American Aphrodite:

[New York, New York]: (American Aphrodite), 1955. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Green-cloth large octavo, gilt to spine and front board, 96,160 pages, b&w illustrations; 25 cm. Mild wear to spine head and foot, extremely gentle rubbing to rear corners, very minor bumping to top corners, faint musty odor, light soiling to DJ, else Very good(+) in Very good(+) DJ. Hardcover.

Volume 5, Number 19. Scarce. Includes "The Labyrinth" by Anais Nin. DJ protected by archival mylar sleeve. Lesbianism -- Literary collections, Sexuality. Contents: Why Celine / by Hal Zucker -- Hobohemians / by Philip Owens -- The tongue of spring and other poems / by Beatrice Baron [decorations by Picasso] -- Five poems / by Shearman Ray -- The labyrinth / by Anais Nin -- Was it will be / by John Lee Weldon -- Tennis anyone? (a photographic study) -- Married misery / by Harry Roskolenko -- Edge of the nest / by Eugene Armfield -- London Aphrodite / edited by Denys Val Baker.