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Jude the Obscure.
by HARDY, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co.,, 1896. A handsomely bound copy First edition in book form, this copy entirely in the first state (pagination to all partially blank pages in signature A-H). Jude the Obscure was Hardy's last novel, in which he "deliberately [attacked] the existing educational system and marriage laws. The novel's sexual directness fuelled the hostility of its reception in some quarters, and while Hardy affected to laugh off a bishop's claim to have consigned the book to the flames he could not easily remain indifferent to reviews with headings such as 'Jude the Obscene' and 'Hardy the Degenerate'" (ODNB). It originally appeared as a bowdlerized serial in Harper's Magazine from December 1894 to November 1895. The European and American editions were published simultaneously in London and New York and post-dated 1896. Octavo (190 x 126 mm). Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards, twin rule to turn-ins, burgundy endpapers, gilt edges. With an etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn and a map of Wessex. A fine copy.
Synopsis
Jude the Obscure is the last of Thomas Hardy's novels, begun as a magazine serial and first published in book form in 1895. The book was burnt publicly by the William Walsham How, Bishop of Wakefield, in that same year. Its hero Jude Fawley is a working-class young man who dreams of becoming a scholar. The two other main characters are his earthy wife, Arabella, and his cousin, Sue. Themes include class, scholarship, religion, marriage, and the modernisation of thought and society.
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- Peter Harrington
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 154062
- Title
- Jude the Obscure.
- Author
- HARDY, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co.,
- Date Published
- 1896
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Raised Band(s)
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- Edges
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- First State
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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