The Return of the Native
by Hardy, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Not Issued
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Heritage Press Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, yellow pictorial patterned cloth with spine lettered in gold on forest green background, housed in original dark forest green slipcase. 416 pages. Sand Glass laid in. Illustrated with wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Copyright date of 1942 on copyright page, this edition circa 1970. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Mild crease to sand-glass at fore-edge, very mild toning to back-stripe as normal and a few very minor blemishes to slipcase. Book is clean, sound, tight and unmarked. Slipcase is solid, with no tears or splits. Very good+ in a very good+ slipcase. .
Synopsis
The Return of the Native is Thomas Hardy's sixth published novel. It first appeared in the serial Belgravia, a publication known for its sensationalism, and was presented in twelve monthly installments from January to December of 1878. Due to the novel's controversial themes, Hardy had some difficulty finding a publisher; reviews, however, though somewhat mixed, were generally positive. In the twentieth century, The Return of the Native became one of Hardy's most popular novels.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018923
- Title
- The Return of the Native
- Author
- Hardy, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Publisher
- Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- English Literature, Heritage Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- Heritage Press;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
We carry a general stock of antiquarian books with a focus on Charles Dickens, 19th and 20th century literature, history and biography.
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- Cloth
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- Copyright page
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- Spine
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.