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1	Carrington: A Life more books like this by Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina add to wishlist The English painter, known simply as "Carrington"--bohemian, charming, elusive--is the subject of this new biography. Portrayed in novels by Wyndham Lewis, D. H. Lawrence, and Aldous Huxley, she made a vivid impression on those she met. A satellite member of the Bloomsbury Group, she fell hopelessly in love with man of letters, Lytton Strachey and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.87! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Vanessa and Virginia more books like this by Susan Sellers add to wishlist In this exquisite debut novel, Virginia Woolf scholar Sellers imagines her way into the heart of the complex relationship between Woolf and her sister. see all copies from $3.93! new only from $9.95! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Omega and After: Bloomsbury and the Decorative Arts more books like this by Isabelle Anscombe, Howard Grey (Photographer) add to wishlist While the literary output of members of the Bloomsbury Group has been thoroughly scrutinized, another aspect of their activity has been largely overlooked, that is, their designs for the decorative arts. The Omega Workshops, started in London in 1913 by Roger Fry, were a venture without precedent, aiming to produce decorative art from a background ... see all copies from $9.99! new only from $17.50! \| first editions
4	Duncan Grant and the Bloomsbury Group more books like this by Douglas Blair Turnbaugh add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	A Bloomsbury Group Reader more books like this by S P Rosenbaum (Editor) add to wishlist Because whenever they wrote the members of Bloomsbury tried to write well, there is an abundant variety of illuminating and delightful reading to be found in the shorter prose works of the Group's novelists, biographers, critics, and even political economists. In A Bloomsbury Group Reader Professor Rosenbaum offers a representative selection of ... see all copies from $24.74! new only from $46.89! \| SVS
6	Ups and Downs: Diaries 1972-1975: Volume 7 more books like this by Frances Partridge add to wishlist Frances Partridge at the age of 100 has had a new lease of life and decided she would like to publish another volume of diaries which will cover the years 1972-75. Now recognised as one of the great British diarists of the century, she was born in Bloomsbury in 1900, the daughter of a progressive mother and architect father whose friends included ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $11.99! \| first editions
7	Bloomsbury Needlepoint: From the Tapestries at Charleston Farmhouse more books like this by Melinda Coss, Vanessa Bell (Illustrator), Duncan Grant (Illustrator) add to wishlist During World War I, a circle of British writers and artists known as the Bloomsbury group retreated to a farmhouse in Sussex, where they produced an abundance of art. Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant, Virginia Woolf, and Roger Fry created original needlepoint designs, charted here for the first time. Melinda Coss has adapted other Bloomsbury artworks ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.95! \| first editions
8	Deceived with Kindness: A Bloomsbury Childhood more books like this by Angelica Garnett add to wishlist This account of a Bloomsbury childhood is also the record of a young girl's particular struggle to emerge from that extraordinary and intense milieu as a mature independent woman. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
9	Mrs Woolf and the Servants more books like this by Alison Light add to wishlist Loathing, anger, shame - and deep affection: Virginia Woolf's relationship with her servants was central to her life. Like thousands of her fellow Britons she relied on live-in domestics for the most intimate of daily tasks. Her cook and parlour maid relieved her of the burden of housework and without them she might never have become a writer. But ... see all copies from $13.50! new only from $13.50! \| first editions
10	Vanessa Bell more books like this by Frances Spalding add to wishlist Vanessa Bell was a central figure within the Bloomsbury Group and lent to it a stability and coherence it might otherwise have lacked. A talented artist, she held sway with her acuity, integrity and a sense of humour. Yet she remained inscrutable, glimpses of her life only appearing through her sister, Virginia Woolf. In this authorised biography, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.59! \| first editions \| SVS
11	The Bloomsbury Group more books like this by Frances Spalding add to wishlist Part of the "Character Sketches" series, this title looks at the Bloomsbury Group. The series features compact guides devoted to literary, artistic and historic personalities, circles and themes. They contain portraits in a variety of media, all selected from the National Portrait Gallery's diverse collection. The illustrations are accompanied by ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99! \| first editions
