{"product_id":"the-sickle-side-of-the-moon-the-letters-of-virginia-woolf-volume-v-1932-1935","title":"The Sickle Side of the Moon: The Letters of Virginia Woolf, Volume V: 1932–1935","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sickle Side of the Moon: The Letters of Virginia Woolf, Volume V: 1932–1935, Virginia Woolf — First Edition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, The Hogarth Press, 1979\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. xx, 476.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Near Fine. This volume presents beautifully in its original teal blue cloth bindings, which remain sharp, square, and firm, showing no significant bumping or shelf-wear. The gilt lettering and vignette tooling to the spine are exceptionally bright and unoxidised. Internally, the text block is highly clean and tight, with pages remaining crisp and free from foxing, internal markings, or major blemishes; there is only the faintest hint of dusting to the extreme top text block edge. The original dust jacket is unclipped and is similarly well-preserved, exhibiting rich, unfaded colour to the panels and spine, with no chips or tears, and is now protected in a clear archival sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e This is a first edition, first impression of the fifth and penultimate volume of Virginia Woolf’s collected letters. It was published by The Hogarth Press, the legendary publishing house established by Virginia and Leonard Woolf in 1917, maintaining the classic and uniform dust jacket design typical of the series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume includes a striking photographic frontispiece portrait of Virginia Woolf taken by Gisèle Freund. While individual volumes of Woolf's letters appear with some regularity on the open market, locating this specific volume in such a well-preserved, crisp condition, complete with an unclipped and unfaded dust jacket, is becoming increasingly uncommon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpanning the years 1932 to 1935, \u003ci\u003eThe Sickle Side of the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e captures Virginia Woolf during a period of immense creative output and significant personal turmoil. Now in her early fifties, Woolf’s correspondence meticulously documents the difficult, prolonged composition of her novel \u003ci\u003eThe Years\u003c\/i\u003e, alongside her candid reactions to the deaths of close friends Lytton Strachey and Roger Fry. Offering a profound and intimate window into her daily life, these letters reveal the brilliant, restless mind of one of the twentieth century's most essential literary voices as she navigates the complexities of her art, her shifting literary perspectives, and her expansive social circle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54647781917011,"sku":"5225","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260816_202040.jpg?v=1787303004","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-sickle-side-of-the-moon-the-letters-of-virginia-woolf-volume-v-1932-1935","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}