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1921rif. 72605Richmond: published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press 1921. First edition only 1000 were printed; 12mo 91 3; 4 full-page woodcuts a very good to fine copy in white paper boards printed in black and designed by Vanessa Bell brown cloth spine. In this copy the plates are slightly offset. Tissue guards have been laid in for at least the last 40 years making the offsetting much lighter than usual. Hand-set and printed by F. T. McDermott with Leonard Woolf's help at the Prompt Press Richmond; Kirkpatrick A5a. published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press unknown books
1925rif. 140949371New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1925. First American Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition first printing. ii 332 pp. Bound in publisher's cherry red cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Near Fine with ink ownership signature to front free endpaper and 1/4 inch open tear to back fly-leaf; pages a little roughly opened. In a Near Fine dust jacket designed by Vanessa Bell corners clipped but price still present on front flap with lightly sunned spine panel and a short tear to upper edge of rear panel. A bright and beautiful copy apparently unread. The best we've handled. Kirkpatrick & Clarke A8b. Virginia Woolf's first collection of literary essays published by Harcourt on May 14 1925 three weeks after its appearance in Great Britain. As the title suggests Woolf intended her book to be enjoyed by the ordinary person who reads for pleasure. The New York Times praised the author's creative approach to literary criticism: "Mrs. Woolf like a mirror reflects back the colors of the minds which betray themselves in the pages of the books which she takes under consideration. Harcourt, Brace and Company unknown
1933rif. 18050London: 10 November 1933 The letter is to her nephew Quentin Bell 1910-1996 who would have been only twenty-three at the time. It concerns her daily activities in the company of fellow members of the Bloomsbury circle. It primarily speaks to her sister Vanessa's aeronautical adventures which Virginia found quite upsetting and a drunken dinner attended by many Bloomsburyites including Duncan Grant Molly MacCarthy and E.M. Forster "Morgan" to his friends Clive Bell Leonard Woolf and perhaps others. The letter also mentions Roger Fry Julian Bell Lady Ottoline Morell Francis Birell and others who were either members of the circle or close associates. It also mentions Woolf's father Leslie Stephen 1832-1904 author critic historian Alpine mountaineer noted agnostic and first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography. . 8 x 10 . Slight creasing at quarter folds. Likely paper-clip rust stain top left corner of first page. The letter begins the statement "Well this has been a very agitating week waiting for aeroplanes to settle. Nessa Vanessa Bell seems to have flow around Paris in the fog – and then she mounted into the sun and then she suddenly saw the Channel beneath her and Heaven on top and earth below – oh how I envy her but never never I hope will she fly again." Virginia Woolf 1882-1941 of course was very close to her sister Vanessa 1879-1961 who was a brilliant artist and designer who illustrated most of Virginia's dust jackets. That friendship extended to Vanessa's partners Clive Bell and Duncan Grant and also to her three children Julian Quentin and Angelica with whom she was always in contact. In speaking Vanessa's flight Virginia mentions her flying over the Alps and continues "But she says our ancestral mountains rather appeal to her – she begins to feel what father felt – noble solitary severe. I must come and see them." She finds them "more beautiful than any earth scape."
1925rif. 140949371New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1925. First American Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition first printing. ii 332 pp. Bound in publisher's cherry red cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Near Fine with ink ownership signature to front free endpaper and 1/4 inch open tear to back fly-leaf; pages a little roughly opened. In a Near Fine dust jacket designed by Vanessa Bell corners clipped but price still present on front flap with lightly sunned spine panel and a short tear to upper edge of rear panel. A bright and beautiful copy apparently unread. The best we've handled. Kirkpatrick & Clarke A8b. Virginia Woolf's first collection of literary essays published by Harcourt on May 14 1925 three weeks after its appearance in Great Britain. As the title suggests Woolf intended her book to be enjoyed by the ordinary person who reads for pleasure. The New York Times praised the author's creative approach to literary criticism: "Mrs. Woolf like a mirror reflects back the colors of the minds which betray themselves in the pages of the books which she takes under consideration. Harcourt, Brace and Company unknown books
