The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy - 1929

Harper & Brothers, New York, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Clare Leighton. THOMAS HARDY. The Return of the Native, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929.Octavo, No. 941 of an edition of 1,500, pp. xiii, 485, 1 (ad), blue paper-covered boards quarter-bound in beige cloth with a paper label on the spine, tipped-in woodcuts by Clare Leighton, signed on the limitation page by Leighton. Twelve plates plus headpieces and tailpieces.Condition of this book:Spine sunned, with a crease splitting the paper label. Edges rubbed, age toned, images fine, overall good to very good. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Clare Leighton. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: 1920s; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54662. .