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1993205835Paris: Actes Sud-Papiers 1993. Paperback. 39p. Text in French. Very good. Lightly soiled porous paper covers. One of his first professional works. A theatre text a play developed in collaboration with director Robert Wilson. Originally produced in 1989 this is the French edition released in 1993. Actes Sud-Papiers paperback books
195816042804London: The Hogarth Press 1958. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Eighth printing duodecimo size 299 pp. in the publisher's dust jacket. Adeline Virginia Woolf 1882-1941 needs no introduction the founder with her husband Leonard of the Hogarth Press and with her brother's friends one of the original members of the Bloomsbury Group. Many of her works have remained popular including "A Room of One's Own" "Mrs. Dalloway" "To the Lighthouse" and this work "Orlando". <br/><br/>First published in 1928 "Orlando" is considered "a feminist classic .written about extensively by scholars of women's writing and gender and transgender studies" n.b. per Wiki. It has been said that "Orlando has an unrivaled place in the history of English fiction. Orlando is the most imaginative indeed fantastical creation of this legendarily individualistic writer" n.b. quote from the Arion Press. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full green cloth over boards gilt lettering on the spine stated eighth impression on the title and copyright pages; duodecimo size 7 3/8" by 5 1/8" 299 pp. In the original publisher's dust jacket showing a price of "10s 6d net" on the front flap decorated on both panels with artwork by Vanessa Bell the sister of Virginia Woolf in rust and yellow over white short summary of book on front flap publisher's ad for other works by Woolf on the back flap. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Fine overall with clean boards perfectly straight corners without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; the sole condition issue we see are a few pages with the bottom corner bent only a few millimeters else fine. The unclipped dust jacket near fine the panels and flaps clean other than a stray mark or two and the colours bright with a modicum of edgewear most noticeable at the tail of the spine toning around the perimeters and the spine sunned and with a few light spots. Truly a lovely example and albeit the eighth printing the sole copy of this title published by the Hogarth Press with its dust jacket as of this writing. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Hogarth Press hardcover books
1928186255New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1928. 2nd edition. Hardcover. G covers have heavy wear spine is still legible. Pages are clean and tight. Inked inscription on flylef bookplate fep. Text block is yellowed at top and stained on outside. Stain does extend to pages but not into text. Blue cloth covers gilt lettering on spine. ix 333 pages 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : portraits. No DJ. Orlando follows the story of a young nobleman Orlando who is born in the Elizabethan age and lives through 400 years of British history and time experiencing life both as a man and as a woman. The novel has been described as a love story a history play and a fantastic pageant. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover books
1988372301988. St. John Dixon Allan. St. John Dixon Allan. Woolf Anthony D. and Allan St. John Dixon. Osteoporosis: A Clinical Guide. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1988. x 214pp. Harbound. Very Good. $1. unknown books
1991Embry 176262Collins & Brown 1991. First printing thus. Remainder mark to lower edge else fine in fine dust jacket. Collins & Brown, 1991. First printing thus. unknown books
19392425London: np 1939. First edition. Framed. Fine. THE MOST CELEBRATED PHOTOGRAPH FROM VIRGINIA WOOLF'S LAST SITTING WITH A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER; GISÈLE FREUND'S PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THIS SITTING ARE THE ONLY COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS EVER TAKEN OF WOOLF. "Woolf was acutely self-conscious and disliked sitting for pictures never mind 'seeing herself'. But a few rare portraits often by her family or friends capture her inner spirit. Freund's images taken just before the outbreak of war in 1939 are extremely valuable for not only are they unique in showing Woolf in her London home but they are in colour. Freund pioneered colour photography and made portraits of James Joyce Samuel Beckett Aldous Huxley and many other writers.