Woolf, Virginia,

The Captain's Death Bed and Other Essays.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. First American Edition. Hardcover. DJ darkened (especially to spine) and with some loss to DJ spine ends. Boards with moderate wear to extremities; The fifth and, according to Leonard Woolf, last volume of the essays of Virginia Woolf; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket.

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Book number: 19565

Catalogue: Fiction

Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941)

The captain's death bed and other essays / Virginia Woolf

London : Hogarth Press 1950. First Edition. 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.

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Book number: 293687

WOOLF Virginia

The Captain's Death Bed and other Essays. IN FULL MOROCCO

Hogarth Press,, 1950. 8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in burgundy full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, gilt top, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With Vanessa Bell's 'wolf' design on title. The first edition was limited to 5000 copies. Kikpatrick A30.

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Book number: 39085

Catalogue: Modern First Editions0

Keywords: mstock, modern first editions, modern firsts, woolf, virginia woolf, bloomsbury

Woolf, Virginia

The Captain's Death Bed and Other Essays

New York: Harcourt Brace, (1950). First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. 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. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 26638

Catalogue: Electronic List TBCL

Keywords: FIRST EDITION HOGARTH PRESS VIRGINIA WOOLF LEONARD THE BLOOMSBURY Virginia Woolf & Bloomsbury

Woolf, Virginia

The Captain's Death Bed and Other Essays

London: The Hogarth Press, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. 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. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Better Than Very Good/Near Fine.

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Book number: 26639

Catalogue: Electronic List TBCL

Keywords: FIRST EDITION HOGARTH PRESS VIRGINIA WOOLF LEONARD THE BLOOMSBURY Virginia Woolf & Bloomsbury

Woolf, Virginia

The Captain's Death Bed and Other Essays.

Hogarth Press, 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.: Vanessa Bell. First edition.Editorial Note by Leonard Woolf. 224pp. Brown cloth covered boards, a little faded to the ends, with gilt title. The dustjacket by Vanessa Bell is sun darkened to the spine and has a little loss to the top of the spine. It is now in a removeable protective jacket. Page 215 has been slightly mis-cut by the printer, so that there is a very small extra flap of paper to the page edge, otherwise the book is internally very clean. 25 representative essays - from Goldsmith, White's Selborne, Crabbe, Ruskin Turgenev, Hardy, Conrad etc to the Cinema, the Wembley Exhibition and a Working Women's Guild... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 11160

Catalogue: Literature Q - Z

Keywords: Bloomsbury, Woolf, Feminism, Society

Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941); Leonard Woolf (Preface); Vanessa Bell (Dustjacket Design)

The Captain's Death Bed, and Other Essays

London, The Hogarth Press, 1950. First Impression. Hardcover. pp. 223, [1]. Small 8vo. measuring 8" x 5.25". Bound in original burgundy cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine, publisher's topstain. Lightest rubbing to the cloth extremities, light bumping to the spine ends. Neat period ink name to the upper-right margin of the ffep, contents otherwise, without blemish with clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; very good+ and housed in its original, distinctively-illustrated, price-clipped, dustjacket showing some light wear along the edges of the panels (now housed in protective mylar cover). Overall, very good. See Kirkpatrick (4th Ed.), Citation No. A30B.

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Book number: 6562

Catalogue: Literary Criticism & Biography

Keywords: women writers; english literature; literary criticism

Woolf, Virginia

The Captain's Death Bed and Other Essays

London, Hogarth Press, 1950. First Edition. 0 pp. Hardcover. Very good in original cloth-covered boards with fading and the Vanessa Bell designed dust jacket with fading pronounced at the spine and wear at the extremities and one short closed tear. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 021161

Woolf, Virginia

The Captain's Death Bed and other Essays

New York, Harcourt, Brace, 1950. First Edition. 0 pp. Hardcover. Near fine (a very old price in ink on the front endpaper) in price-clipped dust jacket with light edgewear somewhat pronounced at the head of the spine and sunning. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: b32343

WOOLF, VIRGINIA

The Captain's Death Bed and Other Stories

Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1950-01-01. Hardcover. 1950 Harcourt First American Edition tight and unmarked in jacket which shows small blem to front panel. Front endpapers toned from newspaper clippings having been laid in. Spine of jacket darkened. Please email for photos.. Collectible: Very Good .

