[BARNES, Djuna (1892-1982), her copy and contributor]. Contact Collection of Contemporary Writers. [Paris: Contact Editions / Three Mountains Press, 1925]. 8vo. [339] pp. Publisher's perfect-bound printed wrappers, glassine. Minor rubbing to wrappers, faint minor wear to glassine, binding very lightly skewed, many pages unopened at top. Fine. Housed in modern burgundy cloth clamshell case.

FIRST EDITION OF THIS RARITY, CONTRIBUTOR DJUNA BARNES' COPY WITH HER SIGNATURE ON THE SECOND BLANK, ONE OF ONLY 300 COPIES PRINTED. In addition, this book has the small bookplate of legendary book collector John K. Martin on the rear flap of wrapper. Besides Barnes, other expatriate contributors include: Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Robert McAlmon, Ezra Pound, Edith Sitwell, Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, Ford Madox Ford, and others.