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Woolf (Virginia) On Being Ill, one of 250 copies signed by the author, this one of 25 "preliminary state" copies, woodcut illustration on final f., light browning to endpapers, original vellum-backed cloth, light fading to covers, uncut, [Kirkpatrick A14; Woolmer 245], 8vo, Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1930.

⁂ This one of the rare so-called preliminary state copies, likely given out to friends of the Woolfs with the limitation corrected from 125 to 250 and with "out of series" note in Leonard Woolf's hand in purple ink in place of the number. "The preliminary state probably comprises 25 copies which were distributed free, probably without a dust jacket" - Kirkpatrick.

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Woolf (Virginia) On Being Ill, one of 250 copies signed by the author, this one of 25 "preliminary state" copies, woodcut illustration on final f., light browning to endpapers, original vellum-backed cloth, light fading to covers, uncut, [Kirkpatrick A14; Woolmer 245], 8vo, Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1930.

⁂ This one of the rare so-called preliminary state copies, likely given out to friends of the Woolfs with the limitation corrected from 125 to 250 and with "out of series" note in Leonard Woolf's hand in purple ink in place of the number. "The preliminary state probably comprises 25 copies which were distributed free, probably without a dust jacket" - Kirkpatrick.

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