TBCL The Book Collector's Library - Woolf - Spring - 2009

Nice Woolf TLS

Woolf, Virginia. TLS, dated January 17th, 1924. [Typed] 7 1/2" x 9 1/2", addressed to Mr. W. H. Calvert in reply to his request for a note about her current work. Signed: "Yours Faithfully, Virginia Woolf". Glazed & framed in gold to an overall size of 15" x 18". A very nice example. $2350

T. T. L.  

Woolf, Virginia.  TO THE LIGHTHOUSE. The Hogarth Press, 1927. First Edition. Half dark blue calf over lighter blue cloth, gilt decorated & stamped at the spine. Blue marbled hand-made endpapers. "It is the sunniest of her books and shows the obsession with rendering the passage of time that dominated her later work." - Connolly 100, The Modern Movement #54. $1350

First Trade Edition in Dustwrapper 

Woolf, Virginia. A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN. London The Hogarth Press 1929. First English Edition in an excellent dustwrapper. A wonderful copy of this cornerstone Woolf title in custom slipcase with the H. P. wolf logo embossed.  $4975

First Trade Edition in Dustwrapper 

Woolf, Virginia. ORLANDO. The Hogarth Press, 1928. Woolf's amazing fictitious history of four centuries of transgender "biography" about a mythical being named Orlando who starts life as an Elizabethan nobleman and transforms into a woman poet of vast social insight. Written for & inspired by Vita Sackville-West, to whom the book is dedicated & who appears as Orlando at various life-stages in several of the book's photographs. $2485

First Edition of THE YEARS - Nice Example

Woolf, Virginia. THE YEARS. The Hogarth Press, 1937. First Edition. A Stunning Copy. $3000

LIKE THE WAVES OF THE SEA. COMME LES VAGUES DE LA MER
Virginia Woolf Medal In Presentation Case

One of the most beautiful of all the sculpted images of Woolf ever produced 72mm, 200gm; "Virginia Woolf" Silver Medal By Querolle 1 / 100 numbered copies. Presentation Case. Paris 1975. $650

MONDAY OR TUESDAY

Woolf, Virginia. MONDAY OR TUESDAY. Richmond: The Hogarth Press, 1921. First Edition. With 4 full page black and white woodcuts illustrated by Vanessa Bell. 8vo. pp. 91 + [i] advertisement. Publisher's decorated white paper boards with plain brick coloured cloth spine. A very good example showing minor rubbing, the back panel unusually clean for this title with minimal soiling - the endpapers lightly foxed; the usual & very unavoidable light offsetting from the Vanessa Bell woodcuts to opposite text pages present in all the best copies. neat name to the front pastedown, This collection of 8 short stories heralded the breakthrough in Woolf's modernist style. In a Custom Cloth Slipcase With the Hogarth Press Wolf colophon raised on the side. Kirkpatrick And Clarke A5a. Woolmer 17. Quite Nice Indeed. $2975

A Short Woolf List

Woolf, Leonard. THE HOTEL. A PLAY. London: The Hogarth Press, 1939. First Edition. Small 8vo. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper, very bright indeed, the blue printed lettering against the light mauve background still quite striking. Some sunning to spine and top edge of back panel. Only 1000 copies printed of this now rather elusive title. Woolmer 462.  $185.00

[21103] Woolf, Leonard. DIARIES IN CEYLON. 1908-1911. Records Of A Colonial Administrator, Being The Official Diaries Of Leonard Woolf While Assistant Government Agent Of The Hambantota District , Ceylon. London: Hogarth Press 1962. First Hogarth Press Edition. A better than very good copy in green cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a better than very good dustwrapper showing light overall use with some minor chipping and foxing. Reprints Woolf's, Stories From The East. 8vo. 28 6 pp. Leudeking & Edmonds A40b.  $275.00

