A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN
New York/London: The Fountain Press/The Hogarth Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. This edition preceded the English edition (both trade and signed) by three days. Original cinnamon cloth. One of only 492 copies SIGNED by the author (this copy marked "out of series" instead of numbered and belonged to the Yale University Press printer Carl Rollins) of this important and desirable title, a compelling essay on women and writing that has become a classic feminist text. Spine is mildly sunned; gilt strong. Near Fine. Item #014342
"A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction," said Woolf, "and that, as you will see, leaves the great problem of the true nature of woman and the true nature of fiction unsolved."
Price: $7,500.00