A Spy in the House of Love

New York: British Book Centre, (1954). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 136 pp. Original full crimson cloth-covered boards, stamped in gold, in original unclipped ($3.00) dust-jacket. A vulnerable jacket, shows light rubbing and edge wear - particular to spine ends. A few small tears and chips to edges. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Light handling and shelf wear.

Dust Jacket: Very Good

Hardcover: Near Fine

“A Spy in the House of Love is a 1954 novel by Anaïs Nin. Alongside her other novels, Ladders to Fire, Children of the Albatross, The Four-Chambered Heart and Seduction of the Minotaur, it was gathered into a collection known as Cities of the Interior. The novel follows the character of Sabina, a woman who enjoys the sexual licence typically associated with men. Sabina wears extravagant outfits and deliberately avoids romantic commitments. She pursues sexual pleasure in isolation of any other romantic attachment. In a brief review, John L. Bradley referred to the novel as "Tentative, experimental, complex [...] a commendable effort to explore new frontiers of the modern novel.”