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New York: Harrison Smith, 1932. First edition. Very good.. Red cloth, stamped in gilt. Ownership inscription, dated the year of publication, of her future publisher James Laughlin [New Directions] on first free endsheet. Spine faded, else very good, lacking the jacket.   First edition. Boyle's second novel, dedicated to the Italian-American poet Emanuel Carnevali. In New York in 1922 she met and married a French exchange student, Richard Brault, moving to France in 1923. She separated from her husband and met magazine editor Ernest Walsh, with whom she had a relationship and a daughter, Sharon, named for the flowering shrub "Rose of Sharon." Sharon was born in March of 1927, five months after Walsh's death from tuberculosis in October of the previous year. YEAR BEFORE LAST has been presumed to be a memorial to Walsh.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937. Royal blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine. 436 pp. Offsetting and neat collector's bookplate to upper endpapers, else a very good copy without a dust jacket. First American edition, later impression within 1937. The Years is considered one of Woolf's lesser-known but significant works, categorized as a hybrid between fiction and a kind of historical document. It follows the lives of the Pargiter family members from 1889 to the late 1930s, offering a snapshot of British society during this period of profound change. Through the Pargiter family's experiences, Woolf examines the impact of societal changes, such as the suffrage movement, World War I, and the economic shifts of the early 20th century. The characters' personal struggles and growth are intertwined with these larger historical events, creating a nuanced portrayal of how individuals are shaped by their time and environment. Woolf also plays with the concept of memory and its… Read More

Tavistock Square, London: by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Bell, Vanessa [dust wrapper]. Pale green cloth printed in gilt. 7 1/8 x 4 3/4" Cream dust wrapper printed in black and brown, designed and signed in the design by Vanessa Bell. A very good copy, front hinge starting, former owner signature on front free endpaper, else very good in a very good, respectable, dust wrapper with the usual chips and a split along the front spine edge. First edition, published March 1937 at the Woolf's Tavistock Square home and publishing company. Woolf was said to have been pleased with THE YEARS because it sold more copies on reception than any of her other novels but she felt a failure, as she wrote in her private correspondence to her friend Margaret Keynes [sister-in-law to Maynard Keynes], "20th June 1937 Dear Margaret, It was very nice of you to write. It's so seldom any letter about one's books gives one pleasure but yours did; for one thing you liked some… Read More

London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1911. Good.. Pale green cloth, gilt spine. First published in 1907, this is a later impression. 320 pp., four pages of "Works by the Same Author" follows the text. An attractive book plate for the collector Paul Hyde Bonner (1893 - 1968) is tipped onto the front pastedown; Bonner was an American banker, soldier, singer, diplomat, and author. In February 1934, Bonner's collection of first editions was auctioned off by the American Art Association and Anderson Galleries on East 57th Street, New York City. A tiny Parisian bookseller's label is affixed to the rear pastedown. Rubbed at extremities, endsheets toned, else a good and delightful copy without a dust jacket.