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1940369477London: The Hogarth Press 1940. Hardcover. Fine/Good. First edition. Very slight sunning at the spine ends else fine in a good dust jacket that has restoration at the spine ends and a triangular section on the rear panel. The Hogarth Press hardcover
34202London: The Hogarth Press 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. A complete nine-volume set of THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTED EDITION OF THE NOVELS OF VIRGINIA WOOLF published by The Hogarth Press in 1990. Each volume bound in the publisher's black cloth with gilt titling to the spine top edges tinted lime green housed in unclipped brilliantly colour-coded pictorial dust jackets featuring Jeff Fisher's distinctive white geometric designs-a striking visual homage to Woolf's modernist sensibility.<br /> <br /> <br /> Titles include: THE VOYAGE OUT NIGHT AND DAY JACOB'S ROOM MRS DALLOWAY TO THE LIGHTHOUSE ORLANDO: A BIOGRAPHY THE WAVES THE YEARS and BETWEEN THE ACTS.<br /> <br /> All volumes are near fine with clean boards and tight bindings. Dust jackets likewise near fine with only the lightest traces of shelf wear. A discreet previous owner's name appears on the front free endpapers and a date appears on the reverse of each volume as shown. All protected in mylar.<br /> <br /> A handsome and limited scholarly edition No. 429/1000 of Woolf's complete novels-spanning her literary evolution from THE VOYAGE OUT 1915 to BETWEEN THE ACTS 1941-and capturing the full range of her modernist writing. An erudite collection proving Woolf at her critical best.<br /> <br /> Note: Extra Shipping charges due to the weight of the full collection and depending on destination. The Hogarth Press hardcover
1919237249Richmond: Hogarth Press 1919. Second Edition". First separate edition originally published in Two Stories July 1917. 10 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed wrappers. Short tear at head of spine fold some browning on upper cover a bit of foxing throughout. Very good. Second Edition". First separate edition originally published in Two Stories July 1917. 10 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Although the title states Second Edition the only previous publication of this story was in the first publication of the Hogarth Press Two Stories which is now nearly impossible to obtain. Kirkpatrick A2b; Woolmer 8; Rhein pp. 1113 Hogarth Press unknown
1920530791New York: George H. Doran Company 1920. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First American edition later issue. Octavo. 375pp. Publisher’s green cloth front cover stamped in blind and spine stamped in black. Rubbing to the extremities both free endpapers are toned a very good copy in good white dust jacket printed in green. The jacket has a few scattered nicks and two chips extending from the head and tail of spine to about an inch into the back panel. An attractive copy of Woolf’s first book: the first American edition in a rare later issue jacket circa 1923 with the publisher’s advertisement: “Latest Fiction†on the back panel listing twelve titles beginning with The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart and ending with Robert W. Chambers The Talkers first published in 1923. George H. Doran Company hardcover
1927131131550London: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. FIRST EDITION. A Good copy bound in publisher's blue cloth lacking dust jacket. Cloth stained and rubbed along edges edges foxed and a little soiled evidence of bookplate removal to front free endpaper a few tiny ink spots on paste down. Housed in a custom slipcase. Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press hardcover
19402222322244926The First UK printing published by The Hogarth Press London in 1940. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with just a little lightening of the spine but far less than usually encountered. A slither of fading to the extreme upper spine tip reproducing the slither of loss to the wrapper. The gilt titling remains very bright. Some light toning to the text-block and outer page edges due to the quality of paper stock used. Light offsetting to the blank end-papers. Free from inscriptions. The fragile WRAPPER is in Very Good or better condition. It is lightly dust marked to the rear panel with a few minor markings to the spine panel. A small amount of loss to the spine head. A few nicks and light creasing to the edges with a small area of tape reinforcement to the verso of the front panel edge. There is only a hint of toning to the spine. The wrapper presents as a very sharp example in the removable Brodart archival cover with the design reproducing Vanessa Bell's portrait of Fry. Only 2530 copies were printed Kirkpatrick A25. With a self-portrait frontispiece seventeen photographs and reproductions and a brief foreword in the form of a letter from Margery Fry to Virginia Woolf. An increasingly elusive title to find in collectible condition. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. The Hogarth Press, London hardcover