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Book number: 72255

Virginia Woolf

The Captain&Apos;S Death Bed

London, The Hogarth Press, [1955] 1950 . Cloth. The very scarce Uniform Edition of this posthumously published collection of short essays by Virginia Woolf. The very scarce Uniform Edition of this work, in the publisher's original price clipped dust wrapper.While the title page provides the publication year of 1950 - the year of the first edition - Kirkpatrick's bibliography notes that this was actually published in January 1955, with one-thousand copies produced. Kirkpatrick A30 terms this the second issue of the first edition.A wonderful collection of over twenty essays from Virginia Woolf, posthumously arranged and published by her husband, Leonard Woolf, with whom she founded the Hogarth Press. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with clipped dust wrapper. Bumped to back strip head, otherwise externally fine. Sunning to dust wrapper back strip, with price sticker to back strip tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 873F31

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: virginia woolf the waves to the lighthouse the waves None

Virginia Woolf

The Captain&Apos;S Death

London, The Hogarth Press, 1950 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce proof copy of the first UK edition of this posthumously published collection of short essays by Virginia Woolf. A very scarce proof of this collection of short stories from the celebrated author. With the price of the first edition, 10/6, handwritten in ink to the head of the front wrap.Kirkpatrick A30b. The first UK edition was preceded by Harcourt's first US edition.A wonderful collection of over twenty essays from Virginia Woolf, posthumously arranged and published by her husband, Leonard Woolf, with whom she founded the Hogarth Press. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Ink wraps bright, with ink inscription to back strip head. Small loss of paper to back strip tail. Sunning and light discolouration to back strip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 873F32

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: woolf common reader to the lighthouse mrs dalloway common reader None

Woolf, Virginia

Carlyle's House and Other Sketches. Foreward by Doris Lessing. Edited

London, Hesperus Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. First Edition. A fine copy in the publisher's pictorial wrappers, integral French flaps and wraparound band stating, "First ever publication". Hailed by Doris Lessing as "Five finger exercises for future excellence", Carlyle's House and Other Sketches is the first publication of one of Woolf's early notebooks, shedding fresh light on her apprenticeship as a writer. Small 8vo. 100 pp. .

TBCL The Book Collector's LibraryProfessional seller

Book number: 19093

Catalogue: Electronic List TBCL

Keywords: HOGARTH PRESS / VIRGINIA WOOLF LEONARD THE BLOOMSBURY GROUP . Virginia Woolf & Bloomsbury

Woolf, Virginia

Carlyle's House; and Other Sketches

London, Hesperus Press, 2003. Paperback. pp. xxix, 52. Slim 8vo. Negligible shelfwear; very good+. .

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 091952

Catalogue: Literature

WOOLF, VIRGINIA; NICOLSON, NIGEL (EDITOR); TRAUTMANN, JOANNE (ASSIS. ED.)

A Change of Perspective; The Letters of Virginia Woolf, Volume III: 1923-1928

London, the Hogarth Press. (ISBN: 0-7012-0443-5). 1977, 1st edition. (hardcover) Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. xxii, 600pp. 8vo. Thatched-blue boards, lettering in gold to spine. Volume very near fine, with only light shelfwear. Dust jacket lightly age-toned, as always; spine lightly sunned, less evident due to light colouring of jacket; not price clipped, showing 12.50 net / in U.K. Only. Internally tight, bright, and clean. B&W photo plates.

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Book number: 120999

Catalogue: Writing

Keywords: Letters, British Literature, English Literature, Literature, Literature - Britain, Literature - English 0701204435