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First edition, first impression. This early Hogarth Press publication was the only short story collection by Woolf that she lived to see released. "Leonard Woolf stated that the book was printed by F. T. McDermott of the Prompt Press, Richmond, who used to give him advice on printing problems when he and Mrs. Woolf first started the Hogarth Press" (Kirkpatrick). Woolf was concerned about the quality of Monday or Tuesday and what its critical reception would be. She wrote in her diary on 6 March 1921, "Nessa approves of Monday or Tuesday - mercifully; & thus somewhat redeems it in my eyes". Octavo. Original brown quarter cloth, paper-covered sides with woodcut on front cover designed by Vanessa Bell, 1 page of publisher's advertisements at rear. No dust jacket issued. Housed in a custom red cloth slipcase. With 4 full-page woodcuts by Vanessa Bell. Boards a little rubbed, faint offsetting from woodcuts as usual. A fine copy. Kirkpatrick A5 (1,000 copies); Woolmer 17.

Monday or Tuesday, first published in 1921, is a collection of eight short stories by Virginia Woolf. It includes stories like 'A Haunted House,' 'A Society', and 'Blue & Green'. Woolf's experimental approach to narrative and imagery is evident throughout the collection.