1915rif. 140944870London: Duckworth & Co 1915. First Edition. Trial Binding. Very Good. First edition first printing. iv 458 8 ads 16 ads pp. The author's first book. Bound in what appears to be a publisher's trial binding: dark blue cloth triple ruled in blind on upper board with spine lettered in gilt and decorated with floral device in blind; lacking the dust jacket. J. Kirkpatrick notes a similar apparition appearing almost three-quarters of a century ago in A Bibliography of Virginia Woolf "a copy in red cloth lettered in gold on the spine and on the upper cover with the floral device and motto in blind on the lower cover was advertised in Raphael King Ltd's catalogue No. 52 1951 and is now in the Robert H. Taylor Collection Princeton University Library. It is probably a trial binding." In contrast the usual trade binding is green cloth with the spine lettered in gilt and paneled title block in black to upper board. Very Good. Slight lean to binding light edge wear to cloth. Spine ends bruised blemish to spine and gilt dulled. Foxing to textblock edge former owner name and date to front free endpaper endsheets browned and pages toned hinge at rear endsheet is lightly exposed at the ends. Woolf began writing her first novel in 1910 and completed several drafts before its publication in 1915. It was a difficult five years for Woolf in which she suffered from bouts of depression and a suicide attempt but the final work contained seeds of what would later become her trademark: an innovative narrative style a focus on feminine consciousness sexuality and death. Very Good. Slight lean to binding light edge wear to cloth. Spine ends bruised blemish to spine and gilt dulled. Foxing to textblock edge former owner name and date to front free endpaper endsheets browned and pages toned hinge at rear endsheet is lightly exposed at the ends. Woolf began writing her first novel in 1910 and completed several drafts before its publication in 1915. It was a difficult five years for Woolf in which she suffered from bouts of depression and a suicide attempt but the final work contained seeds of what would later become her trademark: an innovative narrative style a focus on feminine consciousness sexuality and death. Duckworth & Co unknown books
1933rif. 18050London: 10 November 1933 The letter is to her nephew Quentin Bell 1910-1996 who would have been only twenty-three at the time. It concerns her daily activities in the company of fellow members of the Bloomsbury circle. It primarily speaks to her sister Vanessa's aeronautical adventures which Virginia found quite upsetting and a drunken dinner attended by many Bloomsburyites including Duncan Grant Molly MacCarthy and E.M. Forster "Morgan" to his friends Clive Bell Leonard Woolf and perhaps others. The letter also mentions Roger Fry Julian Bell Lady Ottoline Morell Francis Birell and others who were either members of the circle or close associates. It also mentions Woolf's father Leslie Stephen 1832-1904 author critic historian Alpine mountaineer noted agnostic and first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography. . 8 x 10 . Slight creasing at quarter folds. Likely paper-clip rust stain top left corner of first page. The letter begins the statement "Well this has been a very agitating week waiting for aeroplanes to settle. Nessa Vanessa Bell seems to have flow around Paris in the fog – and then she mounted into the sun and then she suddenly saw the Channel beneath her and Heaven on top and earth below – oh how I envy her but never never I hope will she fly again." Virginia Woolf 1882-1941 of course was very close to her sister Vanessa 1879-1961 who was a brilliant artist and designer who illustrated most of Virginia's dust jackets. That friendship extended to Vanessa's partners Clive Bell and Duncan Grant and also to her three children Julian Quentin and Angelica with whom she was always in contact. In speaking Vanessa's flight Virginia mentions her flying over the Alps and continues "But she says our ancestral mountains rather appeal to her – she begins to feel what father felt – noble solitary severe. I must come and see them." She finds them "more beautiful than any earth scape." books
1921rif. 710L5DLondon: Hogarth Press 1921. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 7.5" by 5". Vanessa Bell . A wonderful copy of Virginia Woolf's breakout story collection 'Monday or Tuesday'. Being one of a small 1000 copy print run. Illustrated with four woodcuts by Vanessa Bell Woolf's elder sister. Bell designed a number of dust jackets for books published by the Hogarth Press in addition to illustrating many of Virginia's later works. Collated complete with the leaf of publisher's advertisements to the rear. This was the first Hogarth Press book to be included in the Annals of English Literature and was a very early publication by the Woolfs' press. It was the only short story collection to be published in Virginia Woolf's lifetime. Containing eight stories 'A Haunted House' 'A Society' 'Monday or Tuesday' 'An Unwritten Novel' 'The String Quartet' 'Blue and Green' 'Kew Gardens' and 'The Mark on the Wall'. An important Bloomsbury Group work. In a custom slipcase and with the book in a custom brodart wrap. A truly excellent copy of this usually fragile work. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally excellent with minor bumping to the head and tail of spine. A few light marks to the rear board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright. Minor offsetting and a few scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Otherwise just the odd light spot. Near Fine Hogarth Press hardcover
