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1913ref. 1262731913. First Edition. HARDY Thomas. A Changed Man The Waiting Supper and Other Tales Concluding with The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid. London: Macmillan 1913. Octavo original dark green cloth top edge gilt original dust jacket. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and slipcase. $2500.First edition of this collection of a dozen of Hardy's short stories including his lengthy gothic tale ""The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid"" with photogravure frontispiece in very scarce original dust jacket.""A Changed Man is a group of 'a dozen minor novels' that had lain uncollected in English and American periodicals half of them for a quarter of a century or more. They 'would probably have never been collected by me at this time of day' Hardy wrote 'if frequent reprints of some of them in America and elsewhere had not set many readers inquiring for them in a volume'É There is much of interest in the volume: the introduction of soldiers and the use of historical setting in the tales written in the '90s when The Dynasts was taking shape; the snatches of reminiscence and family tradition in 'A Tryst at an Ancient Earthwork' and 'The Duke's Reappearance'; the reflection in 'Alicia's Diary' of Hardy's Italian journey a few months beforeÉ"" Purdy 155-56. One of 10000 copies; the 12 stories here collected had all been published previously in periodicals. Purdy 151-57. Webb 39-40. Old bookseller description tipped to front free endpaper.Book fine very scarce and fragile original dust jacket with light edge-wear and gently toned spine extremely good. hardcover books
1896ref. 1262721896. First Edition. HARDY Thomas. Jude the Obscure. London: Osgood McIlvaine 1896. Octavo original gilt-stamped blue-green cloth top edge gilt uncut. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and half morocco slipcase. $2200.First edition first issue of Hardy's last work of fiction with map and lovely frontispiece etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn in original cloth. The copy of Frank J. Hogan with his morocco-gilt bookplate.Jude the Obscure ""was begun as a serial story in Harper's Magazine at the end of November 1894 and was continued in monthly parts. But as in the case of Tess of the d'Urbervilles the magazine version was for various reasons abridged and modified in some degree the present edition being the first in which the whole appears as originally written"" Webb 83. The novel was received with mixed reviews due to its disturbing content and implications that it was autobiographical. Burned by a bishop and banned for its ""indecency"" Jude became Hardy's last work of fiction Smith-Seymour 547. First issue with Osgood's name on verso of title and gilt-stamped on spine. Mixed first and second state mostly first with seven of the first eight signatures containing page numbers on the partially blank pages; mixed states are very common Purdy 87. Purdy 86-91. Sadleir 1108. Sterling 456. Wolff 2979. Hogan Catalogue Part II April 24 1945 item 357. The copy of esteemed collector and attorney Frank J. Hogan 1877-1944 with his morocco-gilt bookplate laid in. By the time of his death the Hogan Library was one of the world's most valuable private collections; the books were dispersed at auction in 1945 and 1946. Owner pencil signature.Ink stains to pages 68-69; a few pages roughly opened. Cloth clean gilt bright. A handsome near-fine copy with excellent provenance. hardcover books
2007ref. 015915Great Britain: The Old Stile Press 2007. Limited to 200 numbered copies. Book measures 36x34.cm. Unpaginated illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers illustrated cloth. Binding in near fine condition. Internally pages in fine condition. House in original publishers green cloth case. Case lightly marked. A very nice near fine copy. . Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus Near Fine. Illus. by Mark Cazalet . Large Quarto. The Old Stile Press Hardcover
1878ref. 014657London: 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
ref. 40627LONDON FOLIO SOCIETY1994. SECOND PRINTING. THREE VOLUMES IN NEAR FINE CONDITION IN A VERY GOOD SLIPCASE. ONE VOLUME HAS VERY SMALL STAIN TO HEAD OF SPINE SLIPCASE HAS SOME MARKS. INTRODUCTION BY TREVOR JOHNSTON. SCARCE. LONDON, FOLIO SOCIETY,1994 unknown
ref. 40909LONDON THE FOLIO SOCIETY 1992. SIXTH PRINTING REPRINTS: TESS OF THE D`URBERVILLES THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD AND THE TRUMPET MAJOR AND UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE. VERY GOOD COPIES IN A SLIGHTLY WORN SLIPCASE. WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY PETER REDDICK. LONDON, THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 1992 unknown
ref. 38262LONDON FOLIO SOCIETY 1993. 2ND PRINTING. THREE VOLUMES IN FINE CONDITION BUT LETTERING ON THE SPINES IS SLIGHTLY WORN. CONTAINED IN A FINE SLIPCASE. LONDON, FOLIO SOCIETY, 1993 unknown
ref. 38352LONDON FOLIO SOCIETY 1992. FIRST PRINTING. THREE VOLUMES IN FINE CONDITION. CONTAINED IN A FINE SLIPCASE. WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY PETER REDDICK. SCARCE. LONDON, FOLIO SOCIETY, 1992 unknown
ref. 36669LONDON FOLIO SOCIETY1993. FIRST PRINTING. THREE VOLUMES IN FINE CONDITION IN A FINE SLIPCASE. INTRODUCTION BY TREVOR JOHNSTON. SCARCE. LONDON, FOLIO SOCIETY,1993 unknown