018317Hogarth Press 1975-1980 1975. Uncorrected Proof Copy 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book Condition all six copies light creasing to the spine a few copies has light fading to top of front cover else fineDust Jacket Condition. Light fading to the spine a few copies light fading to the front cover else fine. Not Price Clipped. Dust jackets have a protective plastic cover Jacket design by Angelica Garnett Virginia's niece. The set comprises: Vol. I: The Flight of the Mind: 1888-1912; Vol. II: The Question of Things Happening: 1912-1922; Vol. III: A Change of Perspective: 1923-1928; Vol. IV: A Reflection of the Other Person: 1929-1931; Vol. V: The Sickle Side of the Moon - 1932-1935; Vol. VI: Leave the Letters Till We're Dead - 1936-1941. <br/> <br/> Hogarth Press 1975-1980 paperback
193072615New York: Rimington & Hooper 1930. First edition limited to 550 copies this no. 325 signed by Virginia Woolf; folio pp. 6 8 6; original red cloth-backed gray paper-covered boards pink paper label on upper cover; lacking the publisher's slipcase otherwise a very good sound and clean copy. Designed and embellished by W. A. Dwiggins and printed and bound at the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge. Kirkpatrick A15a. Rimington & Hooper unknown
5775VIRGINIA WOOLF 1882-1941. Woolf was a celebrated British modernist author and member of the avant-garde Bloomsbury Group. Her work is especially significant for its early feminist themes.SB. N.d. N.p. A limited edition copy of Virginia Woolfs Beau Brumell signed Virginia Woolf in her typical purple ink. Published by Rimington & Hooper of New York in 1930 it is number 329/500 has oversized board covers and contains eight pages of embellishments by American book and type designer William Addison Dwiggins. Beau Brumell 1778-1840 the subject of Woolfs short biography was a Regency-era dandy and proto-fashion influencer. unknown
195399941London: Hogarth Press 1953. Uncorrected proof. Edited by Leonard Woolf. Unprinted red wrappers. Spine a little sunned and top corner a little bumped still near fine. Scarce in this format. Hogarth Press unknown
192032538London: Duckworth 1920. Second Impression. Hardcover. Second Impression. Hardcover. Woolf Virginia. NIGHT AND DAY. London: Duckworth 1920. A near fine or better example of the much more elaborate second impression: one of 1000 copies issued in the Covent Garden Library. 8vo. pp iv 538. Two pages of advertisements for The Voyage Out at rear. Dark blue cloth with bright gilt decoration to the spine. By the time the Hogarth Press February 1929 received the transfer of the balance of the sheets about 465 copies & molds from Duckworth only 566 copies of this second impression had been sold - Kirkpatrick A4. A very nice example one tiny mended closed tear at the spine crown - Quite uncommon. Duckworth hardcover
192138940London: Gebbie and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition original cloth backed boards the upper cover with design by Vanessa Bell. 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 18 x 11.5 cm ; with 4 woocuts by Bell 91 pp. ad leaf. Cloth spine pulled at tip offset from plates as usual. Woolf''s breakthrough collection of stories one of 1000 copies. Eight short stories by Woolf five of them published here for the first time. Kirkpatrick A5a. Provenance Estate of Frances "Peggy" Brooks . Many errors in typology which were gixe in the American edition. . Gebbie and Company hardcover
1941187664London: The Hogarth Press 1941. Books are the mirrors of the soul First edition of the author's final novel in which she "turns away from the élite audience of her modernist novels to address a national audience the grass roots of rural England" ODNB. Woolf wrote Between the Acts in her Sussex home after her London residence was bombed in the Blitz and it was published four months after her death. Octavo. Original blue cloth spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket by Vanessa Bell. Spine a little faded especially at ends extremities rubbed front board just bowed endpapers foxed: jacket unclipped scattered nicks and chips to edges bright: a very good copy in like jacket. Kirkpatrick A26a; Woolmer 488. hardcover
1915238291London: Duckworth & Co 1915. First Edition. Green Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾. N/a. 458 1915. First edition. 12mo. sized. Original publisher's green cloth - gilt embossed to the spine and stamped in black to the front board. The rear board with original publisher's sunken blind stamp. A very good essentially clean tight copy. Slight rubbing to the front endpaper where an inscription has been removed with a slight associated partially closed split in the paper 6mm in length. Light or slight rubbing to the cloth peripheries in places. Scattered most slight spotting and finger soiling - a bit more notable in a relatively few places. Several light finger soil marks to the rear board. A very good essentially clean tight copy of this scarce first edition just 2000 copies printed. Duckworth & Co hardcover
