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Virginia Woolf; deorations by Vanessa Bell. Kew Gardens. Hogarth Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: . . . . Limited edition, #209 of 500 copies Large 8vo, hardcover. No dj. Good+ condition. Paper backstrip perished; covers lightly soiled. Contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding secure. A lovely collaboration between Virginia Woolf and her sister. First published in 1919, the sisters reprised the joint effort. From the NYPL: "By 1927, the Woolfs [Hogarth Press] printing capabilities had improved, and Bell agreed to revisit the project in the form of a large-paper limited edition. She designed head- and tailpieces plus other decorations for each page, as well as covers that are emblematic of Bells style."
Seller: Tiber Books, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.
WOOLF, Virginia. Kew Gardens. Hogarth Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$1700.00 + shipping
Description: Decorations by Vanessa Bell. Thin small 4to, pictorial boards by Vanessa Bell. Corners & extremes of spine slightly rubbed. London: Hogarth Press (1999). Limited Edition First Illustrated edition. Number 382 of 500 copies.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Woolf, Virginia; Vanessa Bell [Illustrator]. Kew Gardens. The Hogarth Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First fully illustrated edition, third overall, number 182 of 500 copies hand-numbered by Virginia Woolf in her distinctive purple ink. Original cream and brown boards, recased with new rear cover and new endpapers, spine and front cover lettered in brown, front cover decorated with three-colour design by Vanessa Bell, edges untrimmed. Decorative floral frames throughout the text by Vanessa Bell. Very Good+ with light wear at extremities, minor soiling; lightly toned overall and contents slightly toned. A beautiful copy of this short novel by Virginia Woolf set in the infamous Kew Gardens of London. Its unexpected success was "the most dramatic factor in the Woolf's becoming significant commercial publishers." Woolmer 155.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$6200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hard Cover. No Jacket. Signed by Author. HB NODustJacket, 1927, Limited NUMBERED Edition, #120/500 Copies, Third English Edition, & 1st Illustrated Edition, Brown, white green, grey decorated Illustrated Boards lettered in Brown slightly Warped Cover & with chips tears to Extremities, Spinestrip MISSING, but tiny Spine Piece still there unattached, VG-/G00D-, SOLD AS-IS, NODJ, Light soil Back, Corner cover tiny ding Tear, Interior Relatively Nice tight , light wear, Fox, with tiny corner DINGS to bottom edge pgs, Unpaginated, INNER Hinges Starting causing LOOSENESS to some PAGES, . This story, was first Originally published by the Hogarth Press in 1919, & was Woolfs First Individual Volume Published )
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Woolf, Virginia. Kew Gardens.. The Hogarth Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Description: Signed limited edition, number 172 of 500 numbered copies, signed by Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell in purple ink. Quarto, original illustrated paper boards, text printed within woodcut borders designed by Woolf's sister Vanessa Bell. From the library of publisher, editor, and literary agent Donald Friede, and with his Miguel Covarrubias-designed book-plate on front paste-down. In very good condition with the spine largely perished. Rare and desirable.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$8500.00 + shipping
Description: Third Edition/First Thus. Hardcover. Binding is housed in a clamshell box covered in sky blue buffalo skin and light blue Stonehenge paper. Leather spine embroidered with author's name in pale pink cotton floss. Trays covered in pale yellow handmade paper and lined with light grey Novasuede. Exquisitely bound in a manner and style reflecting Vanessa Bell's illustrations. First fully illustrated edition, hand-numbered by Virginia Woolf, this being number 48 of 500. This was a collaboration between author and artist which was deeply important to Woolf, who saw it as a means of "binding herself to her sister" (Willis, p31). "Bell's designs for this edition occur on every page of text, acting as borders, punctuation, bridges, or disruptions into the type-set text. In contrast, the first and second editions of 1919 only had a frontispiece and finispiece by Bell, and she was not satisfied with them." This title was Virginia Woolf's third published book and one of her early shorter fictions, which "were less stories than theoretical expositions of the new form of fiction that she had come upon" (ODNB). Heavy paper leaves show a touch of age toning, else tight, bright, and unmarred. French-style fine binding with laced-in boards, bound in sky blue buffalo skin with back-pared onlays in handmade papers in two shades of blue, chartreuse, two shades of orange, natural, deep purple and mauve plus pale pink buffalo skin, pale yellow calfskin and hand-dyed goatskin, onlays are embellished with cotton embroidery floss, leather wrapped endbands in ochre with bands of pink, blush and pale pink threads; text sewn on stubs of lilac paper, marbled island paste down with onlays in mocha brown handmade paper and hand-dyed goatskin, sky blue buffalo skin hinges, handmade paper flyleaves and endpapers in two shades of yellow. 4to. np. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 48 of 500. Near Fine in Fine Drop-Spine Archival Box
Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
WOOLF, Virginia.. Kew Gardens. Decorated by Vanessa Bell.. [London:] The Hogarth Press, 1927, 1927.
