Stories of the East.

Woolf (Leonard)

Stories of the East.

Description: FIRST EDITION, [ONE OF 300 COPIES], pp. 55, [1], foolscap 8vo, original tan wrappers with a woodcut design by Carrington to front printed in red, the wrappers a little darkened and creased at extremities, contemporary ownership inscription of Barbara Bagenal in pencil to flyleaf (see below), good

Publication Details: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1921

Notes: The copy of artist Barbara Bagenal (née Hiles), a friend of Carrington from the Slade who assisted the Woolfs with their early printing (Mansfield's 'Prelude' is the only work with which she is known to have been directly involved); the striking cover design is the last of her friend's contributions to Hogarth publications, having also illustrated the inaugural 'Two Stories'.

Bibliography: (Woolmer 16; Luedeking & Edmonds A18a)