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Freshwater: A Comedy
by Woolf, Virginia; Ruotolo, Lucio P. (Editor)
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0156335409
- ISBN 13
- 9780156335409
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
San Diego, California: Harvest/HBJ, 1985. First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine. Gorey, Edward. One of a series of later plays by Woolf orig. written in 1923 & completely revised for a 1935 staging at her sister Vanessa Bell's London studio as part of one of her famous "Bloomsbury parties." Edited & with a 5-page Preface by Lucio Ruotolo. Softcover with light green wrappers decorated with Edward Gorey art & typography. His delightfully macabre drawings also appear throughout the 86 pages of text. The FIRST Paperback Edition from 1985 in light green decorative wrappers, this book is in Near Fine condition: actually Brand New & never opened, but with mild foxing to top outside page edges. Else, completely clean, binding straight & tight, pages white & completely unmarked. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Synopsis
Virginia Woolf's only play-a hilarious farce taken from the life of her great-aunt, Julia Margaret Cameron, the famous Victorian photographer. It was first performed at Vanessa Bell's London studio in 1935 as one of Bloomsbury's theatrical evenings and later, in New York, in a star-studded French production. Edited and with a Preface by Lucio P. Ruotolo; drawings by Edward Gorey.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021524
- Title
- Freshwater: A Comedy
- Author
- Woolf, Virginia; Ruotolo, Lucio P. (Editor)
- Illustrator
- Gorey, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0156335409
- ISBN 13
- 9780156335409
- Publisher
- Harvest/HBJ
- Place of Publication
- San Diego, California
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- PLAY THEATER THEATRE LONDON BLOOMSBURY GROUP ARTIST DRAMA ILLUSTRATOR ILLUSTRATION WOMEN FEMALE BRITISH ENGLISH EDWARD GOREY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Literary Criticism/Poetry/Short Stories; Illustrated Books/Illustrators / Edward Gorey;
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La Mesa, California
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