & black, 14pp. cata. (March 1894), 1p. reviews. Uncut in orig. pale blue cloth, blocked in darker blue, spine lettered in gilt; corners sl. bumped, spine darkened to brown, small white mark on upper corner of front board.
¶Florence Farr, 1860-1917, actress, author, muse, and High Priestess of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The Dancing Faun is often considered to be autobiographical, particularly regarding her relationship with George Bernard Shaw. However, when it was published she prefaced the novel by writing that 'this story was written in the summer of 1893, it seems necessary to state that it is purely a work of the imagination, and that none of the characters or events are taken from real life.'
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