Dedicated to the source of inspiration, Vita Sackville-West, who, as a woman, could not become heir to her ancestral home in Knole, Woolf 'made up' for it by writing her a literary monument which has become a classic as well as the 'longest love letter in literature'.

First edition, sixth impression; 8vo (18 x 12.5); ownership signature to front blank, else unmarked internally; half green morocco by Bumpus, gilt lettering to spine, all edges gilt, spine faded, else very good.