A Room of One's Own
by Woolf, Virginia
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1929. First trade edition. Jacket has major loss to spine (more than half) and is rather rubbed and chipped to front and rear. Some light warping, and discolouration to edges of terracotta coloured boards. Very slightly cocked, top closed edges a little dusty, bookplate and owner details to ffep, otherwise content clean and tidy.. Cloth. Good/Poor. 12mo.
Synopsis
A Room of One's Own was first published in October 1929 in the UK and USA alike as a limited edition run of 492 numbered, signed copies. The first English edition and impression was released three days later with the Vanessa Bell dust jacket, published by Hogarth Press, the Woolfs' own publishing house. The first US edition was published by Harcourt Brace & Co.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookcase
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64729
- Title
- A Room of One's Own
- Author
- Woolf, Virginia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Publisher
- Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bookcase
Biblio member since 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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