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1932rif. 292221New York: Harcourt 1932. hardcover. fine. 295pp. Tall thick 8vo rebound in full green morocco; gilt-stamped spine with raised bands top edge gilt. New York: Harcourt Brace 1932. First American Edition. Harcourt unknown books
1937rif. dacs1536London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press 1937. First Edition. Kirkpatrick A22. Octavo pale green cloth hardcover iv 472 pp. Very Good front hinge just beginning in a Near Fine Vanessa Bell dust jacket that is a slight shade darkened. Photographs gladly provided upon request. Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1937. First Edition. Kirkpatrick, A22. hardcover books
1925rif. HOGARTHP002114Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press London. 1925. First edition. The seventh title in the Hogarth Essays series. Octavo. 24 pages. Wrappers. Cover design by Vanessa Bell.Some spotting to edges. Very good indeed. Very scarce. Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, London. unknown
2020rif. 10182London: Bloomsbury 2020. 4 volumes which bring together a collection of influential critical articles and significant academic writing on the work of the modernist writer Virginia Woolf. In mint condition throughout protected by original unopened shrink wrap covering. Each volume includes a substantial contextualising introduction which surveys Woolf studies in the decade covered beginning with the academic rediscovery of Woolf in the mid-1970s and charting the development of Woolf scholarship up to 2014. This comprises examinations of Woolf's fiction and non-fictional writing important manuscript and archival discoveries and biographical analyses as well as critical work on Woolfs feminism aesthetics and cultural writing. A lovely collection unopened as new. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item 2020 Bloomsbury unknown
1938rif. 810F23London: The Hogarth Press 1938. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Vanessa Bell. The first edition of Virginia Woolf's detailed essay examining her views on fascism war and women's rights. In the publisher's original unclipped illustrated dust wrapper. The first edition first impression of Virginia Woolf's book length essay discussing her views on war and women's rights. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper illustrated by her sister Vanessa Bell.Woolf's essay confronts three questions: How should war be prevented Why does the government not support education for women Why are women not allowed to engage in professional work Originally conceived as a work of fiction and non-fiction simultaneously with one half of the work dedicated to each style Woolf eventually divided the work; the fiction portion became Woolf's most popular novel during her lifetime 'The Years'. Illustrated with five photographic plates. Collated complete.With the former owner's inscription of Stephen Bagnall to the head of the front free endpaper.A fascinating work written shortly before the onset of war the views Woolf expresses in this essay have been described as feminist pacifist anti-fascist and anti-imperialist. In the publisher's original cloth binding with price unclipped illustrated dust wrapper. Light discolouration to back strip with minor shelf wear to back strip tail. More significant discolouration to the tail of front and rear board and tail of back strip. Former owner's inscription to the head of the front free endpaper. Significant discolouration to dust wrapper back strip with moderate marks to front and rear wrap. Edge wear to head of dust wrapper and tail of dust wrapper back strip. Small closed tears to head and tail of fold between back strip and front wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed The Hogarth Press hardcover
1933rif. WOOLFVIR013232The Hogarth Press London. 1933. First edition. Octavo. 163 pages. The dustwrapper designates this as the Large Paper Edition but only because it was a mere matter of weeks before the title was issued in the Uniform Edition. In other words there is no small paper issue of the first edition. Illustrated with four drawings by Vanessa Bell and six other plates.The cloth almost always suffers from some darkening probably caused by the binder's glue. Here it is unusually mild. Very good indeed in very good slightly marked dustwrapper with several nicks and small chips and a 4 cm closed tear. The Hogarth Press, London. hardcover
rif. PSHB8699Hogarth Press 1928. 1st edition. Original orange cloth with gilt spine lettering page-edges lightly spotted with some occasional foxing through the contents name on fep. First impression of one of the author's most famous books often regarded as a feminist classic dedicated to Vita Sackville-West. Hogarth Press, 1928 hardcover
1928rif. 98294Hogarth Press London. 1928. First edition. Hogarth Press London. 1928. Hardback NO DW. Orange cloth gilt. Frontis. seven b&w plates internally. 299 pages. From the library of Major Sir Herbert R. Cayser with his bookplate and stamp to front pastedown. Spine is sunned the boards are a little soiled and slightly faded to margins. Fore-edges are foxed and the endpapers are browned and lightly foxed but the contents overall are lovely and clean. hardcover
1929rif. WOOLFVIR012590Jonathan Cape London. 1929. First edition. Octavo. 318 pages. 8-page Introduction by Virginia Woolf. Preface by A.C. Gissing.Two small and attractive nameplates on front pastedown under the dustwrapper flap. Free endpapers partially and lightly tanned. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Near fine in very good indeed dustwrapper faded at the spine and slightly chipped and creased at the edges. Scarce. Jonathan Cape, London. unknown