1928rif. 18774London: The Hogarth Press 1928. A first edition first printing of 'Orlando' by Virginia Woolf published by The Hogarth Press in 1928. 8vo 299 1 pp. 8 plates - a very good book neat signature to front endpaper. Publisher's original orange cloth with some light browning and marking. In the very good wrapper with some creasing and tears and a little loss to the top edge. This the UK first edition is preceded by a signed limited American edition. "Orlando: A Biography" by Virginia Woolf published in 1928 is a seminal work of modernist literature that defies traditional genre classifications. The novel follows the life of its titular character Orlando a young nobleman in Elizabethan England who mysteriously transforms into a woman at the age of 30 living for centuries without ageing significantly. Through Orlando's journey across time Woolf explores themes of gender and identity fluidity the nature of literature and history and the constraints imposed by society. Orlando's interactions with various historical figures and experiences across different epochs reflect Woolf's commentary on the rigid gender roles and expectations of her time. The character's transformation from male to female allows Woolf to challenge and critique the gender norms and patriarchal structures of the early 20th century. Woolf's innovative narrative structure blends biography fiction and fantasy characterised by a playful satirical tone and rich poetic prose. The novel is also notable for its exploration of sexuality and the fluidity of love making it a pioneering text in LGBTQ literature. "Orlando" remains a vibrant and influential work celebrated for its bold experimentation and profound insights into human experience. The Hogarth Press hardcover
1931rif. 196891London: Hogarth Press 1931. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. 1 inch open tear at bottom of rear flap fold. Thin closed tear nearly the length of spine running down rear spine edge. Chip on front flap fold. Hogarth Press hardcover
1931rif. 1510581931. Rare autograph letter signed by Virginia Woolf. Written in black ink on a single folding sheet with the original envelope. London: 52 Tavistock Square December 1931. "Dear Mr. Leake I am delighted that you are enjoying After the Deluge and entirely agree with you in your admiration of it. I have conveyed your thanks to the author who sends you his kind wishes. We both greatly envy you for spending Christmas at Zennon. Yours Sincerely Virginia Woolf." In very good condition. Matted and framed with the original transmittal envelope and a photograph of Woolf. The entire piece measures inches by inches. One of the most important modernist 20th century authors British novelist Virginia Woolf became a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. Woolf became one of the central subjects of the 1970s movement of feminist criticism and her works have since garnered much attention and widespread commentary for "inspiring feminism" an aspect of her writing that was unheralded earlier. Woolf's best known works include Mrs. Dalloway 1925 To the Lighthouse 1927 The Waves 1931. unknown
1921rif. 77445Richmond:: Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press 1921. First edition; one of 1000 copies printed. publisher's cloth-backed boards designed by Vanessa Bell with printed paper label on spine. Tiny 1946 ink ownership signature on the front free endpaper which is slightly tanned; boards a bit rubbed and rear board lightly soiled. The very rare spine label is lightly tanned with a tiny diagonal chip at one end not affecting printing. 12mo. With woodcuts by Vanessa Bell. Woolmer 17. Kirkpatrick A5 Neither Woolmer nor Kirkpatrick mention the printed paper label on the spine. We have never seen it on another copy. Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, hardcover
1925rif. 140946015London: The Hogarth Press 1925. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's brick red cloth lettered in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with fading to spine with chipping ends; uneven sunning to boards. Offsetting to endsheets and contents lightly tanned. Virginia Woolf's best-known works published by Virginia and her husband Leonard at their Hogarth Press. The Hogarth Press unknown
1927rif. 33190New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1927. First Edition. Vanessa Bell. Vanessa Bell. First Edition. Woolf Virginia. TO THE LIGHTHOUSE. New York: Harcourt Brace and Company's sixth impression of the First Edition of Virginia Woolf's fifth novel. "In writing To The Lighthouse Woolf consciously used her own childhood memories of summer vacations in St. Ives Cornwall at Talland House from where she could see the Godrevy Lighthouse and drew portraits of her parents Leslie Stephen and Julia Prinsep Stephen in the figures of Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay. Woolf noted in her Diary "to have father's character done complete in it; & mother's; & St. Ives; & childhood; & all the usual things I try to put in - life death & c". Hussey Mark. It was named by Modern Library as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. This classic was later adapted to film. 8vo. 312 pp.Green green cloth boards gilt titles to the spine in a lovely example of the Vanessa Bell designed dustwrapper showing modest use and slight archival restoration to the crown and slight crease on front panel. The dustjacket is printed in brown and green ink. There were 1500 copies issued on August 24 1948 at $3.00. Overall a wonderful copy of this elusive Woolf Highlight. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A10b. Harcourt, Brace and Company unknown
