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Description du livre: Random House, New York, 1948. Modern Library Reprint. Joyce, James. ULYSSES. Samuel Beckett Presentation Copy. Joyce Signature. New York. Random House, 1948. The Modern Library Edition, later printing. 8vo., 768pp. Sea-green cloth. A near fine copy in a very good modestly restored black dustwrapper. This copy of James Joyce's Ulysses from the library of Ray DaBoll, considered one of the most talented calligraphers & designers in America, inscribed by Beckett on the title-page in black ink: "On his birthday and yours / Sam Beckett / Feb 2 (Groundhog Day)" - Making reference to James Joyce's birthday (February 2nd - Groundhog Day). There are Beckett inscription & than there are Beckett inscriptions - This elegant display of Beckett Brain Works, the latter, with Ray DaBoll's bookplate on the front pastedown. In addition, a fine example of Joyce's signature tipped to the front free endpaper. A Clever Beckett Presentation - Superb Association Copy - Fine Joyce Signature. In a custom TBCL Modern Clamshell Case. Punxsutawney Phil says. "It's our Birthday - This is a nifty gift". Signed by Author(s). N° de réf. du libraire 32551

Description du livre: Collins, London, 1938. T. H. White (illustrateur). First Edition. White, T. H. [White, Terence Hanbury]. THE SWORD IN THE STONE. London: Collins, 1938. First Edition of the First Book of White's Arthurian masterpiece. 8vo., pp. [1-6] 7-338 [339] [340: blank]. Text illustrations by the author. Publisher's black cloth lettered in white. A very good or better example; small neat repair to the spine crown, endpapers restored. In a very good, very attractive example of the spine darkened black background dustwrapper decorated with white heraldic designs & which has been expertly restored primarily at the spine crown & base with about 15% of the overall surface design supplied very successfully in fine manuscript. This example shows very well. A very nice example of this 20th century classic later collected in White's The Once And Future King which was the basis for the 1967 movie, Camelot starring Vanessa Redgrave & Richard Harris - and Disney's animated film, The Sword In The Stone. N° de réf. du libraire 32553

Description du livre: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, [1925, Book Date], 1925. No Binding. État : Not A Book. Etat de la jaquette : Clamshell As New. 1st Edition. Elegant Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, the case is finished inside & out in Rich Black & Moss-Grey Nuba® - a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph, that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck® leather. The box is gilt-stamped on the spine & features a sculpted upper cover, after the famous dustwrapper's wispy illustrated portrait of Daisy. A unique & beautiful Hand-Made custom case. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for over 100 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available. Book definitely NOT included. First Edition Clamshell Case. N° de réf. du libraire 28577

Description du livre: Random House, [1957, Book Date], New York, 1957. No Binding. État : Not A Book. Etat de la jaquette : Slipcase As New. 1st Edition Clamshell Collecor's Case. Custom SLIPCASE only. [Not with Book] Hand-Crafted by our conservation team. Sculpted Upper Cover, After The Famous DJ's 'Graphic Design'. Finished in cloth or soft Dark Green Nuba® - a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph, that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck® leather. Very Nice. First Edition Clamshell Case. N° de réf. du libraire 27192

Description du livre: Chapman And Hall, London, 1865. First Edition. First Edition Inscribed by Thomas D'Arcy McGee. An excellent copy in the original brown embossed cloth covered boards, gilt stamped on the spine. A vital work collecting McGee's major speeches in The Canadian Parliament and in various public forums concerning an evolving new Nationality. McGee's eloquent advocacy did more than anything else to create the psychological basis for union. This rare and early inscription, dated 1866, the year before Confederation and two years before McGee's assassination for his condemnation of the Irish-American Fenians, who invaded Canada, reads: 'To George Murray Esq./B.A. Oxon. / With the good wishes of the present and all other / Seasons, from Thos. D'arcy McGee / New Years Day / 1866'. Murray was a scholar, educator, journalist and litterateur who emigrated to Canada in 1859, a member of the Royal Society Of Canada, author of, Verses And Visions and for a period of ten-years, commencing in 1882, editor of the literary department of the Montreal Star, the country's most important newspaper at the time. The LOC has two copies, one with a poorly reproduced portrait frontis. & one without. As this was the author's copy to present, it may precede the issue with the portrait. A very good example of an important, uncommon book with a rare presentation. Signed by Author. N° de réf. du libraire 32550

