How did Virginia Woolf and Leonard Woolf found the Hogarth Press?

In 1917, Virginia and Leonard Woolf established the Hogarth Press after purchasing a printing press. They named the publishing house after Hogarth House, which was their home in the London suburbs at the time.1

The couple initially operated the press themselves, with Virginia serving as the compositor while Leonard worked the press. Their first publication, released in the summer of 1917, was a volume titled Two Stories, which featured Leonard’s Three Jews and Virginia’s The Mark on the Wall. As the Hogarth Press grew into a major publishing house, the Woolfs eventually ceased the manual printing process themselves.1