The Wessex Tales strange lively and commonplace by Thomas Hardy - 1987

London: The Folio Society 1987 200 pages, 5 7/8 x 9, dark blue decorated cloth, hardcover in slipcase CONDITION: FINE, an excellent like new copy, fine condition in fine slipcase NOTES - Introduction by Robert Gittins. Wood engravings by Peter Reddick

Folio Society, 1987. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Slipcase. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). 1987 edition. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Folio Society, 1987. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG), slipcase (VG). Pp. xiii + 199, illus with woodcuts by Peter Reddick and endpaper maps (no inscriptions).

HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

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Hardcover. Good. Introduction by Robert Gittings. London. The Folio Society. 1987. 22x14 cm. XIII + 199 págs. Wood engravings by Peter Reddick. Tela edit. Estuche. Texto en inglés. # literatura

Folio Society, 1993-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1994 printing Folio Society. Book is in very good condition. All pages are intact and unmarked.

London: The Folio Society, 1991. Hardcover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reddick, Peter ( Wood Engravings). xiii 199 pages, in immaculate slipcase. Third printing. A very attractive volume. "Wessex Tales is an 1888 collection of tales written by English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy, many of which are set before Hardy's birth in 1840. In the various short stories, Hardy writes of the true nature of nineteenth-century marriage and its inherent restrictions, the use of grammar as a diluted form of thought, the disparities created by the role of class status in determining societal rank, the stance of women in society and the severity of even minor diseases causing the rapid onset of fatal symptoms prior to the introduction of sufficient medicinal practices. A focal point of all the short stories is that of social constraints acting to diminish one's contentment in life, necessitating unwanted marriages, repression of true emotion and succumbing to melancholia due… Read More

Paperback / softback. New.

London: The Folio Society, 1987. 1st Thus. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Peter Reddick. pp XIII, 199. 1st printing. An unread book in an As New condition slipcase. Book in removable clear plastic protective cover.