Description du livre: Williams & Norgate, London, 1923. First Edition. Strachey, Lytton. LANDMARKS IN FRENCH LITERATURE. Presentation Copy To George Rylands. London: Williams & Norgate, 1923. First Edition thus (first published in 1912) of Lytton Strachey's first book, after publishing essays and criticism, Inscribed by him to George (Dadie) Rylands on the front free endpaper. "To Dadie from Lytton". With George (Dadie) Rylands library bookplate to the front pastedown. 8vo. 239 pp. Bright and fresh in green cloth, endpapers lightly offset, gilt titles and rules to the spine. "With the commission of this first book, his (Lytton Strachey) years of obscurity and pessimism had reached their end, and to coincide with the new emergent phase, his social and emotional life were also about to undergo some dramatically involved variations of pattern". Holroyd, Michael. Lytton Strachey, The Unknown Years 1880-1910. Signed by Author. N° de réf. du libraire 32484

Description du livre: Harcourt, Brace And Company, (1931), New York, 1931. Vanessa Bell (illustrateur). First Edition. Woolf, Virginia. THE WAVES. New York: Harcourt, Brace And Company, (1931). First American Edition. 8vo. 297 pp. A very fine copy in dark blue cloth, gilt titles and rules to the spine, (tiny remnant of bookseller's ticket to the rear pastedown) in a superb Vanessa Bell dustwrapper. A superior copy. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A16b. Woolmer 279. "Her most experimental novel." Connolly 100, The Modern Movement #70. Custom TBCL embossed Waves Motif Slipcase. N° de réf. du libraire 32497

Description du livre: The Hogarth Press, London, 1928. First Edition. Woolf, Virginia. ORLANDO. London: The Hogarth Press, 1928. True First Trade Edition in the publisher's very uncommon gilt-lettered, brownish cloth covered boards [variant or possibly advance copies were bound thus - the more common copies were bound in vibrant orange cloth. 8vo., 299pp. Eight Illustrations. A very near fine or better copy in a beautiful example the very scarce original dustwrapper; a couple of tiny closed tears neatly sealed & a small amount of careful, professionally rendered archival restoration primarily at the extremities of the spine & folds. A superior lovely example seldom seen as such these days. Woolf's amazing fictitious history of four centuries of transgender "biography" about a mythical being named Orlando who starts life as an Elizabethan nobleman who 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. Considering Woolf's time, an extraordinarily courageous achievement in English letters & fantastic literature. Described as the longest love-letter ever written by Sackville's son, Sir Nigel Nicolson. Kirkpatrick A1 1a. Woolmer 185. Basis for the splendid Sally Potter 1993 film starring Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane et al. While copies of the Orlando limited edition seem plentiful, nice trade edition copies in dustwrapper are hard to find in condition. Almost on a par with To The Lighthouse & Mrs. Dalloway for difficulty. There are simply few in collectible condition about. In a custom TBCL black clamshell case with the "Wolf" Hogarth Press wolf colophon raised on the upper cover in very fine condition. N° de réf. du libraire 32474

Description du livre: The Hogarth Press, London, 1953. Vanessa Bell (illustrateur). First Edition. Woolf, Virginia. A WRITER'S DIARY. Being Extracts From The Diary Of Virginia Woolf. Inscribed By Vita Sackville-West. London: The Hogarth Press, 1953. First Edition Inscribed By Vita Sackville-West on the front free endpaper: "Edie (Lamont) With love from Vita. Nov. 1953". Vita dedicated No Signposts In The Sea to Edie and Vita bequeathed her golden retriever Glen, to Edie. 8vo. 372 pp. A very good, bright, fresh copy in orange cloth, gilt titles to the spine in the Vanessa Bell designed dustwrapper that has overall use and a thumbnail chip to the crown of the spine. Edited, with a Preface by Leonard Woolf. Vita, reviewing A Writer's Diary for Encounter, noted in her diary that it was "an event of the mind" adding, "oh, God, how I wish I could get Virginia back. Reading her diary makes me regret her so poignantly". Kirkpatrick & Clarke A31a. Signed by Author. N° de réf. du libraire 32492

