The Voyage Out
by Woolf, Virginia
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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THE VOYAGE OUT
by Woolf, Virginia
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New York: George H. Doran, 1920. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 375 pages; VG-/none; bound in green cloth, black titling; mild shelfwear and rubbing; light fading to spine, webbing to front gutter visible, first two gatherings slightly loose at top edge; CX consignment; shelved case 2. The Voyage Out was published in 1915 by Duckworth; and published… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Duckworth and Company, 1920. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition thus, a revised English edition, of the author's first book bound with sheets of the first American edition (with George H. Doran imprint on copyright page) the first English edition to be published with the revisions made to the first American edition, which was published in 1920 by… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: George H. Doran Co., 1920. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 375pp.; HB green emboss w/blk.; rubbed w/wear on edges&corners-sml.stain,cover; sun on spine; ft.hinge cracked; lt.fox on endpapers; some lt.tan w/clean,tight pgs. first novel
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New York: George H. Doran Company, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition (with the text revised by the author). Octavo. 375pp. Publisher's sage green cloth, front cover and spine stamped in black. Lacking the front free endpaper, else very good with light wear at spine ends and corner tips, moderate foxing (mostly to the endleaves), one text… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Duckworth & Co, 1915. First Edition. Trial Binding. Very Good. First edition, first printing. [iv], 458, [8 ads], 16 ads pp. The author's first book. Bound in what appears to be a publisher's trial binding: dark blue cloth triple ruled in blind on upper board, with spine lettered in gilt and decorated with floral device in blind;… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Duckworth, 1920 Woolf's first novel: originally published in 1915, Duckworth issued this edition iin 1920, using the sheets of the first American edition of that year, with a new Duckworth title-page; Hardback: green ribbed cloth decorated in black and blind; 1 corner bumped, spine faded to light brown, front hinge cracking, previous owner's inscription to… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Duckworth, 1927. Early printing of Woolf's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which has been restored. Uncommon in the original jacket. Woolf began work on The Voyage Out by 1910 and had finished an early draft by 1912. The novel had a long and difficult gestation; it was not published until… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Duckworth, 1927. Cheap Edition", i.e., first American edition, English issue. 375 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth titled in gilt, dust jacket. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket with faintest sunning and light bump to head of spine panel. Cheap Edition", i.e., first American edition, English issue. 375 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Kirkpatrick A1c ("Harcourt, Brace… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Duckworth & Co., 1915.. First edition, 8vo, (vi), 458, (4), 16 advertisement pp. Light foxing at the beginning and end, a couple of early pencilled inscriptions to fly leaf. Original gilt and black titled green cloth, rubbed, spine darkened. Kirkpatrick A1a. Item Price
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London: The Hogarth Press, 1929 . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5.5". None. The first Uniform Edition of Virginia Woolf's first novel, in the very scarce publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. The first Uniform Edition of this work, produced in photo-litho offset from the text of the first edition, but with the preliminary pages reset. This… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: George H. Doran Company, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First American edition, later issue. Octavo. 375pp. Publisher's green cloth, front cover stamped in blind and spine stamped in black. Rubbing to the extremities, both free endpapers are toned, a very good copy in good white dust jacket printed in green. The jacket has a few scattered nicks… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Voyage Out
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. Second American edition. Ownership signature of novelist and translator Yvonne Dufour, slight fraying at spine ends, paper spine label toned, about very good without dustwrapper. Woolf's first book. Item Price
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The Voyage Out - Virginia Woolf
by Virginia Woolf
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The Hogarth Press, 1929. hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. The Hogarth Press, 1929. Hardcover, no jacket. Heavy exterior wear, with portion of spine missing. Binding shaken. Text unmarked, though pages are tanned from age. An owner's name inside. Cloth soiled, sunned. Entire book is at a lean. Reliable customer service. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available! Item Price
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The Voyage Out
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NY: Doran, 1920. A respectable copy of the first U.S. edition of the author's first book, sans dustwrapper. Bound in green cloth, stamped in black. Matching endpapers replaced and book is tight and square, Some minor stains to the first four pages. A most acceptable copy. 375 pp. Ref.: Kirkpatrick A1b. . First… Read more about this item Item Price
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Voyage Out
by Virginia Woolf
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New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1920. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The Voyage Out" by Virginia Woolf. Second American edition. Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1920. Measures 5" x 7.75", 375 pages. The book is in very good condition. The blue cloth boards are well preserved with lightly bumped corners and shelf wear. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Voyage Out - the author's first novel
by Woolf, Virginia
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London: Duckworth, 1915. A first edition, first printing published by Duckworth in 1915. One of 2000 copies. A very good (or better) book without inscriptions. With adverts to rear - small Times Book Club ticket to the rear pastedown. Some rubbing to the edges and spine and some to the corners. Small gap to the edge of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Voyage Out
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Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1926. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. In light blue cloth with paper label on spine with name and title. Small ink number to front endpaper.. Item Price
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The Voyage Out
by Virginia Woolf
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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