'The best of these Darwins is that they are cut out of rock - three taps is enough to convince one how immense is their solidarity.' So wrote Virginia Woolf affectionately of Gwen Raverat, the granddaughter of Charles Darwin. In this first full biography, Frances Spalding looks beyond the artist Gwen Raverat's childhood memoir; Period Piece, and creates a fascinating and moving portrait of Charles Darwin's granddaughter. She explores her Darwin inheritance; her conflicts when she moves beyond her home environment to ...
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'The best of these Darwins is that they are cut out of rock - three taps is enough to convince one how immense is their solidarity.' So wrote Virginia Woolf affectionately of Gwen Raverat, the granddaughter of Charles Darwin. In this first full biography, Frances Spalding looks beyond the artist Gwen Raverat's childhood memoir; Period Piece, and creates a fascinating and moving portrait of Charles Darwin's granddaughter. She explores her Darwin inheritance; her conflicts when she moves beyond her home environment to enter the Slade School of Art; her encounter with post-Impressionism; and her friendships with Stanley Spencer, Rupert Brooke and members of the Bloomsbury set. At each stage, Gwen's artistic creativity is interwoven with her relationships and circumstances. She helps revive the medium of wood-engraving and with her husband, Jacques Raverat, celebrates the South of France in the art they produce while living in Venice. Drawing on a huge cache of unpublished papers, Spalding brings us a life lived with bravery, humour; realism and integrity, surrounded by a remarkable cast of relatives, friends and associates.
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Add this copy of Gwen Raverat to cart. $20.02, good condition, Sold by M Godding Books Ltd rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Devizes, WILTS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2001 by The Harvill Press.
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Good. Very Good Jacket. Size: 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo); First Edition. The copyright page has 'First Published in 2001'. No additional printings are indicated. Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.
Add this copy of Gwen Raverat: Friends, Family and Affections to cart. $24.51, very good condition, Sold by Jenhams rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dundee, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2001 by Harvill Press.
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A hardback volume in Very Good condition, in a similar dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (the pictures you see on Alibris are NOT our own).
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1500grams, ISBN: 9781860467462.
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Physical description: ix, 438 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (some color), portraits; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-425) and index. Contents: Darwin Family Tree VI--1 Charles Darwin 3--2 Constant One 19--3 Destined for Matriarchy 34--4 Newnham Grange 47--5 Childhood 62--6 Adolescence 84--7 Yellow Suns 100--8 Jacques and Rupert 123--9 Comus 142--10 A Bewildered Heart 155--11 Marriage 179--12 Cookham, Gill and Deperdussin 201--13 Gide 226--14 Darnall's Hall 248--15 An Earthly Paradise 267--16 Villa Adele 282--17 Winter Light 309--18 Old Rectory 327--19 Not A Tear or A Prayer 349--20 Travels Abroad 365--21 War Years and The Old Granary 378--22 Period Piece 391. Subjects: Raverat, Gwen 1885-1957. Wood-engravers Great Britain; Biography. Women wood-engravers Great Britain; Biography. Wood-engraving Great Britain 20th century. Linoleum block-printing, English. Artists-Relationships. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.
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NF in NF jacket. Large Octavo. Black cloth covered boards and spine with shiny gilt lettering on the spine. Book has an extremely faint lean toward the front. Charcoal colored endpapers. Binding is tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 438 pages. Dust Jacket-has just a trace of rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the very tips of the two upper outside corners. Large, heavy book will require additional postage for orders requesting International or Priority Mail service. Tight and clean-a lovely copy.