Description du livre: Crosby Gaige, New York, 1928. First Edition. Woolf, Virginia. ORLANDO. A Biography. Signed. New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928. A brilliant copy of the First edition. Limited to 800 copies [of a total run of 861] printed on pure rag paper & signed by Virginia Woolf at the colophon in purple ink. Elegant typography design by Frederic Warde. Preceding all other Trade editions. Publisher's attractive, elaborately gilt-decorated black cloth binding, patterned in gold on the spine in six unfaded panels, lettered in gold in the second panel. Most of the original unprinted glassine present. Custom 1/4 leather clamshell case with 5 raised bands. A fine, bright, superior example. 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 Woolf's friend, & lover [possibly], Vita Sackville-West, to whom the book was dedicated. Considering her time, an extraordinarily courageous achievement in English letters & fantastic literature. Basis for the splendid Sally Potter 1993 film starring Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane et al. TBCL custom clamshell case in fine condition. Kirkpatrick A11a. Signed by Author. N° de réf. du libraire 32478

Description du livre: Hogarth Press, London, 1925. Vanessa Bell (illustrateur). First Edition. Woolf, Virginia. MRS. DALLOWAY. London: Hogarth Press, 1925. "Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself". First Edition of Virginia Woolf's fourth novel. 8vo. 293 pp. A fine copy in rust cloth, one tiny minor tip bump, some minor scattered foxing to the edges, bright gilt titles to the spine in a stunning example of the Vanessa Bell designed dustwrapper with only small repair at the crown edge. "Anticipating criticism of Jacob's Room on the eve of its publication, Woolf wrote in her Diary that, "if they say all this is clever experiment, I shall produce Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street as the finished product".In the fall of 1922, the short story 'Mrs. Dalloway In Bond Street 'branched into a book' and Woolf began to think of the story as the first chapter of her new novel". Hussey, Mark. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A9a. Woolmer 82. N° de réf. du libraire 32499

Description du livre: Chatto & Windus, London, 1918. First Edition. Strachey, Lytton. EMINENT VICTORIANS. Presentation Copy From Duncan Grant. London: Chatto & Windus, 1918. First Edition Inscribed by Duncan Grant on the front free endpaper. "David Garnett fom D. G. / June 1918". With David Garnett's library bookplate to the front pastedown. 8vo. 310 pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Green cloth with paper label to the spine. Connolly 100, The Modern Movement #37. "Duncan Grant met David Garnett while staying with Lytton Strachey, and by 1915 he and Garnett were involved in an affair. In 1916 Grant, Garnett and Vanessa Bell moved together to Charleston where the men did farm work as conscientious objectors. Vanessa, Duncan and Garnett formed one of several triangular relationships found among their contemporaries". Hussey, Mark. Ironically, in 1942, Garnett married the daughter of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, Angelica, much to the chagrin of her parents. A Seminal Bloomsbury Association Copy. Signed by Author. N° de réf. du libraire 32501

Description du livre: The Hogarth Press, London, 1953. Vanessa Bell (illustrateur). First Edition. Woolf, Virginia. A WRITER'S DIARY. Signed & Dated by Leonard Woolf in the month of publication. London: The Hogarth Press, London, 1953. First Edition. 8vo., 312pp. Edited, with a preface by Leonard Woolf. Signed on the ffe.: Leonard Woolf, Nov. 1953. Presumably one of his house copies. A near fine copy in orange cloth, gilt titles to the spine, in an extremely good Vanessa Bell designed dustwrapper with toning to the spine & a small chip to the spine head. Revealing glimpses of Virginia Woolf & essential for an understanding of her writing methods & how her thought process influenced her life & relationships. It was not until Woolf's full Diaries were published that they were recognized, with her letters as companion, as her literary masterpieces. Virginia Woolf kept her diaries from 1915 until her death in 1941. Her husband, Leonard Woolf, notes in his preface that her "diary gives for 27 years a consecutive record of what she did, of the people whom she saw and particularly of what she thought about those people, about herself, about life, and about the books she was writing or hoped to write." Leonard Woolf has here excerpted his wife's diaries from 1918 through 1941, including every reference his wife's diaries made to her own writing. The resulting book "throws light upon Virginia Woolf's intentions, objects, and methods as a writer. It gives an unusual psychological picture of artistic production from within." Kirkpatrick & Clarke A31a. A rare & desirable Association Copy. Signed. N° de réf. du libraire 32493

