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réf. 114545London Duckworth 1927. . First American edition second English issue; 8vo; faint offsetting to endpapers else unmarked internally; publisher's navy blue cloth gilt lettering to spine with the original dust-jacket priced '5/- net' on spine slight fading to spine and extremities light bump to head of spine panel; a fine copy in near-fine dust-jacket. Virginia Woolf's first novel the first edition of which was put out by Duckworth in 1915 and not issued in the US until 1920 at which time Woolf took the opportunity to revise sections with which she was unhappy. An unknown number of sheets of that printing were imported by Duckworth a portion being issued in 1920 and a small number reissued as this present so-called 'Cheap Edition' in 1927. We know of just one example of the 1915 printing still to exist in jacket and have handled just 2 jacketed copies of the 1920 English issue. This being the first similarly complete example of the 'Cheap Edition'. Kirkpatrick A1c. London, Duckworth, 1927. hardcover
1915réf. 33879London: Duckworth 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Woolf Virginia. THE VOYAGE OUT. London: Duckworth & Co. 1915. First True Edition of Virginia Woolf's FIRST novel. 8vo. 458 pp. 22 pp. of adverts and publisher's catalogue. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A1a. A bright fresh copy in original green cloth gilt titles to the spine lettered in black on upper front cover showing modest use with slight rubbing on the cloth in a custom slipcase with chemise. No previous owners or marks on the pages and tight binding. A rare addition to any Virginia Woolf Collection. Duckworth hardcover
1930réf. 143661London: Hogarth Press 1930. Signed limited first book edition of this meditation on the literary possibilities of illness number 54 of 250 copies signed by Woolf in her characteristic purple ink. Octavo original half vellum and green silk boards marbled endpapers. Fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. Woolf's essay advances the idea that illness is as worthy a topic of literary attention as more traditional ones like war love and lust: "novels one would have thought would have been devoted to influenza; epic poems to typhoid; odes to pneumonia lyrics to toothache. But no; … literature does its best to maintain that its concern is with the mind; that the body is a sheet of plain glass through which the soul looks straight and clear." Woolf wrote this essay while convalescing in bed following a bout with exhaustion. During its composition she was leading what she called an "amphibious" life: half in half out of bed. She also set the type for this book herself. First published in the Criterion in January 1926; the text has been slightly revised for this edition. Kirkpatrick A14. Woolmer 248. Hogarth Press hardcover
1930réf. 1409465281930. Near Fine. ca 1930s. Original black and white photograph of Virginia Woolf undated circa mid-1930's 5 x 7". Near Fine with traces of mounting and marking at verso. A striking and unusual photograph likely taken by Leonard Woolf at their 16th-century cottage Monk's House. Virginia gazes situated with an open book on a decorative chair with fabric designed by her sister Vanessa Bell. Taken within moments of a very similar photograph of Woolf reproduced on the top half of 93 pp. A Marriage of True Minds by Spater & Parsons 1977. The authors of the book do not date the photograph or identify the photographer but this on identical stock to that of a photograph of Leonard Woolf by Virginia Woolf dated 1937 formerly offered by Serendipity Books with Peter Howard's typed note to that effect. unknown
1930réf. 1409465281930. Near Fine. ca 1930s. Original black and white photograph of Virginia Woolf undated circa mid-1930's 5 x 7". Near Fine with traces of mounting and marking at verso. A striking and unusual photograph likely taken by Leonard Woolf at their 16th-century cottage Monk's House. Virginia gazes situated with an open book on a decorative chair with fabric designed by her sister Vanessa Bell. Taken within moments of a very similar photograph of Woolf reproduced on the top half of 93 pp. A Marriage of True Minds by Spater & Parsons 1977. The authors of the book do not date the photograph or identify the photographer but this on identical stock to that of a photograph of Leonard Woolf by Virginia Woolf dated 1937 formerly offered by Serendipity Books with Peter Howard's typed note to that effect. unknown books
1925réf. 140944766London: The Hogarth Press 1925. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's brick red cloth; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with light uneven sunning and light wear to cloth corners pushed in foxing to textblock edge and an inscription from a former owner to the front free endpaper. A very sharp and lovely copy of one of Virginia Woolf's best-known works published by Virginia and her husband Leonard at their Hogarth Press. The Hogarth Press unknown
1920réf. 76049New York:: George H. Doran Company 1920. First American edition with text revised by Woolf. publisher's green cloth in dust jacket. Slight bump to one corner; small old name in ink on front free endpaper; otherwise a sharp unworn copy. The very uncommon jacket has an old ink not on the front panel and some shallow chipping to the extremities of the backstrip not affecting any lettering. 8vo. Kirkpatrick A1b; the bibliographer did not locate an example of this dust jacket. Author's first book. George H. Doran Company, hardcover
1925réf. 140944766London: The Hogarth Press 1925. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's brick red cloth; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with light uneven sunning and light wear to cloth corners pushed in foxing to textblock edge and an inscription from a former owner to the front free endpaper. A very sharp and lovely copy of one of Virginia Woolf's best-known works published by Virginia and her husband Leonard at their Hogarth Press. The Hogarth Press unknown books
