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Jacob's Room.
by WOOLF, Virginia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: The Hogarth Press,, 1929. First edition thus, the Hogarth Press "Uniform Edition", first impression, inscribed by Woolf on the front free endpaper, "Theodora Bosanquet, from Virginia Woolf, 1935". Bosanquet (1880-1961) was the secretary of Henry James, and had been twice published by Virginia Woolf's Hogarth Press: first in 1924 with Henry James at Work, then in 1933 with a study of Paul Valery. Inscribed copies of this early Woolf novel are very scarce. Octavo. Original cloth, titles gilt to spine. With the dust jacket. Housed in a navy blue cloth folding case. Spine sunned through jacket, a sound copy, clean within and in general very good, with the jacket toned around spine, a little rubbed to ends and corners with some minimal tissue repair to verso.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 153567
- Title
- Jacob's Room.
- Author
- WOOLF, Virginia
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: The Hogarth Press,
- Date Published
- 1929
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
All major credit cards are accepted. Both UK pounds and US dollars (exchange rate to be agreed) accepted. Books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for any reason, please notify first of returned goods.
About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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