Description du livre: The Hogarth Press, London, 1935. First Edition. Lewis, C. Day. A TIME TO DANCE And Other Poems. Signed By Virginia Woolf. London: The Hogarth Press, 1935. First Edition briefly Inscribed by Virginia Woolf on the title-page. "Your Virginia Woolf". 8vo. 64 pp. Near fine in red cloth, gilt titles to the spine in the cream dustwrapper lettered in red. It was through John Lehmann's position at the Hogarth Press that the new poets of the "Left", Stephen Spender, C. Day Lewis, W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood were introduced to Leonard and Virginia Woolf. Woolmer 364. Signed. N° de réf. du libraire 32456

Description du livre: The Hogarth Press, London, 1938. First Edition. Woolf, Virginia. THREE GUINEAS. Quentin Bell's Copy. London: The Hogarth Press, 1938. First Edition, Rare Proof Copy in unprinted brown wrappers. title inked on spine, unidentified floorplan pencilled on rear wrapper, a few dots of foxing. 8vo. 340 pp. This copy belonged to Woolf's nephew, Quentin Bell, and has several pencilled marginal notes in his hand. The longest note, on pp. 71-72, reads in part: "I find these arguments difficult. Did men marry women because they held the "right" views on war. I should have thought that the real m(ale c(hauvinist p(ig) would have disregarded women's views on war, and might even have found feminine pacifism 'touching'. I suppose any woman tends to adopt the views of her family and 'set', thus J(ane) A(usten)'s heroines are quite uninterested in 'the war'. Laid into the volume is Bell's printed card, Inscribed, "With many thanks and best wishes/Quentin Bell". Housed in a custom blue cloth clamshell case. A very good copy of a fragile item. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A23a. Woolmer 440. Signed. N° de réf. du libraire 32507

Description du livre: Vanessa Bell, N.P. [London], 1926. Vanessa Bell (illustrateur). First Edition. [Virginia Woolf] Bell, Vanessa. 1926 EARTHENWARE TILE. n.p., 1926. 6" x 6" extraordinary tile created & executed in enamels by Vanessa Bell given by her to her sister Virginia Woolf as a Christmas Gift. The multi-coloured tile inscribed with: "Virginia, December 25, 1926". Everything that the spirit of Bloomsbury means at its best - A superb example of VB's artistic talents and in its 36 sq. inches a summation of their close relationship as sisters, author & artist. Could there be anything more captivating. The Bell tile as well as Virginia Woolf's Walking Stick found on the banks of the River Ouse, were sold at Lewes Auction, March 12th 2002. The Walking Stick now part of the Berg Collection at the New York Public Library. The Bell Tile somehow eventually escaped to private hands. Ceramic Tile. N° de réf. du libraire 32532

Description du livre: The Hogarth Press, London, 1928. First Edition. Woolf, Virginia. ORLANDO. London: The Hogarth Press, 1928. True First Trade Edition in the publisher's vibrant First Issue orange cloth. 8vo., 299pp. Eight Illustrations. A very near fine copy in a very nice example the original dustwrapper; a couple of tiny closed tears neatly sealed & a small amount of careful, professionally rendered archival restoration primarily at the extremities of the spine & folds. A lovely example. 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. Considering Woolf's time, an extraordinarily courageous achievement in English letters & fantastic literature. Described as the longest love-letter ever written by Sackville's son, Sir Nigel Nicolson. Kirkpatrick A1 1a. Woolmer 185. Basis for the splendid Sally Potter 1993 film starring Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane et al. In a custom TBCL black clamshell case with the "Wolf" Hogarth Press colophon embossed on the upper cover in very fine condition. N° de réf. du libraire 32473

Description du livre: Harcort Brace, [1925], New York, 1925. Vanessa Bell (illustrateur). First Edition. Woolf. Virginia. THE COMMON READER. Vanessa Bell Signed Presentation Copy. New York: Harcourt Brace, (1925). First Edition Inscribed by Vanessa Bell on the front free endpaper. "Margery (Snowdon) with love from the designer of the jacket / June 1925". 8vo. 305 pp. A better than very good copy in red cloth, gilt titles oxidized, in the Vanessa Bell designed dustwrapper, printed in brown and green missing a large chip at the lower spine. Margery Snowden, affectionately known as "Snow", studied painting at the Royal Academy Schools with Vanessa and became her closest friend for many years. "In the ironic preface to Orlando, Virginia Woolf acknowledges "Miss M. K. Snowden's (sic) indefatigable researches in the archives of Harrogate and Cheltenham". Hussey, Mark. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A8b. Woolmer 81. Vanessa wasn't in the habit of inscribing books with " from the designer of the jacket". A splendid Asscoiation Copy. Signed. N° de réf. du libraire 32471