1925réf. 140947609London: The Hogarth Press 1925. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's rust cloth with spine lettered in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. vi 293 2 pp. Near Fine with trace fading to spine and upper edge of rear board light rubbing at spine ends and corners former owner's bookplate at front pastedown and foxing to front and rear signatures. Offsetting to endsheets and bookseller's ticket at rear pastedown. A fantastic copy of Woolf's best-known work that follows the main character Clarissa Dalloway through one day of her life in upper class London society. Kirkpatrick & Clark A9.a. The Hogarth Press unknown
1928réf. 150565New York: Crosby Gaige 1928. First limited edition of Woolf’s immensely popular feminist classic one of only 800 copies signed by her in her characteristic purple ink. Octavo original publisher's cloth decorated in gilt top edge gilt engraved frontispiece portrait of Orlando as a boy illustrated with engravings. One of 800 numbered copies this is number 512. Boldly signed by Woolf on the verso of the half-title page. Typography by Frederic Warde. In fine condition. A very sharp example. Woolf is considered to be one of the greatest twentieth century novelists and one of the pioneers among modernist writers using stream of consciousness as a narrative device. Following her 1912 marriage to Leonard Woolf the couple founded the Hogarth Press in 1917 which published much of her work. Arguably one of Woolf's most popular novels Orlando describes the adventures of a poet who changes sex from man to woman and lives for centuries meeting the key figures of English literary history. Considered a feminist classic the book has been written about extensively by scholars of women's writing and gender and transgender studies and has been adapted a number of times for stage and screen. Crosby Gaige hardcover
1927réf. 021356London: The Hogarth Press 1927. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Title and limitation pages with moderate foxing light foxing scattered throughout; front board very slightly bowed light rubbing to boards and corners. Very Good. Vanessa Bell. Third Edition and the First Illustrated Edition bound in the original brown and white paper-covered boards with Vanessa Bell's illustrations expertly rebacked with original backstrip laid down; 45 pages with text printed on rectos only and with decorations by Vanessa Bell on every page. Copy #118 of only 500 numbered copies some of which as is this copy were SIGNED by both the author and the illustrator. First published in 1919 with only two illustrations by Woolf's sister Vanessa Bell this is the most desirable edition of this short story. The Hogarth Press hardcover books
1925réf. 140947609London: The Hogarth Press 1925. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's rust cloth with spine lettered in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. vi 293 2 pp. Near Fine with trace fading to spine and upper edge of rear board light rubbing at spine ends and corners former owner's bookplate at front pastedown and foxing to front and rear signatures. Offsetting to endsheets and bookseller's ticket at rear pastedown. A fantastic copy of Woolf's best-known work that follows the main character Clarissa Dalloway through one day of her life in upper class London society. Kirkpatrick & Clark A9.a. The Hogarth Press unknown books
1928réf. 112233445566818The First UK printing published by The Hogarth Press London in 1928. The BOOK is in Very Good or better condition. Original publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to the spine are bright. The binding remains tight. Some very light pushing at the spine ends. A hint of toning with some spotting to the text-block. Some offsetting to the blank end-papers with some light spotting to the pastedowns and prelims. Internally some spotting in places more-so to the page edges in a handful of places. Free from inscriptions. The scarce fragile WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good or better condition. Very minor edge-wear at the spine ends and upper edges with one very small triangular chip to the lower rear edge. Some mild edge-wear with some small closed tears creasing and nicks in places with some tape reinforcement to the edges in places to the verso. Some light age related markings. Correctly priced '9s net' to the spine. The wrapper has NOT undergone any restoration and presents extremely well in the removable Brodart archival cover. With a frontispiece and 7 further photographic illustrations taken by Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell at Knole House. Woolf 's love letter to Vita Sackville-West a masterpiece of feminist literature. Published by The Hogarth Press in a first edition of only 5080 copies preceded by the signed limited edition of 861 copies published in New York nine days earlier Kirkpatrick A11b; Woolmer 185. The basis for the 1992 Academy Award nominated film directed by Sally Potter and starring Tilda Swinton. An excellent sharp copy of Woolf's masterpiece and what is now an extremely elusive title. Housed in a custom Wyvern Bindery solander box with gilt titling and suede inserts. One of the nicest copies that we have handled. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. The Hogarth Press : London hardcover
1932réf. 132047New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1932. First edition of the second collection of Woolf's critical essays. Octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by Virginia Woolf on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed. Woolf's second collection of critical writings this volume contains twenty-six essays on the most brilliant figures in three centuries of English literature ranging from the magnificent Jack Mytton and Mary the high-handed hot-blooded wife of Shelley to the little whimsical religious Christina Rossetti and the bedeviled George Gissing. Other essays critique the work and character of Defoe Swift Hazlitt Hardy and Meredith. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
