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London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1921. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, sole impression, and one of 300 copies hand printed by Leonard and Virginia Woolf. Bound in buff paper wrappers printed in red with an illustration by Dora Carrington. Near Fine for this fragile production with light edge wear, minor creasing, minor toning and soiling to covers. Light tanning to contents. Woolf's collection of short stories about the impact of colonialism in Eastern societies. An instant best-seller with only three copies unsold. Scarce. Woolmer 16.

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.