Orlando. A Biography.
$12,020 · Offered by Biblio
First edition · Signed
New York: Crosby Gaige,, 1928. The longest love letter in history True first edition, number 509 of 800 copies signed by the author, from a limited edition of 861 copies. It precedes by nine days the first trade edition, issued by the Hogarth Press on 11 October. Inspired by Vita Sackville-West, the novel was described by her son Nigel Nicolson as "the longest love letter in history". Octavo. Frontispiece with tissue guard, 7 half-tone photographic illustrations, including 3 of Vita Sackville-West as Orlando. Original black cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, publisher's device to front cover in gilt, cream endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Holliday Bookshop ticket on rear pastedown. Usual minor fading to spine, gilt remaining bright, couple of spots to cloth, pp. 182-3 browned from loosely inserted clipping, else clean. A near-fine copy. Kirkpatrick A11a; see Woolmer 185.
- Year: 1928
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: hardcover
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