Lot 256
Woolf (Virginia).- Strachey (Julia) Two Autograph Letters signed to Vanessa Bell, 1941.
Hammer Price: £700
Description
Woolf (Virginia).- Strachey (Julia) Two Autograph Letters signed to Vanessa Bell, together 5pp., 4to & 8vo, 7th April 1941 & n.d. expressing her sadness at the news of Virginia Woolf's suicide "I am heartbroken at the sad news about Virginia", reminiscing about Woolf "One or two evenings in the past... with you & Virginia chaffing each other, & her telling those wonderful tales of Ethel Smyth... are absolutely the most delightful memories I have..." , assisting Bell in obtaining Stephen Tomlin's bust of Woolf and the breakdown in her relationship with the Tomlin family "each party considering that the other one has behaved monstrously to the other in the past - so you see how it is", folds, pencil reference note to head in another hand.
⁂ An excellent pair of letters from one member of the Bloomsbury group to another, written in the wake of Virginia Woolf's suicide.
Description
Woolf (Virginia).- Strachey (Julia) Two Autograph Letters signed to Vanessa Bell, together 5pp., 4to & 8vo, 7th April 1941 & n.d. expressing her sadness at the news of Virginia Woolf's suicide "I am heartbroken at the sad news about Virginia", reminiscing about Woolf "One or two evenings in the past... with you & Virginia chaffing each other, & her telling those wonderful tales of Ethel Smyth... are absolutely the most delightful memories I have..." , assisting Bell in obtaining Stephen Tomlin's bust of Woolf and the breakdown in her relationship with the Tomlin family "each party considering that the other one has behaved monstrously to the other in the past - so you see how it is", folds, pencil reference note to head in another hand.
⁂ An excellent pair of letters from one member of the Bloomsbury group to another, written in the wake of Virginia Woolf's suicide.
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