Orlando:. a biography. by Virginia Woolf.
Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941)
Category
Books
Date
1928
Materials
Place of origin
New York
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Knole, Kent
NT 3220860
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4,333,[3]p.,[8] leaves of plates. photo, port.. 8vo [24 cm.].Bought by the NT as Lot 214 at the English Literature, History, Children's Books and Illustrations sale at Sotheby's, London, on the 13th December, 2016. Provenance: (1) Inscription on front flyleaf: Eddy with love from Virginia Oct. 1928. (2) [Author's signature on preliminary blank leaf] (3) Bookplate: Ex Libris Eddy Sackville West. Binding: original black cloth with vignette of ram in gilt on upper board, spine gilt, spine a little faded and slightly bumped at head and foot, very occasional foxing.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust at auction at Sotheby's, London, on 13 December 2016 (English Literature, lot 214), with the help of a grant from the Friends of the National Libraries, various gifts to Knole and to the National Trust generally and with a contribution from a fund set up by Miss D.E. Johnstone to support book projects at Hallhouse Farm, Appledore, and elsewhere in Kent.
Makers and roles
Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941)
