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First Edition of Virginia Woolf's The Death of the Moth
WOOLF, Virginia.
The Death of the Moth and Other Essays.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1942.
First English edition of this collection of Woolf's essays selected and published by her husband posthumously. Octavo, original cloth. Very good with remnants of the rare original dust jacket. Jacket design by Vanessa Bell.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 127033
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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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“I feel so intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little world of one’s own, with pictures and music and everything beautiful": Virginia Woolf's The Voyage Out
WOOLF, Virginia.
The Voyage Out.
London: Duckworth, 1927.
Early printing of Woolf's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which has been restored. Uncommon in the original jacket.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 129080
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First edition of Virginia Woolf's Second Common Reader; signed by her
WOOLF, Virginia.
The Second Common Reader.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1932.
First edition of the second collection of Woolf's critical essays. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Virginia Woolf on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 132047
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"Fashions come and go; bad taste is timeless": BEAU BRUMMELL, 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, number 250 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. Near fine in the rare original slipcase, which is in very good condition. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 136379
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"AS LONG AS SHE THINKS OF A MAN, NOBODY OBJECTS TO A WOMAN THINKING": SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF VIRGINIA WOOLF'S ORLANDO; SIGNED BY HER
WOOLF, Virginia.
Orlando: A Biography.
New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928.
Signed limited first edition of Woolf’s immensely popular feminist classic, one of only 800 copies signed by her in her characteristic purple ink. Octavo, original publisher's cloth decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, engraved frontispiece portrait of Orlando as a boy, illustrated with engravings. One of 800 copies signed by Woolf on the verso of the half-title page. Typography by Frederic Warde. In fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Easily one of the nicest we have seen.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 138537
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“When I cannot see words curling like rings of smoke round me I am in darkness—I am nothing": First Edition of Virginia Woolf's The Waves
WOOLF, Virginia.
The Waves.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1931.
First edition of Woolf's most experimental novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vanessa Bell. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 139435
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First edition of Virginia Woolf's The Moment and other Essays
WOOLF, Virginia.
The Moment and Other Essays.
Harcourt, Brace and Company: New York, 1948.
First edition of this collection of essays, sketches, and literary criticisms. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 139436
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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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First edition of Virginia Woolf's Flush: A Biography; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
WOOLF, Virginia.
Flush: A Biography.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1933.
First edition of Woolf's fictional "stream of consciousness" tale by Flush, a dog, telling the story of his owner, Elizabeth Browning. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt borders and facsimile signature stamped to the front panel, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated with four original drawings by Vanessa Bell and six other illustrations. In fine condition.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 146583
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"A brilliant record of hazardous adventure": C. Leonard Woolley and T. E. Lawrence's The Wilderness of Zin
WOOLLEY, C. Leonard and T. E. Lawrence.
The Wilderness of Zin.
London: Stacey International, 2003.
Revised edition of the authors comprehensive account of their daring 1914 military mapping expedition in southern Palestine. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Preface by Jonathan Tubb. Introduction by T. Sam N. Moorehead. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 124354