A Room of One's Own / Virginia Woolf

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

A Room of One's Own / Virginia Woolf

Entry/Object ID

2019.4.34

Description

Bound for Beauty #72 [8], 199 p. In the original iconic dust jacket designed by Vanessa Bell, Virginia's sister. Jacket is price-clipped.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1940s

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Width

5-1/4 in

Book Details

Author

Virginia Woolf

Publisher

Harcourt, Brace and Company

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1929

Date Printed

1946

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding

Binding Notes

Bound in black cloth with gilt title to spine.

Notes

1946 printing

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Vanessa Bell

Notes

Designed the dust jacket

Related Entries

Notes

"Monday or Tuesday" 2015.7.359

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection