WOOLF, Virginia.
Orlando: A Biography.
Orlando: A Biography.
Stock Code 125437
New York, Crosby Gaige, 1928.
signed by the author
Nigel Nicholson, Vita Sackville-West's son, famously declared Orlando to be 'the longest love letter in literature'. This is the true first edition, preceding the Hogarth Press edition by nine days.First edition, signed by the author in her distinctive purple ink on verso of half title, number 131 of 861 copies; small royal 8vo (235 x 160 mm); illustrated with 7 plates (including 3 showing Vita Sackville-West as Orlando), a couple of minor spots to preliminary leaves, else near-fine; publisher's black cloth boards, gilt lettering and patterns on spine running on to upper and lower boards, upper board with gilt publisher's device depicting a ram, small area of light fading to top edge of upper board and a very mild horizontal, linear mark to centre of same but only discernible in a certain light, the usual slight bumping to spine ends, otherwise a near-fine and very attractive copy.
Kirkpatrick A11.
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