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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 EDITION, First Issue. Octavo. pp.viii: 516. With frontispiece etching of Christminster by H. Macbeth-Raeburn, and a map of Wessex following text. Purdy records two different states of Signatures A-H. In this copy, they are in the presumed first state (with every... More
Late Lyrics and Earlier. With Many Other Verses.
London: Macmillan, 1922. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xxiv; 288. Publisher's green cloth titled and decorated in gold to spine and front board, edges untrimmed (actually unopened), simply-printed jacket priced at 7/6. Some light spotting to deckle edge, offset browning from flaps, jacket very lightly worn at crown;... More
Tess of The D'Urbevilles.
London: Osgood, Mc Ilvaine and Co., 1895. [English Literature] FIRST SINGLE VOLUME EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.520. With frontispiece portrait of the author, printed signature leaf and prefaces. Bound in half green oasis morocco over cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, top edge gilt, others... More
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
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
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. 8vo.; with map of Wessex. 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 paper jacket has... More
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
Two on a Tower.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Rivington and Searle. 1882. First Edition. 3 Volumes. Octavo. Attractively bound (circa 1920s) in full blue calf by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, with burgundy title labels and gilt decoration, combed marble endpapers, top edge gilt. The original cloth covers are bound in at the rear and all... More
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
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