réf. 37165a French writer who had written a sympathetic critical analysis of Mrs. Dalloway she starts by saying that she well remembers meeting her last winter and goes on to thank her "for your very generous and what is better highly intelligent study of Mrs. Dalloway. I am very grateful to you for the care and skill which you have spent on my work - it seems to me one of the subtlest & most interesting studies of it that I have read. No doubt you have praised it too highly - of that an author cannot judge -but to be praised for the qualities one had wished to possess is a great pleasure & a rare one. I am particularly interested that a French critic should be so sympathetic; my faults are those I should have said that your race most abominates." 1 side 4to. 52 Tavistock Square 14th July In Mrs. Dalloway which was published in 1925 Woolf experimented with the stream-of-consciousness technique which she later perfected in To the Lighthouse 1927 Orlando 1928 and other novels. unknown
1927réf. 185114London: The Hogarth Press 1927. Signed by both sisters First fully illustrated edition third overall signed by Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell though not called for in the limitation. It is hand-numbered by Virginia Woolf as number 106 from a limited edition of 500 copies. The collaboration between author and artist during its initial publication in 1919 held a great personal importance to Woolf who saw it as a means of "binding herself to her sister" Willis p. 31. Bell's designs for this edition occur on every page of text acting as borders punctuation bridges or disruptions into the type-set text. In contrast the first and second editions of 1919 only had a frontispiece and finispiece by Bell and she was not satisfied with them. Kew Gardens was Virginia Woolf's third published book and one of her early shorter fictions which "were less stories than theoretical expositions of the new form of fiction that she had come upon" ODNB. Its unexpected success was "the most dramatic factor in the Woolfs' becoming significant commercial publishers" Woolmer p. xxiii. Sales dramatically increased following a review in the Times Literary Supplement hailing it as "a work of art. a thing of original and therefore strange beauty with its own 'atmosphere' its own vital force" 29 May 1919. Octavo 249 x 185 mm. Decorative floral frames throughout the text by Vanessa Bell. Title page printed in brown. Text printed on rectos only. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in brown morocco titles blocked to spine in cream onlay to front board copied from the original decorated paper boards designed by Vanessa Bell decorative endpapers based on designs by Vanessa Bell in loop and spot pattern gilt edges. Some spotting to title page an excellent copy in a fine binding. Kirkpatrick A3c; Woolmer 155 both noting that "some" copies were signed by Woolf and Bell. John H. Willis Leonard and Virginia Woolf as Publishers 1992. hardcover
1928réf. 190823New York: Crosby Gaige 1928. Limited and first American edition signed by Woolf First edition signed limited issue number 523 of 861 copies signed by the author on the verso of the half title page in her customary purple ink. Woolf's Orlando is widely recognized as a masterpiece of modernist and feminist literature and it remains among her best-known works. Octavo 222 x 149 mm. Frontispiece and 7 halftone photographic illustrations including 3 of Vita Sackville-West as Orlando. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco spine lettered and decorated with centre tool in gilt burgundy endpapers twin rule to turn-in gilt gilt edges. A fine copy. unknown
1929réf. 140949133London: The Hogarth Press 1929. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. 172 pp. Bound in publisher's terra cotta cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with lean to spine light wear and soiling to cloth and very slight bumping to lower corners. Typical offsetting from jacket to free endpapers one gathering misaligned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light wear foxing toning and soiling. Partial split at front spine fold reinforced with archival tape to verso. Kirkpatrick & Clarke A12b. The first edition of the classic feminist text in which Woolf argues the need for women's financial independence from men. The book is based on two lectures delivered to students at Newnham and Girton Cambridge's underfunded and second-class colleges for women who could not be awarded full degrees until 1948. Woolf compared her visits to male and female educational institutions: "Why did men drink wine and women water Why was one sex so prosperous and the other so poor What effect has poverty on fiction What conditions are necessary for the creation of works of art The Hogarth Press unknown
1929réf. 140946384London: The Hogarth Press 1929. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original salmon cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with ownership bookplate of writer Olga Jamison to front pastedown light offsetting to endsheets and evidence of small appendage bookseller ticket removed pastedown. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket designed by Woolf's sister Vanessa Bell with light toning to spine light chipping minor splitting to joints small tears to top edge of front panel. Virginia Woolf's classic feminist essay presented to students at Newnham College and Girton College and women's college at University of Cambridge. Woolf argues in this influential work that women need educational and financial independence from men in order to thrive as whole beings. A fantastic copy with provenance of writer Olga Jamison who wrote scripts for 30's Western films. The Hogarth Press unknown