12	Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Virginia Woolf and Bloomsbury more books like this by Sarah M Hall add to wishlist Virginia Woolf was one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. As the author of works including "Mrs Dalloway", "To the Lighthouse" and "A Room of One's Own", she is celebrated both as a Modernist and as a feminist icon. Her involvement in the lively and controversial Bloomsbury Group, which included the writer Lytton Strachey, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.59! \| first editions \| SVS
13	Memories more books like this by Frances Partridge add to wishlist 'The core of this book is a love affair with Bloomsbury; but a sunny temperament, sharp ear, appreciative eye and richly coloured family background make it also, especially in the early chapters, a classic' Observer Frances Marshall was destined for Bloomsbury. Related to the Stracheys and the Frys, she was brought up in an enlightened and ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $11.99! \| first editions
14	Bloomsbury-Freud: The Letters of James and Alix Strachey, 1924-1925 more books like this by Perry Meisel (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15	Bloomsbury: A House of Lions more books like this add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	A War of Individuals: Bloomsbury Attitudes to the Great War more books like this by Jonathan M Atkins, Jonathan Atkin add to wishlist Bringing together examples of the "aesthetic pacifism" practised during the Great War by members of the Bloomsbury Group and others, this text outlines the stories of those less well-known who shared the mind-set of the Bloomsbury Group when it came to facing the first "total war". It draws together evidence from all the major archives in Great ... see all copies from $16.59! new only from $42.03!
17 view cover	Deceived with Kindness more books like this by David Garnett, Angelica Garnett add to wishlist Angelica Garnett may truly be called a child of Bloomsbury. Her Aunt was Virginia Woolf, her mother Vanessa Bell, and her father Duncan Grant, though for many years Angelica believed herself, naturally enough, the daughter of Vanessa's husband Clive. Her childhood homes, Charleston in Sussex and Gordon Square in London, were both centres of ... see all copies from $6.89! new only from $12.70! \| first editions
18 view cover	Bloomsbury at home more books like this by Pamela Todd add to wishlist This chronicle of the Bloomsbury Group is both biographical and geographical, including stories, quotations, and--most importantly--images of such major figures as Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant, Virginia Woolf, and Lytton Strachey in their homes, their studios, and their gardens. see all copies from $4.65! new only from $18.28! \| first editions
19 view cover	Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell : a very close conspiracy more books like this by Jane Dunn add to wishlist This is the story of a deep and close relationship between two sisters - Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. The influence they exerted over each others lives, their competitiveness, the fierce love they had for each other and also their intense rivalry is explored here with subtlety and compassion. The thoughts, motives and actions of these two ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $17.12! \| first editions
20 view cover	Julia, a Portrait of Julia Strachey more books like this by Julia Strachey, Frances Partridge add to wishlist Following Julia Strachey's death, her life-long friend Frances Partridge was presented with an extraordinary assortment of her papers. Combining material from this source and extracts from the correspondence between the two friends, this book presents an account of the life of a remarkable woman. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
21	Bloomsbury portraits : Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant, and their circle more books like this by Richard Shone add to wishlist see all copies from $7.69! first editions
22 view cover	A Pacifist's War: Diaries 1939-1945: Volume 1 more books like this by Frances Partridge add to wishlist At the outset of the Second World War Ralph and Frances Partridge were both convinced pacifists. These extracts from Frances war diary present an intimate and vivid picture of their life at Ham Spray in Wiltshire , which was a refuge to a wide range of friends, including many of their fellow 'Bloomsberries', as well as a stream of refugees and ... see all copies from $16.54! new only from $18.85!
23	Bloomsbury Heritage, Their Mothers and Their Aunts more books like this by Elizabeth French Boyd add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
24 view cover	A Bloomsbury Canvas: Reflections on the Bloomsbury Group more books like this by Tony Bradshaw, James Beechey, Anne Olivier Bell add to wishlist This volume brings together a selection of short essays on the Bloomsbury Group - the loose association of artists and writers centred around the sisters Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, which had an important influence on cultural and intellectual life in early 20th-century Britain. Essayists include Hermione Lee, biographer of Virginia Woolf; ... see all copies from $39.98! new only from $48.94! \| signed copies \| first editions
25	Brett: From Bloomsbury to New Mexico; A Biography more books like this by Sean Hignett add to wishlist see all copies from $2.89! first editions \| SVS

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