WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JULIET NICOLSON Vita Sackville-West was an extraordinary woman from a long line of extraordinary women - this book tells their stories. Her grandmother Pepita, daughter of an old-clothes pedlar, made her fortune as a dancer and had a scandalous affair with an English diplomat. Their illegitimate daughter Victoria, Vita's mother, spent her childhood hidden in a convent but went on to be the glamorous mistress of Knole, one of the grandest old houses in England. Vita brings her legendary wit, passion ...
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JULIET NICOLSON Vita Sackville-West was an extraordinary woman from a long line of extraordinary women - this book tells their stories. Her grandmother Pepita, daughter of an old-clothes pedlar, made her fortune as a dancer and had a scandalous affair with an English diplomat. Their illegitimate daughter Victoria, Vita's mother, spent her childhood hidden in a convent but went on to be the glamorous mistress of Knole, one of the grandest old houses in England. Vita brings her legendary wit, passion and eccentricity to this colourful family portrait.
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Add this copy of Pepita to cart. $3.50, fair condition, Sold by JAmy rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Red Wing, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1937 by Doubleday, Doran & co., inc..
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Fair. No dust jacket. vii, 309 p. front. (port. ) 22 cm. Includes Portraits. "First edition." Cloth cover has much age discoloration and beginning to tatter at top. Binding is OK. Pages are clean and unmarked. Reading copy
Add this copy of Pepita to cart. $8.89, very good condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by VINTAGE.
Add this copy of Pepita to cart. $20.07, new condition, Sold by Ria Christie Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Uxbridge, MIDDLESEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2016 by Vintage Classics.
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New. Vita Sackville-West was an extraordinary woman from a long line of extraordinary women. Her grandmother, daughter of an old-clothes pedlar, made her fortune as a dancer and had a scandalous affair with an English diplomat. Their illegitimate daughter Victoria, Vita's mother, spent her childhood hidden in a convent. This book tells their stories. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 248. 2016. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
Add this copy of Pepita to cart. $62.30, very good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1937 by Doubleday, Doran & Co.
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Not Stated. Very Good. An early US printing of English writer and garden designer Vita Sackville-West's biography of her grandmother, Pepita. A later impression of the first US edition of Vita Sackville-West's biography of her grandmother, Pepita de Oliva. Published in the same year as the first US edition, first impression, but without the words 'first edition' appearing to the verso of the title page. Pepita was a Romani Spanish dancer, who popularised Spanish flamenco dancing whilst performing across Europe. Despite an official marriage, Pepita had a long partnership with Lionel Sackville-West, with whom she had five children. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. Perhaps the best known work from Bloomsbury Group figure, garden designer and writer Vita Sackville-West, well known today for her relationship with Virginia Woolf, and for providing the inspiration for Woolf's beloved novel 'Orlando'. Â With the illustrated bookplate of Sydney R. Skelton to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Fading and shelf wear to back strip tail. With discolouration and light spotting to board perimeters. Illustrated bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good.
