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191551780E. Williams Hove 1915. 8pp. 8vo. 1915 Issue text mildly browned as usual; original printed wrappers sewed as issueda very good bright crisp copy. Hardy's well-known if sombre poem was first published in 'The Times' on 9 September 1914. Purdy states that Mrs. Hardy wrote to Williams an antiquarian bookseller confirming that Hardy had no objection to the piece being reprinted and it was accordingly first reissued as a 4pp leaflet on 16th September 1914. The venture was evidently successful for in 1915 Williams reissued the present reset version as an 8pp pamphlet sewn in brown card wrappers. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. See Purdy pp.157-8. [E. Williams], Hove, unknown
196234965Macmillan 1962-63. 2 vols. sm. 8vo. Pocket Edition; original series binding of plum cloth upper boards blocked in blind with 'TH' monogram backs gilt extra red tops a near fine set. The set comprises: Vol. I The Dynasts Parts I and II; Vol. II: The Dynasts Part II. The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall. An elegant set of the monogram issue in Macmillan's attractive Pocket edition. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE. Macmillan, hardcover
193025030Macmillan 1930. 8vo. First Edition thus endpapers very lightly browned; blue cloth gilt back a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly browned at extremities and with minor loss not affecting lettering at head and tail of backstrip. The first Thin Paper edition combining 'The Dynasts' and 'The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall' in a single volume. Issued as Volume II of 'The Poetical Works' it is nevertheless complete in itself 'Volume I' collects the author's several volumes of poetry. 'The Dynasts' was originally published in three parts 1903 1906 1908 and first collected in a single 'Complete' volume in 1910. 'Queen of Cornwall' 1923 was re-issued in a second and considerably revised edition in the following year. SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. See Purdy pp.134 and 230. Macmillan, hardcover
193825192Macmillan 1938. 8vo. with folding map; blue cloth gilt back backstrip very lightly sunned else a near fine copy in unclipped lightly browned dustwrapper. With the contemporary trade ticket of The Book Shop Welwyn Garden City on front paste-down and 2pp publisher's catalogue at end. VERY SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER Macmillan, hardcover
192431731Macmillan 1924. Sm. 8vo. with title in red and black small neat signature on front free endpaper; original series binding of burgundy full limp calf upper board framed in blind and blocked and lettered in gilt gilt back gilt top small scuff on front boards else a near fine copy. Bright copy of the calf issue of thismost attractive edition. THE VOLUMES OF VERSE ARE BY FAR THE SCARCEST IN THIS SERIES. Macmillan, hardcover
196728392Macmillan 1967. 8vo. First Edition some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth gilt back a bright clean copy in dustwrapper. Macmillan, hardcover
19251482Macmillan 1925. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper some slight browning on endpapers; original green cloth upper board bloicked with 'TH' monogram il gilt gilt back uncut AND LARGELY UNOPENED boards lightly age-marked decorative cloth gilt gilt back a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter neatly parted at upper joint and with loss affecting lettering at head of backstrip. Uncommon in the dustwrapper. Purdy p.234. Macmillan, hardcover
19302481001The Fountain Press Inc New York 1930. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Updike edition in elaborate leather boards. Bright marble pattered front and end paper. Rubbing to the spine and edges of the boards which have become detached from the spine. The pages remain firm and in very good condition. This is copy 199 of 500 printed. <br/> <br/> The Fountain Press Inc New York, hardcover
193145718Macmillan 1931. 8vo. First Edition thus with portrait frontispiece in photogravure original tissue guard present small signature on front free endpaper; original green cloth gilt back gilt top an unusually bright clean crisp copy. The first edition to combine 'The Dynasts' and 'The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall' in a single volume. Issued as Volume II of 'The Poetical Works' it is nevertheless complete in itself Volume I collects the author's several volumes of poetry. 'The Dynasts' was originally published in three parts 1903 1906 1908 and first collected in a single complete volume in 1910. 'The Queen of Cornwall' 1923 was re-issued in a second and considerably revised edition in the following year. See Purdy pp. 134 and 230. Macmillan, hardcover
191947714Macmillan 1919. Sm. 8vo. First Edition thus title in red and black; original series binding of plum calf upper board blocked and lettered in gilt yaped edges back gilt extra gilt top ribbon marker a near fine copy. Bright copy of this most attractive edition. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Macmillan, unknown
192731845Faber 1927. 8vo. First Edition with wrapper vignette and full-page coloured illustration; original pictorial green wrappers sewed as issued a near fine copy. Ariel Poem 1. Faber, unknown