1931rif. 48062London: The Hogarth Press 1931. First edition. 8vo. 325 1 pp. Recent blue half calf over matching lighter cloth boards spine with raised bands gilt lettered direct to two compartments. Neat repair to the lower margin of pp. 295-96 some foxing. Kirkpatrick A16. London: The Hogarth Press unknown
1947rif. 828K7London: The Hogarth Press 1947. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8" by 6". Vanessa Bell. A lovely copy of this collection of twenty nine essays by noted Bloomsbury author Virginia Woolf in the decorative unclipped dust wrapper designed by Vanessa Bell. The first edition first impression. In the original unclipped dust wrapper designed by Vanessa Bell. This collection of twenty nine previously unpublished essays was published posthumously by her husband Leonard Woolf by their printing house The Hogarth Press. The press was founded in the interwar period as printing became a hobby for the couple diverting Virginia when her writing became too stressful. Both Woolfs' taught themselves to use a printing press publishing 527 titles from the period of 1917 to 1946. This collection contains essays on noted authors such as Sir Walter Scott and Lewis Carroll alongside Woolf's more personal essay titled 'On Being Ill'. An interesting and varied collection of one of the greatest literary minds of the twentieth century. In the original cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally in excellent condition. Dust wrapper is very smart with chipping and the occasional closed tear to the extremities. Slight sunning to the spine. The odd spot to the reverse of the wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just the odd spot and marginal age toning due to war time paper used. Printing error resulting in rough cut to rear endpaper and paste down. Near Fine The Hogarth Press hardcover
19775 vols., 8vo., fifth volume with endpaper maps; original black cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, coloured endpapers in four volumes, a near fine set in price-clipped dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. I: 1915-1919 (1977); Vol. II: 1920-1924 (1978); Vol. III: 1925-1930 (1980); Vol. IV: 1931-1935 (1982); Vol. V: 1936-1941 (1984). COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE VERY SCARCE.
2008rif. Q-1841939889Arcturus Publishing 2008-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Arcturus Publishing hardcover
1929rif. 33506London: Jonathan Cape 1929 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of this much sought after early Virginia Woolf introduction published in the same year as A Room Of One's Own. A near fine copy light offsetting to the endpapers in the publisher's original coffee brown cloth covered boards gilt on the spine in a lovely indeed price intact dustwrapper uncommon thus showing very minor light chipping at the crown of the spine and an inconsequential crease on the top of the front panel. A lovely example. Kirkpatrick And Clarke B9. Collie p. 149. Spiers & Coustillas FF1. London: Jonathan Cape, 1929 hardcover
1931rif. L09365Hogarth Press 1931. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Good purple hardcover. No jacket. 1931. One date/no additional printings. Previous owner's bookplate to front paste-down. Short nick to head of spine cap. Light soil to top text edge. Some fading and shadowing to covers. LIght scuffs/wear. Page faces all clean/unmarked. Binding solid. 325 pp. A SCARCE first printing of this Hogarth Press hardcover. . Hogarth Press Hardcover
rif. 92793London The Hogarth Press 1977 - 1982. 4° XXVIII 356 XXI 371 XIII 384 u. XIII 402 S. OLwd. m. OU OUs tlw. etw. lichtrandig 1 am Rücken tle. ausgeblichen Bücher tadellos. Jeweils EA. Bd. 1: 1915 - 1919; Bd. 1920 - 1924; Bd. 3: 1925 - 1930; Bd. 4: 1931 - 1935. 010 London, The Hogarth Press, 1977 - 1982 unknown
1921rif. 00281199New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1921 A perfect copy of scarce first state full cloth green boards. Paper title plate on spine appears unread. From a private collection of all her works. First edition- First Printing. Cloth. Fine. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
1941rif. 829K4London: The Hogarth Press 1941. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8" by 6". Vanessa Bell. A well preserved copy of Virginia Woolf's final novel Between the Acts presented in the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper designed by Vanessa Bell. The first edition first impression. In the original unclipped dust wrapper designed by Vanessa Bell. Woolf's final novel published shortly after her suicide in 1941. 'Between the Acts' revolves around a festival taking place in a small English village just before the outbreak of the Second World War. The novel a lot of which is written in verse describes the mounting performance and audience of a play the main attraction of the festival. Written by the Bloomsbury author Virginia Woolf a central figure of the literary group herself known for her experimental writings and affair with fellow author Vita Sackville-West. In the original blue cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally in excellent condition with slight fading to the extremities. Minor bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is smart with chipping and slight loss to the extremities worse to the head of the spine. The odd mark and spot to the wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot and marginal age toning due to paper used. Contemporary ink inscription to front pastedown. Very Good Indeed The Hogarth Press hardcover
