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1927ref. 140948216London: The Hogarth Press 1927. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing in the original dust jacket designed by Virginia Woolf's sister Vanessa Bell. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with sunning to spine cloth through dust jacket light spotting to endsheets. Contents tanned. In a Very Good dust jacket a little brittle with partial splits at the flap folds; light edge wear and light soiling toning heaviest at spine panel vertical crease to front and rear panels tape ghosts to flaps. A bright copy of one of the author's most enduring works ranked by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. The Hogarth Press unknown
1928ref. 140949372London: The Hogarth Press 1928. First British Edition. Very Good/Good. A fantastic association copy of the first British edition first printing. Signed by Virginia Woolf on the front free endpaper and inscribed "with many thanks" to the American artist E. McKnight Kauffer who designed a new logo for the Hogarth Press the year this book was published. 299 pp. printed on laid paper. Bound in publisher's orange cloth letttered in gilt on spine. Very Good with sunning and slight lean to spine light wear and soiling to covers and light offsetting and scattered foxing to endpapers. In a Good unclipped dust jacket most certainly supplied with moderate wear and soiling and multiple repairs to verso. Housed in a custom orange-red cloth clamshell case lettered in gilt on spine. Kirkpatrick & Clarke A11b. Signed trade editions by Virginia Woolf have become increasing scarce on the market but a copy inscribed by Virginia Woolf to an artist who worked for her is extraordinary. Kauffer lived in England between 1914 and 1940 and his bold graphic designs shaped the aesthetic of the interwar period. Best known for his iconic London Underground posters Kauffer was also in demand as a dust jacket illustrator. He received five commissions from Virginia and Leonard Woolf the first of which was to redesign the logo of their press. Vanessa Bell's wolf's head featured on the title page of Orlando was transformed into something sharper stronger and more menacing. The Hogarth Press unknown books
1928ref. 140949372London: The Hogarth Press 1928. First British Edition. Very Good/Good. A fantastic association copy of the first British edition first printing. Signed by Virginia Woolf on the front free endpaper and inscribed "with many thanks" to the American artist E. McKnight Kauffer who designed a new logo for the Hogarth Press the year this book was published. 299 pp. printed on laid paper. Bound in publisher's orange cloth letttered in gilt on spine. Very Good with sunning and slight lean to spine light wear and soiling to covers and light offsetting and scattered foxing to endpapers. In a Good unclipped dust jacket most certainly supplied with moderate wear and soiling and multiple repairs to verso. Housed in a custom orange-red cloth clamshell case lettered in gilt on spine. Kirkpatrick & Clarke A11b. Signed trade editions by Virginia Woolf have become increasing scarce on the market but a copy inscribed by Virginia Woolf to an artist who worked for her is extraordinary. Kauffer lived in England between 1914 and 1940 and his bold graphic designs shaped the aesthetic of the interwar period. Best known for his iconic London Underground posters Kauffer was also in demand as a dust jacket illustrator. He received five commissions from Virginia and Leonard Woolf the first of which was to redesign the logo of their press. Vanessa Bell's wolf's head featured on the title page of Orlando was transformed into something sharper stronger and more menacing. The Hogarth Press unknown
1933ref. 32506N.p. n.d. London: N.p. n.d. c. 1933 1933. First Edition. First Edition. Signed by Author. Woolf Virginia. Signed Photograph Circa 1933 6" 1/2 x 5" Signed in black ink: "Yours / Virginia Woolf" on the lower right of the image. Good photographic portraits of Virginia Woolf do come onto the market periodically signed ones rarely appear. A near fine image publisher's very minor retouched enhancement under VW's right eye. published in Virginia Woolf And Her World by John Lehmann 1975. p.55. Publisher's notes to production on the verso. Outstanding. N.p. n.d. [c. 1933] unknown
