Prelude.

Mansfield (Katherine)

Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1918

About this Item

FIRST EDITION, [ONE OF 300 COPIES], a couple of faint spots to prelims, pp. 68, crown 8vo, original blue wrappers, printed in black to front (the issue without the Fergusson line-block), the sheets now loose in sections (one sewn, the majority stapled) and the covers loose (no backstrip), these heavily chipped with a few waterspots, edges untrimmed, the flyleaf present and with the ownership inscription 'Bagenal' to verso (see below), poor condition. A poor copy of a fragile work, but a notable association copy - being the copy of Barbara Bagenal, who at this time was assisting the Woolfs with the Press, and is known to have been involved in printing this work (her own recollection, contrasting with that of Leonard Woolf, is that she alone set up the type for the title-page, but Virginia in her Diary notes how disappointed they were with her work overall). In her memoir of this time, collected in 'Recollections of Virginia Woolf' (1972), Bagenal refers to a copy of the work given to her by Leonard that is 'one of my most cherished possessions' - this may be that very copy, though it does not obviously have the look of being cherished in a preservative fashion. A short story, and the second book of both the author and printers (although Woolmer clarifies that it followed A3 in publication). (Woolmer 2; Kirkpatrick A2). Seller Inventory # 74832

Bibliographic Details

Title: Prelude.

Publisher: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press

Publication Date: 1918