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1881réf. 29225London: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington 1881. 3 volumes. First English edition. 8vo bound in the publisher's original slate gray cloth the covers blocked in blind the spine panels lettered and decorated in gilt. Now housed in a fine morocco backed foldover case. 312; 275; 269 pp. A handsome and especially well preserved set the cloth retaining its original handsome quality. internally fine with just a bit of normal age mellowing to the text the original half-titles retained. FIRST EDITION OF HARDY'S MOST CONTEMPORARY NOVEL. Unlike his Wessex novels this is work is set in the more technologically advanced contemporaneous age so the plot exhibits devices uncommon among Hardy's novels such as falsified telegrams and faked photographs. It was originally published in monthly installments in the European edition of Harper's New Monthly Magazine from December 1880 to December 1881. Due to this arrangement Harper was able to publish the work in book form first but this English edition was only issued a few weeks later and contains revisions made by Hardy not included in Harper's issue. It is the only three-decker issue published and the print run is presumed to be only around 1000 copies. Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington hardcover
1882réf. 25721London: 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. 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
1876réf. 29015London: 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. 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
1878réf. 29000London: 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. 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
1880réf. 29016London: 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
