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VIRGINIA WOOLF.
The Waves.
London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1931.
Octavo, 325 pages, original dust jacket. $3200.
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HENRY JAMES; !LOUIS AUCHINCLOSS" .
Washington Square.
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1881 [1880].
Octavo, 266 pages, 6 pages of publisher’s advertisements. $2000.
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