Description du livre: Hogarth Press, London, 1933. First Edition. Woolf, Virginia. THE HOGARTH LETTERS. [In Rare Dustwrapper]. London: The Hogarth Press, 1933. Scarce First Collected Edition of 11* of the 12 original volumes printed in the Hogarth Letters Series. 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 fine fresh copy in the rare original printed glassine dustwrapper unknown by the bibliographer. The fragile glassine shows some wear & is carefully reinforced. Rebecca West's, A Letter To A Grandfather was not published until March, 1933, one month after this Collected volume was issued and therefore not included. A rather elusive Hogarth Press title, especially so in dustwrapper - we know of no other copy thus. One of only 500 cc. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A17a. Woolmer 321. Custom stiff clear Mylar outer wrapper supplied. N° de réf. du libraire 32445

Description du livre: Hogarth Press, London, 1931. Vanessa Bell (illustrateur). First Edition. Woolf, Virginia. THE WAVES. London: The Hogarth Press, 1931. First Edition. 8vo. 325 pp. A very fine copy in deep purple cloth, gilt titles to the spine, in a striking Vanessa Bell dustwrapper. The slightest darkening to the spine otherwise a stunning example, one of the nicest copies we have seen. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A16a. Woolmer 279. "Her most experimental novel." Connolly 100, The Modern Movement #70. Custom embossed TBCL Clamshell Case in fine condition. N° de réf. du libraire 32496

Description du livre: Chatto & Windus, London, 1956. First Edition. First Edition. Bell, Clive. OLD FRIENDS. Personal Recollections. Presentation Copy From Clive Bell. London: Chatto & Windus, 1956. First Edition of Clive Bell's collection of personal essays on Virginia Woolf, Lytton Strachey, John Maynard Keynes, Roger Fry, and the Bloomsbury Group in general. Presentation Copy Inscribed by Clive Bell to the front free endpaper. "For Dear Jeanne [De Casalis] from the author-who loves her. January 1957". Jeanne De Casalis (1896-1966) was both a stage and radio actress, as well as a playwright. Laid-in is a hand written Doctor's prescription to Jeanne De Casalis. 8vo. 200 pp. With black and white photographic illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles in pictorial dustwrapper. Kirkpatrick and Clarke F9. Signed. N° de réf. du libraire 32531

Description du livre: The Hogarth Press, Richmond, 1921. Vanessa Bell (illustrateur). First Edition. 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 fine example, the back panel unusually clean for this title. Contents very nice with negligable offsetting from the Vanessa Bell woodcuts to opposite text pages. (the usual offsetting of most copies noted in Kunitz & Haycraft, p. 1549). This collection of 8 short stories heralded the breakthrough in Woolf's modernist style. Wonderful Deco style small bookplate by Covarrubais on the front pastedown. In a Custom black cloth slipcase with the Hogarth Press wolf colophon raised on the side. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A5a. Woolmer 17. A superior example. Quite Nice Indeed. N° de réf. du libraire 32526

Description du livre: Hogarth Press, London, 1936. First Edition. Keynes, John Maynard. THE GENERAL THEORY OF EMPLOYMENT, INTEREST AND MONEY. Signed. London: Macmillan and Co., 1936. First Edition. 8vo. 403 pp. Gilt-stamped dark blue green cloth, gilt titles and rules to the spine. A near fine copy in a very good grey printed dustwrapper with 5/- Net to the front flap. Signature of E. B. Hodgson on ffe. with remnants of old tape marks where a neat cut Keynes signature was held in place & is now tipped there. Printing And The Mind Of Man 423. "Critical reaction to his great book was inconclusive. To young economists it was a 'Manifesto of Reason and Cheerfulness'. To most of their elders it was little more than an inflationist tract, 'the dying voice of the bourgeois crying in the wilderness for the profits it dare not fight for', as Joseph Schumpeter put it. Most of Keynes's Cambridge colleagues sat on the fence, shaken but sceptical". Skidelsky, Robert. John Maynard Keynes. Fighting For Britain. 1937-1946. Keynes's masterwork, written in the aftermath of the great depression of 1929 is generally considered the most influential global social science treatise of the century. The General Theory quickly & permanently changed the way the world looked at the economy & the role of government in society. A very nice copy. Tucked into the back is a copy of the June-July ECONOMIC NEWS, Vol 20 Nos. 6 and 7. featuring John Maynard Keynes. 10 printed pages on stapled cream stock, folded at the middle. Signed by Author. N° de réf. du libraire 32487