<br /> <br /> "Freund was twice refused admission to Tavistock Square but eventually Woolf succumbed. She agreed to change her clothes to see which best suited the colour harmony. In some of the prints Woolf is pale and lined in others smiling a little and more youthful. The background of fabrics and mural panels by Bell and Grant adds to the value of the images; this was the inner sanctum of the queen of Bloomsbury where parties were given and friends came to tea. Just over a year later the house was destroyed in the blitz but for some time mural panels were left hanging on the wall open to the weather as recorded later by the Woolfs' friends Stephen Spender and William Plomer as the last vestiges of a disappearing world." Richard Shone "Portraits of Virginia Woolf: here the true face of the modern writer" The Guardian 20 June 2014.<br /> <br /> "Freund who was closely associated in Paris with Sylvia Beach her bookshop Shakespeare & Company and its visiting authors including James Joyce specialised in photographs of writers. Indeed it was Joyce who suggested that she should add to her collection by going to London. He assured her that if English writers knew she had photographed him and that he was pleased with the results they would readily agree to sit for her. This proved correct and she successfully photographed T.S. Eliot Elizabeth Bowen George Bernard Shaw Vita Sackville-West who also provided her with a letter of introduction Herbert Read and Peggy Guggenheim Victoria Ocampo and Hugh Walpole.<br /> <br /> "Virginia Woolf however initially turned her down. That is until Victoria Ocampo the wealthy Argentinian founder and publisher of the literary review Sur whom Woolf admired turned up at Tavistock Square with Freund in tow in order to show Woolf contact sheets of the literary men and women Freund had photographed.<br /> <br /> "Under pressure Woolf gave in and a sitting was arranged for later that same day. Woolf 's diary written before the afternoon session commenced reveals much irritation: 'No getting out of it with Okampo sic on the sofa & Freund there in the flesh. So my afternoon is gone in the way to me most detestable and upsetting of all.' Freund had recently begun working with colour film which had just come on to the market and Woolf dreaded becoming a 'life-sized life coloured animated photograph' yet it pleased her that at her request Leonard would also be photographed.<br /> <br /> "She left no account of this sitting but we can deduce from details supplied by Freund and from other clues that it was an unexpected success. Perhaps Woolf 's dread was removed by Joyce's message or Vita Sackville-West's introductory letter for the photographs show that she willingly collaborated: in fact she offered to show Freund her wardrobe so that she could help choose the most suitable clothes and three times changed her blouse and once the jacket she was wearing.<br /> <br /> "At one point she proudly informed Freund that there had been a celebrated photographer in her own family and she brought out a copy of the book that the Hogarth Press had published of Julia Margaret Cameron's photographs with essays by herself and Roger Fry and this she inscribed to Freund.<br /> <br /> "Out of this session came some of the most eloquent photo-portraits of Woolf ever produced. They vary in mood as outward composure gives way to melancholy introspection. They are also the only colour photographs of Woolf ever taken. For technical reasons it was not possible to publish them in colour at the time and for many years they were known only in black-and-white format.<br /> <br /> "After a bomb had sliced open the house in October 1940 and destroyed the better part of this room the decorations on the fireplace wall could be seen from the street below a fragile reminder of a different age a different way of life." Frances Spalding "The last photograph of Virginia Woolf" The Telegraph July 9 2014. <br /> <br /> Size: 8x12 in. 21x30 cm. Framed: 17x21 in. 43x53 cm.<br /> <br /> Chromogenic print. Taken June 1939; printed later likely c.1970s. Signed by Freund on back beneath Freund's stamped address and credit. Freund's blindstamp at bottom right of image. Elegantly framed with archival matting and UV-protecting museum glass. <br /> <br /> A stunning image in fine condition. np unknown books
1993UWOOPIC00LRDoubleday 1993. Fine. Woolf Felicity. Picture This Century : An Introduction to Twentieth Century Art. New York: Doubleday 1993. 40pp. Illustrated. Glossary. Square 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. Doubleday hardcover books
1966148521np: np 1966. First edition. Softcover. Number 189 of 200 copies printed at the direction of Woolf's longtime friend Harold Pinter. A very good copy in wrappers that are lightly soiled and with some minor wear as well. Still a very nice copy. np unknown books
1957130446Redondo Beach CA: Henny Penny Press 1957. First edition. Softcover. 28 pages. An about very good copy in stapled wrappers that are lightly soiled and spotting to the rear panel. Uncommon. Henny Penny Press unknown books
