Richmond: Printed and Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, Hogarth House, 1923. Pictorial Boards. One of 400 copies printed by Leonard and Virginia Woolf. Royal 8vo (257 x 186mm): 25,[1]pp, with frontispiece and one further drawing by Duncan Grant and one figuree by Vanessa Bell. Original..... more
Richmond: Hogarth Press, 1921. First Edition. Stiff Card Covers. First and only Impression, limited to 350 copies, hand printed by Leonard and Virginia Woolf. Crown 8vo (190 x 130mm): 29,[3]pp. String-bound stiff buff wrappers, lettered and with clover design in red on front cover. A superb copy, partly unopened, fresh..... more
London: Hogarth Press, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression ("First published 1935" on copyright page), one of only 1500 copies, of this odd and unexpected life of Charlotte Stuart, Duchess of Albany (1753-1789), illegitimate daughter of the Jacobite pretender Prince Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie"), his only child to..... more
![Item #BB2124 [Bloomsbury] The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories. . FORSTER, dward, organ,...](/pictures/thumb/BB2124.jpeg?v=1634389681)
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1911. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. First Printing of Forster's first collection of stories, designed by Roger Fry, one of only 1000 copies published, and the first of Bloomsbury's literary works to include Bloomsbury art. Crown 8vo (184 x 131mm) [8],164,[4]pp. Publisher's pale brown cloth, front cover..... more
London: Hogarth Press, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of the author's final novel. Small 8vo: [4],252pp. Publisher's aquamarine cloth, spine lettered in gold, top edge stained yellow; Lynton Lamb illustrated dust jacket, priced 11s/6d. Better than Near Fine (dust-soiled top edge, front edge lightly spotted, but binding square and..... more
![Item #BB0898 [Books into Film] Goodbye to Berlin [Sally Bowles]. Christopher ISHERWOOD](/pictures/thumb/BB0898.jpg?v=1551413132)
London: Hogarth Press, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of these "Brilliant sketches of a society in decay" (Orwell). 8vo: 317,[1]pp. Publisher's coarsely woven oatmeal-colored cloth, spine stamped crimson with matching top-stain. Near Fine, cloth and edges dust-soiled, lettering slightly faded, but pages clean, tight and bright. According to Woolmer..... more
![Item #BB1033 The Memorial [First State]; Portrait of a Family. Christopher ISHERWOOD](/pictures/thumb/BB1033.jpeg?v=1625913372)
London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 52 Tavistock Square, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression (one of only 1,222 copies) of this "remarkably acute and assured novel about the pre- and post-war generations, seen from both sides of the divide" (ODNB) in the uncommon first-state..... more
![Item #BB1562 Sally Bowles [Cabaret]. Christopher ISHERWOOD](/pictures/thumb/BB1562_01.jpeg?v=1629642543)
London: Hogarth Press, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of one of Isherwood's famous Berlin Stories. Small 8vo: 150pp. Publisher's finely woven French blue cloth, spine lettered in black, without the scarce dust jacket. One of only 2040 copies (reprinted later the same year and again in 1938). A Fine..... more
London: Verona Press, 1939. First Edition thus. Hardcover. First Limited (and First Illustrated) Edition, number 145 of 1200 copies printed at the Officina Bodoni on handmade paper. Oversized 8vo: [xii],316,[2, colophon]pp, Illustrated with 16 superb colored lithographs by the French Cubist artist Marie Laurencin (1883-1956). Publisher's olive-green and cream patterned..... more
London: Hogarth Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression (no further printings noted) of this war diary, presenting an intimate portrait of life at Ham Spray House. Tall 8vo: 215,[9]pp, with eight pages of plates. Publisher's cinnamon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, wraparound dust jacket illustrated by Angelica Garnett (nèe..... more
London: Hogarth Press, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of the author's first novel. Small 8vo: 232pp. Publisher's scarlet cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge stained vermilion, bottom edge untrimmed; dust jacked, priced 9s/6d, strikingly illustrated by Ruth Sheradski. Fine and unread, in a Near Fine or better jacket..... more
London: Hogarth Press, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of one of the author's early collections, of 10 short stories. Small 8vo: viii,250pp. Publisher's tangerine cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge stained deep pink, bottom edge untrimmed; dust jacked, priced 8s/6d. Very Fine and unread. "William Sansom was once..... more
London: Hogarth Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of the author's fifth novel. Small 8vo: 221,[1]pp. Publisher's forest green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust jacked, priced 13s/6d, strikingly illustrated by Charles Mozley. Very Fine and unread. "William Sansom was once described as London's closest equivalent to Franz Kafka..... more
![Item #BB1576 The Loving Eye [wraparound band]. William SANSOM, Charles Mozley, Illustrates](/pictures/thumb/BB1576_01.jpeg?v=1629642729)
London: Hogarth Press, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of one of the author's "most important" novels, with the red Book Society wraparound band. Small 8vo: 239,[1]pp. Publisher's French blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge stained deep pink, bottom edge untrimmed; dust jacked, priced 13s/6d, strikingly illustrated by..... more
![Item #BB2011 The Equilibriad [Signed]. William SANSOM, Lucien Freud, illustrates](/pictures/thumb/BB2011.jpg?v=1551914718)
London: Hogarth Press, 1948. Hardcover. Signed limited edition of Sansom's early novella about a man who wakes one morning to discover himself physically and psychologically aslant, illustrated with five superb full-page plates after drawings by Lucian Freud. Number 479 of 750 copies signed by Sansom on limitation page. 8vo: 45,[1]pp..... more
![Item #BB2126 [Bloomsbury] Poems and Fables [Unopened]. R. C. TREVELYAN, e, Robert Calver y](/pictures/thumb/BB2126.jpeg?v=1634389923)
London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1925. First Edition. Paper-Covered Boards. Only printing, from an edition of approximately 300 copies. Slim 8vo (217 x 138mm): 23,[1]pp. Publisher's marbled paper-covered boards, cream paper label printed in black to upper board. A superb survival, completely unopened, binding square and..... more