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Virginia Woolf - A Commentary
by Blackstone, Bernard
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Sturminster Newton, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Hogarth Press, 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Previous owners name in pencil on front endpaper. Very light foxing to endpapers and fore-edge of textblock. Binding sound. Dustjacket condition: Fair to good, generally lightly shelfworn with more wear and a couple of small tears to head and tail of spine. Spine is sunned with a couple of small water-splashmarks. 256pp. This book was written with the intention to help the reader of books by Virginia Woolf. The author maintains that there are three main themes which inspired Woolf to write her books. At the time of her first three novels it was love and freedom; in the middle period, when she wrote Mrs Dalloway and Orlando, she was concerned with marriage and truth; and finally in her last books, with the world and reality..
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- Bookseller
- Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007082
- Title
- Virginia Woolf - A Commentary
- Author
- Blackstone, Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Publisher
- The Hogarth Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- virginia woolf, mrs dalloway, to the lighthouse
- Bookseller catalogs
- English Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books
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Sturminster Newton
About Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books
Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books specialises in Modern British Art and 20th century design books, and is based in Dorset. We are always interested in buying books, particularly those related to art, design, photography and architecture. Please contact us on 01258 471 249 or info@karenjakobsen.co.ukKaren Jakobsen is a Member of the PBFA
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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