Women Writers

First edition, inscribed by the author; 8vo; 7 coloured plates on thick coloured paper by Eric Kennington, slight age-toning to leaves, otherwise unmarked internally, 'First Pharos Editions' list tipped in; publisher's orange cloth, blue lettering to spine and upper cover, pictorial endpapers, with the unclipped pictorial dustjacket, somewhat toned, loss to top edge of front panel (affecting title), slight loss to head and foot of spine; very good overall.

First edition; 8vo; light foxing to endpapers and edges of textblock, otherwise internally unmarked; publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, corners and spine ends slightly bumped, with the original dustjacket by Vanessa Bell, some general spotting, small nick to lower front joint, else very good.

First edition; 8vo; 5 black and white photographic plates, minor age-toning, offsetting to endpapers; publisher's yellow cloth, gilt lettering to spine, cloth slightly toned, with the original pictorial dustjacket by Vanessa Bell, spine slightly toned, slight spotting to front panel, slight dust-soiling to rear panel, minor edge-wear, else a very good example.

First edition; 8vo; light spotting to prelims, leaves slightly toned; publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, slight spotting to fore-edge, with the unclipped dustjacket printed in blue and red, slight chipping to spine ends and corners, else a near-fine example.

First edition; 8vo; leaves slightly toned, else unmarked internally; publisher's burgundy cloth, black lettering to spine and upper cover, with the dustjacket, spine panel slightly faded, else a near-fine example.

First edition; 8vo; unmarked internally; publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, with the pictorial dustjacket, light spotting to rear panel, short closed tear to lower edge of front panel, light toning to spine, very slight creasing to extremities, else a near-fine example.

First edition, first printing (with the correct front and rear endpapers according to Linder); 16mo (160 x 110 mm); colour frontispiece, plain title vignette, 14 colour plates, colour pictorial endpapers, a little oxidising and curiously, mild spotting to some blank versos, some light spots to fore-edge (as usual but not affecting text or illustrations, a small smudge to corner of upper free endpaper but in the main, very good-plus; publisher's red boards with inset colour illustration, spine slightly sunned, otherwise a very good, sharp copy, in the original or coeval printed glassine dust-jacket, slightly over-sized (as it should be), toned and a few small manuscript ticks next to some of the titles listed on the rear panel, otherwise in exceptionally good condition and especially rare in such a good wrapper.

Second edition, 12mo (19 x 11 cm); contemporary gift inscription in sepia ink to upper margin of title, dated 'March 1949'; original brown cloth boards, rubbed, front end leaf partially detached, held by gentle tape repair, ink staining, notes and pencil scribbles to some pages. 278 pp.

First edition, first impression; 8vo; publisher's red cloth, titles to spine gilt, in the minimally sunned and very slightly rubbed dust jacket.

First edition, one of 500 copies, inscribed by the author; 8vo; unmarked internally; original dark grey wrappers, stitched as issued, black lettering to upper cover, light wear to extremities, unopened and uncut, with NPG tissue wrapping with label.