Flush: A Biography: Large Paper First Issue

Woolf, Virginia

Published by The Hogarth Press, 1933

About this Item

Hardcover: Condition: Good plus: First edition, first impression: portrait frontispiece, five full-page illustrations and four full-page drawings by the author's sister, Vanessa Bell, as called for. Original tan cloth binding: spine with bright gold gilt titles; upper spine tip is scuffed at the edges with two very small losses not affecting letters; lower spine tip has a one-inch open tear at edge not affecting letters (please see images); boards are straight with sharp corners, but with discolouration to the front and rear panels which are otherwise sound; small and elegant Ex Libris printed bookplate bearing the name of David Douglas, possibly the 12th Marquess of Queensberry, to the front paste down; clean and tight text block with a little spotting just to the half-title page, no spots or other marks to any of the fine illustrations, delicate drawings or text pages. No dust jacket. Flush is the sympathetic cocker spaniel who shared Elizabeth Barrett Browning's sick room and who accompanied her when she eloped with fellow writer, Robert Browning. "Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 52 Tavistock Square, London WC 1933".

Seller Inventory # PBVWNT1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Flush: A Biography: Large Paper First Issue
• Publisher: The Hogarth Press
• Publication Date: 1933
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Good