The Common Reader.

Woolf (Virginia)

The Common Reader.

Description: FIRST EDITION, first issue, some light foxing to prelims, recurrent at close, pp. 305, crown 8vo, original white boards backed with grey cloth, the upper board with an illustration by Vanessa Bell printed in green and brown, backstrip lettered in black and a little browned, a little wear at backstrip ends, nicked at head with tape-shadow to the same, light wear at corners and a touch of fading to board edges, lightly handled, contemporary ownership inscription of Barbara Bagenal to flyleaf (see below), good

Publication Details: Hogarth Press, 1925

Notes: The copy of artist Barbara Bagenal (née Hiles), a friend of Carrington from the Slade who assisted the Woolfs with their early printing and had relationships with Clive Bell, Saxon Sydney Turner, David Garnett and John Maynard Keynes.

Bibliography: (Kirkpatrick A8a; Woolmer 81)