The Common Reader: Second Series
London: The Hogarth Press, 1932.


The Common Reader: Second Series
London: The Hogarth Press, 1932. First edition. A Near Fine copy of the book in like dust jacket. Cloth a bit darkened, particularly on the spine. Contemporary owner's inscription on the front end paper. Very minor foxing. Jacket with the spine toned and the upper edge of the jacket a bit rolled, otherwise in nice shape.
A second collection of essays exploring literary topics from the author To the Lighthouse, Mrs. Dalloway, and A Room of One's Own. Woolf turns her critical and creative eye towards English literature’s greats including Jonathan Swift, Beau Brummell, Mary Wollstonecraft, Cristina Rossetti, and Thomas Hardy. Written with accessible and appealing prose, she concludes her volume with musings on the highly personal and intellectual experience of reading. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. (Item #5892)