A Room of One's Own
- London: The Hogarth Press, 1929
London: The Hogarth Press, 1929. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original salmon cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with ownership bookplate of writer Olga Jamison to front pastedown, light offsetting to endsheets and evidence of small appendage (bookseller ticket?) removed pastedown. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket designed by Woolf's sister Vanessa Bell, with light toning to spine, light chipping, minor splitting to joints, small tears to top edge of front panel.
Virginia Woolf's classic feminist essay presented to students at Newnham College and Girton College and women's college at University of Cambridge. Woolf argues in this influential work that women need educational and financial independence from men in order to thrive as whole beings. A fantastic copy, with provenance of writer Olga Jamison who wrote scripts for 30's Western films.
Details
Title
A Room of One's Own
Author
Woolf, Virginia
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
The Hogarth Press: London
Date
1929
Edition
First Edition