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Virginia Woolf | First Editions
1882 - 1941
Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941), known professionally as Virginia Woolf, was an English writer and one of the foremost modernists of the twentieth century. She is seen as a major twentieth-century novelist and one of the foremost modernists. Woolf is also considered a major innovator in the English language; in her works, she experimented with stream of consciousness and the underlying psychological - as well as emotional - motives of characters. Woolf's works have been translated into over 50 languages. Her fiction is also often studied for its insight into shell shock, war, class and modern British society.
During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a central figure in the influential Bloomsbury Group of intellectuals. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929), with its famous dictum, "A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." Woolf suffered from severe bouts of mental illness throughout her life, thought to have been what is now termed bipolar disorder, and committed suicide by drowning in 1941 at the age of 59.
See below our stock of Virginia Woolf First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
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The Common Reader First and Second Series.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1945. [Essays] FIFTH AND THIRD EDITIONS. Two volumes. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.305; [3]. pp.270. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 7/6 to spine. Small booksellers stamp to front pastedown of first vol., gilt titling worn, bumping to..... More
The Common Reader First Series and The Common Reader Second Series.
London: Hogarth Press, 1948. [Literature] UNIFORM EDITION, seventh impression, fifth impression. Two volumes uniformly bound. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.305; [1]. pp. 207; [2]. Publisher's bright teal cloth lettered in gilt to spine with typographic dust-jacket priced at 7s 6d to front flap and spine. [Vol I] Pencil margin marks..... More
A Haunted House and Other Stories.
London: Hogarth Press, 1943. [Modern literature] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.124. Elegantly hand-bound in black half oasis morocco, with gilt titles to spine, with twin gilt rules, marbled paper over boards, and marbled endpapers. Toned to wartime paper-stock, otherwise a fine copy in an attractive..... More
Night and Day.
London: Duckworth and Co., 1915. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.538 [2]. Publisher's dark grey lettered in pale blue to spine and front cover. Contents clean, some minor toning/soiling to fore-edge. No inscriptions, inside paper joints discreetly tightened, cloth shows light handling only. A near..... More
Night and Day.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1950. [Modern Literature] UNIFORM EDITION, sixth impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 538. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the yellow typographic dust-jacket, priced at 8/6. Green ink ownership to verso of fly-leaf, dated 1954. Some toning and light spotting to edges and..... More
Orlando.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1928. [Modern Literature] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] 299 [3]. With eight black and white plates, including a frontispiece. Recently rebound in red half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to twin black labels to spine, and marbled paper over boards..... More
Three Guineas.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1938. [Essays] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. One of 8000 copies published. Octavo(19 x 13cm), pp.329 [3]. Finely bound by Conway of Halifax in half navy oasis morocco with matching cloth sides, titled and decorated in gilt to spine, with sewn headbands and all edges..... More
Three Guineas.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1947. [Essays] NEW EDITION. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.329 [3]. With five black and white photographic plates. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green typographic dust-jacket, priced at 7/6. Green ink ownership to verso of fly-leaf, otherwise internally clean, with some toning..... More
Three Guineas.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1938. [Essays] FIRST EDITION. One of 8000 copies published. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.329 [3]. Illustrated with five back and white photographic plates. Publisher's yellow cloth with gilt titles to spine. Contents clean, no inscriptions, endpapers browned, covers a little dusty with some light soil marks..... More
The Waves.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1931. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.325. Publisher's purple cloth with titles in gilt to spine, in the Vanessa Bell designed dust-jacket, priced at 7/6. Contemporary book review (news clipping) tucked in. No inscriptions, contents clean and fresh, some trivial spots..... More
The Years.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1937. [Literature] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 469 [5]. Finely bound by Conway of Halifax in half bottle green oasis morocco with matching cloth sides, titled and decorated in gilt to spine, with sewn headbands, drab endpapers and all edges..... More
The Years.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1951. [Literature] UNIFORM EDITION, third impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 469 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the yellow typographic dust-jacket, priced at 8/6 to spine. Spotting to edges, and some offsetting to endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Price-clipped jacket shows fading..... More
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