WOOLF, Virginia. <I>Beau Brummell</I>, New York: Rimington & Hooper, 1930, 2°, FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, number 186 of 550 copies signed by the author in purple ink, designed and embellished by W. A. Dwiggins, original cloth-backed boards, t.e.g., green slipcase. [Kirkpatrick <I>Woolf</I> A15a] | Christie's

Sale 7386

The Library of the Late Jean Albert Gondrexon 1906-1985

London, South Kensington

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25 October 1996

Browse Sale

Lot 162

WOOLF, Virginia. Beau Brummell, New York: Rimington & Hooper, 1930, 2°, FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, number 186 of 550 copies signed by the author in purple ink, designed and embellished by W. A. Dwiggins, original cloth-backed boards, t.e.g., green slipcase. [Kirkpatrick Woolf A15a]

Price realised

GBP 690

Estimate

GBP 250 - GBP 450

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WOOLF, Virginia. Beau Brummell, New York: Rimington & Hooper, 1930, 2°, FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, number 186 of 550 copies signed by the author in purple ink, designed and embellished by W. A. Dwiggins, original cloth-backed boards, t.e.g., green slipcase. [Kirkpatrick Woolf A15a]
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Lot Essay

Kirkpatrick writes: "The essay was first published in the Nation & Athenaeum, 28 September 1929. It was reprinted in the New York Herald Tribune, 29 September 1929, in The Common Reader: Second Series and in Collected Essays, Vol. 3."
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