Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941) Orlando

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Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941) Orlando. New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928.
First edition, signed by Woolf in purple ink on the verso of the half-title, limited edition, copy 580 of 800 numbered signed copies, in publisher's cloth, sunned, with a little loss at the head, and a short tear in the cloth.
Orlando decides, while a youth in the court of Queen Elizabeth I, that he will never grow old. Escaping gender completely, Orlando lives sometimes as a man and other times as a woman, right into the 20th century.
Estimate $1,200-1,500

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