VIRGINIA WOOLF AND HER WORLD
by LEHMANN, John
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About This Item
New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. First American edition. Small quarto. Pale green cloth, gilt spine. 128 pp. 136 black and white illustrations. Bibliography, chronology, list of illustrations, and index. Dust speckled at top edge, remainder mark at bottom, else a very good copy in a good, unclipped dust jacket with a tiny closed tear at bottom edge of rear panel.
First American edition. Woolf is honored today as the "author of the most brilliantly argued exposition of the female standpoint in modern times, A Room of One's Own," -- from the publisher.
First American edition. Woolf is honored today as the "author of the most brilliantly argued exposition of the female standpoint in modern times, A Room of One's Own," -- from the publisher.
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- Bookseller
- Second Wind Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 445
- Title
- VIRGINIA WOOLF AND HER WORLD
- Author
- LEHMANN, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1975
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- Remainder Mark
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- Gilt
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