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Trumpet-Major: a Tale
by HARDY, Thomas
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About This Item
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1880. A Tale. In Three Volumes. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1880.
First edition in book form (first printed serially in Good Words from January to December 1880). Three octavo volumes (7 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches; 185 x 125 mm) . [i]- vi, 295, [1, blank]; [i]-vi, 276; [2, blank], vi, 259, [1, blank] pp. Volumes I & II without preliminary blank.
Publisher's primary binding of volume I and secondary binding of volumes II and III all of red diagonal-fine-ribbed cloth, the only difference being back covers stamped in blind with double-rule (vol. I) or triple-rule (vols II & III) border. Front covers decoratively stamped in black with a three-panel design incorporating two vignettes, an encampment at top, a mill at bottom, and lettering in the center panel. Spines decoratively stamped in gilt and black with standard, sword, and bugle, and lettered in blind and gilt (with imprint at foot of spine: Smith, Elder & Co.). Yellow coated endpapers. Spines of all volumes a bit darkened. Cloth of all spines with some wrinking as well as to cloth of back board of volume one. A bit of soiling and rubbing to cloth. Some light shelfwear to spines. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown of each volume. Occasional thumb soiling along fore-edges. Volumes slightly skewed. Overall a good set housed in a quarter morocco drop-down clamshell and chemise.
The Trumpet-Major was published in an edition of 1,000 copies on 26 October 1880. Hardy himself drew the two vignettes for the front cover.
Purdy, pp. 31-35. Sadleir 1115. Webb, pp. 14-15. Wolff 2995a.
HBS 65765.
$5,500.
First edition in book form (first printed serially in Good Words from January to December 1880). Three octavo volumes (7 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches; 185 x 125 mm) . [i]- vi, 295, [1, blank]; [i]-vi, 276; [2, blank], vi, 259, [1, blank] pp. Volumes I & II without preliminary blank.
Publisher's primary binding of volume I and secondary binding of volumes II and III all of red diagonal-fine-ribbed cloth, the only difference being back covers stamped in blind with double-rule (vol. I) or triple-rule (vols II & III) border. Front covers decoratively stamped in black with a three-panel design incorporating two vignettes, an encampment at top, a mill at bottom, and lettering in the center panel. Spines decoratively stamped in gilt and black with standard, sword, and bugle, and lettered in blind and gilt (with imprint at foot of spine: Smith, Elder & Co.). Yellow coated endpapers. Spines of all volumes a bit darkened. Cloth of all spines with some wrinking as well as to cloth of back board of volume one. A bit of soiling and rubbing to cloth. Some light shelfwear to spines. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown of each volume. Occasional thumb soiling along fore-edges. Volumes slightly skewed. Overall a good set housed in a quarter morocco drop-down clamshell and chemise.
The Trumpet-Major was published in an edition of 1,000 copies on 26 October 1880. Hardy himself drew the two vignettes for the front cover.
Purdy, pp. 31-35. Sadleir 1115. Webb, pp. 14-15. Wolff 2995a.
HBS 65765.
$5,500.
Synopsis
Thomas Hardy was born on June 2, 1840. In his writing, he immortalized the site of his birth—Egdon Heath, in Dorset, near Dorchester. Delicate as a child, he was taught at home by his mother before he attended grammar school. At sixteen, Hardy was apprenticed to an architect, and for many years, architecture was his profession; in his spare time, he pursued his first and last literary love, poetry. Finally convinced that he could earn his living as an author, he retired from architecture, married, and devoted himself to writing. An extremely productive novelist, Hardy published an important book every year or two. In 1896, disturbed by the public outcry over the unconventional subjects of his two greatest novels— Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure —he announced that he was giving up fiction and afterward produced only poetry. In later years, he received many honors. He died on January 11, 1928, and was buried in Poet’s Corner, in Westminster Abbey. It was as a poet that he wished to be remembered, but today critics regard his novels as his most memorable contribution to English literature for their psychological insight, decisive delineation of character, and profound presentation of tragedy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heritage Book Shop, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65765
- Title
- Trumpet-Major
- Author
- HARDY, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder, & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1880
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Nineteenth-Century Literature
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Beverly Hills, California
About Heritage Book Shop, LLC
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Bookplate
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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