The Voyage Out
by Virginia Woolf
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace & company / George H. Doran, 1926. First Thus. Cloth . Good/No Jacket. This is sometimes incorrectly identified as the First American edition of Virginia Woolf's first novel. The confusion is easy to understand, for various reasons. The best source of information on identifying this (and a number of other classic modern classics is the three volume Author Price Guide by Allen & Patricia Ahearn (Quill & Brush, 2001). This is the 2nd U.S. edition of The Voyage Out and 5th (!) overal edition, due to the fact there are technically 3 previous British editions and the actual First American Edition, published in 1920 by George H. Doran. There is no publication date on this Harcourt, Brace & compnay edition. There is only, 1920 copyright by Doran. It was finally published in 1926, in a print run of 1000. 'Sky blue' cloth with 'mauve' paper spine label printed in black affixed toward spine head. The cloth has turned with age and sunning to three distinct colors. Rear board remains blue with grey splothes and darkened edges. The spine has browned with a suggestion of blue/green peeking through. The front cover appears mostly green (with little of the original blue remaining) though there is plenty of grey stains and a few dark splothes. Dust stains & darkening to textblock edges top & bottom. Likewise along deckled fore-edge. The cloth edges of spine top & bottom are slightly fray. There is a slight give to binding but it remains sound, with some pull at top. Previous owner's name, a date and location inked front pastedown. Internal text clean & without markings. (375 pages.)
Synopsis
From the book:As the streets that lead from the Strand to the Embankment are very narrow, it is better not to walk down them arm-in-arm. If you persist, lawyers’ clerks will have to make flying leaps into the mud; young lady typists will have to fidget behind you. In the streets of London where beauty goes unregarded, eccentricity must pay the penalty, and it is better not to be very tall, to wear a long blue cloak, or to beat the air with your left hand. One afternoon in the beginning of October when the traffic was becoming brisk a tall man strode along the edge of the pavement with a lady on his arm. Angry glances struck upon their backs. The small, agitated figures - for in comparison with this couple most people looked small - decorated with fountain pens, and burdened with despatch-boxes, had appointments to keep, and drew a weekly salary, so that there was some reason for the unfriendly stare which was bestowed upon Mr. Ambrose’s height and upon Mrs. Ambrose’s cloak. But some enchantment had put both man and woman beyond the reach of malice and unpopularity. In his guess one might guess from the moving lips that it was thought; and in hers from the eyes fixed stonily straight in front of her at a level above the eyes of most that it was sorrow. It was only by scorning all she met that she kept herself from tears, and the friction of people brushing past her was evidently painful. After watching the traffic on the Embankment for a minute or two with a stoical gaze she twitched her husband’s sleeve, and they crossed between the swift discharge of motor cars. When they were safe on the further side, she gently withdrew her arm from his, allowing her mouth at the same time to relax, to tremble; then tears rolled down, and leaning her elbows on the balustrade, she shielded her face from the curious. Mr. Ambrose attempted consolation; he patted her shoulder; but she showed no signs of admitting him, and feeling it awkward to stand beside a grief that was greater than his, he crossed his arms behind him, and took a turn along the pavement.
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Details
- Bookseller
- A Cappella Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 245904
- Title
- The Voyage Out
- Author
- Virginia Woolf
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & company / George H. Doran
- Place of Publication
- New York, N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1926
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A Cappella Books is a full service used, new & out-of-print bookstore located in the heart of Atlanta's bohemian district, Little 5 Points, since 1989. We stock a general selection of some 20 to 30, 000 paperbacks & hardcovers, ranging from the common to the quite scarce. Our specialties reflect the personality of our neighborhood and, to varying degrees, our staff. But don't be fooled, we really have something for almost everybody who loves books. Come see us.
A Cappella Books is a full service used, new & out-of-print bookstore located in the heart of Atlanta's bohemian district, Little 5 Points, since 1989. We stock a general selection of some 20 to 30, 000 paperbacks & hardcovers, ranging from the common to the quite scarce. Our specialties reflect the personality of our neighborhood and, to varying degrees, our staff. But don't be fooled, we really have something for almost everybody who loves books. Come see us.
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