Price: US$8586.16 + shipping
Description: First fully illustrated edition (third overall), signed by both Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, not called for in the limitation, and scarce thus. It is hand-numbered by Virginia Woolf as number 143, from a limited edition of 500 copies. The collaboration between author and artist during its initial publication held a great personal importance to Woolf, who saw it as a means of "binding herself to her sister" (Willis, p. 31). Bell's designs for this edition occur on every page of text, acting as borders, punctuation, bridges, or disruptions into the type-set text. In contrast, the first and second editions of 1919 only had a frontispiece and finispiece by Bell, and she was not satisfied with them. This title was Virginia Woolf's third published book and one of her early shorter fictions, which "were less stories than theoretical expositions of the new form of fiction that she had come upon" (ODNB). Its unexpected success was "the most dramatic factor in the Woolfs' becoming significant commercial publishers" (Woolmer, p. xxiii). Sales dramatically increased following a review in the Times Literary Supplement hailing it as "a work of art. a thing of original and therefore strange beauty, with its own 'atmosphere,' its own vital force" (29 May 1919). Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in brown morocco, titles blocked to spine in cream, onlay to front board copied from the original decorated paper boards designed by Vanessa Bell, decorative endpapers based on designs by Vanessa Bell in loop and spot pattern, top edge gilt. Decorative floral frames throughout the text by Vanessa Bell. Title page printed in brown. Printed on rectos only. The occasional minor blemish, an excellent copy finely bound.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
WOOLF, Virginia. KEW GARDENS. The Hogarth Press (1927), London, 1927.
Price: US$10625.00 + shipping
Description: Third Edition and the First Illustrated Edition bound in the original brown and white paper-covered boards with Vanessa Bell's illustrations, expertly rebacked with original backstrip laid down; 45 pages with text printed on rectos only and with decorations by Vanessa Bell on every page. Copy #118 of only 500 numbered copies, some of which, as is this copy, were SIGNED by both the author and the illustrator. First published in 1919 with only two illustrations by Woolf's sister, Vanessa Bell, this is the most desirable edition of this short story. Title and limitation pages with moderate foxing, light foxing scattered throughout; front board very slightly bowed, light rubbing to boards and corners. Very Good
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Woolf, Virginia. Kew Gardens. The Hogarth Press, 1927.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The HOGARTH PRESS, London, 1927. Hard Cover. A near fine first illustrated edition in a near fine dust jacket, with the spine completely intact, which is very rare, and most of the original clear wax paper outer jacket present. Vanessa Bell (illustrator). First Illustrated Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. No. 133 of 500 Copies Signed by Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell with the characteristic purple ink. Rust, mustard and grey floral design and lettering on front cover. Housed in a custom-made cloth folding case with gilt lettered leather label on spine. Signed by Author and Illustrator.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.