The Trumpet Major - Volume IX of the Wessex Novels
by Hardy, Thomas:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ashbourne, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Macmillan and Co, London Fourth Edition 1903 . From 1880 first edition. Previous owners inscription. Green boards cover with gilt monogramme front titles.8x5", 385pp. A less-avaliable volume of Hardys' famous Wessex series, with a map at the rear of the book. Pages are foxed but intact - g+ condition. A rare copy.
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
- Pellegrino Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 379
- Title
- The Trumpet Major - Volume IX of the Wessex Novels
- Author
- Hardy, Thomas:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co, London Fourth Edition 1903
- Keywords
- Thomas Hardy, Wessex Novels, The Trumpet Major
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- 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...
- 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...
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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