Second Common Reader by Virginia Woolf, First Edition (55 results)

First Edition. 11th Printing Paperback Good+. 4 1/4 X 7, 245, Mass paperback. General wear.

Softcover. Condition: VG in orig. azure wrapper. 1st paperback. [5], 330 p.; 20 cm. (A harvest book) [First printed in 1932; first thus in 1986].

paperback. Near fine mass market paperback, Harvest HB24, 1st printing. A distinguished collection of essays by one the most accomplished artists in English Letters.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, green cloth, gilt lettering, 270 pp. Cocked, spine faded, covers slightly soiled. No jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Harvest Books, 1960. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good with spotting on page ends and light shelf wear on covers. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

First Edition. First Penguin edition. Good paperback copy; edges and cover slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Spine and cover torn. Front cover loose but present. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 206 pages + 2 unnumbered pages publisher's advertisements : frontispiece (portrait) ; 18 cm. Contents; The strange Elizabethans -- Donne after three centuries -- "The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia" -- "Robinson Crusoe" -- Dorothy Osborne's "Letters" -- Swift's "Journal to Stella" -- The "Sentimental journey" -- Lord Chesterfield's letters to his son -- Two parsons : James Woodforde ; John Skinner -- Dr. Burney's evening party -- Jack Mytton -- De Quincey's autobiography -- Four figures : Cowper and Lady Austen ; Beau Brummell ; Mary Wollstonecraft ; Dorothy Wordsworth -- William Hazlitt -- Geraldine and Jane -- "Aurora Leigh" -- The niece of an earl -- George Gissing -- The novels of George Meredith -- "I am Christina Rossetti" -- The novels of Thomas Hardy -- How should one read a book? Subjects; English literature History and criticism. English literature. Literature, Modern History and criticism. Penguin books (series). Prose in English 1900-1945. 3 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 12mo, softcover, pictorial wrappers, pp. viii, 245p, very good copy minus with light general wear, usual light toning to text and cover, no names or markings to text, First American edition thus, Harvest Books paperback edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1932 Harcourt Brace & World hardcover - 1st edition 2nd printing - no dust jacket - minor staining to cover - some staining to closed page edge - otherwise binding strong contents clean - enjoy.

First Edition. First Penguin edition. Good paperback copy; edges and cover slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Spine and cover torn. Front cover loose but present. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 206 pages + 2 unnumbered pages publisher's advertisements : frontispiece (portrait) ; 18 cm. Contents; The strange Elizabethans -- Donne after three centuries -- "The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia" -- "Robinson Crusoe" -- Dorothy Osborne's "Letters" -- Swift's "Journal to Stella" -- The "Sentimental journey" -- Lord Chesterfield's letters to his son -- Two parsons : James Woodforde ; John Skinner -- Dr. Burney's evening party -- Jack Mytton -- De Quincey's autobiography -- Four figures : Cowper and Lady Austen ; Beau Brummell ; Mary Wollstonecraft ; Dorothy Wordsworth -- William Hazlitt -- Geraldine and Jane -- "Aurora Leigh" -- The niece of an earl -- George Gissing -- The novels of George Meredith -- "I am Christina Rossetti" -- The novels of Thomas Hardy -- How should one read a book? Subjects; English literature History and criticism. English literature. Literature, Modern History and criticism. Penguin books (series). Prose in English 1900-1945. 1 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Thus. Good first printing of the Pelican edition of this title. The text block is clean and tight. Front panel shows some wear as shown in the photos. Scarce.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First American paperback edition. Ex-library copy with institutional rubberstamp on inside front cover and blindstamp on title page, wrappers and spine toned, very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 295pp; contents clean and textually unmarked. No library stamps. Owner's small nameplate affixed inside front cover. Blue cloth HC with minor rubs to tips and spine ends. First Edition, Third Printing, December 1932.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First American Edition Thus. cloth, hardcover in dust jacket., book has owner signature to front free endpaper. dj is missing most of the spine with sparse, shallow edge-wear, the beautiful cover illustration by vanessa bell is happily intact, as are the flaps and 90% of the rear panel. flap price intact. all is preserved in a new folded mylar protector. no other markings. no foxing, bumps. strong binding.; the contents appeared in two separate publications dated, 1925 and 1932.; original paginations preserved, 332pp. and 295pp. 53 reviews, essays, and other texts. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. "Combined Edition in One Volume Published 1948". First thus, very good in a good or worse dust jacket. Blue cloth is a little worn at edges and on spine; small bits of jacket adhering to front board in a few places. Owner name, place, and date on front endpaper. The jacket is in two pieces - both front and rear panels are attached to the flaps, but no spine. The jacket, with a $4.00 price on front flap, is laid in. Hinges are tight; interior of book is clean and square. 0.

