WOOLF, Virginia. Orlando: A Biography. London: The Hogarth Press. 1928. 8vo. First edition, first printing. Publisher’s orange cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the pictorial dust jacket. A fresh example of the first printing, the cloth clean, backstrip a trifle faded with a couple of mild bumps to corners. The binding tight and square, the contents clean, fine but for some mild offsetting to endpapers and a small handful of singular spots across the text. No stamps or inscriptions. The original dust jacket complete, a couple of small nicks and chips to the spine panel which is a trifle darkened, tear to spine head with two small and discreet tape repairs to verso. Other edges and corners gently rubbed with closed tear to rear panel top, but a very pleasing copy overall and uncommon as such.
One of the author’s most famous works and probably her most studied; the story involves a nobleman living around 1500 who, at the age of around 30, transforms into a woman and lives for many centuries on. As such, it has become a key text in twentieth century feminism and gender studies which can overshadow its stylistic merit. The novel’s formulation came from Woolf’s complex relationship with Vita Sackville-West, whom she met in 1922. Printed in an edition of 5080 copies on October 11 and preceded by a signed limited edition in New York. [Kirkpatrick A11b; Woolmer 185].
WOOLF, Virginia. Orlando: A Biography. London: The Hogarth Press. 1928. 8vo. First edition, first printing. Publisher’s orange cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the pictorial dust jacket. A fresh example of the first printing, the cloth clean, backstrip a trifle faded with a couple of mild bumps to corners. The binding tight and square, the contents clean, fine but for some mild offsetting to endpapers and a small handful of singular spots across the text. No stamps or inscriptions. The original dust jacket complete, a couple of small nicks and chips to the spine panel which is a trifle darkened, tear to spine head with two small and discreet tape repairs to verso. Other edges and corners gently rubbed with closed tear to rear panel top, but a very pleasing copy overall and uncommon as such.
One of the author’s most famous works and probably her most studied; the story involves a nobleman living around 1500 who, at the age of around 30, transforms into a woman and lives for many centuries on. As such, it has become a key text in twentieth century feminism and gender studies which can overshadow its stylistic merit. The novel’s formulation came from Woolf’s complex relationship with Vita Sackville-West, whom she met in 1922. Printed in an edition of 5080 copies on October 11 and preceded by a signed limited edition in New York. [Kirkpatrick A11b; Woolmer 185].
