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Virginia Woolf. The Death of the Moth and Other Essays. Harcourt Brace and Company, Inc, New York, NY, 1942.

Price: US$23.39 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First US Edition. VG hardback in publisher's original green cloth boards, white titles to spine. viii + 148pp. No DJ. From the library of the historian and biographer, Alistair Horne - his armorial bookplate is on the front pastedown.

Seller: Caffrey Books, Oundle, United Kingdom

Woolf, Virginia. The Death of the Moth and Other Essays. Harcourt, Brace, New York, 1942.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description:

Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.

Woolf, Virginia. The Death Of The Moth And Other Essays. Harcourt, Brace & Company 1942, 1942.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Description: Green cloth stamped in beige on spine. Near fine

Seller: Herland Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

Woolf, Virginia. The Death of the Moth and Other Essays. Harcourt Brace, 1942.

Price: US$25.99 + shipping

Description: 1st American Edition, and generally a near VG copy with no dw: some slight bumping to spine ends, and a slight sunning mark to of boards. Inked initials and date fep.

Seller: Poor Richards Books, Felixstowe, United Kingdom

Virginia Woolf.. The Death of The Moth.. Harcourt Brace, 1942.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Description: First American edition (stated). Very Good book without jacket. Bound in dark green cloth, 1942, Harcourt, Brace & Co. Slight wear at tips of corners, very minor rubbing, interior like new. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA.

Seller: Brentwood Books, Kinnelon, NJ, U.S.A.

Woolf, Virginia. The Death of the Moth and Other Essays. Harcourt, Brace, New York, 1942.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Description: Nf, light ep foxing, no dj

Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.

Virginia. Woolf. THE DEATH OF THE MOTH: AND OTHER ESSAYS.. Hogarth, 1942.

Price: US$49.98 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: G+ 1st US edition, 1942, Harcourt Brace, in G dj w/toning, chips, small tears

Seller: Penn and Ink Used and Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.

Woolf, Virginia. The Death of the Moth and Other Essays. Harcourt, Brace And Company, New York, 1942.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very solid condition with minor wear at front lower board tip and at head and foot of spine. Square and solid, now protected by covering. .Small mark on top foredge. Interior pages toned, but unmarked. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.

Virginia Woolf. The Death of the Moth and Other Essays. Harcourt Brace, New York, 1942.

Price: US$53.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Early printing (though unstated). A near fine copy with previous owner's name and date written (very small) to the top of the front pastedown in a very good dust jacket with attractive front and rear covers but heavily age darkened spine area (which is common to this title) BX51

Seller: J. F. Whyland Books, Jeffersonville, IN, U.S.A.

Woolf, Virginia. The Death of the Moth and Other Essays. Harcourt Brace & Company, NY, 1942.

Price: US$63.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: . . . . First American edition (so stated) 8vo, hardcover. Vg+ condition in vg dj. Dust jacket chipped at head and heel of spine, now enclosed in a removable mylar protector. Covers and contents clean, unworn, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. 20th, British, Century, Literature, Modern,

Seller: Tiber Books, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.

Woolf, Virginia. The Death of the Moth. Harcourt, Brace, New York, 1942.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Dust jacket with traces of wear at spine ends. Owner's pencil signature on upper corner of front flyleaf.

Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.

Woolf, Virginia. THE DEATH OF A MOTH. Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1942.

Price: US$81.20 + shipping

Description: THE DEATH OF A MOTH, Harcourt Brace, 1942, first American edition, some foxing to the margins of the paste-downs and end-papers, elae a near fine copy in vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and moderate tanning.

Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.

Virginia Woolf. The Death Of The Moth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942.

Price: US$88.99 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Deckled edges and in great condition. Missing dust jacket. A classic, quiet read. (BR) Box 60

Seller: Best Books And Antiques, Chandler, TX, U.S.A.

