Granite and Rainbow: Essays.
by WOOLF, Virginia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Bookplate on half-title, otherwise very fine in a very fine jacket with slight darkening to spine and top edge.
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
London:: The Hogarth Press,, 1958.. First edition.. publisher's bright blue cloth in dust jacket designed by Vanessa Bell.. Bookplate on half-title, otherwise very fine in a very fine jacket with slight darkening to spine and top edge. . 8vo,.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7459
- Title
- Granite and Rainbow: Essays.
- Author
- WOOLF, Virginia
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's bright blue cloth in dust jacket designed by Vanessa Bell.
- Book Condition
- Used - Bookplate on half-title, otherwise very fine in a very fine jacket with slight darkening to spine and top edge.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Hogarth Press,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1958.
- Pages
- 240 pp.
- Size
- 8vo,
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About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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