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    By Virginia Woolf
    London   The Hogarth Press
    8" by 5.5" 5-223 [1]pp
    A very scarce proof copy of the first UK edition of this posthumously published collection of short essays by Virginia Woolf.
    By Virginia Woolf

    1950 The Captain's Death

    London   The Hogarth Press
    8" by 5.5" 5-223 [1]pp
    A very scarce proof copy of the first UK edition of this posthumously published collection of short essays by Virginia Woolf.
    £350.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 873F32
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    First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

    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.

    Condition

    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

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