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Thomas Hardy | First Editions
1840 - 1928
See below our stock of Thomas Hardy First Editions and fine bindings.
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Jude The Obscure.
London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1896. [Classic Literature] FIRST ONE VOLUME EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[2]; viii; 516; [2]. With a frontispiece etching by Macbeth-Raeburn, and a map of Wessex at rear. Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt TH monogram to upper board. Top... More about Jude The Obscure
The Well-Beloved: a Sketch of a Temperament. With an Etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn, and a Map of Wessex.
London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1897. [English Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.x; 338; [1], map; [1], blank. With etched frontispiece illustration of 'The Isle'. Publisher's green vertical-ribbed cloth, with decorative gilt monogram motif blocked in gilt to upper board, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Internally clean, binding... More about The Well-Beloved: a Sketch of a Temperament. With an Etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn, and a Map of...
The Well-Beloved: a Sketch of a Temperament. With an Etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn, and a Map of Wessex.
London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1897. [Classic Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4] x; 338 [2]. With an etched frontispiece by Macbeth-Raeburn, and a map of Hardy's Wessex at rear. Publisher dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt Art-Nouveau monogram device to upper board. Top... More about The Well-Beloved: a Sketch of a Temperament. With an Etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn, and a Map of...
The Works of Thomas Hardy. The Wessex Novels.
London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1895-6. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. 18 volumes, octavo. With illustrations. Elegantly bound in recent green half morocco with gilt to spines, green cloth boards, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Minor toning; a clean, fine copy inside and out. A handsome set in a robust recent leather... More about The Works of Thomas Hardy. The Wessex Novels
A Changed Man: The Waiting Supper And Other Tales concluding with The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid.
MacMillan and Co., Limited, London, 1913. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. With a map of Wessex and a frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth, gilt decoration to upper board, top edge gilt. In the original printed dust-jacket. Book is fine, but for some offset browning from flaps, neat ink name hidden beneath. The fragile... More about A Changed Man: The Waiting Supper And Other Tales concluding with The Romantic Adventures of a...
Life's Little Ironies. A Set of Tales.
London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co. 1894. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.301 + [1]. Original green cloth with titles to spine and upper board in gilt, decoration to same in brown; cover designed by Charles Ricketts. Small area of rubbing to upper panel, spine a little cocked, paper joint cracked to front... More about Life's Little Ironies. A Set of Tales
The Dynasts. An Epic Drama of the War with Napoleon.
London: Macmillan, 1926. INSCRIBED FROM STEPHEN SPENDER TO E.R. CURTIUS. Reprint edition. Octavo, pp.525; [1], blank; [2], adverts. With a gift note to the flyleaf; For E.R Curtius / With Best Wishes / From Stephen Spender. // Bonn-am-Rhein / December 1930 (underline). Blackwell's ticket to pastedown, some trivial marking to... More about The Dynasts. An Epic Drama of the War with Napoleon
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