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First edition of Virginia Woolf's Common Reader
WOOLF, VIRGINIA.
The Common Reader.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company 1925.
First edition of this classic collection of Woolf’s critical essays. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Vanessa Bell.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 139279
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“Would there be trees if we didn't see them?”: FIRST EDITION OF VIRGINIA WOOLF'S THE YEARS; FINELY BOUND BY THE HARCOURT BINDERY
WOOLF, VIRGINIA.
The Years.
London: Hogarth Press 1937.
First edition of the most successful of Woolf’s later novels, often viewed as her masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, gilt signature to the front panel, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
Price: $1,650.00 Item Number: 140038
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First edition of Virginia Woolf's Flush: A Biography; Signed by Her
WOOLF, VIRGINIA.
Flush: A Biography.
New York: The Hogarth Press 1933.
First edition of Woolf’s fictional “stream of consciousness” tale by Flush, a dog, telling the story of his owner, Elizabeth Browning. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers by Vanessa Bell, with four original drawings by Vanessa Bell and six other illustrations. Boldly signed by Virginia Woolf on the second free endpaper. Very good with laminate to the cloth in a very good supplied dust jacket.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 142496
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BEAU BRUMMEL, ONE OF ONLY 550 COPIES SIGNED BY VIRGINIA WOOLF; IN THE RARE ORIGINAL SLIPCASE
WOOLF, VIRGINIA.
Beau Brummell.
New York : Rimington & Hooper 1930.
Signed limited first edition of this amusing account of the 19th-century dandy, one of only 550 copies (500 of which were offered for sale), signed on the verso of the half-title page by Virginia Woolf in her characteristic purple ink. Quarto, original half gilt-stamped red cloth, gray paper boards, mounted cover illustration, top edge gilt. Very good in the rare original slipcase, which is in good condition.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 142481
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SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF VIRGINIA WOOLF"S ON BEING ILL; IN THE RARE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
WOOLF, VIRGINIA.
On Being Ill.
London: Hogarth Press 1930.
Signed limited first book edition of this meditation on the literary possibilities of illness, number 54 of 250 copies signed by Woolf in her characteristic purple ink. Octavo, original half vellum and green silk boards, marbled endpapers. Fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $7,000.00 Item Number: 143661
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Signed Limited Edition of Kew Gardens; Signed by Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell
WOOLF, VIRGINIA .
Kew Gardens.
London: The Hogarth Press 1927.
Signed limited edition, number 172 of 500 numbered copies, signed by Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell in purple ink. Quarto, original illustrated paper boards, text printed within woodcut borders designed by Woolf’s sister Vanessa Bell. From the library of publisher, editor, and literary agent Donald Friede, and with his Miguel Covarrubias-designed book-plate on front paste-down. In very good condition with the spine largely perished. Rare and desirable.
Price: $6,500.00 Item Number: 143769
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"DASHED HOPES AND GOOD INTENTIONS. GOOD, BETTER, BEST, BESTED": FIRST EDITION OF WHOS AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF; SIGNED BY EDWARD ALBEE
ALBEE, EDWARD.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
New York: Atheneum 1962.
First edition of Albee’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, “Edward Albee 2010.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. An exceptional example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 126769
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"WHAT WASTES AND DESERTS OF THE SOUL A SLIGHT ATTACK OF INFLUENZA BRINGS TO VIEW…": SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF WOOLF"S ON BEING ILL; IN THE RARE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
WOOLF, VIRGINIA.
On Being Ill.
London: Hogarth Press 1930.
Signed limited first book edition of this meditation on the literary possibilities of illness, number 154 of 250 copies signed by Woolf in her characteristic purple ink. Octavo, original half vellum and green silk boards, marbled endpapers. Fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 127828
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First edition in English of Sigmund Freud's The Ego and the Id; Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press
FREUD, SIGMUND.
The Ego and the Id.
London: Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press 1927.
Rare first edition in English of Freud’s classic study of the human psyche. Octavo, original cloth. Authorized translation by Joan Riviere. In near fine condition.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 137877
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First edition of Frances Cornford's Different Days; the first book in Virginia and Leonard Woolf's Hogarth Living Poets Series
CORNFORD, FRANCES. EDITED BY DOROTHY WELLESLEY.
Different Days.
London: Hogarth Press 1928.
First edition of Frances Cornford’s Different Days, the first book in the Hogarth Living Poets series. Octavo, original pictorial boards. Front panel design by Vanessa Bell. In very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 114382