Lot 229
Mansfield (Katherine) The Garden Party, and other Stories, one of 30 copies signed by the artist, from an edition of 1200, Verona, Verona Press, printed at the Officina Bodoni, 1939.
Hammer Price: £1,600
Description
Mansfield (Katherine) The Garden Party, and other Stories, number 5 of 30 deluxe copies signed by the artist, from an edition of 1200 copies designed by Hans Mardensteig, additionally signed by the artist verso of colophon page, colour lithograph illustrations by Marie Laurencin, some full-page, original teal morocco, red morocco spine label, some very light spotting to fore-edge with one or two on margins, otherwise an excellent copy, housed in custom-made drop-back box, tall 8vo, [Kirkpatrick D6], Verona, Verona Press, printed at the Officina Bodoni, 1939.
⁂ Born in New Zealand, Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was "one of the most highly regarded short story writers of the 20th century" (BL). Mansfield was both an admirer and rival of esteemed modernist Virginia Woolf who wrote after her death that she had "the only writing I have ever been jealous of. Probably we had something in common which I shall never find in anyone else" (Kirkpatrick).
Though printed in 1939, the outbreak of the Second World War delayed publication until 1947. The stories contained are a selection of Katherine Mansfield's most notable works from across her career; as such, the content slightly differs from the celebrated 1922 edition of the same name.
Description
Mansfield (Katherine) The Garden Party, and other Stories, number 5 of 30 deluxe copies signed by the artist, from an edition of 1200 copies designed by Hans Mardensteig, additionally signed by the artist verso of colophon page, colour lithograph illustrations by Marie Laurencin, some full-page, original teal morocco, red morocco spine label, some very light spotting to fore-edge with one or two on margins, otherwise an excellent copy, housed in custom-made drop-back box, tall 8vo, [Kirkpatrick D6], Verona, Verona Press, printed at the Officina Bodoni, 1939.
⁂ Born in New Zealand, Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was "one of the most highly regarded short story writers of the 20th century" (BL). Mansfield was both an admirer and rival of esteemed modernist Virginia Woolf who wrote after her death that she had "the only writing I have ever been jealous of. Probably we had something in common which I shall never find in anyone else" (Kirkpatrick).
Though printed in 1939, the outbreak of the Second World War delayed publication until 1947. The stories contained are a selection of Katherine Mansfield's most notable works from across her career; as such, the content slightly differs from the celebrated 1922 edition of the same name.
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