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189649451Osgood McIlvaine 1896. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper with etched frontispiece original tissue guard present and full-page map in the text; original dark green ribbed cloth upper board with 'TH' monogram blocked in gilt gilt back gilt top uncut expertly recased a very good bright clean crisp copy. Published as Vol. VIII in Osgood's 'Wessex Novels' the first uniform and complete edition of Hardy's works which had commenced publication the year before. '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 volumes has an etched frontispiece by Macbeth-Raeburn depicting a scene from the novel drawn on the spot in this case 'The Christminster of the Story' 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. See Purdy pp.86-91 281. [Osgood McIlvaine], hardcover
10129MacMillan and Co Limited. London. 1926. Early reprint of the 1925 First edition. 8vo. 6.8 x 4.9 inches. Finely bound in early full brown Morocco. Raised bands to the spine each with gilt piping. Gilt lettering ruling and floral decorations to spine. Elaborate gilt flower and rule border on both boards. Marbled endpapers. Inner board turn ins with gilt rule and square design borders. All edges gilt. A fine copy in a beautiful early twentieth century leather binding. The binding is unsigned but certainly the work of a master bookbinder. Ma. MacMillan and Co, Limited. London. 1926 hardcover
189631520London: Osgood McIlvaine and Company 1896. First Edition early state with partially black pages unnumbered in gatherings A B and C but numbered in E through H. With an etched illustration as frontispiece by H. Macbeth-Raeburn and at the end a map of Wessex. 8vo in the original dark green ribbed cloth lettered in gilt on spine and with the floral gilt T/H decorative monogram on the upper cover edges untrimmed t.e.g. viii 516 map. A good copy the text a bit mellowed primarily at the prelims and the binding a bit shaken the cloth is dark green as issued and without fading though the rear cover appears a bit blemished in an area next to the spinesome wear to tghe spine panel endleaves with some of the usual browning to which the title is prone. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL CLOTH OF JUDE THE OBSCURE perhaps the most unbiased consideration in English fiction of the more complicated questions of sex.Hardy's knowledge of woman confirms him in a suspension of judgment; his knowledge of nature brings him nearer to the unchanging and consoling element in the world. His peasants have been compared with Shakespeare's; he has the Shakespearean sense of their placid existence with an unconscious wisdom in their close narrow and undistracted view of things. Osgood, McIlvaine and Company 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
2007015915Great Britain: The Old Stile Press 2007. Limited to 200 numbered copies. Book measures 36x34.cm. Unpaginated illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers illustrated cloth. Binding in near fine condition. Internally pages in fine condition. House in original publishers green cloth case. Case lightly marked. A very nice near fine copy. . Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus Near Fine. Illus. by Mark Cazalet . Large Quarto. The Old Stile Press Hardcover
LIT166MLes 10 ouvrages sont dans leur coffret, très bon état pour le lot. Affaire à saisir ! il n'y a que du bon )
189950895Harpers 1899. 8vo. on laid paper with etched frontispiece and full-page map of Wessex in the text; original decorative green ribbed cloth gilt 'TH' monogram blocked in gilt on upper cover gilt back gilt top uncut a very good bright clean crisp copy. 'Wessex Novels' 1895-6 published by Osgood McIlvaine UK and Harpers USA 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 'The Weatherbury of the Story' 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
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
189642015Osgood McIlvaine 1896. 8vo. First Edition thus on laid paper with fine etched frontispiece original tissue guard present and full-page map endpapers mildly spotted; original series binding of ribbed green cloth gilt 'TH' monogram blocked in gilt on front board gilt back gilt top uncut short crease in backstrip else a very good bright clean crisp copy. Published as Volume XIV in the 'Wessex Novels' collected edition. Collects eight short stories together with nine 'colloquial' sketches. 'With the exception of 'On The Western Circuit' the stories were only slightly revised for their appearance here. The volume was printed from the same plates as the first edition two years before' Purdy. 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 volumes has an etched frontispiece by Macbeth-Raeburn depicting a scene fom the novel drawn on the spot in this case 'A View in Melchester' 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. ALL VOLUMES IN THIS SERIES ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. See Purdy pp.81-83 279-282. Osgood McIlvaine, hardcover
25865PRIVATELY PRINTED 1928. LIMITED TO 89 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 39. STIFF CREAM COVERS 15 PAGES SOME UNCUT PAGES EVIDENCE OF SOME DAMAGE TO THE SPINE OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. PRIVATELY PRINTED, 1928 unknown
189743855Osgood 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 drawn on the spot in this case 'The Budmouth Harbour of the Story' 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. ALL VOLUMES IN THIS SERIES ARE SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. See Purdy pp.35 281. [Osgood McIlvaine & Co.], hardcover
189721960Osgood 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 of the Story' 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. All volumes in this series are scarce especially in this condition. See Purdy pp.35 281. Osgood McIlvaine, hardcover
98172London Macmillan & Co. 1887 1st thus edition. Hardback approx 7.5 x 5 inches. Dark green cloth with gilt and black decorative banding to front and spine blind embossed on rear. Gilt lettering to spine. Dark brown endpapers. In good condition. Fair. Cover rubbed corners bumped splits to cloth on corners and ends of spine. Inner hinges cracked between endpapers. Old label mark to front endpaper removed. Some occasional spots and handling marks to pages some occasional neat pencil notes. Small inscription to top of title page “W. de Kilpeck.” Else a good copy. 352 pp. Published in the same year as the 3 vol. 1st. ed. in London. London, Macmillan & Co., 1887 1st thus edition hardcover
