Books

[Handprinted by Virginia and Leonard] Leonard Woolf. STORIES OF THE EAST, 1921, Hogarth Press, being handprinted by Leonard and Virginia Woolf on their letterpress; buff wrappers decorated in red to a DORA CARRINGTON illustration featuring a tiger stalking; VG, 55 pp. , Woolmer 16, one of the few, if not only, book cover designs by Carrington; LIMITED to 300 copies; formerly the copy of George Spater (noted Bloomsbury scholar) with his library label at front; a very Rare Hogarth Press as well as Carrington item.

Stories of the East is a collection of short stories by Leonard Woolf, depicting life in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) during the British colonial period. Woolf's keen observations and experiences from his time as a colonial administrator are reflected in this anthology.