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Johnson Lionel

The Art of Thomas Hardy. To which is added a Chapter on the Poetry by J.E. Barton and a Bibliography by John Lane. Together with a new Portrait by Vernon Hill and the etched Portrait by William Strang. [New Edition.] JOHNSON'S HARDY IN FULL MOROCCO

John Lane The Bodley Head, 1923

453.10 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1923
Author
Johnson Lionel
Publishers
John Lane The Bodley Head
Keyword
modern first editions, modern firsts, hardy, thomas hardy, dorset, wessex, wessex novels, lionel johnson, john lane, strang, william strang, vernon hill
Languages
English

Description

8vo., New Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece and title in red and black, and etched portrait plate; handsomely bound in full dark green 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, custom-made board slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. An elegant copy of an important study first published in 1894. This revised edition includes a newly extended bibliography by John Lane. Strang's portrait of Hardy, commissioned by Lane for the frontispiece of the original edition and present here as plate, is widely considered to be the artist's finest etching.