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1921. First Edition . WOOLF, Virginia. Monday or Tuesday. With Woodcuts by Vanessa Bell. Richmond (England): Hogarth Press, 1921. Octavo, original half brown cloth, white paper boards printed in black. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase. $5500.First edition of Virginia Woolf's fifth book, bringing together in one volume for the first time eight early stories, five appearing in print for the first time, one of only 1000 copies printed, with cover design and four full-page woodcuts by Vanessa Bell, published by the Woolf's Hogarth Press.Woolf's eight early works in Monday or Tuesday, her fifth book, ""are very significant because in them Woolf worked out her new methods which she utilized later… Monday or Tuesday marks the real turning point in Woolf's career"" (Singh, Novels of Virginia Woolf, 144). ""Already apparent in these early stories are Woolf's concerns with portraying the continuing flow of consciousness and the essential indefinability of… Read More

Richmond: The Hogarth Press,, 1921. A fine copy of a notoriously fragile book First edition, first impression, one of 1,000 copies. This early Hogarth Press publication was the only short story collection by Woolf that she lived to see released. "Leonard Woolf stated that the book was printed by F. T. McDermott of the Prompt Press, Richmond, who used to give him advice on printing problems when he and Mrs. Woolf first started the Hogarth Press" (Kirkpatrick). Woolf was concerned about the quality of Monday or Tuesday and what its critical reception would be. She wrote in her diary on 6 March 1921, "Nessa approves of Monday or Tuesday - mercifully; & thus somewhat redeems it in my eyes". Octavo. Original brown quarter cloth, paper-covered sides with woodcut on front cover designed by Vanessa Bell, 1 page of publisher's advertisements at rear. No dust jacket issued. Housed in a custom red cloth slipcase. With 4 full-page woodcuts by Vanessa Bell. Boards a little rubbed, faint offsetting from woodcuts… Read More

London: Hogarth Press, 1921. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 7.5" by 5". Vanessa Bell . A wonderful copy of Virginia Woolf's breakout story collection 'Monday or Tuesday'. Being one of a small 1,000 copy print run. Illustrated, with four woodcuts by Vanessa Bell, Woolf's elder sister. Bell designed a number of dust jackets for books published by the Hogarth Press, in addition to illustrating many of Virginia's later works. Collated, complete, with the leaf of publisher's advertisements to the rear. This was the first Hogarth Press book to be included in the Annals of English Literature, and was a very early publication by the Woolfs' press. It was the only short story collection to be published in Virginia Woolf's lifetime. Containing 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'. An important Bloomsbury Group work. In a custom slipcase, and with the… Read More

London: The Hogarth Press, 1921. First Edition, one of 1,000 copies. 8vo; 91pp; + one page of ads for other books by The Hogarth Press. Black and white illustration on front panel, white panel on back, brick-colored cloth spine. Some minor rubbing to black and white illustration on front panel, endpapers browned, some offsetting from woodcuts to text page opposite as usual (and even so noted in Kunitz & Haycraft, p. 1549), else fine, housed in brick-colored cloth with brown morocco spine clamshell box. Illustrated with four original woodcuts by Vanessa Bell. Hand set and letterpress printed by McDermott at The Prompt Press, Richmond. A lovely fresh copy. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), English novelist, essayist and critic, married the political theorist Leonard Woolf in 1912, with whom she established the Hogarth Press. MONDAY OR TUESDAY was the first Hogarth Press title to be included in the Annals of English Literature, 1475-1950. It was Woolf's "break out" book and it was noted that with this… Read More

London: hogarth, 1921. First. hardcover. very good/very good. Woodcuts by Vanessa Bell. 16mo, cloth backed pictorial boards; light wear to corners & top of spine; back & front flyleaves browned. London: Hogarth Press, 1921. First Edition.<br/> <br/>

London: The Hogarth Press, 1921 First edition. One of 1000 copies. Illustrated woodcuts by Vanessa Bell. Original brown cloth-backed white paper boards, black woodcut design by Bell to front board. Housed in a custom black cloth folding box with titles in gilt to spine. Near fine book with very light rubbing and foxing to paper boards, and small abrasion to front board. Overall, a fantastic copy. Kirkpatrick A5a. Woolmer 17. Monday or Tuesday is a collection of eight of Woolf's short stories. In addition to the title story "Monday or Tuesday," this volume contains "A Haunted House," "A Society," "The String Quartet," "Blue & Green," and three previously published stories. Monday or Tuesday marked an experimental departure from the realism that hallmarked Woolf's earlier texts Night and Day and The Voyage Out. Similarly, Vanessa Bell's striking black and white woodcut engravings that illustrate this volume are stylistically… Read More

London: Hogarth Press, 1921. 1st Ed. Hardcover. Near Fine. Vanessa Bell. Small 8vo. Quarter brown cloth over decorated paper boards. One of a 1000 copies printed only. 91 pp plus 1 pp ads at rear. Cover and 4 full page woodcuts by Vanessa Bell. Collects 8 short stories only two of which had been published previously. Wear to the edges, some offset from the woodcuts but a very clean near fine copy.