189651404Osgood McIlvaine & Co. 1896. 8vo. First Edition thus on laid paper with etched frontispiece original tissue guard presentand full-page map of Wessex in the text tiny contemporary signature on blank preliminary; original decorative green ribbed cloth gilt 'TH' monogram blocked in gilt on upper cover gilt back gilt top uncut case with slight lean else a very good bright clean crisp copy. With the small contemporary trade ticket of Mullan of Belfast on front paste-down. 'Wessex Novels' 1895-6 published by Osgood McIlvaine 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 'The Country of the Woodlanders' 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. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., hardcover
189651483Osgood McIlvaine 1896. 8vo. First Edition thus on laid paper with etched frontispiece and full-page map of Wessex in the text small neat contemporary inscription on half-title; original decorative green ribbed cloth gilt 'TH' monogram blocked in gilt on upper cover gilt back gilt top uncut slight forward lean else a very good bright clean crisp copy. Osgood's 'Wessex Novels' 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 'The Castle Boterel of the Story' 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; in the case of 'The Group of Noble Dames' plates of the original edition were used. See Purdy pp.279-282. ALL VOLUMES OF THIS SERIES ARE SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Osgood McIlvaine, hardcover
1897RO60070643Osgood, McIlvaine & Co.. 1897. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos abîmé, Intérieur frais. 337 pages. Gravure à l'eau-forte en noir et blanc en frontispice. Illustré d'une carte en noir et blanc hors texte en fin d'ouvrage. Titre et motif dorés sur le dos et le premier plat. Tranche de tête dorée. Annotations d'époque en page de garde (ex-libris).. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
189625920Osgood McIlvaine 1896. 8vo. First Edition thus on laid paper with an etched frontispiece and full-page map in the text small neat signatures on front free endpaper; original decorative ribbed cloth gilt 'TH' monogram blocked in gilt on upper cover gilt back gilt top uncut case a little shaken but binding entirely sound cloth rubbed from short length of upper board fore-edge backstrip lightly chafed without material loss at head and tail a very good bright copy of a scarce edition. Osgood's 'Wessex Novels' was 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 volumes has an etched frontispiece by Macbeth-Raeburn depicting a scene from the novel drawn on the spot in this case 'A View near the Scene of the 'Stancy Castle' of the story' 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. All volumes of this series are scarce this title more than most. See Purdy pp 279-282. [Osgood McIlvaine, hardcover
1894647Osgood McIlvaine 1894. 8vo. Second Edition on laid paper; decorative green cloth gilt covers tooled in gilt and red to an art-nouveau floral design by Charles Ricketts gilt back back very lightly faded else a remarkably bright clean copy. The binding is identical to that of the first edition published earlier in the same year. Purdy p.85. [Osgood, McIlvaine], hardcover
18979642Osgood McIlvaine 1897. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper with etched frontispiece original tissue guard present and double-page map in the text endpapers mildly age-marked neat signature on frontispiece recto; original series binding of decorative ribbed dark-green cloth gilt 'TH' monogram blocked in gilt on upper cover gilt back gilt top uncut one or two small age-marks on covers else a bright firm copy. WIth the trade ticket of Blackwell's of Oxford on front paste-down and blind-stamp of Lyel of Hull on front free endpaper. Hardy's last novel and his final prose work beyond two or three short sketches written to fulfil engagements. See 'The Later Years p.60. 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 volumes has an etched frontispiece by Macbeth-Raeburn depicting a scene from the novel drawn on the spot in this case 'The 'Isle' of the Story' 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. Several of Hardy's subsequent works were published in matching format as here and allocated appropriate volume numbers. All volumes in this series are scarce especially in this condition. See Purdy pp.92-96 281. [Osgood McIlvaine], 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
189643778Osgood McIlvaine 1896. 8vo. First Edition thus on laid paper with etched frontispiece and full-page map of Wessex in the text some very light and scattered spotting on endpapers only small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original decorative green ribbed cloth gilt 'TH' monogram blocked in gilt on upper cover gilt back gilt top uncut small crease and indentation in backstrip else a very good bright clean copy. Osgood's 'Wessex Novels' 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; in the case of 'The Group of Noble Dames' plates of the original edition were used. See Purdy pp.279-282. ALL VOLUMES OF THIS SERIES ARE SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Osgood McIlvaine, 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
189347776Sampson Low Marston 1893. 8vo. free endpapers mildly browned; plum diced cloth upper board blocked in blind gilt back a remarkably bright clean copy. Bright copy of an early reissue. The novel was never reprinted in its original two-volume form. The first single-volume edition appeared in 1877 with six of the original illustrations but much of the edition was remaindered to Sampson Low in 1882. This is apparently the first single-volume without illustrations. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. See Purdy p.23. Sampson Low Marston, hardcover
189550894Harpers 1895. 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 upper hinge cracked but binding entirely sound a very good bright clean crisp copy. 'Wessex Novels' 1895-6 published by Osgood McIlvaine UK and Harpers USA 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 'Egdon Heath' 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
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