Original Stiff Paper. Condition: Good. First Thus. Green/White Covers Soiled A Bit, (A132) Light Spine Wear. 206 Pgs Ads Rear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. British edition, second printing, November 1932 (first printing was October 1932). No jacket. Green boards with gold lettering to spine are very good with a hint of pushing/bumping to corners, a few small marks, a little patchy browning (including to spine), the odd small bump/rub to edges and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Previous owner's name, date and address in pen to front end-paper. Odd small mark/minor foxing to page edges and tops. Odd small mark/spot of foxing to bottom edge of pages. Pages bit tanned. Occasional small marks/spots of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First American Edition. Copyright 1932 with no printing statement; assumed early but later printing of the First American Edtion. Previous owner's short inscription on front endpaper else a clean, solid hardcover with unmarked text. The unpriced dust jacket is mildly edgeworn along the panels and spine ends, yet presents well under fresh archival mylar. NOT ex-lib. A clean, solid hardcover in original jacket. viii, 295pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st edn. 8vo. orig. cl. no d/w. Bds. and spine very marked, occasional foxing. generally good.

Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Used-Good/Used-Acceptable. Black & white photographs (illustrator). First Edition. London, UK: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press. Used-Good/Used-Acceptable. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. 2ND IMPRESSION . 8vo., 270 pp., DJ rubbed, frayed, chipped, cover edges darkened, pages lightly toned .

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition; Second Printing. Dust jacket shows some mild damp stains, rubbing to folds, and some chipping to edges and corners. Blue cloth boards show minor wear to edges and corners. Age tone to endpapers and edges. ; Boards are square, flat and clean. Tight binding. Interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has been placed in removeable protective cover. Large/heavy book: international buyers may be charged for additional shipping costs.; 8.0 X 5.7 X 1.6 inches.

Woolf, Virginia. The common reader. Second series. 2nd impression. London: Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, November 1932. Hardback, VG, in FAIR, unclipped dustjacket, with heavy shelfwear to edges, numerous small nicks, rubbing to spine and some foxing. Multiple small tape repairs made on the reverse side. Green cloth with a few small stains; gilt lettering to spine. Binding strong. Light tanning to endpapers. Ownership signature to ffep. 270pp. Light foxing to last couple of pages, otherwise contents clean and bright. Light foxing to edges of the block. 'He reads for his own pleasure rather than to impart knowledge or correct the opinions of others'. So Virginia Woolf described the 'common reader' for whom she wrote her second series of essays. Here she turns her brilliant eye on novels and poetry from John Donne to Christina Rossetti and Mary Wollstonecraft as well as many others. This is an informal, informative and witty celebration of our literary and social heritage by a writer of genius. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Impression. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. 270pp. 1st edition, 2nd impression 1932. A few small marks to binding. Minor spotting. A very pleasing copy. (bs53).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 6 X 9 inches. 270 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt type to spine. A little bowing to boards. 1932 First Edition, with no additional printings listed. Not ex-library. Former owner's name on front end page, otherwise unmarked. Acidic pages somewhat toned. Solid square binding. Her second book of collected essays.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Bell, Vanessa (illustrator). First Edition. First Edition, no additional printings, Vanessa Bell dustjacket; 8vo, green cloth; good (boards bowed, soiled, and darkened; spine and edges toned and darkened; shelfworn; white candle wax removed from bottom edge of boards, rfep, and bottom edge; bump to bottom edge of front board; spine ends and corners bumped and worn; scrapes to side edge; eps and pages toned; cracked at pp80-1 and 176-7; tear to bottom edge of p21-2 and 196-7; top corners of pp105-18 creased; small chip to side margin of pp141-54, no loss of text; soil to bottom margins of pp174-5; crease to bottom margin of pp197-240) in poor dj (split in two where front panel and flap detached from spine, rear panel, and rear flap; toned, soiled, and stained; heavily chipped, torn, worn, and creased; large chips missing from edges of rear panel; spine ends torn off, text missing from 'The' and 'Press'); 270pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original dark blue cloth. First American Edition. 1 of 2000 copies. Dust Jacket designed by Vanessa Bell. Near Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket with edge chips. Kirkpatrick A18b.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fine Copy In a Very Good Jacket.First Edition 1932 On Title-Page. Comes With a Hogarth Catalogue.Classic By Woolf.Excellent Copy.

Hardcover. First Edition; Third Printing. Very Good in boards. Light chipping at spine crown.

First American edn. 8vo, pp. 295. Dark blue cloth, slightly worn at edges, but a VG tight copy. A collection of mostly literary essays.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 5th Impression. Green bds with crisp gilt title, light crush top edge near cnr due to titght shelving o/w unworn, 270 pages, very bright and crisp. Yellow DJ has light wear dust spotting, small nick at front leading edge price clipped. Overall a very nice copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.