1929réf. 140949133London: The Hogarth Press 1929. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. 172 pp. Bound in publisher's terra cotta cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with lean to spine light wear and soiling to cloth and very slight bumping to lower corners. Typical offsetting from jacket to free endpapers one gathering misaligned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light wear foxing toning and soiling. Partial split at front spine fold reinforced with archival tape to verso. Kirkpatrick & Clarke A12b. The first edition of the classic feminist text in which Woolf argues the need for women's financial independence from men. The book is based on two lectures delivered to students at Newnham and Girton Cambridge's underfunded and second-class colleges for women who could not be awarded full degrees until 1948. Woolf compared her visits to male and female educational institutions: "Why did men drink wine and women water Why was one sex so prosperous and the other so poor What effect has poverty on fiction What conditions are necessary for the creation of works of art The Hogarth Press unknown books
1929réf. 140946384London: The Hogarth Press 1929. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original salmon cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with ownership bookplate of writer Olga Jamison to front pastedown light offsetting to endsheets and evidence of small appendage bookseller ticket removed pastedown. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket designed by Woolf's sister Vanessa Bell with light toning to spine light chipping minor splitting to joints small tears to top edge of front panel. Virginia Woolf's classic feminist essay presented to students at Newnham College and Girton College and women's college at University of Cambridge. Woolf argues in this influential work that women need educational and financial independence from men in order to thrive as whole beings. A fantastic copy with provenance of writer Olga Jamison who wrote scripts for 30's Western films. The Hogarth Press unknown books
1929réf. 005139New York and London: Fountain press/Hogarth Press 1929. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine. Tall Octavo. Original red cloth gilt title 9.75 x 6 inches 159 pages plus numbered colophon. Signed limited first edition number 261 of 492 copies signed by Woolf in her characteristic purple ink on the half title page of which only 450 were for sale. Printed in U.S. by Robert Josephy and published on October 21 1929 this edition preceded the English edition both signed and trade by three days Kirkpatrick A12. Woolmer 215A. Exterior is in exceptionally fine condition cloth is clean and bright the corners tight; internally there is a closed tear along edge on page 65 presumely from hastily opening the uncut page binding is tight overall a desirable copy of this classic feminist text. Fountain press/Hogarth Press hardcover
1932réf. 33829Toronto: McClelland & Stewart 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Vanessa Bell. Vanessa Bell. First Edition. Hardcover. Woolf Virginia. A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart 1932 8vo. 172pp. Publisher's original blue boards titles to spine gilt. A near fine fresh copy neat contemporary name on the ffe. in the blue printed dustwrapper of the First Canadian Edition first printing. The most elusive of the First Editions having been printed in the US possibly from Harcourt Brace supplied sheets in an unknown but very small edition 250 - 500 copies a speculation. A very nice example for the completist the DJ has one repaired closed tear but is otherwise very bright & interesting in its yellowish tonal quality. Woolf's major polemic against patriarchy based loosely on two lectures she delivered one at Newnham and the other at Girton. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A12dd. Woolf observed in her diary "I shall be attacked for a feminist". An increasingly uncommon & important Woolf title & 20th century literary highlight. Excellent copy. Noted in Kirkpatrick's latest edition. As far as we know fewer than three or four copies in dust jackets have surfaced in the last 30 years. McClelland & Stewart hardcover
1927réf. 021356London: The Hogarth Press 1927. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Title and limitation pages with moderate foxing light foxing scattered throughout; front board very slightly bowed light rubbing to boards and corners. Very Good. Vanessa Bell. Third Edition and the First Illustrated Edition bound in the original brown and white paper-covered boards with Vanessa Bell's illustrations expertly rebacked with original backstrip laid down; 45 pages with text printed on rectos only and with decorations by Vanessa Bell on every page. Copy #118 of only 500 numbered copies some of which as is this copy were SIGNED by both the author and the illustrator. First published in 1919 with only two illustrations by Woolf's sister Vanessa Bell this is the most desirable edition of this short story. The Hogarth Press hardcover
1925réf. 33291New York: Harcourt Brace 1925 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. by Author. Very scarce First American Edition Neatly Signed by Virginia Woolf on the front free endpaper. The First Series not the more Common Second Series. 8vo. 332 pp. A fine fresh copy in a beautifully crafted black leather and cloth binding with gold stamping on the spine and gold leaf edging on the top pages with dynamic purple marbled patterned endpapers. A very Rare copy indeed. An erudite collection proving Woolf at her critical best. Includes her now famous On Not Knowing Greek Modern Fiction Jane Austen & Montaigne with whom both Virginia and Leonard Woolf harboured a special sympathy for culminating in Leonard Woolf"s autobiography The Journey Not The Arrival Matters. Kirkpatrick & Clarke A8b. Harcourt Brace, (1925) hardcover
