A First American Edition of Virginia Woolf's classic, pioneering feminist essay, in an early Vanessa Bell dust jacket (likely from 1944, mentioning Haunted House on the rear flap). The copyright to the book states 1929 with no mention of other printings and lists titles up to A Room of One's Own, bound in black cloth.

This book personally belonged to the late Elinor Warburg, of the famous family of bankers and philanthropists. Her husband George sought out banned books burned in Germany during WWII, mostly first editions, and later donated them to the Jewish Museum in Berlin (featured as The George Warburg Collection). Her name is written in pencil inside, and there is a faint erased pencil mark of her name still barely visible to the top of the dust jacket.

The book itself is in near fine condition with minimal wear from age, a beautiful, well preserved copy. The dust jacket had some light rubbing and chipping to the edges. It has since been wrapped nicely in a new (removable) mylar archival-grade jacket. See pictures for a closer look!