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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good ++/Very Good+
- Seller
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Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK: Macmillan, 1927. Reprint . Decorative Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good+. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Reprint 1927.Part of the Uniform Edition. Book is very good++ and bright. Decorative cloth and gilt bound. Contents good. The wrapper is very good+ and quite bright. Minuscule rubbing loss to spine tips. Edges lightly rubbed and nicked. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 11275 ###013654
Synopsis
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman, was first published as a censored and serialized version in the British illustrated newspaper, The Graphic in 1891. An intimate portrait of a woman, one of literature's most admirable and tragic heroines...Tess Durbeyfield knows what it is to work hard and expect little. But her life is about to veer from the path trod by her mother and grandmother. When her ne'er-do-well father learns that his family is the last of a long noble line, the d'Urbervilles, he sends Tess on a journey to meet her supposed kin—a journey that will see her victimized by lust, poverty, and hypocrisy. Shaped by an acute sense of social injustice and by a vision of human fate cosmic in scope, her story is a singular blending of harsh realism and poignant beauty. Thomas Hardy created in Tess not a standard Victorian heroine but a woman whose intense vitality shines against the bleak backdrop of a dying way of life. The novel shocked contemporary readers with its honesty and remains a timeless commentary on the human condition. -
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lasting Words Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023124
- Title
- Tess of the D'Urbervilles
- Author
- Thomas Hardy
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1927
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lasting Words Ltd
Biblio member since 2019
Northampton, Northamptonshire
About Lasting Words Ltd
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Uniform Edition
- A collection or series of individual volumes of an author's work bound to match with a uniform size and style. Especially common...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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