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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
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
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
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
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
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
1952RO60006928MacMillan & Co. 1952. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. défraîchie, Dos frotté, Intérieur frais. 399 pages. Carte en noir et blanc en frontispice. Annotations en page de garde et annotations au crayon dans tout l'ouvrage.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1964RO60004058Macmillan & Co Ltd. 1964. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement pliée, Dos plié, Intérieur frais. 333 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1991RO80023937PAPERMAC. 1991. In-12. Broché. Très bon état, Couv. fraîche, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 196 pages. Ouvrage en anglais.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1979RO80056434MACMILLAN and Co.. 1979. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 254 pages. Nombreuses traces d'humidité.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1986RO60000730Penguin books. 1986. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 463 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1952RO60027952Didier. 1952. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos abîmé, Intérieur bon état. 78 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1958RO40148478MacMillan & Co Ltd. 1958. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Coiffe en pied abîmée, Intérieur frais. 413 pages. Quelques annotations dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1981RO20068192Listen For Pleasure. 1981. In-12. Cartonné. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Deux cassettes audio, en anglais.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1968RO60067342Laurel Edition - Dell Book. 1968. In-16. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos fané, Intérieur acceptable. 320 pages. Tranche bleue. Plats pliés. Légères mouillures en fin d'ouvrage. Petite annotation au dos du 2e plat.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
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
1950RO60109540Rinehart & Company. 1950. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos abîmé, Intérieur acceptable. 338 pages. Annotations au crayon dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1927R240127424MACMILLAN AND CO. 1927. In-12. Relié. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos fané, Intérieur frais. 569 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1969R320127940A Laurel Edition. 1969. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 320 pages - ouvrage en anglais - tranches bleu - étiquettes collées sur les plats - quelques annotations au stylo vert à l'intérieur de l'ouvrage sans réelle conséquence sur la lecture.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1971RO60146496Macmillan. 1971. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos fané, Papier jauni. 333 pages. Nombreuses notes à l'encre in texte. Texte en anglais. Annotations à l'encre en page de garde, de titre et tranche en pied. Quelques rousseurs. Frontispice illustré d'une carte en noir et blanc.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
