THE HEIR - A LOVE STORY Signed and Numbered #60
by Sackville-West, Vita
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
THE HEIR - A LOVE STORY had a run of 100 copies.
1-50 were for public sale. This limited edition only contained the one story.
Copies numbered from 51-100 were for private circulation. Numbered and Signed by Vita Sackville-West.
This is the unique and rare number 60.
Binding: hand-made paper and all edges uncut. Bound in "patterned" covered boards, quarter bound in white imitation vellum, with white paper tile label on the spine, printed black. Mild partial browning to endpapers, very light, occasional spotting but an exceptionally rare copy.
The private circulated edition had varied decorative patterns. This particular edition as mentioned in Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme
A7.(b2). "No. 60: Diagonal rows of flowers with brown petals and white centres, on a mustard background, and with white dots scattered throughout".
A wonderful addition to any VSW collector's library.
Synopsis
"The Heir first published 1992"--T.p. verso.
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Details
- Bookseller
- TBCL The Book Collection Library (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33152
- Title
- THE HEIR - A LOVE STORY Signed and Numbered #60
- Author
- Sackville-West, Vita
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Limited Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- FIRST EDITION SIGNED VITA SACKVILLE-WEST, VIRGINIA WOOLF
- Bookseller catalogs
- Electronic List TBCL; Gallery Highlights; Vita Sackville-West;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Vellum
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