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Rare and modern books

Hardy Thomas

The Short Stories of Thomas Hardy. [First Collected Edition]. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO

Macmillan, 1928

558.90 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1928
Author
Hardy Thomas
Publishers
Macmillan
Keyword
mstock, modern first editions, modern firsts, hardy, thomas hardy, wessex, short stories
Languages
English

Description

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
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