The diary of Virginia Woolf, Vol. 2: 1920 - 1924 - Hardcover

THE DIARY OF VIRGINIA WOOLF - Volume II: 1920-1924 (First edition - first printing)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Duncan Grant (Dustwrapper illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. A first edition - first printing of Volume II of "The Diary of Virginia Woolf", published by The Hogarth Press in 1978. The Diaries were published in five separate volumes as follows: Vol. I: 1915-1919 (1977); Vol. II: 1920-1924 (1978); Vol. III: 1925-1930 (1980); Vol. IV: 1931-1935 (1982); Vol. V: 1936-1941 (1984). ***Very good in deep-purple cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine just slightly creased. No other bumps or creases. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. No reading creases to the spine. Spine tight. Page block edges lightly foxed, mainly to the top edge (please see scans). Internally near fine with no previous ownership inscriptions or annotations. Pages clean with just light sporadic foxing to the first couple of pages, but no other foxing. No creases or tears. Map illustrated endpapers showing Richmond and South-West London c. 1920 at the front, and The Ouse Valley in Sussex c.1920 at the back. ***In a very good illustrated dustwrapper, which retains the original publisher's printed price of £9.50 net. The dustwrapper is complete, with no chips or tears. Some light creasing to the extremities, and a few small marks. No fading to the spine colour. Foxing to the inner flaps, with some browning to the edges. ***242mm x 160mm. 371 pages including an extremely detailed 28pp Index at the back of the book. ***'In this second volume the excitements, challenges and anxieties of Virginia Woolf's own progress as a writer, of the Woolf's expanding circle of friends and interests, are described with an immediacy, honesty and natural eloquence which, in the words of a reviewer of the earlier volume, offers the reader a "rich and inexhaustible companionship"'. (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First printing of the true first edition, in very good condition in the original dustwrapper. The individually published "Diaries of Virginia Woolf" are quite hard to find now in collectable condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Artikel-Nr. 9705

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