WOOLF, Virginia.
Beau Brummell.
New York: Rimington & Hooper , 1930.
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BEAU BRUMMEL, ONE OF ONLY 550 COPIES SIGNED BY VIRGINIA WOOLF; IN THE RARE ORIGINAL SLIPCASE
Signed limited first edition of this amusing account of the 19th-century dandy, number 60 of only 550 copies (500 of which were offered for sale), signed on the verso of the half-title page by Virginia Woolf in her characteristic purple ink. Octavo, original half gilt-stamped red cloth, gray paper boards, mounted cover illustration, top edge gilt. Near fine in the rare original slipcase.
First published in the Nation & Athenaeum (September 28, 1929), Woolf's essay describes the life, habits and unfortunate end of Beau Brummel, early 19th-century arbiter of fashion. Designed and decorated with two color illustrations by W.A. Dwiggins and printed by William Edwin Rudge.
Beau Brummell.
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