BLOOMSBURY: A HOUSE OF LIONS by Edel, Leon - 1979

J.B. Lippincott (1979), 1979. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Hogarth Press, 1979. Hard Cover. 288 p., [4] leaves of plates, illus., map on lining papers; 24 cm. Interweaves the lives of Maynard Keynes, Leonard and Virginia Woolf, Clive Bell, Vanessa Bell, Roger Fry, and others. SBN (10): 070120463X. Stock#46749. Vg / dj worn.

London: The Hogarth Press. Very Good+ Bright tight condition Very Good jacket. 1979. 1st edition. ISBN 0-7012-0463-X. 1/2 inch repaired tear in back of jacket .

Hogarth Press, 1979-08-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Very Good Dust Jacket. 9x6x1. Occasional pencil markings. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Unclipped DJ has light rubbing on back. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Penguin Random House. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Book Club Associates, London, reprint edition, 1979. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. 288 pp. From the blurb - " 'In Bloomsbury' Leon Edel once told himself lightheartedly, 'there are nine characters in search of an author.’ Those nine characters are Virginia Woolf, Leonard Woolf, Lytton Strachey, Maynard Keynes, Desmond MacCarthy, Roger Fry, Clive Bell, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant - representing among them the arts and crafts of politics, economics, fiction, biography, criticism and painting. Mr Edel sees them as, in Virginia Woolf’s words, ‘dangerous animals, rather suspicious of each other, and full of fascination and mystery*, but also as forming a group of rational and liberal individuals, characterized by intelligence and charm, an arduous work ethic and *a certain high and gentry view of civilization’. While telling their story as if it were a novel, Mr Edel is aware that a biographer may allow himself imagination of form but never imagination of fact. He has chosen… Read More

The Hogarth Pr. Used - Good.

London: Hogarth Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 in. high. 288 pages. Condition of book is VERY GOOD; Price sticker on front pastedown otherwise an excellent copy, text & illustrations are very clean, binding is tight. Condition of dust jacket is VERY GOOD; Very light wear, not price-clipped (£ 8.50) Bio RGR

Hogarth Press. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Very Good dust jacket. (Bloomsbury Group, London, Biography)

LONDON: THE HOGARTH PRESS, 1979 Brown Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 240 x 160 mm approx. Street Maps to end papers, 288 pp Frontis + 10 other b/w illustrations on 8 glossy plates all as called for. First Edition 1979. See our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ VG (Book- negligible shelf wear or soiling to boards, mild dust spotting to top edge of book block, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- mild rubbing to extremities and a few foxing spots totop margin of rear panel, line crease to front panel, no notable soiling and non price clipped - cover £8.50. No other notable defects to book or jacket). Please state when placing order if you would wish that a removable proprietary protective sleeve be fitted.