Woolf Virginia Edited Introduction Notes (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Vanessa Bell (illustrator). First Edition. First impression of the true edition. Illustrated with 16 pages of black and white drawings and facsimiles. ***Near fine in dark-blue cloth-covered boards with silver titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. No bumps or creases. Corners sharp. Page block edges nice and clean. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. No creases or tears. No foxing. Pages clean. Spine tight. ***In a near fine illustrated dustwrapper which is complete and undamaged. The dustwrapper has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £14.99. No creases, chips or tears. Dustwrapper bright. ***240 pages including a section of Photographs and Facsimiles and Biographical Notes at the back of the book. 225mm x 148mm. ***'As children, Virginia Woolf, her sister Vanessa Bell and brother Thoby collaborated on their own newspaper, recording the day-to-day events of the family home, 22 Hyde Park Gate. They called the paper "Hyde Park Gate News", and the original manuscripts are published here for the first time. Ingeniously mimicking the style of the leading newspapers of the day, the Stephen children present a charming and candid portrayal of their lives in London and at their holiday home in St Ives. Gossipy, playful and at times irreverent, they record the comings and goings of a host of figures - including aristocrats, academics, politicians and artists - whilst also proffering their own fictional and poetic creations. Not only a delightful account of childhood, "Hyde Park Gate News" gives a fascinating insight into Woolf's apprenticeship in writing. It also offers a glimpse behind the curtains of the family life which she would later draw on in writing the masterpieces of her maturity.' [Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper] ***First impression of the true first edition - quite hard to find in hardcover in first impression. A lovely book for those interested in Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell and the Bloomsbury Group. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as issued. 1st Edition. Biographical note by Frank Kermode. A fine copy of the first printing with complete number string. The first eight stories in this selection were first published in 'Monday or Tuesday' (1921) the remaining seven stories appeared in various journals and are collected here for the first time,