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A Moment's Liberty: The Shorter Diary of Virginia Woolf
by WOOLF, Virginia (diarist); BELL, Anne Olivier (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair in Fair dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0151618941
- ISBN 13
- 9780151618941
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers. Fair in Fair dust jacket. 1990. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0151618941 . Stated first American edition. Anne Olivier Bell has abridged and edited the diaries of the distinguished English author, Virginia Woolf (1882-1941). Originally published in five volumes spanning the years from 1915 to 1941, this condensed version is, per the jacket flap, "splendidly readable." With an introduction by Quentin Bell. --- In tan paper-covered boards backed in blue cloth, with silver-stamped spine titling. Volume wrapped in jacket with color painted portrait of Woolf by her sister, Vanessa Bell to front panel. --- A Fair-only copy with conspicuous dampstaining and rippling of leaves, as well as soiling here and there. Despite damages, this book is full readable. Jacket bears original $22.95 flap price, with tears and dampstains and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. Note: This item is damaged and is priced accordingly.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xii, 516 pages .
Synopsis
The Diary of Virginia Woolf has been acclaimed as a masterpiece. Anne Olivier Bell edited the five-volume original, and she has now abridged the Diary in this splendidly readable single volume edition. “A fine opportunity to experience Woolf’s biting wit and scathing depiction of her contemporaries” (Booklist). Introduction by Quentin Bell; Index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87500
- Title
- A Moment's Liberty: The Shorter Diary of Virginia Woolf
- Author
- WOOLF, Virginia (diarist); BELL, Anne Olivier (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0151618941
- ISBN 13
- 9780151618941
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- San Diego
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- 0151618941
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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