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The Return of the Native
by HARDY, Thomas
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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East Woodstock, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1878. First Edition, first issue of the title page to Volume 1 without the quotation mark after "A Pair of Blue Eyes". Sketch Map of the Scene of the Story as frontispiece of volume 1. Half titles in each volume. Octavo, rebound in 3/4 leather over marbled boards. Top edges gilt. Very Good, with light shelf wear, but the spine leather has dried out and cracked. Gilt lettering is legible.
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
- Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40579
- Title
- The Return of the Native
- Author
- HARDY, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder, & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1878
- Weight
- 0.00
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About Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
For the past many years this firm has strived to provide a large, high quality, and diverse collection of mostly fiction published primarily before the Second World War and with their original dustjackets. Our specialties include Photoplay Editions, Mysteries, Fantasy Literature, Plays, Romances, Westerns, Hollywood Interest, and Business Fiction. We also have a large collection of Cocktail Recipe Books, Children's Literature and 19th Century Literature. We pride ourselves on providing accurately described, high grade, and difficult to locate titles in these fiction genres.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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