The Common Reader by Woolf Virginia, First Edition (96 results)

First Edition. 11th Printing Paperback Good+. 4 1/4 X 7, 245, Mass paperback. General wear.

Condition: New. 2003. 1st Edition. paperback. Woolf attempts to see literature from the perspective of the "common reader", someone whom she distinguished from the critic and the scholar. She invesigates medieval England, tsarist Russia, Elizabethan playwrights, Victorian novelists and modern essayists. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244. . . . . .

Condition: New. 2003. 1st Edition. paperback. Woolf attempts to see literature from the perspective of the "common reader", someone whom she distinguished from the critic and the scholar. She invesigates medieval England, tsarist Russia, Elizabethan playwrights, Victorian novelists and modern essayists. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214. . . . . .

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 281 clean, unmarked pages/ index/Bibliography.

Softcover. Condition: VG in orig. azure wrapper. 1st paperback. [5], 330 p.; 20 cm. (A harvest book) [First printed in 1932; first thus in 1986].

paperback. Near fine mass market paperback, Harvest HB24, 1st printing. A distinguished collection of essays by one the most accomplished artists in English Letters.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, green cloth, gilt lettering, 270 pp. Cocked, spine faded, covers slightly soiled. No jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Harvest Books, 1960. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good with spotting on page ends and light shelf wear on covers. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A36, First Printing. 240pp. + publisher's ads. Slight wear, section of soiling along front joint, very faint dampstain along part of front joint. The dust jacket has a dampstain on spine with some repaired tears to spine and folds, using archival tape. Photos on request Size: Mass Market.

paperback. Condition: New. First Edition. Special order direct from the distributor.

First Edition. First Penguin edition. Good paperback copy; edges and cover slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Spine and cover torn. Front cover loose but present. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 206 pages + 2 unnumbered pages publisher's advertisements : frontispiece (portrait) ; 18 cm. Contents; The strange Elizabethans -- Donne after three centuries -- "The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia" -- "Robinson Crusoe" -- Dorothy Osborne's "Letters" -- Swift's "Journal to Stella" -- The "Sentimental journey" -- Lord Chesterfield's letters to his son -- Two parsons : James Woodforde ; John Skinner -- Dr. Burney's evening party -- Jack Mytton -- De Quincey's autobiography -- Four figures : Cowper and Lady Austen ; Beau Brummell ; Mary Wollstonecraft ; Dorothy Wordsworth -- William Hazlitt -- Geraldine and Jane -- "Aurora Leigh" -- The niece of an earl -- George Gissing -- The novels of George Meredith -- "I am Christina Rossetti" -- The novels of Thomas Hardy -- How should one read a book? Subjects; English literature History and criticism. English literature. Literature, Modern History and criticism. Penguin books (series). Prose in English 1900-1945. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1932 Harcourt Brace & World hardcover - 1st edition 2nd printing - no dust jacket - minor staining to cover - some staining to closed page edge - otherwise binding strong contents clean - enjoy.

First Edition. First Penguin edition. Good paperback copy; edges and cover slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Spine and cover torn. Front cover loose but present. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 206 pages + 2 unnumbered pages publisher's advertisements : frontispiece (portrait) ; 18 cm. Contents; The strange Elizabethans -- Donne after three centuries -- "The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia" -- "Robinson Crusoe" -- Dorothy Osborne's "Letters" -- Swift's "Journal to Stella" -- The "Sentimental journey" -- Lord Chesterfield's letters to his son -- Two parsons : James Woodforde ; John Skinner -- Dr. Burney's evening party -- Jack Mytton -- De Quincey's autobiography -- Four figures : Cowper and Lady Austen ; Beau Brummell ; Mary Wollstonecraft ; Dorothy Wordsworth -- William Hazlitt -- Geraldine and Jane -- "Aurora Leigh" -- The niece of an earl -- George Gissing -- The novels of George Meredith -- "I am Christina Rossetti" -- The novels of Thomas Hardy -- How should one read a book? Subjects; English literature History and criticism. English literature. Literature, Modern History and criticism. Penguin books (series). Prose in English 1900-1945. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