[13029] Woolf, Virginia, HOURS IN A LIBRARY. New York : Harcourt, Brace, (1957). Hardcover. / Dust Jacket Included. Limited Edition, privately printed 'for the friends of the publishers as a New Year's greeting'. Introduction by Leonard Woolf. Frontispiece drawing of Woolf, from a photograph of her at age 20. Slim 12mo. 24 pp. One quarter blue cloth with gilt lettering on the front panel and Woolf's initials blind-stamped on the front panel. Lacking the original tissue dustwrapper, now replaced by clear acetate. A crisp, clean copy of this gift book. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A33.  $155.00

[20346] Woolf , Virginia. THE LONDON SCENE. FIVE ESSAYS BY VIRGINIA WOOLF. New York: Frank Hallman, (1975). Hardcover. / Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Limited to 750 copies. A beautiful copy in the publisher's beige cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a lovely dustwrapper. 8vo. 44 pp. Five sterling essays on London . A superb collection, inclusive of, The Docks of London, Oxford Street Tide, Great Men's Houses, Abbeys and Cathedrals, This Is The House of Commons. Kirkpatrick And Clarke A43a.  $200.00

[18069] Woolf, Virginia. THE SECOND COMMON READER. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1932. First Edition, third impression. A near fine copy in navy cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt, (previous collector's discreet signature to the front free endpaper) in the lovely bright, fresh Vanessa Bell designed cream dustwrapper, printed in crimson and blue showing some light overall use. 8vo. 295 pp. Includes the essays, The Niece Of An Earl, Beau Brummell, Dr. Burney's Evening Party, How Should One Read A Book, Dorothy Wordsworth and Mary Wollstonecraft. Kirkpatrick And Clarke A18b.  $150.00

[13037] Woolf , Virginia. CONTEMPORARY WRITERS. London: The Hogarth Press, 1965. Edition. Hardcover. / Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. 8vo. 160 pp. Very fine in very fine dustwrapper. As new.  $135.00

[13040] Woolf, Virginia. GRANITE & RAINBOW. London: The Hogarth Press, 1958. Hardcover. / Dust Jacket Included. First edition. 8vo. 240 pp. Fine in original blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine in a near fine dustwrapper designed by Vanessa Bell showing one minute chip at the top edge of the front panel, a hint of sunning to the spine and minor creasing on the bottom back panel. A delightfully bright copy. Kirkpatrick And Clarke A34a. 6,000 cc.  $240.00

[13041] Woolf, Virginia. GRANITE AND RAINBOW. NY: Harcourt, Brace And Company, (1958), First American Edition. 8vo. 240 pp. Near fine in the Vanessa Bell dustwrapper showing light overall use and sunning to spine. A very attractive copy indeed.  $175.00

[13044] Woolf, Virginia.  ROGER FRY. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1940). Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1940). First American Edition. 8vo. 307 pp. A near fine copy in dustwrapper, showing light overall use with minor rubbing at the heel and crown of the spine and edges. Previous owner's discreet initials, dated 1941, on ffe. Woolf, introduced to Fry (founder of the Omega Workshops) in 1911 by her sister Vanessa Bell, when requested to write Fry's biography, was justifiably hesitant, aware that she could not authoritatively amplify upon Fry's artistic beliefs or reveal his love affair with Vanessa. A pleasing copy of a scarce title. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A25b.  $235.00

[16112] Woolf, Virginia. THE MOMENT AND OTHER ESSAYS. New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1948). First Edition. A lovely copy in the publisher's maroon cloth covered boards, gilt on the spine a trifle faded, in a truly exquisite Vanessa Bell dustwrapper, the pink still very bright indeed, traditionally clipped on all four sides. This early volume of essays, published seven years after her death, collects hitherto unpublished pieces by Woolf. A unique glimpse into the mind of this truly great writer through a diversity of subjects, literary and personal. Includes, The Moment: Summer's Nigh t, On Being Ill , Roger Fry, Notes On D. H. Lawrence, The Art Of Fiction and The Leaning Tower . 8vo. 140 pp. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A29b.  $225.00

