WOOLF, Virginia (Suzanne Henig)Biblio.com
1973Best.-Nr. 503085California: San Diego State University Press 1973. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Preface and introduction by Suzanne Henig. Slim octavo. viii 11pp. Fine in blue buckram with cover titled in gilt. Signed by Henig on the title page. Copy 10 of 2000 numbered copies issued. A work of fiction written by Virginia Woolf in 1892 aged ten printed here for the first time in book form with its sequel: "The Experiences of a Pater-Familias." Kirkpatrick A41a; not published in England until 1994. San Diego State University Press hardcover
1977Best.-Nr. 396321London: Hogarth Press 1977. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Edited by Mary Lyon. Fine in a trifle age-toned else fine dustwrapper. A very nice copy. Hogarth Press hardcover
2003Best.-Nr. 514076London: Hesperus Press Limited 2003. Softcover. Fine. Advance Readers copy. Foreword by Doris Lessing. Edited by David Bradshaw. Oblong small quarto. Fine. Bound with a tape spine printed in two columns recto only with publishers material laid in. The publishers material states "And because the publication date is imminent we are by-passing bound galleys and providing you with a bound type-set manuscript". "Carlyle's House and Other Sketches marks the first publication of one of Virginia Woolf's very earliest notebooks containing a series of six striking semi-autobiographical sketches." from the publishers material. Hesperus Press Limited unknown
1933Best.-Nr. 13045New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1933. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fine/Very Good. Vanessa Bell. 8vo. Pp. 10 11 - 185. Frontis. photo of Flush on a bed. With two additional photo reproductions. Endpapers illustrated by Vanessa Bell. Bound in rust-colored cloth spine lettered in silver. In the photo-illustrated dust jacket that shows light edge-wear just a hint of sunning to spine. Woolf's noted biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel "Flush" which documents the dog's removal from the countryside to the city. In doing so Woolf provides commentary on urban Victorian life underscoring the nuances affecting the lives of women. A handsome presentable copy with dust jacket now housed in a removable clear archival protector. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
1933Best.-Nr. acs 1118Lodon: Published by Leonard and Virginia woolf at the Hogarth Press 1933. First Edition Kirkpatrick A19. Large Paper Edition with four original drawings by Vanessa Bell and six other illustrations. Octavo tan cloth hardcover 163 pp. Plates illus. Good covers show toning text block shows foxing as does an otherwise nice dust jacket with mylar protector. Published by Leonard and Virginia woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1933. First Edition, Kirkpatrick A19. hardcover
1928Best.-Nr. 209306New York: Harcourt Brace & Co 1928. VG-: Damage to the top right corner of the front cover with the fabric ripped and the board exposed. Significant fading to the spine. Slight tanning to the pages. Majority clean body pages and solid binding. A blue casebound book. The pages have deckled edges. 333 pages; 8 black-and-white plates. First regular edition. Harcourt, Brace, & Co unknown
1978Best.-Nr. 516659Norwood Pennsylvania: Norwood Editions 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine. Second American edition and first American edition thus by this publisher. Octavo. 31pp. Blue buckram. A fine copy issued without dust jacket. See Kirkpatrick A24b note: first published in London by the Hogarth Press in 1939. The first American edition was published by The Folcroft Press in 1969; both the Norwood and the Folcroft Press editions were considered "pirated" editions. Also see Kirkpatrick A3d for details of the controversy. Norwood Editions hardcover
1940Best.-Nr. 182130New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1940. Hardcover. VG/G light age toning to pages but otherwise clean and clear. Dust jacket has light wear with small tears. Green cloth over boards gilt spine lettering; burgundy and tan dust jacket with burgundy lettering; bw portrait frontispiece of Roger Fry; 307 pp bw plates Contents include: Childhood : school -- Cambridge -- London Italy Paris -- Chelsea : marriage -- Work -- America -- The post-Impressionists -- The Omega -- The war years -- Vision and design -- Transformations. Also includes a foreword by Margery Fry and a list of the illustrations. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 428263New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1950. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. A trifle worn at the spine-ends else near fine in very good age-toned dustwrapper with rubbing and shallow loss at the crown. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 26127London:: The Hogarth Press 1950. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Slight bumping to edges of cloth; tiny bookseller's ticket to front pastedown; else a nice copy in a very nice jacket with one short closed tear and the slightest of tanning to the spine. 8vo. The Hogarth Press, hardcover
