The Legend of Monte della Sibilla, or Le Paradis de la Reine Sibille (handprinted by Virginia Woolf !),

Bell, Clive:

Edité par Printed and Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, Hogarth House, Richmond,, 1923

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Original decorative boards, 25 pages, rear cover slightly dusty, small area of scuffing to upper edge of front, head and tail of spine a little worn, a very good copy. Published in December 1923 at 4s6d in an edition of 400 copies only. Frontispiece and two illustrations by Duncan Grant. According to a note on the unillustrated dust jacket (not present here), the "decorations and cover design" are by Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell, but Quentin Bell in his Bloomsbury (N.Y., Basic Books, 1968, p.86) attributes the cover to Vanessa Bell alone. The Sussex Ledger shows a total of 311 copies sold by 18 June 1926. In her diary Virginia notes about this book: "But I must descent to the basement, & see whats doing with Clive`s cover; which Leonard does for 8 hours daily." (Diary for 3 November 1923). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1050.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Legend of Monte della Sibilla, or Le Paradis de la Reine Sibille (handprinted by Virginia Woolf !),
• Éditeur: Printed and Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, Hogarth House, Richmond,
• Date de parution: 1923
• Langue: anglais
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: Sehr gut
• Poids: 1050 grammes
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Bloomsbury - Virginia Woolf, Family and Friends