WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). The Mark on the Wall. Richmond: Hogarth Press, 1919. 8°. Printed at the Pelican Press. Original off-white paper wrappers (lightly dustmarked). THE AUTHOR'S FIRST SEPARATE PUBLICATION, preceded only by publication in the Hogarth Press's first book, Two Stories (1917). Kirkpatrick A2b; Woolmer 8. Second edition.

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VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882-1941) From the beginning, in the first decade of the century, Virginia Woolf was at least as much rival as friend to Ottoline Morrell. With many friends in common, they competed intellectually, socially and emotionally, but also came to appreciate and value one another. Gradually, they realised that they stood for and against many of the same things in the arts and politics. By the 1930s they were confidantes, and Morrell asked Woolf to read the memoirs she was writing and advise her on style (lot 168). 'Bertie, Lytton, Henry Lamb, Lawrence,' said Woolf, ' -- since Helen of Troy I don't think any woman can have launched so many ships.' See also lots 319 - 321.

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WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). The Mark on the Wall. Richmond: Hogarth Press, 1919. 8°. Printed at the Pelican Press. Original off-white paper wrappers (lightly dustmarked). THE AUTHOR'S FIRST SEPARATE PUBLICATION, preceded only by publication in the Hogarth Press's first book, Two Stories (1917). Kirkpatrick A2b; Woolmer 8. Second edition.

In a letter to Katherine Mansfield on 20 November 1919, John Middleton Murry wrote: 'I found Bertie with Ottoline in the drawing-room. There was some talk of Virginia's book, which Philip disliked, Ottoline half-liked (apparently - she probably wrote something quite different to V.) & Bertie & I hadn't read.'

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