Dear Lady Ginger edited by Helen Shaw
$22.00
Dear Lady Ginger presents an exchange of letters between Lady Ottoline Morrell and New Zealand writer D’Arcy Cresswell, together with Morrell’s essay on Katherine Mansfield. Edited by Helen Shaw, the correspondence offers a revealing literary and biographical record linking Cresswell with Morrell’s influential Bloomsbury-era circle.
This attractive small-format first edition was published in New Zealand in 1983 with assistance from the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust.
Edition details:
- Full title: Dear Lady Ginger: An Exchange of Letters Between Lady Ottoline Morrell and D’Arcy Cresswell
- Editor: Helen Shaw
- First published: 1983
- ISBN-10: 0196480221
- ISBN-13: 9780196480220
- Printed in New Zealand
- Typeset by Typocrafters Ltd
- Bound at the University of Auckland Bindery
- Hardcover
- Language: English
Condition: Fair to good used condition. The patterned boards show rubbing, edge and corner wear, spine wear, and a conspicuous patch of surface loss or removed-label residue on the front board. The binding remains intact and the internal pages appear generally clean, with light age-related wear.
Collections: ALL BOOKS, ALL PRODUCTS, FIRST EDITIONS, NON-FICTION BOOKS, NZ BOOKS, NZ NON FICTION
Type: NZ NON FICTION
Category: 1983, A002, BOOKS, CORRESPONDENCE, D'ARCY CRESSWELL, DEAR LADY GINGER, FIRST EDITION, HARDCOVER, HELEN SHAW, KATHERINE MANSFIELD, LADY OTTOLINE MORRELL, LITERARY HISTORY, NEW ZEALAND, NZ NON FICTION
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