These twenty-five short essays demonstrate the beauty of style, the wit, and the sensibility for which Woolf is admired. "This book contains.the same delicious things to read as always.Virginia Woolf was a great artist, one of the glories of our time, and she never published a line that was not worth reading" (Katherine Anne Porter). Editorial Note by Leonard Woolf.
1st ed. Written at various times in the twenty years before her death, and published posthumously by her husband Leonard Woolf. Pp.224, owners nameto fep, toning to endpapers. Brown cloth, title to spine darkened, sunning to spine. G+.
6 x 8 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners dented, mild wear, some faint marks, small dent to front. Binding tight and text spotless. Fic. RGR.
Dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Very slight shelf wear, nearly as issued. Illus. dust jacket lightly foxed on upper front panel, with mildly tanned spine panel, otherwise only slight shelf wear, now in archival mylar. viii,248 pp. Stated 1st American edition, issued three days prior to the British edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A square, clean copy, rubbed at spine ends. Full cloth binding. Name inked on front flyleaf. 248pp. Jacket is fair to good, price-clipped, chipped and worn at spne ends, with toning, darkly so along spine. New mylar cover. Jacket design by Vanessa Bell. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
Publisher: Hogarth Press (Leonard and Virginia Woolf), London
Date published: 1950
Format: Hardcover
224pp. Slight general wear, faint dampstain to top back edge of binding, dust jacket has loss to spine top and dampstain along top back edge. Photos on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
The captain's death bed and other essays / Virginia Woolf
Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941)
The captain's death bed and other essays / Virginia Woolf
Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941)
Publisher: London : Hogarth Press
Date published: 1950
Format: Hardcover
Poor copy in the original title blocked cloth; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition with some staining to the bottom of the pages. Physical description; 223 pages ; 20 cm. Contents; Oliver Goldsmith -- White's Selborne -- Life itself -- Crabbe -- Selina Trimmer -- The captain's death bed -- Ruskin -- The novels of Turgenev -- Half of Thomas Hardy -- Leslie Stephen -- Mr. Conrad : a conversation -- The cosmos -- Walter Raleigh -- Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown -- All about books -- Reviewing -- Modern letters -- Reading -- The cinema -- Walter Sickert -- Flying over London -- The sun and the fish -- Gas -- Thunder at Wembley -- Memories of a working women's guild. Subjects; Literature History and criticism. Literature. Essays. Authors, English. English literature 20th century History and criticism. English literature History and criticism. Essays in English (1900-1945) Texts. Genres; Criticism, interpretation, etc. English essays. 1 Kg.
This is a Near Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's brown cloth with gilt title lettering to the spine.No dust-jacket.This copy has NO previous ownership inscriptions present.The book itself is clean internally.The binding of the book is firm with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.8vo 224pp First Edition 1st Impression [1950]
Green binding, gold title. 224 pages. Spine slightly faded. Text pages spotless. Small moisture stain inside front cover. A firm, straight book. Scan available.
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