ISBN10: 0715629956, ISBN13: 9780715629956, [publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, London] Hardcover First Edition First edition, first impression. Ex library with usual defects and stamps. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, slight lean, some faint dents and creasing to front jacket, not price clipped (£16.99), no personal inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg copy for ex library copy. 328pp. The literary geography of five of Virginia Woolf's best known works. Quite a scarce book.
[Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]

ISBN10: 0715629956, ISBN13: 9780715629956, [publisher: Gerald Duckworth and Co, London] Hardcover vii - viii, 328pp, pale and olive green pictorial, unclipped d/j, title in white on spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
[Rochester, KENT, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]
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United Kingdom: Duckworth Pub. New. Date: 2004. Hardcover. 0715629956 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED -- PLAN YOUR TRIP WITH THIS GUIDE - 200 pages; 6 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches -- There are five places which intimately link Virginia Woolf’s life and work: Cornwall, London, Kent, Cambridge and Rodmell, Sussex. In visiting each of these to compare the real places with their depictions, the author was astonished by the literal accuracy of Woolf’s descriptions. This previously neglected aspect of Virginia Woolf’s artistry is acknowledged and investigated in some depth for the first time in this book. The works discussed are To the Lighthouse (Cornwall and St. Ives), Mrs. Dalloway (London) Orlando (Knole and Sissinghurst), A Room of One’s Own (Cambridge), and Between the Acts (Monk’s House, Rodmell). By visiting each of these places the author introduces the general reader to Woolf’s books and themes. Those who actually travel to the locations will find this an invaluable guide that provides greater appreciation of Virginia Woolf’s works, and more pleasure and information from their journey. -- Chapter One St Ives and To the Lighthouse * Chapter Two Mrs Dalloway and the streets of London * Chapter Three Vita, Virginia, Knole and Orlando * Chapter Four Cambridge and ...