[Queer Literature] Barney, Natalie Clifford. The One Who is Legion, or A.D.'s After Life

London, Scholartis Press, privately printed for subscribers by Eric Partridge Ltd., 1930. 1st edition. Cloth w. gilt lettering on spine. With two frontispieces by Romaine Brooks. Only novel by Natalie Clifford Barney, the American expatrate author known as the 'Amazon of Paris'; her life and work reflected an independent and intellectual woman and her openly lesbian identity made her a prominent figure in the Parisian artistic elite. Her circle included Renée Vivien, Liane de Pougy and Olive Custance. 'The One Who is Legion' is told by a genderless narrator and explores themes of identity, sexuality and and occult elements. Very rare first edition of Barney's only novel.

Some foxing, but in very good condition.