Flush a Biography

London: Hogarth Press, 1933. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Vanessa Bell. The first edition of Virginia Woolf's entertaining novel about Flush, Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel, told in a humorous manner from his point of view. The first edition of this work, in the large paper first issue. This large paper was the standard first issue.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A charming novel fictionalising the life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel, Flush. Told from Flush's point of view, this is an entertaining novel about Barrett Browning and her husband, Robert Browning.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and nine plates.Collated, complete.Written by the Bloomsbury author Virginia Woolf. Published by the Hogarth Press, the Bloomsbury publishing house founded ran by Leonard and Virginia Woolf. The press was founded in the interwar period, as printing became a hobby for the couple, diverting Virginia when her writing became too stressful. Both Woolfs' taught themselves to use a printing press, publishing 527 titles from the period of 1917 to 1946.With illustrations by Woolf's sister, Vanessa Bell.Book Society bookplate to the recto to the front endpaper. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, generally smart, with some spots to the boards and fore edge. Front board is a little cocked. Very minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Bookplate to the recto to the front endpaper. Dustwrapper is lightly age-toned and spotted. Minor edgewear to the wraps, resulting in a small chip to the head of the front joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some odd spots to the first and last few pages. Very Good