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BELL, QUENTIN: : VIRGINIA WOOLF: A BIOGRAPHY. [Volume II: MRS WOOLF 1912 to1941.]

LONDON.THE HOGARTH PRESS,1973.

ISBN 0701203714.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5th imp. [First published (UK) October 1972,then a 2nd+3rd impressions the same month,a 4th in February 1973 and then this,the 5th impression in April 1973.] VG+/VG++. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy, subject's b/w portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj with subject's capitalised black-lettered name and part-title,other white lettered partial sub-title and author's name to top edge of front of dw/dj; a light blue spine/backstrip with repeated capitalised,black-lettered subject name and detailed sub-title and author's name,plus publisher’s name to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with white background and advertisement of first volume's title accompanied by critics' black-lettered reviews of same.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners,top two corner tips minisculely rubbed with reciprocal loss – no other major nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges with light toning,faint dust-flecking to top,fore-edge brighter and with some minimal sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corner tips – appears unread, apart from my own collation.Publisher’s bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plainpale grey paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip,and immaculate OS survey 1912 b/w map of environs round Lewes,Sussex to front endpapers and (OS,1920) b/w diagrammatic street map of St. Giles-in-the-Fields and St. George, Bloomsbury illustrated rear endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,5th imp,v-ixpp+1-300pp [paginated] includes a Contents list/table,an Illustrations list/table,Acknowledgements,10 chapters,7 double-sided contemporary b/w biographical photographic pages interspersed throughout the text and the book; Appendices (A-C),a Note on Sources and References,References: Volume I + II,a short Bibliography,and an Index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title,subject b/w portrait photographic frntis,and facsimile b/w illustration of Virginia Woolf's handwriting, 1925. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 50+ year-old age.It is only the faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall. Despite them it really is still an exemplary example for its brightness and lack of major detracting faults. The 2nd volume of a two-volume biography of Virginia Woolf,written posthumously by her nephew Quentin Bell and the book is unique,being based upon unpublished rather than published sources.Prior to his death Leanard Woolf invited the author [Virginia's nephew] to write her biography,giving him access to all her private documents including the diaries which she kept for most of her life; and in addition he had access to two important archives and has seen a great many letters,memoirs,and unpublished works of her fiction.                                 Volume Two discusses in detail her life with Leonard Woolf and the prolonged mental breakdown of the years 1912-1915.The origins and growth of the Hogarth Press are described and also Virginia's gradual emergence as a novelist of ever-increasing reputation.The later history of her friends in the 'Bloomsbury Group' is examined as also some new and important friends of her later years: Katherine Mansfield, T.S. Eliot, Ethel Smyth, Hugh Walpole and, most important of all,Vita Sackville-West.Professor Bell describes the struggles involved in the writing of 'The Waves' and later of 'The Years',the political and personal distresses of Virginia's last decade which end with the war and her suicide.                                 Woolf's character was difficult and complex but Professor Bell has succeeded in presenting her with skill,humour and candour.He has produced a truthful, fascinating and extraordinarily evocative portrait of this remarkable woman.      Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.                                            ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **  

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,5th imp.
Not SIGNED.

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