Being the Book of the Edinburgh University Women's Union 1926
Atalanta's Garland Being the Book of the Edinburgh University Women's Union 1926
Printed at the University Press by T. & A. Constable Ltd., 1926.
First edition. 8vo. Cream cloth backed paper covered boards, decorated in terracotta and cream, with a cream title label onlaid on the upper cover. Black and white drawing by Jessie M King on page 154, entitled "The Prince of the Fairies a-wooing came". There are also black and white photographic plates, including a portrait of Virginia Woolf, and an illustration in colour of a painting by Katherine Cameron. A very good copy.
Includes an original short story by Virginia Woolf, entitled "A Woman's College from Outside" and previously unpublished paragraphs of unfinished stories by Katherine Mansfield. One of only 1000 copies published.
PROVENANCE: Bookplate of George Fleming, noted British collector of children's books, to front pastedown.
Kirkpatrick B6; White B155
Stock ID: 40176
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