![]() 98), where it's noted that "Grant's design was perhaps influenced by his own experiences of Paris in 1906. An image of the dust jacket is featured in Martin Salisbury's The Illustrated Dust Jacket (p. W." Painter and textile designer Duncan Grant was a member of the Bloomsbury group and lover of Dorothy's brother Lytton Strachey. Written in the 1930s based on author Dorothy Strachey's experiences in the 1880s at Marie Souvestre's school. The passion of an English adolescent girl for a teacher in a French finishing school, a classic of lesbian fiction. Sixth Impression January 1950 printed on copyright page and jacket flap, first published April 1949. Dust jacket is moderately foxed, spine ends crimped, rear panel with a closed tear, and with old tape reinforcement on verso of jacket. ![]() ![]() In the two color illustrated dust jacket, price 7s. Mauve cloth, titles and decoration stamped in gilt on the spine, ribbon decoration on the cover, head edge dyed red: spine lightly crushed, back board dented, age tone transfer to endpapers. Duncan Grant (dust jacket) (illustrator). ![]()
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