THE YEARS. [with variant jacket]

1937. Bell, Vanessa. [a "colonial cloth" copy] London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1937. Original jade-green cloth, with dust jacket.

First Edition of one of Virginia Woolf's longest novels -- and one of the last to be published before her death by suicide. To quote from the dust jacket: Its theme is the passing of the last fifty years, seen through the everyday life of separate individuals. The theme is presented in the concrete details of their daily life and the impact upon individuals of all the forces that mould society, from fear and love to war and politics... The paths of all these people begin in the (truncated) 'eighties of the last century, diverge and cross and diverge again through the years, and finally meet once more, at the end of the book, in the present day. The volume is in very good-plus condition (slightly askew, moderate discoloration of the cloth), and so is the dust jacket (some wear at the extremities, notably at the ends of the front joint). But the jacket is notable in that the words "COLONIAL CLOTH" are printed above the author's first name on the front panel, in the same color brown as is used (with black) in the jacket design. The book itself appears to be a standard first edition, as does the jacket other than those two words; we have never seen this jacket before. Kirkpatrick A22a (making no mention of a colonial issue, nor of this jacket). (Inventory #: 15705)