[16115] Woolf, Virginia. THE MOMENT AND OTHER ESSAY. London: The Hogarth Press, 1947. First Edition. A lovely copy in the publisher's maroon cloth covered boards, gilt on the spine very bright, in a truly lovely Vanessa Bell dustwrapper, still very bright indeed, retaining the original price, with a trifle of faded scotch tape remnants at the crown of the spine and top edge of the front panel. This early volume of essays, published seven years after her death, collects hitherto unpublished pieces by Woolf. A unique glimpse into the mind of this truly great writer through a diversity of subjects, literary and personal. Includes, The Moment: Summer's Night, On Being Ill , Roger Fry, Notes On D.H. Lawrence, The Art Of Fiction and The Leaning Tower . 8vo. 140 pp. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A29a.  $175.00

[16316] Woolf, Virginia. WALTER SICKERT. A CONVERSATION. London: The Hogarth Press, (1934). First Edition. A fine copy in the original duck-egg blue-green wrappers, with cover illustration by Vanessa Bell. 12mo. 28 pp, First published in the Yale Review as, A Conversation About Art. Woolf, at Vanessa Bell's and Sickert's request, discuss es Sickert's art in formalist terms and as literary painting, proceeding to explain that 'great writers are (as, well) great colourists'. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A20. Woolmer 355.  $250.00

[16946] Woolf, Virginia. BETWEEN THE ACTS. Signed. New York: Harcourt Brace And Company, 1941. First American Edition of Virginia Woolf's last novel. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip tipped-in. Ex-Libris Alfred Kazan, American author, literary critic and New York intellectual, whose, On Native Grounds, set the standard for literary criticism in its time. Kazan 's signature and date to the front free endpaper with his neat pen, pencil markings and notations throughout. A fair copy in worn blue cloth, in a good Vanessa Bell designed dustwrapper, showing overall use. 8vo. 219 pp. With an Introductory Note by Leonard Woolf. Kirkpatrick And Clarke A26b. USD  $225.00

[19683] Woolf , Virginia. THREE GUINEAS. Review Copy. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938., 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. / Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Review Copy. A lovely copy in the publisher's brick cloth covered boards, gilt to the spine in an extremely bright Vanessa Bell dustwrapper, with minor chipping at the heel and crown of the spine, a few tiny indiscernible closed tears and sunning at the spine. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A23b. 8vo. 285 pp. The second major work of non-fiction by Virginia Woolf, conceived as a companion volume to 'A Room Of One' Own', establishing Woolf as a significant voice in the causes of feminism and pacifism. Quite lovely indeed.  $235.00

[27979] Woolf, Virginia. A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN. London: The Hogarth Press, 1930. First Edition, 5th Impression. Small 8vo. 172 pp. A near fine copy in cinnamon cloth, (discreet previous collector's small bookplate to the front free endpaper), usual light offsetting to the ffe. and rfe., gilt to the spine bright and unrubbed, in a facsimile dustwrapper of the original, designed by Vanessa Bell. In a custom designed cinnamon cloth slipcase with the embossed Hogarth Press wolf's head logo on the side. Woolf's major polemic against patriarchy, based loosely on two lectures she delivered, one at Newnham and the other at Girton. Kirkpatrick A12a. Woolmer 215. Woolf observed in her diary, "I shall be attacked for a feminist". An increasingly uncommon Woolf title and 20th century highlight.  $325.00

[19837] Woolf, Virginia. THE COMMON READER. New York: Harcourt Brace, (1925). First American Edition. The First Series not the more Common Second Series. 8vo. 332 pp. A fine fresh copy in the publisher's red cloth, (light foxing to the page edges), unobtrusive small bookseller's label affixed to the rear pastedown, gilt to the spine very sharp. In the rarely encountered Vanessa Bell designed dustwrapper; a moderate chip at the spine crown not impacting on the lettering & lesser wear at the corners & spine heel professionally & archivally mended - a closed t ear on the back panel neatly mended as well. A very good copy indeed. An erudite collection proving Woolf at her critical best. Includes her now famous, On Not Knowing Greek, Modern Fiction, Jane Austen & Montaigne, with whom both Virginia and Leona rd Woolf harbored a special sympathy for, culminating in, Leonard Woolf’s autobiography, The Journey Not The Arrival Matters. Kirkpatrick & Clarke A8b.  $1,675.00

