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New York: Crosby Gaige. Very Good. No Dust Jacket. No. 438 of 700 copies. Printed by D. B. Updike, Merrymount Press. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Book Edition. 1929.
Old Mrs. Chundle: A Short Story; by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) - 1978
by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)
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Old Mrs. Chundle: A Short Story;
by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)
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Los Angeles:: Richard Hoffman and John Urabec,, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. [iv], (22) pp. Headpieces, Eric Gill floriated initial, text printed in black and red; text clean, unmarked. Beige cloth spine, paper spine label, blue-green paper over boards with a lovely rose illustration stamped in black on front cover, blue all-rag Urabec Hoffman handmade end-papers; binding square and tight, extremities lightly toned. SIGNED by John Urabec on colophon. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of "about" 50 copies, privately printed by Richard Hoffman and John Urabec with Linotype Granjon and Ludlow Garamond for display, on dampened Urabec-Hoffman all-rag hand-made paper, for distribution to friends. Contains Thomas Hardy's short story written about 1888-90 and probably intended to be included either in the volume entitled "Life's Little Ironies," or "Wessex Tales;" this story was a life-long favorite of John Urabec. Thomas Hardy was an English writer known especially for his poems. "This book is truly a jewel of letterpress printing and classic design." Petko. REFERENCE: Petko: A Tribute to the Work of Richard John Hoffman, No. 265.
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- Publisher Richard Hoffman and John Urabec,
- Place of Publication Los Angeles:
- Date Published 1978
- Keywords Old Mrs Chundle A Short Story, Thomas Hardy, Fine Printing
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Old Mrs. Chundle.
by Hardy, Thomas
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Ballston Lake, New York, United States
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Old Mrs. Chundle
by Hardy, Thomas
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Boca Raton, Florida, United States
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New York: Crosby Gaige, 1929. Limited Edition 632/ 742 copies (700 for sale), printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press on Zanders handmade paper. Slight browning to board edges else fine without dust wrapper as issued.
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Old Mrs. Chundle: A Short Story
by Hardy, Thomas
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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New York: Crosby Gaige, 1929. Hardcover. VG- (Light wear at extremities). Color illus. paper over boards; Green cloth at spine; 26 pp.; 3 bw figures. Hand-numbered, no. 401 of 742 copies in this edition (only 1-700 are numbered).
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Old Mrs. Chundle
by HARDY, Thomas
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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New York: Crosby Gaige, 1929. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Gilt-stamped green cloth and papercovered boards. This is number 432 of 700 hand numbered copies issued. Spine ends and gilt stamped spine title lightly rubbed, a touch of browning on board edges, near fine lacking the unprinted glassine dustwrapper. A short story.
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Old Mrs. Chundle: A Short Story
by Hardy, Thomas
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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New York: Crosby Gaige, 1929. Copy number 264 of 700. Decorative dark green/red boards, dark green spine, deckled edges - some uncut, 26 numbered pages. Rubbed on ends of spine, strip (3/4 x 1/2 inch) rubbed on front top edge near spine (where sticker removed?), boards darkened along edges, bookplate and note in pencil backed by a cluster of small red dots on front paste-down, faint pencil erasure mark on rear paste-down. Pages clean and binding tight. Overall, very good. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No DJ. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Old Mrs. Chundle
by Hardy, Thomas
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Sudbury, Massachusetts, United States
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Crosby Gaige, 1929. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 391/700 Clean and tight. Bottom edge rubbed. Green spine. floral covers. PRinted by The Merrymount Press
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Old Mrs. Chundle: A Short Story
by Hardy, Thomas
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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New York: Crosby Gaige, 1929. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. 28 pp. Green spine over decorated boards. Pages uncut along top edge. Pages untrimmed. 426 of 700 numbered copies. Slight fading along top edge of cover. Light wear to spine. Otherwise, in very good condition.
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Old Mrs. Chundle: A short story
by HARDY, THOMAS
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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New York: Crosby Gaige, 1929. Edition limited to 755 copies printed at the Merrymount Press, 8vo, pp. [4], 26-[30]; title-p. vignette, head and tail-pieces; orig. green cloth-backed dec. paper-covered boards, minor wear at spine ends and small patch of old adhesive remains on back pastedown, else fine. Smith 683.
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Old Mrs. Chundle - A Short Story (Limited to 720 copies designed by D.B. Updike)
by Hardy, Thomas
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- very good
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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$65.00
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The Merrymount Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Out of print. Binding is cloth/boards.
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Old Mrs. Chundle: A Short Story
by Hardy, Thomas
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- Hardcover
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Emerson, New Jersey, United States
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Crosby Gaige, 1929. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. Limited Edition.. "Of this story - written about 1880-1890 and probably intended to be included in the volume entitled 'Life's Little Ironies,' or 'Wessex Tales,' - 742 copies have been printed on Zanders handmade paper, and 13 on gray French Ingres paper, by D.B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, Boston, January, 1929. Of these, 700 copies, numbered from 1 to 700, inclusive, are for sale, and will be distributed by Random House. This copy is hand lettered "out of series" and has the ownership signature of Frances Rose Benet. Mrs Benet was the mother of the renowned poets Stephen Vincent Benet and William Rose Benet. A Vg+ copy with some minor wear and toning..
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