Hardy ThomasLivre Rare Book
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1963RO60149391Macmillan & co. 1963. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Plats abîmés, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 413 pages. Texte en anglais. Fortes mouillures n'altérant pas la lecture, suaf moisissures en fin d'ouvrage (altérant la lecture sur la denière page). Nombreuses rousseurs. Ex-libris à l'encre en 1er contre-plat. Coins frottés. Rares accrocs au dos. Fort accroc en 2ème plat.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1968RO80264473Macmillan / St Martin's Press. 1968. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 413 pages - ouvrage en anglais - petite déchirure en pied et pliure en tête sur le 1er plat - quelques annotations au stylo et auc rayon à papier à l'intérieur de l'ouvrage ne gênant pas la lecture.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
187534279London: The Cornhill Magazine Smith Elder and Co. 1875-1876. 11 volumes. First Edition of the original issue presented in original format in the eleven volumes issued over the course of months from July 1875 through May 1876. With eleven attractive wood-engraved plates after George Du Maurier. Tall octavo in the publisher's original wrappers all decorated on the front and rear covers with a great profusion of ads throughout. Now housed in two fine morocco backed foldover cases the spine panels with raised bands ruled in blind the compartments lettered in gilt or decorated with central gilt tooled designs. The 11 original parts bound in the original orange wrappers each part containing 4 chapters plus other short stories poems articles etc. An uncommonly handsome set of one of Hardy's rarest works all the more so in original format in the first issue example of the work and in collector's condition. The volumes are each still quite fresh with no significant wear and just a bit of expected mellowing and rubbing at the tips or extremities the text brighter and cleaner then is typically seen especially well preserved. A VERY ATTRACTIVE SET IN ORIGINAL FORMAT RARE IN THE PARTS AND ONE OF HARDY'S SCARCEST WORKS LISTED AS NUMBER FOUR IN COMPARATIVE SCARCITY IN BOOK FORM BY SADLEIR. It is even more rare in the original wraps and in this state of condition most copies being either rebound or separated for binding presentation.<br> The events of the story concern Ethelberta's career as a famous poet and storyteller as she struggles to support her family and conceal her secret—that her father is a butler. Beautiful clever and rational she easily attracts four very persistent suitors Mr. Julian Mr. Neigh Mr. Ladywell and Lord Mountclere but is reluctant to give her much-coveted hand. The Cornhill Magazine, Smith, Elder and Co. paperback
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
187629015London: Smith Elder & Co. 1876. 2 volumes. First edition. With eleven attractive wood-engraved plates after George Du Maurier. Tall 8vos in the publisher's original and primary binding of brick-red cloth the upper covers with lettering blocked in gilt within elaborate black Victorian borders the spines decorated and lettered similarly in black and gilt cafe-au-lait endpapers. Now housed in a fine cloth-covered clamshell box with attractive printed label. vi 1 322 2 ad; vi 1 318 2 ad pp. An uncommonly handsome set of one of Hardy's rarest works all the more so in original cloth and desirable condition. The cloth is still quite fresh with no fading and bright gilt just a bit of expected mellowing and rubbing at the tips or extremities the text brighter and cleaner then is typically seen any foxing being only occasional and quite light the plates especially clean. A VERY ATTRACTIVE SET OF ONE OF HARDY'S RAREST WORKS LISTED AS NUMBER FOUR IN COMPARATIVE SCARCITY BY SADLEIR. It is even more rare in the original cloth and in this state of condition most copies being either overly repaired or overtly shabby.<br> The events of the story concern Ethelberta's career as a famous poet and storyteller as she struggles to support her family and conceal her secret—that her father is a butler. Beautiful clever and rational she easily attracts four very persistent suitors Mr. Julian Mr. Neigh Mr. Ladywell and Lord Mountclere but is reluctant to give her much-coveted hand. Smith, Elder, & Co. hardcover
