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Women and Fiction = A Room of One's Own: MS 1-1942

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Women and Fiction = A Room of One's Own

Maker(s)

Author: Woolf, Virginia
Binder (person): Winther, Annie

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Description

134 leaves - unlined paper with holes punched in inner margin. Originally loose sheets of paper of two different sizes, the pages were conserved and bound into one volume by Annie Winther in 1996. Spine covered in dark brown goatskin with boards covered in Cockerell marbled paper.

Measurements and weight

Height: 27 cm
Width: 21.5 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1942) by Woolf, Leonard

Dating

1929-03-06 CE - 1929-04-02 CE

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Identification numbers

Accession number: MS 1-1942
Primary reference Number: 187632
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 31 May 2012 Updated: Thursday 12 January 2023 Last processed: Thursday 12 January 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Women and Fiction = A Room of One's Own" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/187632 Accessed: 2023-03-29 20:52:04

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