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Dorothy Strachey, Mrs Simon Albert Bussy (1866-1960)
Category
Books
Date
1949
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3160692
Summary
Bibliographic description
109, [1] p. ; 21 cm. Loosely inserted: two manuscript letters from Dorothy Strachey to Vita Sackville-West: 1. with headed address: 51 Gordon Square, W.C.1, dated: 14th Oct. 1951, signed: Dorothy B., concerns her feelings about Virginia Woolf, with remarks on Nursery rhymes; 2. with headed address: La Souco, Roquebrune – Cap Martin, dated: 30th Dec. 1951, signed: Dorothy Bussy, concerns death of Pernel [Strachey, 1876-1951] and cultivation of garden at La Souco. Provenance: inscribed "V.S.W / Sissinghurst / 1949" [i.e. Vita Sackville-West, 1892-1962] Binding: mauve publisher’s cloth, gold lettered and decorated. Front cover of dustjacket retained and inserted.
Makers and roles
Dorothy Strachey, Mrs Simon Albert Bussy (1866-1960)