New York:: Harcourt, Brace and Company,, 1921.. First American edition.. publisher's cloth-backed decorated paper-covered with printed paper label on spine, in dust jacket.. A very near fine copy in a near fine jacket with the slightest of use to the top of the backstrip. . 12mo,. Kirkpatrick A5b.

Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, Richmond., 1921. First edition. Octavo. 91 pages. Four woodcuts by Vanessa Bell. Cloth-backed boards also designed by Vanessa Bell. 1000 copies printed. Single page of publishers' adverts at rear.There is, as usual, some offsetting from the woodcuts onto the facing pages. Free endpapers tanned. Covers rubbed at the corners. Very good bright copy.

Hogarth House, Richmond: Hogarth Press, 1921. First edition, one of 1000 copies. Four full-page woodcuts by Vanessa Bell. 91, [1], [1, ads], [1] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Publisher's white paper boards and brown cloth spine, black woodcut design on front cover by Vanessa Bell. Repair to upper cover. Signed E. Sidebotham, Etaples May 1921 on flyleaf. First edition, one of 1000 copies. Four full-page woodcuts by Vanessa Bell. 91, [1], [1, ads], [1] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. First edition of Woolf's fifth book, and the twelfth book of the Hogarth Press, a collection of eight short stories. "Leonard Woolf stated that this works was printed by F.T. McDermott of the Prompt Press, Richmond, who used to give him advice on printing problems when he and Mrs. Woolf first started the Hogarth Press (Kirkpatrick). Kirkpatrick A5a; Woolmer 17

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition, first printing. About Fine, in a price-clipped dust jacket. Bound in variant dark green cloth with paper label on spine [Kirkpatrick A5b]. Small patches of light wear to cloth at upper board. Book plate from previous owner on front paste down. Dust jacket shows light edge wear and toning to the spine panel. One of 1,500 copies.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1921. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's cloth-backed paper-covered boards with Vanessa Bell illustration on front cover; all four full-page woodcuts by Vanessa Bell present. Very Good with light rubbing, soiling and toning to covers. Pages toned, with offsetting from woodcuts to adjacent pages, former owner inscription to front free endpaper. An uncommon title, with an original print run of just 1,000 copies.

[London]: The Hogarth Press, 1921. First Edition, 1/1000 Copies. Hardcover. Octavo, 91, [3] pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with paper boards. Binding shows very mild wear and rubbing, along with light foxing to extremities. An advertisement leaf at end. Illustrated with four original woodcuts by Vanessa Bell. CX Consignment. Shelved in Case 2. 1346202. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1921. Cloth. Very Good. Vanessa Bell. The 1921 true 1st edition, with the notable collaboration with Vanessa Bell (the author's sister), including her modernist illustration to the front panel and the 4 woodcuts accompanying the text. A very solid copy to boot, tight and easily VG to VG+, with light soiling to the rear panel and a bit of offsetting (much less than usually encountered) opposite the final 2 woodblocks. 12mo, 91 pgs. plus publisher's ads.

New York: Harcourt Brace. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. First American edition in the black cloth binding, paper label to spine. Corners/spine ends slightly softened. Previous owner signature to ffep. The price-clipped jacket in mylar has some chipping to spine ends/corners. The paper title plate on spine is unchipped. A very nice tight square copy in price-clipped jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company,, 1921. The first jacketed edition of the only lifetime collection of her short stories First US edition, first printing, of the author's only short story collection that she lived to see published, retaining the scarce jacket in superb condition. The Hogarth Press edition, published earlier in the same year, was issued without a jacket. This copy is in a binding variant not mentioned by Kirkpatrick, who describes a green quarter cloth binding with brown board sides. On the front pastedown is the bookplate of William Beekman; much of his excellent Bloomsbury Group and Hogarth Press collection now forms part of the Berg Collection at the New York Public Library. Octavo. Original green cloth, pale green paper spine label, fore edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Cloth bright, minor cockling to foot of rear cover, contents clean. A near-fine copy in like dust jacket, faint toning to spine, a few nicks to edges, remarkably fresh and sharp. Kirkpatrick A5b.

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1921. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine-/Near Fine. First American Edition, one of 1,500 copies. Crown 8vo: [4],116pp. 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… Read More

Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A fine first US edition in a very good dust jacket missing a 3/4 inch piece at the bottom of the spine. 1921 on title page and no mention of later printings on the copyright page. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

London: 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 1,000 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. .

NY, HARCOURT, 1921, 1921. ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH OVER BROWN BOARDS FIRST AMERCAN EDITION VERY GOOD. 1st Edition. Hardcover.