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Olivia - WITH Dust Jacket
by Olivia [BUSSY, Dorothy]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good-
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London: Hogarth Press, 1950. Sixth Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Very Good-. Duncan Grant (dust jacket). 8vo. Pp. 109. Mauve cloth, titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the spine, ribbon decoration on the cover, head edge dyed red: spine lightly crushed, back board dented, age tone transfer to endpapers. In the two color illustrated dust jacket, price 7s. 6d. intact on front flap. Dust jacket is moderately foxed, spine ends crimped, rear panel with a closed tear, and with old tape reinforcement on verso of jacket. Two white paint spots over title. Please see photos. Sixth Impression January 1950 printed on copyright page and jacket flap, first published April 1949. The passion of an English adolescent girl for a teacher in a French finishing school, a classic of lesbian fiction. Written in the 1930s based on author Dorothy Strachey's experiences in the 1880s at Marie Souvestre's school. Dedicated to "the beloved memory of V. W. [Virginia Woolf]."
Painter and textile designer Duncan Grant was a member of the Bloomsbury group and lover of Dorothy's brother Lytton Strachey. An image of the dust jacket is featured in Martin Salisbury's The Illustrated Dust Jacket (p. 98), where it's noted that "Grant's design was perhaps influenced by his own experiences of Paris in 1906. "Dust jacket preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5993
- Title
- Olivia - WITH Dust Jacket
- Author
- Olivia [BUSSY, Dorothy]
- Illustrator
- Duncan Grant (dust jacket)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Sixth Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hogarth Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Foxed
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