1977rif. 45873Harcourt Brace Jovanovich New York NY 1977-1984. 5 vols. 8vo. fifth volume with endpaper maps; original black cloth upper boards blocked in gilt gilt backs coloured endpapers in four volumes a near fine set in price-clipped dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. I: 1915-1919 1977; Vol. II: 1920-1924 1978; Vol. III: 1925-1930 1980; Vol. IV: 1931-1935 1982; Vol. V: 1936-1941 1984. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE VERY SCARCE. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York NY, hardcover
1926rif. 469286Paris: Librairie Henri Leclerc 1926. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. "Hollande Van Gelder" Large Paper issue limited to 100 numbered copies total edition of 2900 copies. Text in French. Quarto. 201pp. Printed brown wrappers. A fine unopened copy. Contains the first appearance of "Les Temps Passe" a 42-page extract translated by Charles Mauron from Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse "This translation predates the publication of the book itself" - Kirkpatrick D44. Also prints Nietzche's Le Drame Musical Grec traduit par Jean Paulhan Paul Valery's Oraison Funebre D'Une Fable and contributions by Jules Supervielle Leon-Paul Fargue and others. Librairie Henri Leclerc unknown
1926rif. 469286Paris: Librairie Henri Leclerc 1926. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. "Hollande Van Gelder" Large Paper issue limited to 100 numbered copies total edition of 2900 copies. Text in French. Quarto. 201pp. Printed brown wrappers. A fine unopened copy. Contains the first appearance of "Les Temps Passe" a 42-page extract translated by Charles Mauron from Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse "This translation predates the publication of the book itself" - Kirkpatrick D44. Also prints Nietzche's Le Drame Musical Grec traduit par Jean Paulhan Paul Valery's Oraison Funebre D'Une Fable and contributions by Jules Supervielle Leon-Paul Fargue and others. Librairie Henri Leclerc unknown books
1923rif. Little-Blue-Case-WoolfHarcourt Brace New York 1923 New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1923. First edition first printing. Hardcover. Bound in finely woven yellow cloth with paper spine label printed in black. Good/without the jacket. Fading to spine and spine label; the spine label is chipped; slight spine slant number "20" printed on spine; corners and head and foot of spine a bit worn; slight foxing to endpapers; previous owner's name printed on front endpaper. Octavo 2303 pp. plus advertisements. Publishers colophon on title page and "Copyright 1923." on copyright page as called for. Only 1500 copies of the U.S. edition were printed. Woolfs third novel following The Voyage Out 1915 and Night and Day 1919 "Jacobs Room" was her first fully modernist work presenting the fragmented impressions of Jacob Flanders's life in a structure that breaks decisively from Edwardian realism. The novel marked a turning point in Woolf's career laying the groundwork for her later masterpieces such as "Mrs. Dalloway" and "To the Lighthouse." One of the central figures of English literary modernism Woolf was a founding member of the Bloomsbury Group and a pioneer of stream-of-consciousness narration. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Harcourt Brace, New York hardcover
1931rif. 48260New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1931. Good/Good. New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1931. First American Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth brown topstain in pictorial dust jacket by Vanessa Bell retaining original price $2.50; 297pp. Rather considerable chipping and closed tears to jacket margins with losses to spine ends spine panel quite darkened and brittle textblock rippled and quite heavily dampstained. A Good copy at best though retaining Vanessa Bell's beautifully designed dust jacket. As a previous bookseller has written in pencil on the front free endpaper "1st Ed BUT has experienced waves." Kirkpatrick A16b. Harcourt, Brace and Company unknown
1931rif. 48260New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1931. Good/Good. New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1931. First American Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth brown topstain in pictorial dust jacket by Vanessa Bell retaining original price $2.50; 297pp. Rather considerable chipping and closed tears to jacket margins with losses to spine ends spine panel quite darkened and brittle textblock rippled and quite heavily dampstained. A Good copy at best though retaining Vanessa Bell's beautifully designed dust jacket. As a previous bookseller has written in pencil on the front free endpaper "1st Ed BUT has experienced waves." Kirkpatrick A16b. Harcourt, Brace and Company unknown books
1943rif. 33286London: Hogarth Press 1943. lst Edition. lst Edition. Virginia Woolf Collection Vanessa Bell Hogarth Press. FIRST U.K. EDITION of Virginia Woolf's A HAUNTED HOUSE AND OTHER STORIES with the beautiful dustjacket designed by her sister Vanessa Bell printed black on white. Small crown 8vo. pp.128. Crimson cloth boards gold stamped. It is comprised of 18 short stories by Virginia Woolf produced by her husband Leonard Woolf after her death. There were 6000 copies issued printed 7s6d. Kirkpatrick A28a. Hogarth Press unknown
