Works by Hardy, Thomas - 1905

Paperback / softback. New.

Nabu Press, 2012-04-06. Paperback. Good.

Nabu Press, 2012-04-06. Paperback. Good.

Nabu Press, 2012-04-06. Paperback. Good.

Hardback. New.

London: Macmillan and Company. 1911-1922. Twenty three volumes. Contemporary half blue calf by Riviere and Son. 8vo (19 x 13cm). Five raised bands decorated in gilt and titles in gilt to the spines. Top edge gilt. Wessex Poems with 30 illustrations by the author. Fold out map of Wessex to the rear of several volumes. A handsome collection of early editions of the works of Thomas Hardy, the final volume 'Late Lyrics' is a 1922 first edition. The bindings square and firm with a little rubbing to the extremities. The spines uniformly faded. The contents, with just the occasional spot of foxing or toning to the paper are otherwise clean throughout. 'Poems of the Past and Present' has the title and contents pages misbound at the rear (the final pages of text inserted in their place at the prelims). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1919. SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE; STRANG, William. The Works of Thomas Hardy. London: Macmillan and Co., 1919-1920. The Mellstock Edition. Limited to 500 copies, signed by the author. Thirty-seven octavo volumes. Etched frontispiece portrait by William Strang in Volume I, map of Wessex in Volume II. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for the J. W. Robinson Company in contemporary three-quarter blue calf over blue cloth boards, spines elaborately tooled in gilt in compartments, with red morocco floral onlays, red morocco gilt lettering labels, top edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers. Some minor touch-up, two volumes have professional paper repairs of the text, else a bright, fine copy of the best edition of Thomas Hardy's works. Purdy, pp. 278-288. HBS 67707. $12,500.