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N.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.

London: Hogarth Press, 1925. First edition of one of Woolf's best-known novels, one of only 2000 copies. Octavo, original orange cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some light wear to the extremities. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to the pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example, scarce and desirable in the original dust jacket and in this condition.

London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1925 First edition, first printing. One of 2000 copies. Publisher's deep rust cloth, gilt lettering to spine; in its original cream-colored dust jacket, printed in black and white, and designed by Vanessa Bell. Fine book, with just some light offsetting to endpapers, and novelist Dennis Wheatley's bookplate to front pastedown; fine unclipped dust jacket, with a few small closed tears to panel edges, very shallow chipping to spine ends, light toning and a touch of staining to spine, panels remarkably bright and clean with just a hint of soiling to rear panel, and a tiny chip to front flap fold. Overall, an exemplary copy of arguably Virginia Woolf's greatest novel. Housed in a custom quarter leather box with folding chemise. Kirkpatrick A9a. Woolmer 82. One of the author's best-known novels, Mrs. Dalloway tells the story of Clarissa Dalloway as she prepares to host a high-society party. The text is a… Read More

Richmond:: Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press,, 1922.. First edition.. publisher's gold cloth with printed paper label on spine, in dust jacket after a design by Vanessa Bell.. Endsheets very slightly tanned at hinges; slight bump to fore-edge of front board; else bright and fresh with the paper label very white. Closed tear to front flap fold; backstrip slightly sunned, with light use to extremities and some hand-soiling to the rear panel. A very attractive example of an extremely scarce book in dust jacket. . 8vo,.

London:: The Hogarth Press,, 1927.. First edition.. publisher's blue cloth in dust jacket by Vanessa Bell.. Tiny old bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown; bookplate on front pastedown; a few light dings to edges; else a fresh bright copy with the slightest of fading to the spine. The jacket is faded at the spine as usual; the blue lettering is faint be legible. There are a few tiny chips and an insignificant tidemark at the upper corner of the back panel. . 8vo,.

London: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1927.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1927. First edition, first printing. Published by The Hogarth Press in London, 1927. This is a very good (or better) copy. The dust wrapper appears in beautiful condition, though has some light restorative repair to the spine, mainly internally. There is a thin amount of chipping to the tail of the spine and a larger chip to the head. The blue lettering on the spine is bright and vibrant, however. There is slight loss at the corners and some light handling marks throughout. The boards are slightly sunned at the spine and there are some light blemishes to both panels. The corners are sharp. The internals are incredibly clean and fresh. There is a review slip loosely slipped inside, on footed 'The Hogarth Press' paper, outlining the date of publication (May 7th) and the price (7/6) in what may be Leonard Woolf's own hand, though this is down for debate. Overall, this is a very good (or better) copy of what is a scarce work, increasingly scarce with the review slip… Read More

Richmond: Hogarth Press, 1919. Second Edition. Soft cover. Second Edition. Soft cover. Woolf, Virginia. KEW GARDENS. Richmond: Hogarth Press, 1919. Second Edition. (500 copies printed). 8vo. 16 pp. With two engravings by Vanessa Bell, in the original decorated wrappers, which have had some excellent edge restoration. White printed label to upper wrapper. Not in fact printed at, but for, the Hogarth Press by Richard Madley of Whitfield Street, possibly in consequence of Vanessa Bell's disappointment at the first edition's rendering of her interior art, which had, at 150 copies, been well enough subscribed to put forth a second. A lovely example. "Leonard Woolf thought that these wrappers were not from the Omega Workshops but were copied from the first edition by someone else". Kirkpatrick and Clarke A3b. Woolmer 7.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1937. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. Woolf, Virginia. THE YEARS. London: The Hogarth Press, 1937 Signed by Virginia Woolf. First Edition. Crown 8vo. 469 pp. Publisher's light jade-green cloth, gilt titles to the spine. A lovely near fine or better copy in a superb example of the illustrated original cream dustwrapper designed by Vanessa Bell and printed in black and brown. Quite stunning edition. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A22a. Wolmer 423. The author's penultimate novel, bringing together all of her classic themes. The success of The Years, (now recognized as a feminist novel rather than simply a family saga), motivated Time Magazine to devote a 1937 cover to Virginia Woolf. A signed copy of The Years is rare to find.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1920. First American edition. 508 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. A fine copy in very good dust jacket. The white printed jacket has a two-inch (uneven) creased tear at lower corner of front panel (at edge of spine), with a small chip and few short tears at lower edge of front panel, short creased tear and few nicks at tips of spine, rear panel has two (one-inch) tears and a short, narrow chip at fold of rear flap, else complete and quite bright. Custom cloth clamshell box. First American edition. 508 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First American Edition in Rare Dust Jacket (Not Seen by Kirkpatrick). Kirkpatrick A4b ("No specimen of dust-jacket available")

The Hogarth Press, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The HOGARTH PRESS, London, 1927. Hard Cover. A near fine first illustrated edition in a near fine dust jacket, with the spine completely intact, which is very rare, and most of the original clear wax paper outer jacket present. Vanessa Bell (illustrator). First Illustrated Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. No. 133 of 500 Copies Signed by Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell with the characteristic purple ink. Rust, mustard and grey floral design and lettering on front cover. Housed in a custom-made cloth folding case with gilt lettered leather label on spine. Signed by Author and Illustrator.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1938. First Edition. First Edition. Woolf, Virginia. THREE GUINEAS. Signed By Virginia Woolf. London: The Hogarth Press, 1938. First Edition Neatly Signed by Virginia Woolf in her characteristic purple ink to the half-title page. 8vo. 329 pp. An excellent copy in yellow cloth, gilt titles to the spine lacking the dustwrapper. Housed in a custom clamshell case. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A23a. Woolmer 440.