196659970np: np 1966. First edition. 52 pp. Very near fine in printed wrappers and fine integral printed dust jacket. One of 200 numbered copies “privately printed by Benham and Company Limited at the direction of Mr. Harold Pinter.†(np): (np) unknown books
195336525NY:: Harcourt Brace & Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. A later printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Harcourt, Brace & Company, hardcover books
1939WRCLIT75534London: The Hogarth Press 1939. Sewn printed wrappers. First edition issued as Hogarth Sixpenny Pamphlet Number 4. Light tidemark in extreme top and fore-margin otherwise very good. KIRKPATRICK A24a. WOOLMER 463. The Hogarth Press unknown books
1939WRCLIT46129London: The Hogarth Press 1939. Printed wrappers. First edition issued as Hogarth Sixpenny Pamphlet Number 4. Small nick at top edge crown of spine slightly chipped else very good. KIRKPATRICK A24a. WOOLMER 463. The Hogarth Press unknown books
193923621London: Hogarth Press 1939. First edn. 8vo pp. 32. Pale blue wraps. crease in the cover Hogarth Sixpenny Pamphlets. no. 4. Printed in an edition of 5140 copies a VG copy. Kirkpatrick A24. Hogarth Press unknown books
193930559London: Hogarth Press 1939. First edition. Sewn blue-grey wrappers. 31 pp. An about very good copy with moderate wear faint dampstain to lower corner of most leaves. Hogarth Sixpenny Pamphlets Number Four. Woolmer 463. <br/><br/> Hogarth Press unknown books
193930558London: Hogarth Press 1939. First edition. Sewn blue-grey wrappers. 31 pp. A very good copy in faded and worn wrappers. Hogarth Sixpenny Pamphlets Number Four. Woolmer 463. <br/><br/> Hogarth Press unknown books
193952541London: Hogarth 1939. First Edition. Small 8vo pp. 31. Paper wraps. Hogarth sixpenny pamphlets Number four. Cover little soiled corners very slightly dog-eared o/w VG. Printed in an edition of 5140 copies a VG copy. Kirkpatrick A24. Hogarth unknown books
1940151127003London: The Hogarth Press 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first printing. Very Good in a Good second impression dust jacket. Pages toned offsetting to end papers. Cloth lightly dust-soiled slightly darkened at spine small ding to edge of front board. Dust jacket soiled and edge worn toned at spine with large chips at spine ends and old mending tissue repairs to the blank verso. The Hogarth Press hardcover books
1940WRCLIT64609New York: Harcourt 1940. Green cloth. Portrait. First American edition one of only 2500 copies printed. Small patch of sunning to one corner of upper board usual tanning to endsheets otherwise very good in darkened lightly chipped dust jacket with a few edge tears. KIRKPATRICK A25b. Harcourt hardcover books
1940WRCLIT54862New York: Harcourt 1940. Green cloth. Portrait. First American edition one of only 2500 copies printed. Spine and edges faded else a good sound copy without dust jacket. KIRKPATRICK A25b. Harcourt hardcover books
194004348New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1940. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Some light foxing to title page and frontispiece. Otherwise a solid near fine copy some light soiling to spine and edges of book in dust jacket price-clipped with some minute restoration at spine ends. <br/><br/> Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover books
304Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited 1940. . 8vo blue/green cloth spine faded and with a small gouge in outer front hinge. First Canadian from British sheets Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, 1940. hardcover books
1940182130New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1940. Hardcover. VG/G light age toning to pages but otherwise clean and clear. Dust jacket has light wear with small tears. Green cloth over boards gilt spine lettering; burgundy and tan dust jacket with burgundy lettering; bw portrait frontispiece of Roger Fry; 307 pp bw plates Contents include: Childhood : school -- Cambridge -- London Italy Paris -- Chelsea : marriage -- Work -- America -- The post-Impressionists -- The Omega -- The war years -- Vision and design -- Transformations. Also includes a foreword by Margery Fry and a list of the illustrations. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover books
1964S1158Baltimore:: Johns Hopkins Press 1964. 1964. 216 x 146 mm. 8vo. viii 110 pp. Index. Blue cloth dust-jacket. Fine. Johns Hopkins Press, (1964). hardcover books
1953196164Sausalito CA: Golden Goose Press 1953. Hardcover. Unpaginated but poems are numbered: 34 in all several running longer than one page. Printed on calendared grey paperstock with a rubricated title; cloth backed boards with war-maimed figure depicted spine-titled colophon is mum on number issued amateur fine-press project in very good condition. Anti-war poetry. Golden Goose Press hardcover books
