Hours in a Library
Virginia Woolf
Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1957
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"Hours in a Library" by VIRGINIA WOOLF. 1957; Harcourt, Brace and Company; New York. With an illustrated frontispiece portrait of Woolf. From the introduction by Leonard Woolf (Virginia's husband): ".there is little to say about the essay except that it gives the truest possible picture of her own attitude to books, to reading, and to the art of literature. She was one of those people who have a passionate love of and interest in both life and art. Great literature gave her enormous pleasure, but so did life and human beings and the comedy and tragedy of everyday living. And she went to the library and to books for two purposes, on the one hand to enjoy great works of art, and on the other to follow, to relive in imagination, the strange, fantastic, ridiculous, moving story of human beings and human lives in every age and country in which men have written books." Condition: Clean covers; there are small areas along the left and right edges of the spine where the blue cloth has discolored. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Nice interior - the pages are clean and appear unread with no notable issues found. Overall the book is in Very Good condition. Seller Inventory # ABE-1728337584914
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Title: Hours in a Library
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company
Publication Date: 1957
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
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HOURS IN A LIBRARY
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Hours in a Library
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Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1957
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Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 24pp. Black cloth boards, blue cloth spine. Binding slightly cocked, toned spine, near fine. Privately printed for the friends of the publishers as a New Year's greeting, with publisher's Signed card laid in. Seller Inventory # 572291
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Hours in a Library
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Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
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Frontispiece. 24pp. 12mo. Condition: Blue and black cloth. Fiine. Frontispiece. 24pp. 12mo. Seller Inventory # 320773
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Hours in a Library.
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New York: Harcourt, Brace, [1957]., 1957
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Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
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Small octavo. 24 pp. Cloth. Fine in glassine d.j. Glassine lightly toned and chipped. First edition, privately printed by the publisher as a New Year's greeting for friends. Seller Inventory # 14902
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HOURS IN A LIBRARY
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Harcourt, Brace, (1957), New York, 1957
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Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 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. A crisp, clean copy of this gift book. Kirkpatrick and Clarke A33. Seller Inventory # 33256
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HOURS IN A LIBRARY
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New York Harcourt, Brace and Company [1957], 1957
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Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
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First Edition, privately printed in a very small number for friends of the publisher, given as greetings for New Year's. Laid in is a card signed by publisher William Jovanovich. with a portrait drawing of Virginia Woolf from a photograph taken of her at age twenty. Small 8vo, publisher's original black boards embossed in blind and lettered in gilt on the upper cover, backed in blue cloth and in the original glassine wrapper. 24pp, A pristine copy, the book and laid-in card both in very fine condition. Even the rare glassine is only lightly aged with a few chips and some rubbing at the extremities, but remains fully intact. A SCARCE HOLIDAY PRESENTATION FROM WILLIAM JOVANOVICH, who, at this time, was serving as the director of Harcourt, Brace and Comany. In 1970 the firm would change its name to Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich in his honor. The title to Woolf's essay comes from a book published by her father, Leslie Stephen, in the 1890s. A collection of essays on various authors, it was his most popular publication. Woolf's essay includes an introductory note provided by her husband, Leonard Woolf. He states that HOURS IN A LIBRARY "gives the truest possible picture of her own attitude to books, to reading, and to the art of literature.". Seller Inventory # 34213
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