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The common reader : second series

Title
The common reader : second series / Virginia Woolf.
Author
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.
Publication
London : Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1932.
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Additional Authors
  • Woolf, Leonard, 1880-1969
  • Hogarth Press, publisher.
  • R. & R. Clark (Firm), printer.
  • William Beekman Collection of Virginia Woolf and her Circle.
Description
270 pages; 23 cm
Alternative Title
Common reader II
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Essays.
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Page proofs.
  • Review copies.
  • Advance copies.
Note
  • "The Common Reader II. By Virginia Woolf. Second proofs. To be published in October, 1932"-typed label on upper wrapper.
  • "Printed in Great Britain by R&R Clark, Limited, Edinburgh"--title page verso.
Source (note)
  • Acquired from William B. Beekman
Provenance (note)
  • William Beekman bookplate on inside upper flap of case.
Binding (note)
  • Bound in publisher's brown wrappers with green printed label, printed in black and red, on upper wrapper.
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--I. James Woodforde; II. John Skinner -- Dr. Burney's evening party -- Jack Mytton -- De Quincey's autobiography -- Four figures--I. Cowper and Lady Austen; II. Beau Brummell; III. 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?
Call Number
Berg Coll Beekman 19-56
OCLC
1126770560
Author
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.
Title
The common reader : second series / Virginia Woolf.
Imprint
London : Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1932.
Edition
Second proofs.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Physical Medium
8vo. rdabf
Provenance
William Beekman bookplate on inside upper flap of case. NN
Binding
Bound in publisher's brown wrappers with green printed label, printed in black and red, on upper wrapper. NN
Local Note
William Beekman Collection of Virginia Woolf and her Circle.
Source
Acquired from William B. Beekman, 2019 NN
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Added Author
Woolf, Leonard, 1880-1969, publisher.
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941, publisher.
Hogarth Press, publisher.
R. & R. Clark (Firm), printer.
William Beekman Collection of Virginia Woolf and her Circle.
Cover Title
Common reader II
Research Call Number
Berg Coll Beekman 19-56
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