Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941). Orlando. A Biography. New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928.
Tall 8vo. Frontispiece. Original black cloth gilt, top edge gilt (spine lightly sunned). Provenance: A. Henderson & Mary G. Bishop (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 461 of 800 copies, SIGNED BY WOOLF. Orlando questions traditional conceptions of gender and is now regarded as a classic text of feminist fiction. Despite mixed reviews, Woolf's novel was a best-seller, eventually selling 8,104 copies in England and 13,301 in the U.S. Kirkpatrick A11.
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