Winifred Holtby: A Concise and Selected Bibliography Together with Some Letters

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Winifred Holtby: A Concise and Selected Bibliography Together with Some Letters

Name: Winifred Holtby: A Concise and Selected Bibliography Together with Some Letters
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Winifred Holtby: A Concise and Selected Bibliography Together with Some Letters, Compiled and Edited by Geoffrey Handley-Taylor — 1st Edition

Publication: London and Hull, A. Brown & Sons, Ltd., 1955.

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 76.

Condition Report: Very Good. The blue cloth binding remains firm, square, and tidy, with the internal pages appearing crisp, bright, and free of foxing. The white dust jacket is largely intact but exhibits the minor shelf-wear expected for its age, including slight overall toning and surface smudging to the blank rear panel. There is minor rubbing and very light edge-wear along the top margin, particularly near the spine ends and corners. Crucially, the front free endpaper bears the bold, authentic signature of Vera Brittain in blue ink, elevating this tidy copy.

Catalogue Note: First Edition, limited to 1,000 copies, of which this is hand-numbered as copy 19. The volume is illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of Winifred Holtby on the dust jacket and features a dedicated foreword by Vera Brittain.

What significantly distinguishes this specific copy is the genuine signature of Vera Brittain. Brittain's lifelong, devoted friendship with Holtby is extensively documented, most famously immortalised in her biography Testament of Friendship, making her physical association with this bibliography profoundly meaningful. While standard copies of this bibliography occasionally surface, signed limitation copies are uncommonly found on the open market.

A comprehensive bibliography of the celebrated Yorkshire novelist and journalist Winifred Holtby, best known for her masterpiece South Riding. Compiled by Geoffrey Handley-Taylor, the work also includes a selection of Holtby's letters and a touching foreword by her lifelong friend and fellow writer, Vera Brittain.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Geoffrey Handley-Taylor (Compiler)

Book Publisher: A. Brown & Sons, Ltd.

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: History

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: Yes

Book Pages: 76

Book Publication Year: 1955

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Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: Hull, United Kingdom

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