[Vwoolf] A question about the 2nd and 3rd Hogarth printings of To the Lighthouse
Edward Mendelson
edward.mendelson at columbia.edu
Fri Oct 18 13:42:57 EDT 2024
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Here is a mild textual mystery that I know can be solved with visits to
rare-book libraries, but I hope someone might be able to solve it with a
two-minute glance at a bookshelf.
The first Hogarth Press edition of To the Lighthouse has on p. 119, line
17 (in the long paragraph that begins "'Fatal,' Paul agreed"): power
sweeping
The 1930 Uniform Edition has: dower sweeping
The correct reading is in the Albatross edition, the typo is reproduced
in the Everyman edition (which seems to have no textual authority).
The question is this: Was the typo introduced in the 1930 Uniform
Edition (the fourth impression) or was it already present in the second
or third impression? The answer is probably No, but if it should turn
out to be Yes, then the second or third impressions has one or more
changes that have not, I think, been noticed earlier.
Many thanks for any wisdom and knowledge about this.
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