• A passionate love letter from Violet Trefusis to Vita Sackville-West with whimsical woodblock illustrations by Djuna Barnes.

Violet Trefusis to Vita Sackville-West broadside

From Women Making History: The Revolutionary Feminist Postcard Art of Helaine Victoria Press by Julia M. Allen and Jocelyn H. Cohen

  • Printed letterpress on golden cover paper, second edition, 375 copies, signed, and the type redistributed. Text in black with burnt brown initial caps and engravings and blue piece border. First printing, letterpress on light green tweed recycled cover paper. Text in black with burnt orange initial caps and engravings and peach piece border. Text in black with burnt orange initial caps and engravings and peach piece border. First edition, 375 copies signed. Words from letters of Violet Trefusis to Vita Sackville-West, September and October 1918, Don’t Look Round, Trefusis, Violet, London: Hutchinson, 1952. Woodblocks by Djuna Barnes, from The Ladies Almanack, anonymously written & illustrated By a Lady of Fashion [Barnes, Djuna], privately printed by Darantiere at Dijon, Paris, 1928.
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