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scene, and over the years The Criterion included early British appearances of Marcel Proust, Paul Valéry, and Jean Cocteau. It was taken over by Faber in January 1926, when it was retitled The New Criterion and later The Monthly Criterion . Notably, volume I also includes works by Dostoyevsky (translated by S. S. Koteliansky in collaboration with Virginia Woolf, who though she did not read Russian, taught herself enough to understand Koteliansky’s problems with translation, and polished Koteliansky’s rough English translation); T. Sturge Moore; May Sinclair; Hermann Hesse;
and Valery Larbaud (reviewing Joyce’s Ulysses which had just been published). 12 volumes, octavo. Original card wrappers printed in black and red. Housed in a black cloth flat-back box by the Chelsea Bindery. Wrappers somewhat browned, nicked and chipped, a few old faint splash marks, repair to front wrapper of vol. XI, some minor loss to spines, contents clean. A well-preserved set of this vulnerable and rare publication. ¶ Gallup C135; Kirkpatrick C232, 238. £12,500 [146274]
All items are fully described and photographed at peterharrington.co.uk
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