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Under the Greenwood Tree
GOR005262339Paperback. Very Good. paperback
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188225721London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1882. 3 volumes. Scarce first edition. 8vo bound by Zaehnsdorf in near contemporary three-quarter blue morocco over blue marbled boards the spines are gilt lettered in two compartments and have wide gilt decorated raised bands t.e.g. the original blue cloth to the upper cover and spine of Volume I has been retained and bound in. Now housed in a fine morocco backed foldover protective case. 246; 240; 223 pp. A very pleasing and handsome set quite fine internally with just a bit of normal age mellowing to the text the original half-titles retained the antique bindings with some light evidence of age or use at the joints and extremities. first Edition one of Hardy's Wessex novels set in a parallel version of late Victorian Dorset. It is a tale of star-crossed love in which the unhappily married Lady Constantine breaks all the rules of social decorum when she falls in love with Swithin St. Cleeve an astronomer who is ten years her junior. Her husband's death leaves the lovers free to marry but the discovery of a legacy forces them apart. This is Hardy's most complete treatment of the theme of love across the class and age divide and the fullest expression of his fascination with science and astronomy.<br> Because the book defied the social norms of the day upon release it was called shocking and even repulsive by some critics. Hardy wrote in a letter to Edmund Gosse on 10 Dec 1882 “I get most extraordinary criticisms of T. on a T. Eminent critics write & tell me in private that it is the most original thing I have done.while other eminent critics I wonder if they are the same print the most cutting rebukes you can conceive—show me to my amazement that I am quite an immoral person.†Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington hardcover
GOR005262339Paperback. Very Good. paperback
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
18738293Henry Holt New York 1873. 8vo. First US Edition Later Issue; original pictorial mustard cloth blocked and lettered in black backstrip lettered in gilt and black very neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down original printed endpapers wholly preserved covers very lightly age-soiled but every detail of the blocking bright and clear corners very lightly bruised without material damage a remarkably bright clean copy. HARDY'S FIRST BOOK PUBLISHED IN THE US AND THE SECOND EDITION OF THE WORK OVERALL. Hardy's second novel 'Under the Greenwood Tree' was first published by Tinsley in 1872 one of the 'best press-noticed' books sold by that publisher. Under the terms of Tinsley's new agreement with Holt of New York it was then issued by the latter in their popular 'Leisure House' series in June 1873 the first of Hardy's works to be so issued in the US. His first novel 'Desperate Remedies' 1871 did not appear in the series until March 1874. From the series catalogue present on the front endpapers it is clear that this is a later issue at least 1881 since the list includes 'A Laodician'. Most volumes in the 'Leisure Hour' series were severally reissued with updated endpapers. This copy has been expertly rebacked. The original elaborately blocked backstrip is virtually complete with just a few millimetres missing at extreme head and tail. The original endpapers which carry a detailed catalogue of the 'Leisure Hour' series catalogue printed in red are all complete and virtually unmarked. The top edge is mildly dust-soiled but this does not extend to the text which also shows practically no trace of the usual foxing and spotting. A NOTABLE COPY AND A RARE SURVIVAL. See Purdy p.8 et seq. NCBEL III 981. Henry Holt, New York, hardcover
197349Folio Society 1992. 7th printing. 6 vols boxed set. 8vo. Original gilt lettered cloth Fine slipcase near Fine. Pp. various illus with endpaper maps and woodcuts no inscriptions. Folio Society, 1992 unknown
189823362New York and London: Harper and Brothers 1898. First Edition. With 30 illustrations by the author. 8vo publisher’s original blue ribbed cloth the spine lettered in gilt upper cover with Hardy’s floral monogram device in gilt. xi 228 pp. A very handsome and pleasing copy internally very fine and essentially pristine the cloth very well preserved spine just a tad mellowed. FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH. A lovely copy of Hardy’s first significant publishing venture as a poet. Though better known now as a novelist Hardy rated poetry above fiction. Like many of his novels the landscapes of Dorset echoes throughout his writing. The poetry is scarce unadorned and surprisingly modern. Though first published in 1898 it contains poems he’d been working on since the 1860s. Harper and Brothers hardcover
188947337Macmillan 1889. 8vo. Second Edition; red pebble-grain cloth upper board ruled in blind and blocked in gilt gilt back uncut joints mildly rubbed backstrip dulled but all gilt wholly legible backstrip chafed at head else a good bright clean copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue at end. Collects five of Hardy's finest short stories: An Imaginative Woman The Three Strangers The Withered Arm Fellow-Townsmen Interlopers at the Knap and The Distracted Preacher. The work was never reprinted in its original two-volume form 1888. Macmillan reissued the collection in one volume in an edition of 1500 copies in late February 1889. See Purdy p.60. Macmillan, hardcover
188829205London: Macmillan and Co. 1888. 2 volumes. First edition. A publisher's presentation copy with their purple "Compliments" stamp to Vol. I. 8vo in the scarce original dark blue/green cloth the boards with ruled lines in light green the spines also ruled in light green and with letting in gilt. Now housed in a fine custom clamshell box. 247; 212 pp. A fine set and scarce in the publisher's cloth this a very rare "Publishers' Compliments" copy. The text clean and fresh the binding bright with only a tiny bit of age or wear. A SCARCE HARDY TITLE IN ORIGINAL CLOTH THERE WERE ONLY 750 COPIES PRINTED AND OF THOSE ONLY 634 WERE BOUND the rest of the sheets were remaindered. This copy is not only very unusual for its exceptional and bright condition but also for being a publisher's presentation copy.<br> The work consists of five stories The Three Strangers The Withered Arm Fellow-Townsmen Interlopers at the Knap and The Distracted Preacherpreviously published only in serials. In the various short stories Hardy writes of the true nature of nineteenth-century marriage and its inherent restrictions the use of grammar as a diluted form of thought the disparities created by the role of class status in determining societal rank the stance of women in society and the severity of even minor diseases causing the rapid onset of fatal symptoms prior to the introduction of sufficient medicinal practices. A focal point of all the short stories is that of social constraints acting to diminish one's contentment in life necessitating unwanted marriages repression of true emotion and succumbing to melancholia due to constriction within the confines of 19th-century perceived normalcy. Macmillan and Co. 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
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
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
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
1988R240073233GRAPE VISION. 1988. In-4. Broché. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 383 pages - nombreuses photographies en couleurs dans et hors texte - envoi du photographe Milan Roden sur la page de titre - ouvrage essentiellement en anglais.. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi
RO60144347The modern Library/Random House. Non daté. In-12. Relié. Etat passable, Couv. convenable, Dos fané, Papier jauni. 431 pages. Quelques notes au crayon in texte. Texte en anglais. Frontispice illustré en noir et blanc. Quelques rousseurs.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