London: Hogarth Press, 1925. First Edition.. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Vanessa Bell. Vanessa Bell. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author Virginia Woolf. Vanessa Bell. First Edition. Woolf, Virginia. THE COMMON READER: SECOND SERIES. Signed By Virginia Woolf. London: The Hogarth Press, 1932. First Edition. 8vo. 270 pp. Neatly Signed by Virginia Woolf on the front free endpaper. A very good copy in green cloth, fade to the boards, gilt titles to the spine in the Vanessa Bell designed dustwrapper that has foxing overall. Small book trade label of 'The Times Book Club, 42 Wigmore Street, London W1' affixed to the rear pastedown, the unobtrusive small stamped number 10 32, (October, 1932), to the rear free endpaper indicating that the book was acquired by way of 'The Times Book Club'. Virginia Woolf's second collection of critical essays after finishing the Waves and working on Flush. In a February 1932 letter to Ethel Smyth, Woolf wrote: "I admit I think it a very good thing, this working.… Read More

London: Hogarth Press, 1925. First Edition.. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Vanessa Bell. Vanessa Bell. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Woolf. Virginia. THE COMMON READER. Signed Association Copy From the library of Victoria Strachey & Mark Holloway. London: Hogarth Press, 1925. 8vo., 305pp., light grayish blue cloth, second edition issued November - the first was issued in April. A short & amusing Als. from Virginia Woolf tipped to the front free endpaper, reading: "To / Dr. Rendel, / A small dose nightly to / ensure sleep / Virginia Woolf / Christmas 1925". The book is further signed in pencil by F.E. Rendel at the top of the front endpaper. At the corner of the front pastedown is another [very lightly written] inscription that reads: "For Victoria [Strachey] with love from . March 21st., 1951" A very good copy lacking the dustwrapper & showing light general use. There is some spotting to some of the front & back pages, the spine is slightly yellowed & there is a chip to the paper… Read More

London: The Hogarth Press,, 1925. A lovely copy in the scarce dust jacket First edition, first impression, first issue binding, in an unusually nice copy of the jacket; this is one of Woolf's scarcest books to find in dust jacket, and seldom in such nice condition. It is the first of the two volumes of Woolf's Common Reader, each series being a discrete work in its own right; the second was published in 1932. The Common Reader series comprise critical essays, articles, and book reviews that had previously appeared in various publications. "Woolf was trying to bring imagination and cohesion to a disparate collection, unified only by her approach and personality... The Times itself saw Woolf as 'a novelist deliberately using her creative imagination' and praised her for 'conduct[ing] us not into the classroom but out of it'" (Clarke, introduction). Octavo. Original grey cloth-backed pictorial boards, designed by Vanessa Bell, spine lettered in black. With dust jacket. Bottom edge slightly bumped with… Read More

Washington, DC: Lunn Gallery/Graphics International Ltd, 1977. First edition. Orignial publisher's box. Very Good. A COLLECTION OF THE MOST CELEBRATED COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY ARTISTS. NUMBER 1 OF 6 COPIES RESERVED FOR ARTIST AND PUBLISHERS, OUT OF A TOTAL OF 36. The present portfolio of Freund's photographic portraits assembles the most celebrated of her innovative colour images. The portfolio is comprised of Freund's portraits of: 1. Colette (1873-1954) 2. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) 3. André Gide (1869-1951) 4. James Joyce (1882-1941) 5. Andreinne Monnier (1892-1955) 6. Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) 7. Simone de Beauvoir (1908) 8. Jean-Paul Sartre (1905) 9. André Malraux (1901-1976) 10. Victoria Sackville-West (1892-1962) It is well documented both Woolf's and Joyce's aversions to sitting for photographs, and indeed "Freund was twice refused admission to Tavistock Square but eventually Woolf succumbed", being "acutely self-conscious and disliked sitting for pictures, never mind… Read More

New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928. Signed Limited First Edition. About Fine. Limited first edition. Copy 767 of 861 copies signed by Virginia Woolf. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine decorated in gilt. About Fine with trivial wear to the cloth. A lovely copy.

New 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.

New York: Fountain, 1929. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Tall 8vo, brick red cloth. New York & London: Fountain Press; Hogarth Press, 1929. Limited First Edition.<br/> <br/> Number 364 of 450 numbered copies, signed by the author. Very light binding wear on the corners & edges, but otherwise a fine copy of this important feminist book.<br/> <br/>

Toronto: 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 &… Read More