About this title: This haunting story circles round Kew Gardens, one hot day in July, as various odd and interesting couples walk by and talk, exchanging words but letting thoughts and memories float languorously above the glossy leaves and exotic flowers.
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Description: Good. 070116879X Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Hogarth Press, London
Date Published: 1999
Description: First Edition thus in decorated brown boards. A beautifully produced facsimilie of the 1927 Edition with decorations by Vanessa Bell. Limited to 500 copies, all Numbered 438. Small 4to. 24 pp. Printed on one side only with the text set into the decorative borders. Kirkpatrick And Clarke A3c. A lovely copy. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: [Printed by Richard Madley for] Hogarth Press, Richmond
Date Published: 1919
Description: Octavo. Original paper wrappers hand-coloured in blue, dark red and black, white label lettered in black on front cover. Woodcut frontispiece and tailpiece by Vanessa Bell. Wrappers worn and chipped at edges, internally clean. Second edition, published June 1919 in an edition of 500 copies, following the first edition of about 170 copies published the previous month. Woolmer 7n. read more
Edition: Third (ltd.) ed., limited to 500 copies, signed by Virginia
Binding: Signed by Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell (in purple ink), on
Publisher: The Hogarth Press, [London]
Date Published: 1927
Description: Spine professionally restored with unprinted white paper, sympathetic to original binding (spine entirely replaced, binding resewn, as usual, due to very fragile construction of original binding), light wear to extremities of covers, front and rear... WOOLF, Virginia. KEW GARDENS. Decorated by Vanessa Bell. [Woolmer 155; Kirkpatrick A3c--both stating "Some copies were signed by the author and illustrator"]. Quarto, illustrated paper-covered boards (designed by Vanessa Bell), [24] leaves ... read more
Binding: boards
Publisher: The Hogarth Press, London
Date Published: 1927
Description: Still a Near Fine copy of this desirable title. Third Edition and the First Illustrated Edition bound in the original decorated boards. Decorations by Vanessa Bell. Copy #49 of only 500 numbered copies SIGNED by both the author and the illustrator. Neatly and professionally rebacked retaining most of the original spine. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: ] The Hogarth Press, [London
Date Published: 1927
Description: Decorated by Vanessa Bell. Octavo. Original brown boards, titles to spine in brown, three-colour pictorial decoration to upper board, in custom brown cloth case. Black and white illustrations throughout. Small bookseller's label to rear pastedown. Browning to free endpapers, slight rubbing and spine a little tanned. An excellent copy. Third edition, limited to 500 copies. This copy is signed by both Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, though the limitation does not call for signatures and signed ... read more
Edition: Second edition, limited to 500 copies
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Hogarth Press, Richmond, [England]
Date Published: 1919
Description: Light wear on spine, with very thin chip at crown, rear cover has 1 1/2-inch nicked tear at top edge, short closed tear at fore-edge, else a near fine copy, fragile wrappers quite fresh and bright; text entirely unopened. Housed in custom, cloth... WOOLF, Virginia. KEW GARDENS. (With Woodcuts by Vanessa Bell). [Kirkpatrick A3b; Woolmer 7, note]. Octavo, floral-patterned wallpaper wrappers, publisher's printed paper cover label, 14 pages, illustrated with woodcuts by Vanessa Bell. Scarce in the ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Hogarth Press, Richmond
Date Published: 1919
Description: Octavo. Original Omega Workshop wallpaper wrappers hand coloured in blue, chocolate-brown and orange on a black background, upper cover with white label printed in black. Housed in a quarter tan morocco drop down box by The Chelsea Bindery, titles to spine gilt. 2 woodcuts by Vanessa Bell, with the cancel slip “L. and V. Woolf” over the imprint (as always), the woodcut on the final page printed on a separate piece of paper and pasted onto the page (second state). Pages a trifle browned as ... read more
Edition: First edition, printed in an edition of "about 170 copies"
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Hogarth Press, Richmond, [England]
Date Published: 1919
Description: Light tanning to cover label (as usual), very light wear and faint creasing at tips of corners, few spots of light wear to extremities, with tiny nick at lower edge of covers, few pages of text have light foxing in lower margin and along inner margin,... WOOLF, Virginia. KEW GARDENS. With Woodcuts by Vanessa Bell. [with woodcut on p. 16 in state 2(without priority)--Kirkpatrick A3a; Woolmer 7]. Octavo, hand-colored decorated wrappers (in blue, chocolate-brown and orange) "from Roger Fry's ... read more
Edition: Facsimile
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chatto & Windus, London
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780701168797ISBN:070116879X
Description: Vanessa Bell. Very Good. No Dj. Larger 8vo. pp. 48. "More than sixty years later, The Hogarth Press at Chatto & Windus has published a lovely facsimile of that prized edition of Kew Gardens. The lush and haunting story circles around Kew Gardens one hot day in July, as various odd and interesting couples walk by and talk, exchanging words but letting thoughts and memories float languorously above the glossy leaves and exotic blooms, while at their feet, a determined snail makes its way slowly ... read more
Edition: Limited
Binding: Paper-Covered-board
Publisher: Chatto & Windus; Random House, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780701168797ISBN:070116879X
Description: Bell, Vanessa. Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. 4to. Pretty brown white yello and gray paper-covered-boards with brown titles on front and spine, light edgewear. book interior clean and tight, illustrations by Vessa Bell, text by Virginia Woolf. #438 of 500 limited edition. read more
Edition: Facsimile Reprint
Binding: Illustrated Boards
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780701168797ISBN:070116879X
Description: Bell, Vanessa. Very Good in None jacket. Limited Edition. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Illustrated boards display minimal wear, bottom corners gently bumoed. Book body clean. Limited edition 500/438. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House: NY
Date Published: 1999 reprint of the Hogarth
Description: Decorations by Vanessa Bell, 10.25 x 7.5, decorated boards, unpag, minor wear and soil else a nice, tight copy of this scarce facsimile reprint. read more
Edition: Facsimile Edition
Binding: Illustrated Cloth
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780701168797ISBN:070116879X
Description: Vanessa Bell. Very Good. No Jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Beautiful, crisp edition w/very minimal shelfwear, book body clean and tight, high quality paper, brown background on front cover w/aerial view in brown, lemon and gray, appears unread. read more
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