{"product_id":"virginia-woolf-orlando-signed-new-york-1928-125437","title":"Orlando: A Biography.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003esigned by the author\u003c\/h4\u003eNigel Nicholson, Vita Sackville-West's son, famously declared \u003cem\u003eOrlando\u003c\/em\u003e to be 'the longest love letter in literature'. This is the true first edition, preceding the Hogarth Press edition by nine days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst 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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKirkpatrick A11.","brand":"WOOLF, Virginia.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57633382826359,"sku":"125437","price":6500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/125437_01.jpg?v=1792688273","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/virginia-woolf-orlando-signed-new-york-1928-125437","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}