198050640Clarendon Press Oxford 1980. 8vo. First Edition; navy cloth upper board blocked with 'TH' monogram in blind gilt back blue endpapers a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE. Clarendon Press, Oxford, hardcover
19236307Macmillan 1923. 4to. First Edition on laid paper with frontispiece original tissue guard present and a plate by the author free endpapers moderately browned; pictorial cloth gilt gilt back a very good bright copy. Hardy's great Arthurian verse drama is unusual among his works in that the two illustrations - 'Tintagel Castle' as frontispiece repeated in gilt on front board and the castle's 'Great Hall' - are the work of the author himself. Purdy pp.227-231. Macmillan, hardcover
198033802Franklin Center: The Franklin Library 1980. First Edition Issued by the Franklin Library. With evocative drawings by Ben F. Wohlberg. 8vo in the publisher's original brown leather lettered and intricately decorated in gilt between four raised bands on the spine decorated in gilt patterns and rules on both covers with geometric designed endpapers. a.e.g. 418 pp. A pristine copy as mint. HARDY'S SIXTH NOVEL PUBLISHED IN 1878. Controversial at the time it became one of Hardy's most popular and acclaimed novels in the 20th century. THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE was written at Riverside Villa Sturnmonster Newton though probably finished at Upper Tooting where the Hardys took a house in March of 1878. The first seven chapters were written by the summer of 1877 and the first two books by November and serial publication was begun in Chatto and Windus's "Belgravia" in January 1878. <br> Hardy had offered the novel to Leslie Stephen for the "Cornhill" magazine but the latter feared that the novel's personal relations were developing into something too dangerous for a family magazine and he refused to begin a serial publication without seeing the completed work. Since this was not possible Hardy's association with Stephen as editor was ended and Smith Elder and Co. agreed on 20 September to publish the finished novel. The book was published in November of 1878 in an edition of only 1000 copies. The Franklin Library hardcover
192815398Macmillan 1928. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper free endpapers lightly browned; original green cloth upper board blocked with decorative 'TH' monogram in gilt gilt back uncut backstrip very lightly age-soiled joints very lightly rubbed else a very good bright clean copy. Hardy's final collection of verse published postumously on 2 October 1928. Purdy p.252 Macmillan, hardcover
19302482001The Fountain Press 1930. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. This is copy 55 of 500 published. Black cloth covered boards with quarter leather and gilt titles. Rubbing present to the spine as highlighted in the photo. Internally tanning to the inside cover and front end paper only. A couple of light foxing sports present to one page only. Otherwise the pages are bright and clean free from signs of wear. <br/> <br/> The Fountain Press hardcover
199018250Clarendon Press Oxford 1990. 8vo. First Edition with portrait frontispiece neat inscription on front free endpaper; navy blue cloth gilt back blue endpapers a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. This selection of letters is distilled by Millgate from his masterly seven-volume collected edition. ALREADY SCARCE. Clarendon Press, Oxford, hardcover
192048030Macmillan 1920. 2 vols. 8vo. on laid paper with frontispieces in photogravure toned in sepia original tissue guards present half-titles and titles in red and black and double-page maps in the text endpapers lightly browned; original series binding of plum cloth backstrips blocked and lettered in gilt uncut AND PARTIALLY UNOPENED a near fine copy. With series advertisement leaf at end of each volume. The set comprises: Vol. I: The Dynasts Parts First and Second; Vol. II: The Dynasts Part Third; Time's Laughingstocks and other Verses. Macmillan's 'Wessex Edition' the name was suggested by Frederick Macmillan himself was intended as the definitive issue of Hardy's works incorporating all the author's final amendments. Published in 24 volumes between 1912 and 1931 it is beautifully printed on laid paper and elegantly bound. Each volume contains a fine frontispiece in sepia photogravure depcting a 'real-life' scene from the text here they are 'The English Channel from Ridgeway Hill' and 'Wynyard's Gap in A Trampwoman's Tragedy and a double-page 'Map of the Wessex of the Novels and Poems' made from Hardy's own drawing now in the Dorset County Museum. 'The Wessex Edition is in every sense the definitive edition of Hardy's work and the last authority in questions of text' Purdy. Individual volumes are now increasingly hard to find. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. See Purdy pp.282-6. Macmillan, hardcover
192851565Macmillan 1928. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper free endpapers faintly browned; original green cloth upper board blocked with decorative 'TH' monogram in gilt gilt back uncut fore-edge mildly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter with neat repair on inner surface. Bright copy of Hardy's final collection of verse published postumously on 2 October 1928. Purdy p.252 Macmillan, hardcover
