Bloomsbury a House of Lions, Edel, Leon. Published by Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1979. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½” tall., 288pp. notes, chronology, bibliography and index; illustrated with black and white photos. Quarter navy over blue. Bit of fading to board edges, the number 2 in ink to free endpaper, and otherwise volume is fine condition without markings etc. Unclipped jacket has edge wear, scuffing and inside toning.
An examination of the lives, careers, achievements, and influence of the “Bloomsburies”: economist Maynard Keynes, political scientist Leonard Woolf, authors Virginia Woolf and Lytton Strachey, critics Clive Bell and Desmond MacCarthy, and painters Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell, and Roger Fry. 3810 $15
