Nigel Nicolson Intro (7 results)

paperback, Condition: Good, HarperPerennial, c.1992, 1st.trade paperbk.prtg., 155pp., photos., G $.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. B/W Illus (illustrator). 1st. First edition thus; dj w/lite sunning of edges, in mylar; brown c w/gilt spine titles: 155 clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st thus (1990). 155pp. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE copy but for dust jacket has tiny closed tear to front bottom edge, now preserved in archival jacket protector.

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Condition: Good. 8vo. Brown Cloth, Dust Jacket with mylar protective sleeve. Very Good. 277 pp. B&W plates.ISBN 0224010077.

Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontipsiece, 155pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to front gutter) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, prev. booksellers' labels to front flap & rear cover).

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). A very smart set of four first edition volumes on notable figures Lytton Strachey, Gertrude Bell, Vita Sackville-West, Harold Nicolson, and Virginia Woolf. A four volume set of works on notable figures.In the original cloth bindings. In the original unclipped dust wrappers.Comprising of:(1971) Lytton Strachey by Himself: A Self-PortraitEdited with an introduction by Michael Holroyd. The first edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece. The diary of Lytton Strachey, an English writer and critic who was a founding member of the Bloomsbury Group and the author of Eminent Victorians. He established a new form of biography in whichpsychologicalinsight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit.(1978) Gertrude BellBy H.V.F. Gertrude Bell. The first edition. Illustrated with 8 double sided plates and in text illustrations. A work on Gertrude Bell, an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, andarchaeologist. She spent much of her life exploring and mapping theMiddle East, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making as anArabistdue to her knowledge and contacts built up through extensive travels.(1992) Vita and Harold: The Letters of Sackville-West and Harold NicolsonEdited by Nigel Nicolson. The first edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 8 double sided plates. Vita Sackville-West was a prolific author and garden designer, whilst Harold Nicolson was a British politician, writer, broadcaster and gardener. The two were married.(1994) Virginia WoolfBy James King. The first edition, first impression. Illustrated with 8 double sided plates. A work on Virginia Woolf, an English writer and one of the most influential 20th-centurymodernistauthors. She helped to pioneer the use ofstream of consciousnessnarration as a literary device. In publisher's original cloth bindings. In the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, excellent. Minor shelf wear to extremities. Dust wrappers are very smart, with just slight shelf wear to edges. Mark to spine of 'Lytton Strachey' wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. book.