1963858P20London: Allen Lane 1963. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Very Good Indeed. 10" by 6.5". Not Stated. A limited edition collection of one-hundred letters by Baron Corvo to John Lane including a signed letter from the editor Cecil Woolf. The first edition of this privately printed work of which only six hundred unnumbered copies were printed.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with eight plates four of which are facsimile of Corvo's letters.Collated complete.Edited by Cecil Woolf with a signed letter from Woolf loosely inserted 'For Oliver Stoner with very best wishes from the Editor Cecil Woolf'. Cecil was the nephew of the Bloomsbury Group Woolfs.The collected letters of Frederick Rolfe the Baron Corvo to John Lane including a total of one-hundred letters dating from 1896 to 1904.Lane was Corvo's publisher encouraging him to contribute his first literary work to the periodical 'Yellow Book'.Rolfe was an eccentric writer who went by the pseudonym Baron Corvo. In the original publisher's paper covered boards in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally smart with only a couple of light marks to the boards. Dust wrapper is very lightly edge worn including a small closed tear to the head of the rear wrap and tail of the rear wrap. A few minor marks to the dust wrapper. . Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine Allen Lane hardcover
1913WOOLFLEO002180Edward Arnold London. 1913. First edition. Octavo. pp iv 307 16 adverts. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt. The author's rare first book a novel based on his experiences in Ceylon whither he moved in October 1904 first joining the Ceylon Civil Service in Jaffna and later Kandy and later becoming an assistant government agent in the Southern Province.Cloth a bit scuffed at joints and edges. One corner rubbed. Free endpapers tanned. Erasure from front free endpaper. Very good. No dustwrapper. Edward Arnold, London. hardcover
192234477London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press` 1922. First edition 8vo 290 14 advertisement pp. Marbled endpapers. Recent green full morocco t.e.g. a lovely copy. Kirkpatrick A6a - 1200 copies printed. London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press,` unknown
1928168806New York: Harcourt Brace & Company 1928. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. All 4 flap corners clipped. Owner personalization on FEP. Light rubbing along panel edges. Open tearing along front flap fold. Harcourt, Brace & Company hardcover
1909563538St. Ives Cornwall: Martin Cock Printer & Publisher 1909. Softcover. Near Fine. Fourth edition. Octavo. 64pp. 38pp. of text; with 26pp. of ads for local businesses. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and printer’s decorations. Fold-out map bound in at front as issued. Printed light blue wrappers. Light toning and soil to spine and edges a very nice copy. From 1882 when she was only a few months old to 1894 when she was 12 the year before her mother died Virginia Woolf spent two or three months each summer in Talland House located on the outskirts of the small fishing town of St. Ives on the Cornish coast. In an 1884 letter Virginia’s father the renowned literary critic and historian Sir Leslie Stephen described the house as “a pocket-paradise with a sheltered cove of sand in easy reach for ’Ginia even just below†and in 1940 at the age of 58 Woolf herself recalled in her autobiographical essay “A Sketch of the Past†that “In retrospect nothing that we had as children made as much difference was quite so important to us as our summer in Cornwall†adding that after the previous months in London it formed “the best beginning to life conceivable.†<br /> <br /> The lasting impact of these trips is evident in the presence of Cornwall in some of Woolf’s most celebrated novels among them Jacob’s Room The Waves and To the Lighthouse which though based on the Isle of Skye was inspired by the local landmark in St. Ives Bay Godrevy Light. She wrote: "For the great plateful of blue water was before her; the hoary Lighthouse distant austere in the midst; and on the right as far as the eye could see fading and falling in soft low pleats the green sand dunes with the wild flowing grasses on them which always seemed to be running away into some moon country uninhabited of men."<br /> <br /> The original edition of Martin Cock’s Guide to St. Ives was published in 1884 and was very likely used by the Stephen family during their stays in the area. This fourth edition revised by John Hobson Matthews in 1909 features updated information on a variety of local landmarks villages and sights; numerous black-and-white photographs including one of Godrevy Light; a fold-out map of the area bound in at front; and 26 pages of advertisements for local merchants and vacation rentals which may have been consulted by Woolf during her 1909 and 1910 stays in Cornwall. The first of those trips occurred rather suddenly: as Woolf wrote to her sister Vanessa Bell on Christmas Day 1909 “I went for a walk in Regents Park yesterday morning and it suddenly struck me how absurd it was to stay in London with Cornwall going on all the time†so she impulsively purchased a train ticket and arrived at the Lelant station near St. Ives at 10:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve without “spectacles cheque book looking glass or coat.