Orlando: A Biography.

£3,750 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books · No longer available

signed limited edition A signed first edition of one of Woolf's most famous works. Nigel Nicholson, Vita Sackville-West's son, famously declared Orlando to be "the longest love letter in literature." First edition, signed by the author in her distinctive purple ink on verso of half title, number 154 of 800 copies, from a total edition of 861; small royal 8vo; illustrated with 7 plates, slight offsetting to some endpapers from binding, faint mark to half-title, small mark to p117, small mark to edge of p327, otherwise very good internal condition; modern full red morocco by Sangorski Sutcliffe, one-line gilt-panelled border, spine in 6 compartments panelled and lettered in gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, slight signs of wear to extremities, light fading to spine, a fine and attractive copy; [v], 333pp, [3]pp. Kirkpatrick A11.

• Binding: Hardcover

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