[23032] Woolf, Virginia. THE MARK ON THE WALL. Richmond: Hogarth Press, 1919. First separate edition, initially published of this Woolf piece, 1917 in Two Stories by Leonard and Virginia Woolf. A near fine copy in 1/4 brown leather over marbled paper covered boards, gilt titles to the spine, original covers bound-in. Collector's neat armorial bookplate to the front pastedown and discreet artful signature to the front cover and pp. 10. Small 8vo. 10 pp. Kirkpatrick And Clarke A2b. Woolmer 8.  SOLD

[26512] Woolf , Virginia. VIRGINIA WOOLF & LYTTON STRACHEY. LETTERS. London: The Hogarth Press, 1956., First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Near Fine / Near Fine. First Edition. A near fine copy in cinnamon cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine Vanessa Bell designed dustwrapper with negligible chipping to the crown of the spine. Frontis Virginia Woolf and Lytton Strachey at Garsington Manor. 8vo. 120 pp. Edited by Leonard Woolf and James Strachey. A witty and urbane correspondence between Virginia Woolf and Lytton Strachey spanning three decades. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A32a. A bright, fresh, lovely example.  $325.00

[26638] Woolf, Virginia. THE CAPTAIN'S DEATH BED AND OTHER ESSAYS. New York: Harcourt Brace, (1950)., First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Near Fine / Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. A near fine or better copy in blue cloth, gilt titles to the spine, in a lovely Vanessa Bell designed pictorial dustwrapper, (discreet archival restoration to one indiscernible closed tear on the front panel), clipped on all four edges. 8vo. 248 pp. Kirkpatrick And Clarke A30a. Includes Woolf's pivotal essay, Mr. Bennett And Mrs. Brown, Leslie Stephen, Reviewing, Walter Sickert, Flying Over London and Memories Of A Working Women's Guild.  $175.00

[26639] Woolf, Virginia. THE CAPTAIN'S DEATH BED AND OTHER ESSAYS. London:The Hogarth Press, 1950., First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Better Than Very Good / Near Fine. First Edition. A better than very good copy in plum cloth, some gentle fading to the boards, (previous owner's tiny discreet signature to the first free endpaper), gilt titles to the spine, top-edge stained purple, in a bright, fresh, quite lovely indeed price-clipped dustwrapper designed by Vanessa Bell. 8vo. 224 pp. Kirkpatrick And Clarke A30b. Includes Woolf's pivotal essay, Mr. Bennett And Mrs. Brown, Leslie Stephen, Reviewing, Walter Sickert, Flying Over London and Memories Of A Working Women's Guild.  $225.00

[26932] Woolf, Virginia. REVIEWING. With A Note By Leonard Woolf. London: The Hogarth Press, 1939., First Edition. A near fine copy of this fragile Woolf title in the publisher's eggshell blue wrappers printed in mauve. 16mo. 31 pp. Woolmer 463. Kirkpatrick And Clarke A24a. 'The purpose of this paper is to rouse discussion as to the value of the reviewer's office - to the writer, to the public and to literature'.  $165.00

[26933] Woolf, Virginia. A LETTER TO A YOUNG POET. London: The Hogarth Press, 1932., First Edition. A fine copy in cream wrappers, printed green and black, cover illustration by John Banting. 12mo. 28 pp, Woolf's, 'Letter To A Young Poet', is addressed to John Lehmann. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A17a. Woolmer 314.  SOLD

[26997] Woolf , Virginia. THE VOYAGE OUT. New York: George H. Doran Company, (1920). First American Edition of Virginia Woolf's first novel, originally titled, Melymbrosia, foreshadowing the experimental form that would establish her reputation as a 'Modernist' writer. 8vo. 375 pp. A better than very good copy in moss green cloth, black titles to the spine, in blind on the upper cover in an ornamental border, showing light use at the heel and crown of the spine and corners. Woolf's revisions to the text for the American edition were confined almost exclusively to Chapter 16. A very respectable copy indeed. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A1b.  $750.00

