Virginia Woolf & the Raverats. A Different Sort of Friendship.

A close study, by the grandson of Gwen Raverat, of the mostly epistolary friendship between Virginia Woolf and the Raverats (both Jacques and his wife Gwen) — a triumvirate whose closeness was informed by numerous shared affinities, including illness, disability, progressive attitudes towards sexuality, and the dogged pursuit of creative work. “This book is the vapour trail left by a remarkable friendship, as they ‘cantered out on paper’, to use Virginia’s phrase, a friendship that took all three of them beyond their usual confines.” Large octavo. 205, [1 blank], [1, colophon] pp. Fifty-nine illustrations, including seven facsimiles of letters plus wood engravings, colored reproductions of paintings and pencil drawings by the Raverats. Additionally, in a matching green paper folder, an engraving, “Vence, La Place en Eté,” printed by Simon Lawrence at the Fleece Press from the original boxwood block. Book design by Humphrey stone. Quarter green linen buckram over marbled boards, gilt spine. Fine in fine publisher's slipcase. One of 500 copies, signed by the author.…