Accession number
PML 197998
Creator
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941, author.
Published
London : Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1937.
Credit line
Gift from the estate of Nancy N. Brooker, 2018.
Notes
First edition. Cf. Kirkpatrick.
"Published 15 March 1937; 18,142 copies printed"--Cf. Kirkpatrick.
"First published in 1937"--Title page verso.
"Made in Great Britain. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Ltd., Edinburgh"--Title page verso.
"Published 15 March 1937; 18,142 copies printed"--Cf. Kirkpatrick.
"First published in 1937"--Title page verso.
"Made in Great Britain. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Ltd., Edinburgh"--Title page verso.
Description
469 pages ; 19 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscription in ink on front flyleaf: "Hamilton Cottier 192 Mercer Street Princeton. May 19, 1937"; signature in ink inside front cover: "J.B. Frantz May 1937"; signature in ink inside front cover: "Krista Smith August 1937"; inscription in ink by Cottier inside front cover: "Virginia (Stephen) Woolf 1882-1941, 1937"; inscription in ink by Cottier on verso of front flyleaf: "Oxford: Blackwell. --8/6 + 6d. Post + 21c for affadavit = $2.74// Too scattering to be really satisfactory. The Family is interesting, but it is not followed fully enough. There are fine scenes, particularly the house party before the war (as well as the earlier waiting for the invalid's death), but the general effect is diffuse and melancholy. A.ix.37."
Provenance
Hamilton Cottier; Nancy N. Brooker.
Binding
Publisher's green cloth. Issued in illustrated dust jacket designed by Vanessa Bell.
Classification
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