†She found a room at the Lelant Inn up the hill from the station and added “I am so drugged with the fresh air that I can’t write and now my ink fails. As for the beauty of this place it surpasses every other season. I have the hotel to myself — and get a very nice sitting room for nothing.†Her subsequent stay one year later was in the wake of a nervous breakdown that occurred as she was completing her first novel The Voyage Out which resulting in her being admitted to Burley Park a home for mentally ill women outside the city. As part of her recuperation she spent the summer on a walking tour around Zennor a tiny village just southwest of St. Ives with a nurse Jean Thomas. Woolf’s last visit to Cornwall with her husband Leonard in May 1936 was an attempt to keep yet another breakdown at bay. He wrote that they spent their time wandering around St. Ives and one evening even crept into the garden of Talland House where poignantly “Virginia peered through the ground-floor windows to see the ghosts of her childhood.†A wonderful resource for background on Woolf’s summer retreats in Cornwall and one of the few guides limited solely to St. Ives. Very scarce. Martin Cock Printer & Publisher unknown
196897206Los Angeles California 1968 & 1969. 1968 & 1969. Very good. - A wonderful and increasingly caustic correspondence between the author Pierre La Mure and producer Jean Dalrymple regarding production of a theatrical production of a musical based on his novel "Moulin Rouge" about the life of the French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The correspondence consists of 4 typed letters signed by Pierre La Mure with retained copies of 3 of Jean Dalrymple's letters to La Mure together with 2 typed letters signed by the British film producer of the 1952 movie of "Moulin Rouge" John Woolf together with a retained copy of another of his letters to Jean Dalrymple and the retained copy of a letter from Jean Dalrymple to Woolf. La Mure has penned occasional corrections in red ink within the text of his letters and Jean Dalrymple subsequently drew a diagonal red line through La Mure's and Woolf's letters indicating she'd read and dealt with them. All the letters are in very good to fine condition. A wonderful correspondence which provides insight into the thoughts of those involved in attempting to stage a theatrical production of the musical. The novel was the basis for a major film produced by John Woolf and directed by John Huston in 1952. It is interesting to note that La Mure belittles Jose Ferrer a close friend of Jean Dalrymple for his performance in "The Man of La Mancha" as Ferrer starred as Toulouse Lautrec in the film. <p>Following is a chronological description of the correspondence:<p>1 August 25 1968. An approximately 300 word 1 - 1/4 page typed letter to Jean Dalrymple on personal letterhead signed "Pierre". Pierre la Mure writes to producer Jean Dalrymple that Romulus Films and United Artists are willing to release their rights for a percentage and allow a musical to be made based on Moulin Rouge. La Mure finds himself "in the position of G.B. Shaw in relation to 'My Fair Lady' - and I should like to know what percentage did the Shaw estate get out of My Fair Lady." He complains that time is being wasted on unnecessary negotiations. He says that it is simply a matter of writing "the book of a musical. I have the draft of one which I wrote for myself and which doesn't infringe on the film at all.".<p>2 August 28 1968. A one-page retained carbon copy of a letter from Jean Dalrymple to Pierre La Mure. Dalrymple writes that Herman Levin will let La Mure know the percentage paid to the Shaw estate for Pygmalion. She emphasizes that she could have done a much better job herself than Paul Kohner has done on the musical negotiations.<p>3 February 20 1969. An approximately 300 word typed letter to Jean Dalrymple on personal letterhead signed "P". La Mure writes that he agrees with Dalrymple that Richard Rodgers "would give much prestige to the production." But he adds that "Lowe of My Fair Lady.would even be better I think". He tells her to forget about the French composer George Auric. "He probably looks down on him Rodgers.And I don't think his music is very good anyway." Auric was the composer of the music for the 1952 John Huston film of Moulin Rouge. La Mure then makes an impassioned plea for the actor Charles Aznavour: "But I plead with you to consider Aznavour. Every fiber in my body tells it would be a bull's eye.He was born to be Lautrec." Along the left margin of the letter La Mure writes a footnote: "Let me know what Wasserman says". Evidently Dale Wasserman was being considered for writing the book for the Moulin Rouge musical. Wasserman is best known for having written the book for "The Man of La Mancha".