Virginia Woolf
202 copies for sale · $20–$68,000 · 91 first editions · 8 signed
Notable copies for sale
Orlando Signed limited edition (first edition, signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$10,500
Mrs. Dalloway Hugh Walpole's copy (first edition, signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$12,500
Orlando (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$12,500
Between the Acts (first edition, 1941) — Biblio$1,095
MRS. DALLOWAY (first edition, 1925) — Biblio$19,804
a room of one’s own (first edition) — Biblio$1,100
The Common Reader: First and Second Series, Combined in One Volume (first edition, 1948) — Biblio$40
The Years (first edition, 1937) — Biblio$1,000
MRS. DALLOWAY (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$19,798
The Voyage Out (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$4,500
Monday or Tuesday (first edition) — B & B Rare Books$4,000
The Waves (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$2,500
What these are worth
Jacob's Room7 copies from 3 sellers
THE COMMON READER: SECOND SERIES3 copies from 3 sellers
Each page gathers every copy on the market, what similar copies have fetched, and the spread between them.
Works on the market
THREE GUINEAS9 copies · £40–£500
THE YEARS6 copies · £20–£2,000
THE VOYAGE OUT6 copies · £37–£1,850
BETWEEN THE ACTS5 copies · $25–$700
FLUSH : ; A Biography5 copies · $34–$323
JACOB'S ROOM5 copies · $40–$258
NIGHT AND DAY4 copies · £75–£15,000
Mrs. Dalloway4 copies · $5,000–$8,500
The Waves4 copies · £35–£3,800
MRS. DALLOWAY4 copies · $33–$83
JACOB'S ROOM3 copies · $1,800–$5,000
A WRITER'S DIARY: BEING EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY OF VIRGINIA WOOLF3 copies · $53–$2,000
ORLANDO3 copies · $33–$1,273
Captain's Death Bed; And Other Essays3 copies · $40–$348
GRANITE & RAINBOW3 copies · $98–$293
ROGER FRY : ; A Biography3 copies · $37–$75
To the Lighthouse2 copies · $3,000–$35,000
A Room of One's Own2 copies · $9,800
THE WAVES2 copies · $298–$4,784
THE COMMON READER2 copies · $47–$2,800
Market context
131 copies of Virginia Woolf's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $63 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Orlando, first edition, 1928. (forum, 2026-09-03)£440
Monday or Tuesday, first edition, 1921. (forum, 2026-09-03)£1,000
Night and Day, first edition, first impression, 1919. (forum, 2026-09-03)£1,200
The Mark on the Wall, first separate printing (second edition overall), 1919. (forum, 2026-09-03)£260
The Voyage Out, first edition, 1915. (forum, 2026-09-03)£420
The Waves, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "Virginia Woolf Oct. 1931" on the front fre (bonhams, 2026-07-01)£20,000
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