Mrs. Dalloway : The Uniform Edition With The Publisher’s Flyer For ‘The Uniform Edition’
by Woolf, Virginia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good++/Very Good++
- Seller
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The First UK printing of the 'Uniform Edition' of this title published by the Hogarth Press, London in 1929. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Original publisher's green cloth with gilt titling to the spine. Light fading to the edges and a small bump to the upper front edge. The book has a slight lean. Light spotting to the text-block which has only very slightly encroached onto the page edges in a few places. Free from inscriptions. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ or better condition. Fading of the blue colouring to the spine and edges. A few nicks and tiny losses at the corners and spine ends. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Loosely inserted is the 4 page publisher's FLYER (nd but 1929) for the first four titles issued in the 'New Uniform edition'. 'Mrs. Dalloway' being the third title issued in the series. The flyer has 4 reviews for 'Mrs. Dalloway', including Hugh Walpole's in 'The Listener'. The flyer is in near Fine condition. 'Mrs. Dalloway' was 'first published in May 1925 (2000 copies printed) and then reprinted in September 1925 (1000 copies printed). Further impressions were issued as part of 'The Uniform Edition' (Woolmer 82). One of Virginia Woolf's key titles and very scarce to find with such attributes. The 'Uniform Edition' is surprisingly scarce in dust jacket. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
Synopsis
Mrs Dalloway is a novel by Virginia Woolf that details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway in post-World War I England. Mrs Dalloway continues to be one of Woolf's best-known novels. Created from two short stories, "Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street" and the unfinished "The Prime Minister", the novel's story is of Clarissa's preparations for a party of which she is to be hostess.
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- Bookseller
- Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125862
- Title
- Mrs. Dalloway : The Uniform Edition With The Publisher’s Flyer For ‘The Uniform Edition’
- Author
- Woolf, Virginia
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good++
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good++
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- The First UK printing of the 'Uniform Edition'
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Hogarth Press, London
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1929
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Dalloway, Hogarth, Uniform, Woolf
Terms of Sale
Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
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Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
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- Fine
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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