THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF LESLIE STEPHEN

Maitland, Frederic William [Woolf, Virginia]

Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY, 1906

About this Item

First American edition, from British sheets published one month after the English edition. 510pp. bound in original dark green cloth, spine gilt lettered, top edge gilt all others uncut. A biography of the influential literary critic, which contains Woolf's first appearance in book form. At pages 474-6 appear her memoir of her father, attributed simply to "one of his daughters." Woolf provides a fond account of her father, describing his playing with her and her siblings, and his reading habits and influences, and even describing his last months of life. Woolf's relationship with her father, who she liked better than her mother, was complicated and evolved over time as she made use of his personality in her writings, and wrote later memoirs of him. This volume also contains the first printing of a Thomas Hardy poem (p. 278), Hardy's recollections of Stephens as an editor, etc. A very good copy with minor rubbing to spine and boards. Seller Inventory # ma.0974

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF LESLIE STEPHEN

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY

Publication Date: 1906

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition.