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First printing of the first American edition, published in the same year as the first UK edition, with 'Garden City New York 1937' stated on the title page and 'Copyright 1937' stated on the printer's page. The book was first published in the UK by The Hogarth Press. ***Very good in white woven cloth-covered boards with a navy-blue spine, on which there is a decorative oval panel with gilt titles on a white background and the publisher in gilt at the bottom of the spine. With a blind-stamped 'V S-W' monograph on the front board. The boards are clean and largely unmarked, just small marks with a little fading and browning marks at the edges. The head and tail of the spine are slightly creased, but there are no reading creases. No bumps - corners sharp. No tears to the cloth. Top edge of page block slightly darkened and dusty. Fore-edge and lower edge of page block untrimmed, as is usual for American editions. No foxing. No fading. Internally also near fine with a neat contemporary ownership name and date in ink at the top of the front free endpaper. No creases or tears. Pages clean with no foxing. Printed on thick quality paper - the paper stock just lightly tanned. Spine tight. ***In a very good original dustwrapper, which has been neatly price-clipped at the top corner of the front flap. The dustwrapper is largely complete, but there is some chipping and loss at the head and tail of the spine - not affecting the titles. There is also slight loss at the corner tips of the foldovers - mainly at the bottom of the front foldover. There are some slight creases and nicks at the edges. The back panel is very slightly marked, being a white background. The spine of the dustwrapper has some fading to the red colour but is otherwise quite clean. ***220mm x 150mm. 309 pages. ***'Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson, CH (9 Mar 1892 - 2 Jun 1962), usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and garden designer. Vita Sackville-West was a successful novelist, poet, and journalist, as well as a prolific letter writer and diarist. She published more than a dozen collections of poetry and 13 novels during her lifetime. She was twice awarded the Hawthornden Prize for Imaginative Literature: in 1927 for her pastoral epic, "The Land", and in 1933 for her "Collected Poems". She was the inspiration for the protagonist of "Orlando: A Biography", by her famous friend and lover, Virginia Woolf. (Wiki) ***'Witty, frank, completely devoid of reticences, this unconventional memoir of the extraordinary Sackville-West family could have been written only by the brilliant author of "The Edwardians" and "All Passion Spent"' - quote taken from the front panel of the dustwrapper. ***'Josefa Durán y Ortega (1830 - 1872), known by the stage name Pepita de Oliva, was a Romani Spanish dancer who performed across Europe, popularizing Spanish flamenco dancing and costumes. Despite her official marriage with her dance teacher Juan Antonio Gabriel de la Oliva in 1851, the following year she established a partnership with the British diplomat Lionel Sackville-West with whom she had five children. Her daughter Victoria gave birth to the English writer Vita Sackville-West, who in 1937 published a biography of her grandmother titled Pepita. (Wiki) ***A first printing of the first American edition, published in the same year as the first UK edition. Copies in their original dustwrappers are hard to find now. This is a very nice example of the title. The American publication is of superior quality to the Hogarth Press edition, which was produced using quite cheap materials. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 8523
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Title: PEPITA (First American edition, first ...
Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co. Inc., Garden City, New York, USA
Publication Date: 1937
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First American Edtion
