1912 COMPLETE WORKS OF THOMAS HARDY 21 VOLUME SET FULL LEATHER ZAEHNSDORF BOUND WESSEX EDITION by Thomas Hardy - 1912

COMPLETE WORKS
1912-13; Thomas Hardy; Wessex Edition; London, Macmillan and Co.; Full Rebound Leather, Zaehnsdorf Bindery; Eight Re-backed; Illustrated; Each About 250-300 Pages; w5.5"xh7.9"; Very Rare!
ATTRIBUTES:21 Beautiful full straight grained red leather cover designs,Gold pinstriped borders, Blind stamped borders, Fine gold floral bindings with dark brown labels/diamond centers to each compartment, Gold gilded cover/floral inner cover edges, Marble end pages, Gold tops of pages, 21 great photogravure frontispieces, Wessex two-page map in the rear of each, And Numerous Classics,Fine Shelf Set; Complete in 21 VolumesAuthor considered this the best edition of his Works!
CONTENTS:TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES, FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD, THE WOODLANDERS, THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE, A PAIR OF BLUE EYES,UNDER THE GREENWOOD, MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE, JUDE THE OBSCURE, LIFE'S LITTLE IRONIES, WESSEX TALES, THE WELL BELOVED, TWO ON A TOWER, DESPERATE REMEDIES, WESSEX POEMS, THE TRUMPET MAJOR, GROUP OF NOBLE DAMES,A LAODICEAN, HAND OF ETHELBERTA, A CHANGED MAN, THE DYNASTS I-III, TIME IS LAUGHINGSTOCK, ETC.!

BACKGROUND:Thomas Hardy, (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, especially William Wordsworth. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his native South West England.Hardy's Wessex novels are among the finest examples of naturalism, a kind of realism influenced by scientific observation. His extensive research – keeping newspaper clippings and 'facts' notebooks – is what makes the idyllic Wessex county with its evocative descriptions of landscapes, wildlife and local tradespeople so believable.
CONDITION:Conditions are Good/Good+. Some wear to edges, rubbed hinges, color added over some hinges, eight re-backed with spine strip laid down, pages a bit age toned/brown, few marks to boards, glue added to a few upper/lower hinges, most hinges are good, text blocks are very good!