192251639Macmillan 1922. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper free endpapers very faintly browned title lightly spotted; green cloth upper board blocked with 'TH' monogram in gilt gilt back uncut fore-edge mildly spotted else a near fine copy. 'In many respects the volume is the most representative of Hardy's whole career' Purdy p.226. Purdy p.214. Macmillan, hardcover
192824137New York: Macmillan 1928. First edition. 8vo publisher’s original forest-green cloth the spine lettered in gilt. xi 202 pp. A very good very bright copy. FIRST EDITION. Hardy considered that this would probably be his last appearance on the literary stage. He has written that the poems included have been written with reasonable care though considering his age not quite with the zest of a young man new to print. It had become obvious that a lifetime of excellence allowed for what might have once been considered extraordinary to be taken as expected and normative. A collection then of fine poems by a master at his height and greatest reputation. Macmillan hardcover
190149775Harpers 1901. 8vo. First Edition thus on laid paper with etched frontispiece and full-page map of Wessex in the text endpapers lightly spotted; original decorative green ribbed cloth gilt 'TH' monogram blocked in gilt on upper cover gilt back gilt top uncut a near fine copy. Osgood's 'Wessex Novels' 1895-6 is the the first uniform and complete edition of Hardy's works. 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 'Kings-Hintock Court in The First Countess of Wessex' and a map of Wessex drawn by Hardy himself. In terms of book production these are undoubtedly the finest trade editions of Hardy's works. Sheets of the Osgood edition with an altered title-page were published in the USA by Harpers Osgood's successors. See Purdy pp.279-282. ALL VOLUMES OF THIS SERIES ARE SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Harpers, hardcover
197646922Macmillan 1976. 8vo. Second Impression thus with frontispiece 2 full-page illustrations and full-page map in the text; red cloth upper board with Hardy medallion blocked in gilt gilt back red top red endpapers a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the same year as the first edition. Macmillan's New Wessex Edition 19 vols. is effectively a successor to the same publisher's definitive Wessex Edition published in 24 volumes 1912-1931. Issued in 19 volumes the NWE includes the novels short stories poetry and drama. First issued in hardback from 1975 and several times reprinted each volume is a tall handsome octavo in distinctive green and gilt dustwrapper with introduction and notes by recognised authorities and the map of Wessex first drawn by Hardy hinself. INDIVIDUAL VOLUMES ARE NOW INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO FIND IN THIS CONDITION. Macmillan, hardcover
191322837Macmillan 1913. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper with etched frontispiece original tissue guard present and double-page map in the text neat signature onj front free endpaper; original series binding of decorative ribbed dark-green cloth gilt 'TH' monogram blocked in gilt on upper cover gilt back gilt top uncut covers fractionally age-scuffed else a very good bright clean crisp copy. With 2pp publisher's advertisement at end. 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. Each of the sixteen original volumes has an etched frontispiece by Macbeth-Raeburn depicting a scene from the novel drawn on the spot; in this case 'The Castle of Mai-Dun' and a map of Wessex drawn by Hardy himself. In terms of book production these are undoubtedly the finest trade editions of Hardy's works. Although published by Hardy's subsequent publisher Macmillan the present volume was produced in matching format as 'Volume XVIII' to retain uniformity the last volume of Hardy's work to be so issued. 'A Changed Man' collects for the first time twelve short stories that had been published previously in serial form together with a new short Prefatory Note by the author. In addition to the three tales mentioned in the title the others are 'Alicia's Diary' 'The Grave by the Handpost' 'Enter a Dragoon' 'A Tryst at an Ancient Earthwork' 'What the Shepherd saw' 'A Committee-Man of the Terror' 'Master John Horseleigh Knight' 'The Duke's Reappearance' and 'A Mere Interlude'. The stories date from 1881 'What the Shepherd saw'; the last two 'A Changed Man' and 'Enter a Dragoon' both 1899 mark the close of Hardy's work in prose fiction. ALL VOLUMES IN THIS SERIES ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. See Purdy pp.151-157 281. Macmillan, hardcover
192347329Macmillan 1923. 4to. First Edition on laid paper with frontispiece original tissue guard present and a plate by the author a little light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; pictorial green cloth gilt gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped very lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. Hardy's great Arthurian verse drama is unusual among his works in that the two illustrations - 'Tintagel Castle' as frontispiece repeated in gilt on front board and the castle's 'Great Hall' - are the work of the author himself. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Purdy pp.227-231. Macmillan, hardcover