[27081] Woolf, Virginia. A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN. London: The Hogarth Press, 1929. An excellent superior copy of this 20th century highlight. First Edition. Small 8vo. A near fine or better copy in the original cinnamon cloth, minor offsetting to endpapers, gilt on the spine quite bright & unrubbed, in the rare original dustwrapper. A splendid example that has had just a hint of archival restoration at the base of the spine. Woolf's major polemic against patriarchy, based loosely on two lectures she delivered, one at Newnham and the other at Girton. Woolf observed in her diary, "I shall be attacked for a feminist.". Kirkpatrick and Clarke A12b.  $8,750.00

[19676] Woolf,  Virginia. THE HOGARTH LETTERS. London: The Hogarth Press, Scarce First Collected Edition of 11* of the 12 original volumes printed in the Hogarth Letters Series, an unsuccessful monetary venture that stimulated this printing with aspirations of encouraging sales for the Hogarth Press, established by Leonard and Virginia Woolf in 1917. 8vo. 336 pp. Buff cloth-backed paper boards, printed in black and dark brown, designed by John Banting. Contents paginated separately. Includes, Virginia Woolf's, Letter To A Young Poet, (John Lehmann). Peter Quennell , in lieu of a response from John Lehmann, answers with A Letter To Mrs. Woolf. A very good copy - neat petite name on ffe, [some spine soil, light wear at the extremities]. Rebecca West's, A Letter To A Grandfather was not published until March, 19 33, one month after this Collected volume was issued and therefore not included. An extremely elusive Hogarth Press title. One of only 500 cc. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A17a. Woolmer 321.  SOLD

[16120] Woolf, Virginia. (Ed.) Rosenbaum, S. P. THE BLOOMSBURY GROUP. A COLLECTION OF COMMENTARIES, MEMOIRS AND CRITICISM. Toronto: University Of Toronto Press, (1975)., 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. / Dust Jacket Included. True First Edition. 8vo. 444 pp. A fine copy in the publisher's original black cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on the spine in a lovely indeed pictorial dustwrapper depicting Vanessa Bell's painting, The Memoir Club. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Scarce.  $135.00

[26996] Woolf, Virginia. Bell, Anne Olivier. (edit.). THE DIARY OF VIRGINIA WOOLF. (COMPLETE IN FIVE VOLUMES). Signed. London: The Hogarth Press, 1977 - 1984. First Editions. Inscribed by Anne Olivier Bell in Volume 1 to the title - page. Near fine copies in the publisher's cloth, gilt titles to the spine in bright, fresh, near fine dustwrappers designed by Duncan Grant. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A48a, A52a, A55a, A57a, A58a. With: EDITING VIRGINIA WOOLF'S DIARY. Bell , Anne Olivier. London : The Bloomsbury Workshop, 1990. First Edition Limited to 200 Numbered copies, Signed by Anne Olivier Bell, Quentin Bell's wife and Virginia Woolf's niece. A fine copy in the publisher's stiff card wrappers, with decorations by Duncan Grant. 8vo. 28 pp. Her letters as companion, truly Virginia Woolf's masterpiece. A lovely set.  $1,575.00 SOLD

[19818] Woolf , Virginia . Nicolson, Nigel. Trautmann, Joanne. (edit).. THE LETTERS OF VIRGINIA WOOLF. (COMPLETE IN SIX VOLUMES). New York: Harcourt Brace, (1975 - 1980)., 1980. Hardcover. First Editions. Fine copies in the publisher's varied 1/4 coloured cloth over beige paper covered boards, gilt titles to the spines in fine pictorial dustwrappers depicting Virginia Woolf. Black and white photographs throughout. Each with an introduction by Nigel Nicolson, son of Vita Sackville-West. Her diaries as companion, truly Woolf's masterpiece. A lovely set. Kirkpatrick And Clarke A44b, A47b, A51b, A53b, A54b and A56b.  $450.00

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