Woolf, Virginia. The Death of the Moth and other Essays.. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Minor shelf wear & light soiling to boards & edges of text block. Tanning on pastedowns & endpapers. Text and images unmarked. Previous dealers vintage label on ffep. Dj lightly shelf worn with scuffs, creases, toning & small soiling spots in a mylar cover. PRIORITY SHIPPING PROVIDED IN THE USA FOR THE PRICE OF MEDIA MAIL SHIPPING.

Seller: Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Woolf, Virginia. The Death of the Moth and Other Essays. Harcourt, Brace And Company, New York, 1942.

Price: US$122.50 + shipping

Description: First printing (unstated) . Book is in just about fine condition in green cloth boards with white lettering stamped on spine. Former owner's name inked on front free endpage. Unclipped dust jacket is in very good condition, with light wear to edges, one short closed tear at rear, and slight overall darkening, especially on spine. Overall a handsome copy. Posthumous essays edited by Leonard Woolf. 248 pp. In protective mylar.

Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

Woolf, Virginia. The Death of the Moth and Other Essays. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very Good Hardcover, no dustjacket, stated first edition, previous owner's signature, small nick on top of spine

Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.

WOOLF, VIRGINIA. The Death of the Moth and Other Essays. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1942.

Price: US$132.67 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Octavo. Bound in green cloth, white spine lettering, pp. viii, 248, dust jacket by Vanessa Bell. Jacket browned, primarily to spine and flap-folds, with water flecks to the spine only, chips to the tips and spine ends affecting publisher imprint at base of spine.

Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada

Woolf, Virginia 1882-1941. The Death of the Moth and Other Essays. Harcourt, Brace, New York, 1942.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Edited by Leonard Woolf. Kirkpatrick A27b. The protected jacket with cover design by Woolf's sister, Vanessa Bell. Size: 22.1cm. Viii,248pp.

Seller: Barberry Hill Books, West Newbury, MA, U.S.A.

Woolf, Virginia. The Death of the Moth (first printing). Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, 1942.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Harcourt Brace & Co. New York. 1942. 248 pages. First American Edition, stated; first printing. The American edition contains an extra essay not present in the UK first edition. 1 of only 3,475 copies printed in the first American edition. Book is tight and clean. Minor, scant foxing/toning to endpapers. One corner tip gently pushed, barely. Two tiny dots on bright green cloth; white titles on spine. $3.00 price intact on DJ. DJ shows light soiling and slight darkening to DJ spine. An attractive first American edition, first printing. One of only 3,475 copies. VG/VG

Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.

WOOLF, Virginia. The Death of the Moth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1942.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First American edition. Fine in very good plus, slightly spine-tanned dustwrapper. A very nice copy.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

WOOLF, VIRGINIA. The death of the moth and other essays. Harcourt, Brace, New York, 1942.

Price: US$218.75 + shipping

Description: First American edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 248; very small crease tears at bottom of spine of dust-jacket, and slight browning of the jacket at the edges and some soiling of the back panel, but otherwise this is a fine copy in the Vanessa Bell-designed jacket. A posthumous collection of Woolf's essays, gathered and seen through the press by Leonard Woolf. Virginia Woolf had been in the process of creating a third volume of essays just before she committed suicide in 1941.

Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.

WOOLF, Virginia.. The Death of a Moth and other Essays.. Harcourt Brace and Company, New York, 1942.

Price: US$265.35 + shipping

Description: First U.S. edition. A fine copy in d/w which is darkened on the spine and has some minor wear to the spine ends but is o/w very nice.

Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada

Woolf, Virginia. The Death of the Moth. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1942.

Price: US$330.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 8vo. [4], v-viii, [2], 3-248, [1] pp. Green cloth with white lettering and two white rules on the spine. Price of $3.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Ahearn APG 034c. Kirkpatrick A27. Edited by Leonard Woolf. A ten year gap exists between this collection of essays and the final one Woolf published before her death, The Second Common Reader. The Death of the Moth was published the year after Woolf died. A landmark collection of literary essays. A Near Fine book in a Very Good or better jacket that shows toning and very minor edge wear.

Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.