Best.-Nr. 363171New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. First American Editions. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A serviceable set of five copies in Imperial octavo hardcover format measuring 9 1/2" tall x 6" wide respectively. Sturdy if unlovely copies given the tattered chipped and rubbed printed dust wrappers some being also price-clipped. The books themselves are in easily Good condition and stand upright easily on the shelf. Bound in black cloth over boards sharp and distinct lettering to spines. Slight forward cocks to a couple of spines slight smudging to some bottom tips. Some dings and imperfections here and there e.g. damp-staining to spine of the fifth volume with bleed-through to interior of dust jacket bottom. Else clean tightly bound and unmarked of interior quite bright with notes bibliographies and and indexes. Edited by Anne Olivier Bell being assisted by Andrew McNeillie and with Introductions by Quentin Bell. The set comprises Volume One 1915-1919 1977 First American Edition First Printing "B" in "number" line xxviii 1 3-356 pp.; Volume Two 1920-1924 1978 First American Edition First Printing "B" in "number" line xii 2 3-371 pp.; Volume Three 1925-1930 1980 First American Edition First Printing "B" in "number" line xiii 1 3-384 pp.; Volume Four 1931-1935 1982 First American Edition First Printing "B" in "number" line xiii 2 3-402 pp.; Volume Five 1936-1941 1984 First American Edition First Printing "B" in "number" line xiv 2 3-402 pp. The five volumes cover her early adult life her complicated interpersonal relations her career highs and lows her multifaceted friendships with the literary lights of the day developing family structure her charter membership in the so-called Bloomsbury Group. A scholar's well-used set from the personal library of the noted classicist Peter Morris Green.Member I.O.B.A. C.B.A. and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes and for sets. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover
1977Best.-Nr. 1402050London: The Hogarth Press 1977. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 356 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine blue with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering price clipped. Slight wear to head of spine. Slight scuffing to edges of text block. Interior pages clean. Shelved in Literary Criticism. 1402050. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Hogarth Press hardcover
1983Best.-Nr. 1402057London: The Hogarth Press 1983. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo 356 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine blue with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering price clipped. Small bump to top edge of front board. Slight scuffing to top edge of text block. Interior pages clean. Shelved Literary Criticism. 1402057. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Hogarth Press hardcover
1987Best.-Nr. 1402070London: The Hogarth Press 1987. First Edition Thus First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 381 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine black with off-white lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering price uncut: "£25.00". Minor shelf wear. Text block clean. Stain from non-archival tape to front pastedown. Shelved Literary Criticism. 1402070. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Hogarth Press hardcover
Best.-Nr. 363170New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable set of five reference copies; nothing fancy but complete copies and sturdy if unlovely. Printed dust wrappers are tattered rubbed and chipped a couple of edges are split several also price-clipped though the books themselves are in easily Good condition and stand upright easily on the shelf. Bound in light tan paper over boards burgundy cloth-backed with gilt lettering to spines. Forward cocks to spines in each case slight smudging to bottom tips. Else clean tightly bound and unmarked of interior quite bright with notes bibliographies and and indexes. Each volume replete with bright distinct black-and-white photographs captioned. Edited by Nibel Nicolson with the assistant editorship of Joanne