Description du livre: George H. Doran Company, (1920)., New York, 1920. First Edition. Woolf, Virginia. THE VOYAGE OUT [A Novel]. In Dustwrapper. 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, title in blind on the upper cover in an ornamental border. A near fine or better example in the very uncommon original dustwrapper - a very good or better copy, minor loss at the tips and 1/4" vertical loss at the spine crown. Rarely seen in dustwrapper. Woolf's revisions to the text for the American edition were confined almost exclusively to Chapter 16. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A1b. N° de réf. du libraire 32449

Description du livre: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1940)., New York, 1940. First Edition. Woolf, Virginia. ROGER FRY. A Biography. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1940). First American Edition, stamped Review Copy on the front free endpaper. 8vo. 307 pp. Black and white frontis of a photograph of Roger Fry. An excellent copy in green cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh dustwrapper showing minor use at the crown of the spine. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A25b. Woolmer 475. N° de réf. du libraire 32504

Description du livre: The Lefevre Galleries, March, 1934., London, 1934. First Edition. Woolf. Virginia. CATALOGUE OF RECENT PAINTINGS BY VANESSA BELL. With a Foreword by Virginia Woolf. London: The Lefevre Galleries, March, 1934. First Edition. Stapled wrappers. Sm. 8vo., 4 pages. pale blue paper wrappers printed in darker blue and red. Page 1 forward by Virginia Woolf. Of the two Vanessa Bell catalogues in this format, with the Woolf forward, the 1930 while scarce in condition is the more common. The 1934 is rare & we have not seen another offered in some time. This is a very good copy showing its age but here it is, none-the-less ["Not offered for sale"] - Kirkpatrick B14. N° de réf. du libraire 32536

Description du livre: Fountain/Hogarth Press,, New York/London, 1929. First Edition. Woolf, Virginia. A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN. Signed. New York/London: Fountain/Hogarth Press, 1929. First Edition, Limited Edition. One of 492 copies signed by Woolf. Original cinnamon cloth in superb fine condition. A bright excellent superior example. Woolf's major polemic against patriarchy, based loosely on two lectures she delivered, one at Newnham and the other at Girton. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A12a. Woolmer 215. Woolf observed in her diary, "I shall be attacked for a feminist". An increasingly uncommon & important Woolf title & 20th century literary highlight. Signed by Author. N° de réf. du libraire 32515

Description du livre: The Hogarth Press / Macmillan, London / Toronto, 1941. Vanessa Bell (illustrateur). First Edition. Woolf, Virginia. BETWEEN THE ACTS. London: The Hogarth Press, 1941 but actually, Toronto: Macmillan, 1941. First Canadian Edition. 8vo., Publisher's blue cloth, titles to spine gilt. A near fine copy in like dustwrapper printed in black designed by Vanessa Bell. A much better than usual example. Published July 1941. Kirkpatrick A26a; Woolmer 488. This is the very scarce Canadian issue consisting of the UK first edition in the familiar Hogarth Vanessa Bell jacket. The spine however shows "Macmillan" beneath the Hogarth spine imprint and with the Canadian publisher's name at bottom of front flap. 6358 copies of the UK edition were printed, including the small number of copies for Canada. Not noted by Woolmer 488. N° de réf. du libraire 32523

Description du livre: The Westgate Press, San Francisco, 1930. First Edition. Woolf, Virginia STREET HAUNTING. Signed. San Francisco, 1930. 8vo., The Westgate Press. First Editon, First Limited Edition. Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by Woolf on the limitation page. Printed at the Gradhorn Press. Patterned paper-covered boards with emerald green leather gilt-stamped spine. Original card slipcase. A fine fresh copy of the most difficult of issues. Kirkpatrick A13 states: "There is at least one variant of the binding in sage-green paper boards patterned in gold and darker green with emerald-green leather spine and a green slip-in case. Mr. David McGee (bibliographer of the Grabhorn Press) states: '". the majority of the edition was bound in blue - ratio of 10 to 1 in favor of blue.". It is reasonable to presume that about 50 copies only appeared in green & that since most of these have faded to brown at the spine, perhaps as few as a half dozen survive in fine unfaded condition. This is one of those elusive fine copies. Signed by Author. N° de réf. du libraire 32520