<p>4 February 26 1969. A two-page retained carbon copy of a letter from Jean Dalrymple to Pierre La Mure. Dalrymple writes that her "session" with Dale Wasserman was disappointing. Wasserman felt that Moulin Rouge is "too close in feeling atmosphere and locale" to Montmartre the musical he is currently working on. She says she will approach Neil Simon who "turned SWEET CHARITY from a disaster - when it opened out of town - into a hit." She also suggests Frank Loesser: "I have produced most of Mr. Loesser's hits.and if he believed in Moulin Rouge he'd do a masterly job of it.Loesser is almost as prestigious as Richard Rodgers.and actually more talented."<p>5 April 7 1969. A one-page retained carbon copy of a letter from Jean Dalrymple to Pierre La Mure. Dalrymple writes that Frank Loesser had discussed Moulin Rouge with La Mure years ago and "reluctantly turned it down." However he would now reconsider it but he is "not at all well".<p>6 April 22 1969. An approximately 60 word typed letter to Jean Dalrymple on Romulus Films Ltd letterhead signed "John" by the producer John Woolf. Woolf thanks Dalrymple for her cable congratulating him on his Best Picture Academy Award for his film "Oliver". He inquires about an April 2 letter he sent her regarding Moulin Rouge.<p>7 June 2 1969. A one-page retained carbon copy of a letter from Jean Dalrymple to John Woolf. Dalrymple asks Woolf for a copy of the screenplay for Moulin Rouge on behalf of Joe Darion the Tony Award winning lyricist of "The Man of La Mancha". Darion is evidently planning to write the book for the Moulin Rouge musical. She mentions that her butler David Daniels once worked for Woolf as his valet.<p>8 June 6 1969. An approximately 100 word typed letter to Jean Dalrymple on Romulus Films Ltd letterhead signed "John" by the producer John Woolf. Woolf writes to Dalrymple sending along a copy of his April 2 letter which was somehow lost in the shuffle. He says that he is happy to send along a copy of the Moulin Rouge script.<p>9 August 18 1969. An approximately 250 word typed letter to Jean Dalrymple on personal letterhead signed "Pierre". La Mure is surprised and clearly peeved that "Mr Joe Darion is writing a libretto of Moulin Rouge". He points out that Dalrymple has no option on the property and "it perhaps would be a good idea to come to some business arrangement on this matter don't you think". He writes a lengthy postscript in part concerning a production he saw of "The Man of La Mancha" starring Jose Ferrer "who I thought was very bad in it". The slight against Ferrer may well be deliberate as Ferrer was a close friend of Dalrymple. She affectionately referred to him as one of her 3 Joses the other two being Jose Iturbi and Jose Serebrier. La Mure goes on to attack Joe Darion: "Frankly I am not terribly impressed by his anguish over 'the physical problem' of Toulouse Lautrec Why doesn't he go to a library and get a photograph of Lautrec. Rather simple don't you think.".<p>10 September 29 1969. An approximately 240 word typed letter to Jean Dalrymple on personal letterhead signed "Pierre" with the original envelope. In this letter La Mure brings the matter of a Moulin Rouge musical to a close. "Please do not suspect me of hidden motives and do not try to match your feminine intuitiveness with my words. I simply say what I mean and mean what I say. Therefore believe me when I assure you that I am not 'angry' with you.I certainly am not 'most angry' as you say because you don't like my outline of a Moulin Rouge musicale." He concludes his correspondence by stating that he is offering the dramatic rights to Moulin Rouge for sale on the open market. "Should you and your associates be interested in the property nothing would please me more. You then would be able to proceed without any interference from me". He finishes by asking for the return of his manuscripts.<p>Perhaps best remembered for his 1950 novel "Moulin Rouge" about the life of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec the French author Pierre La Mure 1909-1976 also wrote the novel "Beyond Desire" about the life of Cecile and Felix Mendelssohn and "Claire de Lune" based on the life of Claude Debussy. His novel "Moulin Rouge" was made into a film of the same name directed by John Huston in 1952.<p>The British movie producer John Woolf 1913-1999 founded the company "Romulus Films" with his brother James in 1948. Although he was mocked for it with comments such as "Two old people going up and down an African river . who's going to be interested in that" Woolf put up half the money for "The African Queen" starring Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn. The movie was a huge success. Woolf also produced John Huston's film of "Moulin Rouge" as well as "Oliver" for which he received an Academy Award.<p>Jean Dalrymple 1902-1998 was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in Vaudeville appearing with James Cagney and Cary Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski Mary Martin Jos Iturbi Andre Kostalanetz Nathan Milstein and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943 serving as a board member and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951 Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world. Los Angeles, California, 1968 & 1969. unknown
