A Letter to a Young Poet by Virginia Woolf | Hogarth Press First Edition 1932

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In 1932, Woolf responded to a letter from the writer, John Lehmann, about her novel The Waves (1931) in which he asked her to write about her views on modern poetry. Lehmann had a mission to revitalise modern poetry, and came to the Hogarth Press to enlist their help. Virginia was enthusiastic about his suggestion of a "letter to a young poet", which she thought was "most brilliant".[1] Her essay[2] takes the form of an epistolary letter addressed to Lehmann, and was first published in North America in The Yale Review in June 1932, and then by the Hogarth Press as the eighth in their series, The Hogarth Letters, consisting of 12 titles produced between 1931 and 1933. John Banting illustrated the covers.[3] Following Virginia Woolf's death, Leonard Woolf included the letter in a collection of essays published under the title The Death of the Moth and other Essays (1942). 12mo. Soft cover, sewing-bound/pamphlet stitched book. 28pp. Covers show wear and soiling. Binding is secure. Looks like a small bit of hinge paper used to repair a small tear on endpaper. Interior is neat, clean and free from marks.
In 1932, Woolf responded to a letter from the writer, John Lehmann, about her novel The Waves (1931) in which he asked her to write about her views on modern poetry. Lehmann had a mission to revitalise modern poetry, and came to the Hogarth Press to enlist their help. Virginia was enthusiastic about his suggestion of a "letter to a young poet", which she thought was "most brilliant".[1] Her essay[2] takes the form of an epistolary letter addressed to Lehmann, and was first published in North America in The Yale Review in June 1932, and then by the Hogarth Press as the eighth in their series, The Hogarth Letters, consisting of 12 titles produced between 1931 and 1933. John Banting illustrated the covers.[3] Following Virginia Woolf's death, Leonard Woolf included the letter in a collection of essays published under the title The Death of the Moth and other Essays (1942). 12mo. Soft cover, sewing-bound/pamphlet stitched book. 28pp. Covers show wear and soiling. Binding is secure. Looks like a small bit of hinge paper used to repair a small tear on endpaper. Interior is neat, clean and free from marks.