1922rif. 140943803Richmond: Printed and Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press 1922. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing and one of only 1200 copies originally published by Virginia and her husband Leonard on their Hogarth Press. An unusually nice copy bound in publisher's goldenrod cloth with title label to spine lacking the scarce dust jacket. Near Fine with light stain to spine and a few small spots to the front cover two roughly opened leaves with loss only to blank margins very skillfully mended with archival tissue else virtually pristine. A difficult book to find in such nice condition. Printed and Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press unknown books
1925rif. 140946015London: The Hogarth Press 1925. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's brick red cloth lettered in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with fading to spine with chipping ends; uneven sunning to boards. Offsetting to endsheets and contents lightly tanned. Virginia Woolf's best-known works published by Virginia and her husband Leonard at their Hogarth Press. The Hogarth Press unknown books
1930rif. 72607San Francisco: Westgate Press 1930. Edition limited to 500 copies signed by Woolf this no. 314 and printed at the Grabhorn Press small 8vo p. 4 35 1; pp. fine copy in original quarter green morocco over patterned sage green paper-covered boards; spine sunned else near fine in publisher's green paper-covered slipcase. Kirkpatrick notes: "There is at least one variant of the binding in sage-green paper boards patterned in gold and darker green with an emerald-green leather spine and a green slip-in case. Mr. David McGee bibliographer of the Grabhorn Press states: "The majority of the edition was bound in blue - a ratio of 10 to 1 in favor of blue." Kirkpatrick A13a. Westgate Press unknown
1930rif. 72607San Francisco: Westgate Press 1930. Edition limited to 500 copies signed by Woolf this no. 314 and printed at the Grabhorn Press small 8vo p. 4 35 1; pp. fine copy in original quarter green morocco over patterned sage green paper-covered boards; spine sunned else near fine in publisher's green paper-covered slipcase. Kirkpatrick notes: "There is at least one variant of the binding in sage-green paper boards patterned in gold and darker green with an emerald-green leather spine and a green slip-in case. Mr. David McGee bibliographer of the Grabhorn Press states: "The majority of the edition was bound in blue - a ratio of 10 to 1 in favor of blue." Kirkpatrick A13a. Westgate Press unknown books
1929rif. WOOLFVIR002176Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press London. 1929. First edition. Small octavo. 172 pages. On the rear pastedown is the small ticket of a New York bookseller. Free endpapers lightly tanned. Spine very slightly faded and slightly bumped. Small bump to bottom corner of each cover. Very good indeed in the very scarce dustwrapper designed by Vanessa Bell which has some spotting a couple of small chips to top edge and a 1cm closed tear to head of spine. The dustwrapper is possibly supplied. Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, London. unknown
rif. 126467New York/London: Fountain/Hogarth Press 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. 7x4x0. London and New York: The Hogarth Press / The Fountain Press 1929. First Edition. One of 492 copies this being No.341 SIGNED by the author. The first 100 copies of this title were issued in England by Hogarth the remaining copies this being an example by the Fountain Press in the US. Fine in no jacket as issued. Please email for photos. New York/London: Fountain/Hogarth Press hardcover
1929rif. 55325London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press 1929. First printing. Near fine in very good jacket. First edition of one of the most influential literary essays of the twentieth century. In 1928 Woolf delivered two lectures about women and fiction at the Cambridge women's colleges Newnham and Girton lectures which she expanded into A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN the following year. In surveying the careers of novelists like Jane Austen and George Eliot Woolf considers the conditions necessary to create art and outlines the limitations of the literal and metaphorical spaces in which women writers have had to work. Playing with the idea of Shakespeare's sister whose talents could not have found similar expression in her time Woolf predicts that a woman writer the equal of Shakespeare will emerge under the right conditions. Constantly referenced this book has become a modern touchstone. 7'' x 4.5''. Original orange cloth spine lettered in gilt. In original light pink pictorial dust jacket designed by Vanessa Bell. 172 pages. Offsetting to endpapers as common. Jacket with small chips at spine ends and corners a few closed tears almost invisibly repaired with archival tissue to verso. Interior clean. Shows well. Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press unknown
