The Letters of Katherine Mansfield (Two Volumes)

Mansfield, Katherine and J. Middleton Murry (Editor)

Published by Constable & Co, London, 1934

About this Item

8vo. Hardcover. In Two Volumes. Vol 1. pp. 319. Vol 2. pp. 271. In very good condition. Cloth binding with ink stamped title and decoration on cover. Title partially faded on the spine. Slight shelf-wear to cover such as minor wear along the edges and corners lightly bumped; top and bottom of spine slightly dented, and other minor scuffs and marks. Pages themselves are clean and unmarked with light foxing and some water marks in page corners, not obstructing the text. Bookplate by previous owner, acclaimed British actress Fay Compton (known for Uncle Vanya, The Haunting, and Orson Welles' Othello). Kathleen Mansfield was a New Zealand writer, essayist and journalist, widely considered one of the most influential and important authors of the modernist movement. Mansfield wrote short stories and poetry under a variation of her own name, Katherine Mansfield, which explored anxiety, sexuality and existentialism alongside a developing New Zealand identity. When she was 19, she left New Zealand and settled in England, where she became a friend of D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, Lady Ottoline Morrell and others in the orbit of the Bloomsbury Group. John Middleton Murry was an English writer. He was a prolific author, producing more than 60 books and thousands of essays and reviews on literature, social issues, politics, and religion during his lifetime. A prominent critic, Murry is best remembered for his association with Katherine Mansfield, whom he married in 1918 as her second husband. Following Mansfield's death, Murry edited her work. Seller Inventory # 036501

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Letters of Katherine Mansfield (Two ...

Publisher: Constable & Co, London

Publication Date: 1934

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good