Condition: Good. NY 1932 1st ed (stated) Harcourt Brace. 8vo., 295pp. blue cloth. Owner signed. Good, slight browning of end papers, cover lightly rubbed and most of spine lettering rubbed off, no DJ.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First American paperback edition. Ex-library with institutional stamp on interior panel and blind stamp on title page, wraps and spine toned with chips at the spine ends, very good.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First American paperback edition. Ex-library copy with institutional rubberstamp on inside front cover and blindstamp on title page, wrappers and spine toned, very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 295pp; contents clean and textually unmarked. No library stamps. Owner's small nameplate affixed inside front cover. Blue cloth HC with minor rubs to tips and spine ends. First Edition, Third Printing, December 1932.

First Edition. First Pelican edition. Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Hinges repaired. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 240 pages; 19 cm. Contents: Partial contents pp. 133-144. Jane Austen. Subjects: Austen, Jane 1775-1817. Literature, Modern History and criticism. English literature History and criticism. English literature. Literature, Modern. History. Criticism. Literary Criticism. Essays. Literature History and criticism. Genre: Criticism. Interpretation. Fiction. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

First Edition. First Pelican edition. Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Hinges repaired. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 240 pages; 19 cm. Contents: Partial contents pp. 133-144. Jane Austen. Subjects: Austen, Jane 1775-1817. Literature, Modern History and criticism. English literature History and criticism. English literature. Literature, Modern. History. Criticism. Literary Criticism. Essays. Literature History and criticism. Genre: Criticism. Interpretation. Fiction. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First American Edition Thus. cloth, hardcover in dust jacket., book has owner signature to front free endpaper. dj is missing most of the spine with sparse, shallow edge-wear, the beautiful cover illustration by vanessa bell is happily intact, as are the flaps and 90% of the rear panel. flap price intact. all is preserved in a new folded mylar protector. no other markings. no foxing, bumps. strong binding.; the contents appeared in two separate publications dated, 1925 and 1932.; original paginations preserved, 332pp. and 295pp. 53 reviews, essays, and other texts. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. "Combined Edition in One Volume Published 1948". First thus, very good in a good or worse dust jacket. Blue cloth is a little worn at edges and on spine; small bits of jacket adhering to front board in a few places. Owner name, place, and date on front endpaper. The jacket is in two pieces - both front and rear panels are attached to the flaps, but no spine. The jacket, with a $4.00 price on front flap, is laid in. Hinges are tight; interior of book is clean and square. 0.

Original Stiff Paper. Condition: Good. First Thus. Green/White Covers Soiled A Bit, (A132) Light Spine Wear. 206 Pgs Ads Rear.

Softcover. First Edition; Later Printing. Very Good+ in wraps.

Hard. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. First American edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Harcourt Brace, 1925, first printing. 8vo., 332 pp. Red cloth with gilt titles. Spine cloth sunned, lettering dull but legible, slight wear at the tips, heel and crown, bookplate on front pastedown, next to last fly leaf opened roughly, light random foxing to first few sheets, otherwise clean, square, tight. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. British edition, second printing, November 1932 (first printing was October 1932). No jacket. Green boards with gold lettering to spine are very good with a hint of pushing/bumping to corners, a few small marks, a little patchy browning (including to spine), the odd small bump/rub to edges and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Previous owner's name, date and address in pen to front end-paper. Odd small mark/minor foxing to page edges and tops. Odd small mark/spot of foxing to bottom edge of pages. Pages bit tanned. Occasional small marks/spots of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First impression of this Pelican paperback impression from 1938 in VG condition, there is some damage to edge of front cover, please see pics.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st edn. 8vo. orig. cl. no d/w. Bds. and spine very marked, occasional foxing. generally good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First American Edition. Copyright 1932 with no printing statement; assumed early but later printing of the First American Edtion. Previous owner's short inscription on front endpaper else a clean, solid hardcover with unmarked text. The unpriced dust jacket is mildly edgeworn along the panels and spine ends, yet presents well under fresh archival mylar. NOT ex-lib. A clean, solid hardcover in original jacket. viii, 295pp.

Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fair in wraps. Faint damp staining along bottom of front panel and spine heel.