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New York, NY Peter Fenelon Collier, 1900. Hardcover Very Good: shows very light wear to extremities; mild rubbing to the panels; faint soil spots to the front panel. The binding us square and secure; the text is clean. A former owner's name rubber stamped at the the top of the front pastedown endpaper and another owner's plain bookplate affixed below it. A handsome, copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and some minor flaws. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.7 x 5 x 1 inches). iv, 428 pages. Green cloth over boards with gilt titles at the backstrip. Outside edges green-speckled. Language: English. Weight: 18 ounces. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'.

London: MacMillan and Co. Limited, 1920. Reprint . Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1920 Reprint. Size 12mo, 385 pages. Dark burgundy cloth covered boards with ornate framed gilt titles and blind vignettes to the front cover, gilt titles and floral decoration to the spine, top page edge gilt, title printed within burgundy border, printed on India Paper. Condition very good, corners and spine ends rubbed, gilt on spine slightly dulled, gift inscription on front end-paper else contents are very clean.

Paperback. New.

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[Osgood McIlvaine & Co.],, [1897]. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with etched frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and full-page map in the text, endpapers lightly spotted; original series binding of decorative dark-green ribbed cloth gilt, 'TH' monogram blocked in gilt on upper cover, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a remarkably bright, clean copy. With two relevant cuttings mounted on rear endpapers. Osgood's 'Wessex Novels' is the first uniform and complete edition of Hardy's works. 'The edition is an important one. The text of every novel was thoroughly and carefully revised, the topography (names and distances) corrected where necessary, chapters frequently retitled, and much rewriting done. In addition Hardy prepared a special preface for each volume' (Purdy p.281); here the Preface is particularly important for its indication of sources. Each of the sixteen volumes has an etched frontispiece by Macbeth-Raeburn depicting a scene from the novel… Read More

Osgood McIlvaine,, [1897]. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with an etched frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and a full-page map in the text, endpapers moderately spotted; original series binding of decorative dark-green ribbed cloth gilt, 'TH' monogram blocked in gilt on upper cover, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a remarkably bright, clean copy. Osgood's 'Wessex Novels' is the first uniform and complete edition of Hardy's works. 'The edition is an important one. The text of every novel was thoroughly and carefully revised, the topography (names and distances) corrected where necessary, chapters frequently retitled, and much rewriting done. In addition Hardy prepared a special preface for each volume' (Purdy p.281); here the Preface is particularly important for its indication of sources. Each of the sixteen volumes has an etched frontispiece by Macbeth-Raeburn depicting a scene from the novel drawn on the spot (in this case 'The Budmouth Harbour… Read More