Sackville-West, Vita.

Sissinghurst.

London, The Hogarth Press, 1967. 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. 4 pages. Original softcover pamphlet. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight browning of cover-edges.

“Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson, CH (9 March 1892 – 2 June 1962), usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English poet, novelist, and garden designer. A successful and prolific novelist, poet, and journalist during her lifetime—she was twice awarded the Hawthornden Prize for Imaginative Literature: in 1927 for her pastoral epic, The Land, and in 1933 for her Collected Poems—today she is chiefly remembered for the celebrated garden at Sissinghurst she created with her diplomat husband, Sir Harold Nicolson. She is also remembered as the inspiration for the androgynous protagonist of the historical romp Orlando: A Biography, by her famous friend and admirer, Virginia Woolf, with whom she had an affair.” (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: British Literature · Garden · Garden Collection – Ann Geneva · Garden Design – Collection · Garden Design – Rare · Library & Collection Building · Poetry
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 72323AB