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JUDE THE OBSCURE
by THOMAS HARDY
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/n/a
- Seller
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
This is a lovely leather-bound copy of Jude the Obscure, the last novel (1895) by the great British novelist and poet Thomas Hardy (1840-1928). Jude is a stonemason who dreams of becoming a scholar; the story also involves a romance with his cousin and issues of class, education, religion, morality and marriage.
This copy was published in 1970 by the prestigious British publisher Heron Books. It is racing green leather with an elaborate gold design on the cover and spine. It has a bound-in silk bookmark.
Inside, the book is perfect. Lovely thick paper, creamy white. 494 pages.
It contains an illustration of Hardy, and several black and white illustrations.
This copy has not been read, or even opened. All pages are like new, crisp and clear and without marks of any kind. The spine is un-cracked, the covers have no shelfwear at all—it is in pristine condition.
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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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Details
- Bookseller
- Louise Aird
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 649
- Title
- JUDE THE OBSCURE
- Author
- THOMAS HARDY
- Illustrator
- Robert Bates
- Format/Binding
- Mint Condition, in Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- n/a
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heron Books
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1970
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- social class, education, religion, morality, marriage
- Bookseller catalogs
- British Society; British Fiction; Romance;
Terms of Sale
Louise Aird
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About the Seller
Louise Aird
Biblio member since 2019
West Vancouver, British Columbia
About Louise Aird
Private individual who has been collecting books for 40 years.
Glossary
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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