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The Bloomsbury Group

First and signed editions of rare books relating to the Bloomsbury Group, including association copies, inscribed books, presentation copies and signed limited editions.

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    Jacob's Room.

    Richmond: 1922

    First edition, first impression, presentation copy to Vanessa Bell, inscribed by the author on publication: "Vanessa Bell from V.W. Oct. 1922". An exceptional association copy: Jacob's Room was the first of VW's books for which Vanessa Bell designed the dust jacket, and the text represents VW's attempt to do in fictional... Learn More
    £85,000

    Stock Code: 87261

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    Books & Characters.

    London: 1922

    First edition, first impression of Strachey's fourth book. Contains papers on various literary figures, including Thomas Browne, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Jean-Mariet Arouet de Voltaire, of which all but 'A Dialogue' had previously appeared in different periodicals. Learn More
    £225

    Stock Code: 91844

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    A series of letters to art historian and biographer Auguste Bréal.

    Roquebrune, London, Nice, etc.: 1919-40

    Dorothy Bussy (née Strachey) had translated Bréal's book on Velazquez back in 1905 and the present letters have an easy intimacy throughout. In the first she introduces J. M. Keynes "(pronounced Canes) He is something of a swell an intimate friend of my brother Lytton's, Duncan Grant's chief patron, the headquarters... Learn More
    £5,000

    Stock Code: 114757

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  4. 116051

    Design for a plate.

    [c.1919?]

    The pattern shows strong stylistic similarity to plates designed by Vanessa Bell for the Omega Workshops, founded by members of the Bloomsbury Group and established in July 1913. Omega closed in 1919, after a clearance sale, and was officially liquidated on 24 July 1920. The same aesthetic imbued Charleston, East Sussex,... Learn More
    £2,000

    Stock Code: 116051

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    Original Woodcuts by Various Artists.

    London: 1918

    First and only edition. One of just 75 numbered copies and exceptionally scarce on the market. The present example is in the rare pink patterned paper described by Greenwood (Omega Cuts, The Wood Lea Press, 1998) as having "characteristic of Vanessa Bell's style at this time, but there s no evidence that she cut it." There... Learn More
    £9,750

    Stock Code: 86540

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