1929rif. 1409429New York NY / London UK: The Fountain Press / Hogarth Press 1929. Limited Edition #408/450. Hardcover. Octavo 159 1 pages. In Good condition. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering along the spine. Boards have mild shelving wear water-staining along spine slightly extending onto upper edges of boards. Small water-staining along top edge of first two front free endpages. Paperclip stain to top edge of first two front free endpages. Bookplate to front pastedown detached glue staining present. A few torn top edges from when the book was cut. Signed flat by Virginia Woolf on the half-title page. Limited Edition #408/450. Shelved in Case 2. Adeline Virginia Stephen later Virginia Woolf after her marriage to Leonard Woolf was born January 25 1882 to an affluent family in South Kensington London. She began writing professionally in 1900 and published her first novel in 1915. Woolf's writings would become highly popularized in the 1970's during the rise of Second-Wave feminism. Both Woolf's life and writings became highly regarded under feminist criticism in particular "A Room of One's Own" an extended essay that explores social injustices faced by women. 1409429. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Fountain Press / Hogarth Press hardcover
1932rif. 309445Athens 1932. 2 pp. recto and verso of single sheet of blue stationery. Oblong 8vo. Very pale spotting but fine. Matted and framed with photographic portrait. 2 pp. recto and verso of single sheet of blue stationery. Oblong 8vo. In part: "The proofs of my article have reached me here I am returning them corrected. I have checked the verse quotations from memory. I think that they are correct but I have not the books with me & as we shall not be back till May 17th or so I fear I cannot wait to compare them with the text. The names of the authors in order of quotation W.H. Auden/ numbers 123 & 4; John Lehmann 5; Day Lewis 6; W. Empson 7. I do not want the names to be quoted but I see you say that they are only for your own use." The article in question is "Letter to a Young Poet" addressed to John Lehmann which was originally published in the Yale Review for June 1932. It was brought out in a separate edition by the Hogarth Press later the same year. unknown
1929rif. 55325London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press 1929. First printing. Near fine in very good jacket. First edition of one of the most influential literary essays of the twentieth century. In 1928 Woolf delivered two lectures about women and fiction at the Cambridge women's colleges Newnham and Girton lectures which she expanded into A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN the following year. In surveying the careers of novelists like Jane Austen and George Eliot Woolf considers the conditions necessary to create art and outlines the limitations of the literal and metaphorical spaces in which women writers have had to work. Playing with the idea of Shakespeare's sister whose talents could not have found similar expression in her time Woolf predicts that a woman writer the equal of Shakespeare will emerge under the right conditions. Constantly referenced this book has become a modern touchstone. 7'' x 4.5''. Original orange cloth spine lettered in gilt. In original light pink pictorial dust jacket designed by Vanessa Bell. 172 pages. Offsetting to endpapers as common. Jacket with small chips at spine ends and corners a few closed tears almost invisibly repaired with archival tissue to verso. Interior clean. Shows well. Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press unknown books
1929rif. 1409429New York NY / London UK: The Fountain Press / Hogarth Press 1929. Limited Edition #408/450. Hardcover. Octavo 159 1 pages. In Good condition. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering along the spine. Boards have mild shelving wear water-staining along spine slightly extending onto upper edges of boards. Small water-staining along top edge of first two front free endpages. Paperclip stain to top edge of first two front free endpages. Bookplate to front pastedown detached glue staining present. A few torn top edges from when the book was cut. Signed flat by Virginia Woolf on the half-title page. Limited Edition #408/450. Shelved in Case 2. Adeline Virginia Stephen later Virginia Woolf after her marriage to Leonard Woolf was born January 25 1882 to an affluent family in South Kensington London. She began writing professionally in 1900 and published her first novel in 1915. Woolf's writings would become highly popularized in the 1970's during the rise of Second-Wave feminism. Both Woolf's life and writings became highly regarded under feminist criticism in particular "A Room of One's Own" an extended essay that explores social injustices faced by women. 1409429. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Fountain Press / Hogarth Press hardcover books
1932rif. 309445Athens 1932. 2 pp. recto and verso of single sheet of blue stationery. Oblong 8vo. Very pale spotting but fine. Matted and framed with photographic portrait. 2 pp. recto and verso of single sheet of blue stationery. Oblong 8vo. In part: "The proofs of my article have reached me here I am returning them corrected. I have checked the verse quotations from memory. I think that they are correct but I have not the books with me & as we shall not be back till May 17th or so I fear I cannot wait to compare them with the text. The names of the authors in order of quotation W.H. Auden/ numbers 123 & 4; John Lehmann 5; Day Lewis 6; W. Empson 7. I do not want the names to be quoted but I see you say that they are only for your own use." The article in question is "Letter to a Young Poet" addressed to John Lehmann which was originally published in the Yale Review for June 1932. It was brought out in a separate edition by the Hogarth Press later the same year. unknown books
