A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN [Signed]

New York, NY / London, UK: The Fountain Press / Hogarth Press, 1929. Limited Edition, #408/450. Hardcover. Octavo, 159, [1] pages. In Good condition. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering along the spine. Boards have mild shelving wear, water-staining along spine slightly extending onto upper edges of boards. Small water-staining along top edge of first two front free endpages. Paperclip stain to top edge of first two front free endpages. Bookplate to front pastedown detached, glue staining present. A few torn top edges from when the book was cut. Signed flat by Virginia Woolf on the half-title page. Limited Edition #408/450. Shelved in Case 2. Adeline Virginia Stephen, later Virginia Woolf after her marriage to Leonard Woolf, was born January 25, 1882 to an affluent family in South Kensington London. She began writing professionally in 1900 and published her first novel in 1915. Woolf's writings would become highly popularized in the 1970's during the rise of Second-Wave feminism.




Both Woolf's life and writings became highly regarded under feminist criticism, in particular "A Room of One's Own", an extended essay that explores social injustices faced by women. 1409429. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.