Trautmann. Imperial octavo hardcover formats measuring 9 1/2" tall x 6" wide respectively. Volume One 1888-1912 1975 First American Edition First Printing "B" in "number" line with xxi 3 1-531 pp.; Volume Two 1912-1922 1976 First American Edition First Printing "B" in "number" line xxiv 4 1-627 pp.; Volume Three 1923-1928 1978 First American Edition First Printing "B" in "number" line xxii 2 1-600 pp.; Volume Four 1929-1931 1979 First American Edition First Printing "B" in "number" line xxi 1 1-442 pp.; Volume Five 1932-1935 1979 First American Edition First Printing "B" in "number" line xx 1 1-476 pp. The subject of these compendia of learned letter writing Adeline Virginia Woolf 1882-1941 "was an English writer and one of the most influential 20th-century modernist authors. She helped to pioneer the use of stream of consciousness narration as a literary device" Wikipedia. She commenced publishing in 1900 ! but really came to prominence inter-war publishing Mrs Dalloway 1925 To the Lighthouse 1927 and Orlando 1928 A Room of One's Own 1929 and other classics. The five volumes cover her early life interpersonal relations career highs and lows friendships with the literary lights of the day such as Vita Sackville-West family structure husband nephew niece etc. and then other members of the so-called Bloomsbury Group. A scholar's well-used set from the personal library of the noted classicist Peter Morris Green.Member I.O.B.A. C.B.A. and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes and for sets. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover
1948Best.-Nr. 379444New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1948. First American edition. 191 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Maroon cloth. Fine in Near Fine decorated pink dust jacket unclipped spine slightly toned. First American edition. 191 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
1948Best.-Nr. 218111New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1948. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 240 pages. A posthumous collection of essays from the author of "Mrs. Dalloway" and "To The Lighthouse." A clean near fine copy in cloth boards and in a very good dust jacket with some chipping along the top edge splitting along the spine light some other minor wear. Still a pleasing copy that presents well in mylar. Harcourt, Brace and Company unknown
1926Best.-Nr. 51642New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1926. Later printing. Hardcover. good. 375p octavo. A good copy in green cloth boards. Spine sunned. Front inner hinge cracked but holding. Stain affecting lower corners of last few pages. Harcourt , Brace and Company hardcover
Best.-Nr. aly2865London: the Hogarth Press with Chatto and Windus 1956. 8vo. pp. 118. cloth. dw shelf wear to extremities of dw but otherwise an excellent copy [London]: the Hogarth Press with Chatto and Windus, [1956] hardcover
1993Best.-Nr. 2092902137704545Misuzushobo 1993. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 168p Size: 20cm Misuzushobo paperback
2003Best.-Nr. 2083002115903036Kadokawashoten 2003. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 323p Size: 15cm Kadokawashoten paperback
1996Best.-Nr. 2090202120809691Misuzushobo 1996. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Misuzushobo paperback
Best.-Nr. 2111902161004732Heibonsha N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 269p Size: 16cm Heibonsha paperback
1982Best.-Nr. Q-0156508869Mariner Books 1982-05-05. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Mariner Books paperback
Best.-Nr. 3788An Autobiography: Sowing; Growing; Beginning Again; Downhill All the Way; The Journey Not the Arrival Matters Leonard Woolf. Published by The Hogarth Press London 1962 to 1969. First four volumes are second printings; fifth volume is a first printing. A complete set of five volumes: Sowing 1880 to 1904; Growing 1904 to 1911; Beginning Again 1911 to 1918; Downhill All the Way 1919 to 1939; and The Journey not the Arrival Matters 1939 to 1969. 8vo up to 9½" tall. Blue cloth with gilt spine titles. Contents are clean with a few pencil notations; spines are uniformly lightly leaning. Unclipped dustjackets have a few chips small closed tears and light soiling. A hard to find complete set in very good condition. Leonard Woolf 1880-1969 was a political historian and author of both fiction and non-fiction and a founding member of the Bloomsbury group. Together with his wife Virginia Woolf he established The Hogarth Press which published 474 titles including the early work of T. S. Eliot Katherine Mansfield and John Maynard Keynes Russian novelists as well as Sigmund Freud. hardcover
