 Jacket portrait by Vanessa Bell | |
| Author | Virginia Woolf |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press |
Publication date | 1940 |
| Pages | 307 |
| OCLC | 1859726 |
Roger Fry: A Biography is a biography of Roger Fry written by Virginia Woolf.
| Jacket portrait by Vanessa Bell | |
| Author | Virginia Woolf |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press |
Publication date | 1940 |
| Pages | 307 |
| OCLC | 1859726 |
Roger Fry: A Biography is a biography of Roger Fry written by Virginia Woolf.
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