Granite and Rainbow.: Essays.
by WOOLF, Virginia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hogarth Press,, 1958. First edition, first impression, of this posthumously published collection of 25 essays on the art of fiction and biography, rediscovered and edited by Woolf's husband with the help of B. J. Kirkpatrick, Woolf's bibliographer, and M. Lyon, the author of several works on Woolf as a literary critic. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket designed by Vanessa Bell. Jacket bright, minimal creasing at edges, faint toning at folds, unclipped: a near-fine copy in like jacket, retaining the Book Society wraparound band. Kirkpatrick A34a.
Synopsis
A posthumous collection of twenty-five essays on the art of fiction and the art of biography. "These are aristocrats among essays...witty, beautifully mannered and mellow" (Rumer Godden, New York Herald Tribune). Editorial Note by Leonard Woolf.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 168474
- Title
- Granite and Rainbow.
- Author
- WOOLF, Virginia
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Hogarth Press,
- Date Published
- 1958
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
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London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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