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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] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. 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. Elegantly hand-bound in green half morocco over original gilt-stamped cloth sides, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Lightly browned, one or two minor reading marks. Near fine, in an attractive recent leather binding. A Romantic novel set on the fictional Isle of Slingers, based upon the Dorset island of Portland. Item #73590
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