WOOLF, VIRGINIA — Mrs. Dalloway (Modern Library #96. 2)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1939-47]. Hardcover. A rather scarce Modern Library reprint edition of Virginia Woolf's famous 1925 novel, notable for her use of a stream of consciousness narration style. This is the story of Clarissa Dalloway, a lady of high social standing, as she prepares to host a party in London in the aftermath of World War I. With an introduction by the author written especially for the Modern Library. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on blue spine & cover blocks / faded blue topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style g, verso advertises 271 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1939-47 (though 1928 date appears in book). ML #96.2. --- A Good-only copy, with dulling to spine & cover gilding, scuffing to covers, age-toning to leaves and conspicuous soiling to back cover. With a partial split to front hinge (which doesn't affect the stability of the binding), else an intact, tightly-bound copy.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); ix, 296 pages. Good with no dust jacket .