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The Voyage Out
by Virginia Woolf
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Book is in Good condition, with very light edgewear to cover, two small wear spots on spine cover. Prior owner name written in ink on front endpaper, dated 20.4.15. Prior bookseller notes about the book being first edition written in pencil on front endpaper. Some yellowing to endpapers. Foxing to page edges and on faces of first 30 pages. Foxing also in end advertisements. Pages unmarked.
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
- Givens Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20688
- Title
- The Voyage Out
- Author
- Virginia Woolf
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Duckworth & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1915
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- virginia woolf, classic, first edition, novel, fiction, antique, 1915
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Classics;
Terms of Sale
Givens Books
Books returned on case-by case basis only. No refund on shipping charges.
About the Seller
Givens Books
Biblio member since 2006
Lynchburg, Virginia
About Givens Books
Givens Books & Little Dickens is a family business that has been selling new, used, and rare books in Lynchburg, Virginia since 1976, and educational toys and teacher supplies since 1989. Our used book department strives to provide quality books on a wide variety of subjects. We also specialize in our local Lynchburg and Virginia history.
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