Pom Harrington presents this first edition of Two Stories, one of only 150 copies. The first book published by the Woolfs, it was printed by hand and bound in paper bought as wanted at a local stationers resulting in at least three different types of paper: the red and white geometric limp linen (seen here), a rather unsuccessful plain yellow paper, and a blue Japanese tissue.
Though this item is now sold, all our catalogued works by Virginia Woolf can be viewed online here.
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