113415Duckworth & Company. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. First Edition First Printing. Published by Duckworth and Company 1919. Octavo. Custom bound in full black morocco with gilt topstain and 5 raised spine bands stamped in gold. Book is very good; with no ownership markings names or writing. Binding is tight with no cracks or loose pages. Light toning to page ends. A very good copy of this classic Virginia Woolf novel beautifully bound in leather. 538 pages plus 2 of ads. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles libraries collections. Message us if you have books to sell! Duckworth & Company hardcover
1928317221London: Hogarth Press 1928. First. hardcover. fine. Illustrated. 299 pages. 8vo handsomely rebound in orange morocco. London: Hogarth Press 1928. First Edition. Fine.<br/> <br/> Hogarth Press unknown
19318306New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1931. First American Edition. First Printing one of 10000 copies. Octavo 19.25cm; blue-violet cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; purple topstain; dustjacket; ii67-2975pp. Hint of offsetting to endpapers with a faint tiny stain to lower edge of pp.7-15 else a clean very Near Fine copy with the topstain bright and unfaded. Dustjacket designed by Vanessa Bell is unclipped priced $2.50 showing modest edgewear subtle toning and dust-soil to spine and panels with a few small nicks tears and attendant creases and a few tiny stains; Very Good.<br /> <br /> Attractive copy Woolf's experimental novel a "playpoem" in her own words told in a series of six soliloquies spoken by the books' characters. Connolly 100; Kirkpatrick A16b. Harcourt, Brace and Company unknown
193173344E-241: Harcourt Brace and Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1931. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Harcourt Brace and Company New York. 1931. 297 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Vanessa Bell DJ is lightly chipped and worn with some chipping present to the crown of the spine. Bound in blue cloth boards with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards are lightly rubbed and worn. Previous owner's name present to the front pastedown. Text is free of marks binding tight and solid. One of Woolfs most experimental novels The Waves presents six characters in monologue - from morning until night from childhood into old age - against a background of the sea. The result is a glorious chorus of voices that exists not to remark on the passing of events but to celebrate the connection between its various individual parts. The Waves first published in 1931 is Virginia Woolf's most experimental novel. It consists of soliloquies spoken by the book's six characters: Bernard Susan Rhoda Neville Jinny and Louis. Also important is Percival the seventh character though readers never hear him speak in his own voice. The soliloquies that span the characters' lives are broken up by nine brief third-person interludes detailing a coastal scene at varying stages in a day from sunrise to sunset. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 297 pages . Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
1921BB1674New York: Harcourt Brace 1921. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine-/Near Fine. First American Edition one of 1500 copies. Crown 8vo: 4116pp. Publisher's sage-green quarter cloth over mottled light brown paper-covered boards white paper spine label printed in black fore- and bottom edges rough-cut; original buff typographic dust jacket printed in green. About Fine fountain pen inscription to front end paper in elegant hand top edge dust-soiled abrasion to bottom margin pp. 12-13 not affecting text; Near Fine jacket spine panel darkened with neat restorations not involving lettering; professionally and preemptively strengthened on verso along folds; 1/16 inch short from top to bottom but no evidence of trimming so perhaps a production flaw. Kirkpatrick A5b. The only collection of short stories published during Woolf's lifetime. The 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†"varied in themes and narrative but clearly showed the nucleus and style of her new directions in writing. . . . The short story proves for Woolf an ideal space of experimentation in which she questions both traditional views on human perception and conventional forms of writing thus opening the way to her radical transformation of the novel . . . " Literary Encyclopedia Note: With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Harcourt, Brace hardcover
