A Gala Performance to Help Save Charleston, Maggie Smith in Virginia: A New Play by Edna O'Brien from the Lives and Writings of Virginia and Leonard Woolf
by Edna O'Brien; Richard Morphet; Angelica Garnett; Richard Shone et al
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- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Welwyn Garden City: Bournehall Press, 1981 . First edition. Paperback. Very Good Indeed. 10" by 7.5". Angelica Garnett. An exceptionally scarce Limited Edition programme for a gala raising funds for the preservation of Charleston Farmhouse. Signed by Quentin Bell, Angela Garnett, Sir Hugh Casson and Richard Shone. A very scarce signed programme for the 3rd February 1981 performance of Edna O'Brien's play 'Virginia', starring Maggie Smith, at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.Proceeds from the performance went to the maintenance and preservation of Charleston Farmhouse, the East Essex home of Virginia Woolf's sister Vanessa Bell and her husband Duncan Grant, a location integral to the social lives of the Bloomsbury Group.Signed by four contributors to the work, and associated of the Bloomsbury Group; British architect Sir Hugh Casson, a Patron of the Charleston Trust; artist, painter and writer Angela Garnett, the daughter of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, who created the cover design of the work; art historian Richard Shone, who contributed the article 'Duncan Grant's View of her Genius' to this work, and, finally, Quentin Bell, the son of Clive and Vanessa Bell, nephew of Virginia Woolf. His article 'Charleston - the legend that must live on', is also featured.Featuring a number of contemporary advertisements, this is programme No. 355. of a limited number produced. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, lovely, with a small number of light spots to tail of front wrap. Light spotting to reverse of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 806F12
- Title
- A Gala Performance to Help Save Charleston, Maggie Smith in Virginia: A New Play by Edna O'Brien from the Lives and Writings of Virginia and Leonard Woolf
- Author
- Edna O'Brien; Richard Morphet; Angelica Garnett; Richard Shone et al
- Illustrator
- Angelica Garnett
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Bournehall Press
- Place of Publication
- Welwyn Garden City
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- 10" by 7.5"
- Keywords
- Quentin Bell Angelica Garnett Maggie Smith Charleston Farmhouse Angelica Garnett virginia woolf
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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