196851693Folio Society 1968-1994. 18 volumes 8vo. First Edition thus with frontispieces wood-engravings in the text and endpaper maps; cloth upper boards blocked with corn-dolly device gilt back coloured endpapers coloured tops a near fine set in publisher's slip-cases blocked in gilt. The set comprises: The Mayor of Casterbridge 1968; The Return of the Native 1971; Far From the Madding Crowd 1985; Wessex Tales 1987; Tess of the d'Urbervilles 1988; Under the Greenwood Tree 1989; The Trumpet Major 1990; The Woodlanders 1991; Jude the Obscure 1992; A Pair of Blue Eyes/The Well-Beloved/Two on a Tower 1992; boxed set as 'Romances and Fantasies'; Desperate Remedies/The Hand of Ethelberta/A Laodicean 1993; boxed set as 'Novels of Ingenuity'; A Changed Man/Life's Little Ironies/A Group of Noble Dames; boxed set as 'Short Stories'. Folio 60: 248 294 545 583 607 629 654 681 698.5 709 716 744 773 769.5 896 respectively. COMPLETE SETS OF FIRST PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE. Folio Society, hardcover
1878014657London: Smith Elder & Co 1878. Volume 1 & 2 only. Books measure 19.5x14.cm. vi 303ppvi 297pp 2pp booklist half titles present fronts map in volume 1. Bound in original publishers brown cloth with black and gilt tooling. Both volumes rubbed worn with some loss hinge joints split. Internally inscription library bookplate endpaper joints split pages slightly loose. Both volumes in good condition. If you have volume 3 in the same cloth binding I would be interesed in purchasing. F. Cloth. Good Plus. 8vo. Smith Elder & Co 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
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
187829000London: Smith Elder and Company 1878. 3 volumes. First edition and with the first issue state of the title-page to Vol. I. A COPY WITH FINE PROVENANCE FROM THE DOHENY COLLECTION WITH THE FINE MOROCCO LABELS GILT OF ESTELLE DOHENY AT THE PASTEDOWNS. With a cartographic frontispiece in the first volume drawn by Hardy. 8vo in the publisher's original brown fine-ribbed cloth with panels and simple ornaments blocked in black on the upper boards; the lower boards with a simple blind-stamped double ruled border the spines attractively lettered and decorated in gilt and black Purdy's first issue binding which is Sadleir's second. Now housed together in a single morocco backed slipcase with chemise the spine tooled and decorated as a three volume set of books. ii vi 304; ii vi 297 298 ad leaf; ii vi 320. A pleasing set in fully original state the original cloth still bright with vivid decoration. Some of the expected rubbing along the edges and tips the volumes just a touch shaken but the set fully unsophisticated and with no repairs or restoration the textblocks still quite fresh. A rare work in the original cloth. A VERY HANDSOME AND PROPER SET IN FULLY ORIGINAL STATE AND WITH THE VERY FINE PROVENANCE OF THE DOHENY COLLECTION. 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. It was never again reprinted in three-volume format. Smith, Elder and Company hardcover
192843616Macmillan 1928. 8vo. First Collected Edition with endpaper maps; handsomely bound in dark red full crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt top hand-made endpapers ribbon marker a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 2pp. publisher's catalogue bound in at end. The endpaper maps are taken from the Wessex Edition. This is the first collected edition of Hardy's four collections of short stories: 'Wessex Tales' 'Life's Little Ironies' 'A Group of Noble Dames' and 'A Changed Man and other Tales'. It was published posthumously on 23 March 1928 at 7s. 6d. Purdy p.288 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
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
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
188029016London: Smith Elder and Co. 1880. 3 volumes. First edition. 8vo in the publisher's original and Purdy's primary binding of red cloth the upper cover lettered and paneled to produce two vignettes from drawings by Hardy all in black the spines lettered and decorated with sword and trumpet in gilt and black and with the two line ruled borders on the rear covers in blind. Housed in a blue cloth-coverd clamshell box with morocco label gilt lettered. ii vi 296; ii vi 276; ii vi 259 pp. A very handsome set the bindings attractive and fresh expert and unobtrusive refurbishment at the spine tips the text-block tight and quite clean and fresh essentially no spotting whatsoever and only the lightest age mellowing a very pleasing set indeed. THE FIRST EDITION OF HARDY'S EPIC NOVEL OF THE NAPOLEONIC WAR A VERY ATTRACTIVE SET IN ORIGINAL CLOTH. Purdy notes the edition was printed in only 1000 copies. The cover illustrations were designed by Hardy and feature two vignettes one of an encampment on a river which leads down to the second of a mill. Hardy wrote the story to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Trafalgar it was first printed in an abridged form in "Good Words". It is Hardy's only historical novel. Smith, Elder and Co. hardcover