ref. 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
ref. 23038LONDON THE FOLIO SOCIETY 1993. REPRINTS: TESS OF THE D`URBERVILLES THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD AND THE TRUMPET MAJOR AND UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE. VERY GOOD COPIES IN A VERY GOOD SLIPCASE. WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY PETER REDDICK. LONDON, THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 1993 unknown
1907ref. 51770Macmillan 1907-1927. 26 of 27 vols. sm. 8vo. each volume with title in red and black and full-page map at end a few volumes with neat contemporary signatures on front free endpapers; plum cloth upper boards blocked in gilt and tooled in blind gilt backs gilt tops a few backstrips dulled else all very good bright clean copies. THE POCKET EDITION WANTING ONLY THE FINAL VOLUME 'WINTER WORDS'. The works comprise: NOVELS: Desperate Remedies; Under the Greenwood Tree; A Pair of Blue Eyes; Far From the Madding Crowd; The Hand of Ethelberta; The Return of the Native; The Trumpet-Major; A Laodicean; Two on a Tower; The Mayor of Casterbridge; The Woodlanders; Tess of the d'Urbervilles; Jude the Obscure; The Well-Beloved. SHORT STORIES: Wessex Tales; A Group of Noble Dames; Life's Litle Ironies; A Changed Man. DRAMA: The Dynasts; The Queen of Cornwall. VERSE: Wessex Poems & Poems of the Past and Present; Time's Laughingstocks; Satires of Circumstance; Moments of Vision; Humas Shows Far Phantasies. Macmillan, hardcover
1915ref. 51780E. Williams Hove 1915. 8pp. 8vo. 1915 Issue text mildly browned as usual; original printed wrappers sewed as issueda very good bright crisp copy. Hardy's well-known if sombre poem was first published in 'The Times' on 9 September 1914. Purdy states that Mrs. Hardy wrote to Williams an antiquarian bookseller confirming that Hardy had no objection to the piece being reprinted and it was accordingly first reissued as a 4pp leaflet on 16th September 1914. The venture was evidently successful for in 1915 Williams reissued the present reset version as an 8pp pamphlet sewn in brown card wrappers. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. See Purdy pp.157-8. [E. Williams], Hove, unknown
1894ref. 51929Osgood McIlvaine 1894. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper; decorative green cloth gilt covers tooled in gilt and red to an art-nouveau floral design by Charles Ricketts gilt back very near fine copy. Collects eight short stories plus the portmaneau piece 'A Few Crusted Characters' comprising nine further tales. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Purdy p.85. [Osgood, McIlvaine], hardcover
2000ref. 51970Words Press Dorchester 2000. 8vo. First Edition thus with portrait frontispiece; original wrappers upper cover with printed paper label a fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 125 NUMBERED COPIES THIS COPY NO. 104. The frontispiece reproduces Strang's well-known portrait of the author. Hardy's tale was first published in bowdlerised form in The English Illustrated Magazine 1891; the revised text was collected in 'Life's Little Ironies' 1894. See Purdy pp.81-2. Words Press, Dorchester, unknown
1912ref. 52002Macmillan 1912-1930. 24 of 25 vols. 8vo. on laid paper with frontispieces in photogravure original tissue guards present half-titles in red titles in red and black and double-page map; original series binding of plum cloth gilt backs uncut a few volumes with personal bookplate a few backstrips variously sunned else a very good bright clean set save one volume. THE WESSEX EDITION COMPLETE save only the final and scarcest volume 'Humas Shows/Winter Words' BUT WITH LEA'S 'THOMAS HARDY'S WESSEX' ADDED. This collection comprises in order of original publication: Desperate Remedies; Under the Greenwood Tree; A Pair of Blue Eyes; Far From the Madding Crowd; The Hand of Ethelberta; The Return of the Native; The Trumpet-Major; A Laodicean; Two on a Tower; The Mayor Casterbridge; The Woodlanders; Wessex Tales; A Group of Noble Dames; Tess of the D'Urbervilles; Life's Little ironies; Jude the Obscure; The Well-Beloved; Wessex Poems/Poems of the Past and Present; The Dynasts Parts I and II; The Dynasts Part III/ Time's Laughingstocks; Satires of Circumstance/Moments of Vision; Late Lyrics and Earlier/The Queen of Cornwall; Lea: Thomas Hardy's Wessex. 'Tess' includes Hardy's 'General Preface to the Novels and Poems' October 1911 and several other volumes include new or revised Prefaces. The map of Wessex was drawn by Hardy himself. Lea's 'Handbook' was published in uniform format in 1913. 'The Wessex Edition is in every sense the definitive edition of Hardy's work and the last authority in questions of text' Purdy. VERY SCARCE. Macmillan, hardcover
1922ref. 51639Macmillan 1922. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper free endpapers very faintly browned title lightly spotted; green cloth upper board blocked with 'TH' monogram in gilt gilt back uncut fore-edge mildly spotted else a near fine copy. 'In many respects the volume is the most representative of Hardy's whole career' Purdy p.226. Purdy p.214. Macmillan, hardcover
1968ref. 51693Folio 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
1906ref. 51745Macmillan 1906-1928. 20 vols. 8vo. each volume with title in red and black and full-page map at end; plum cloth upper boards blocked and lettered in gilt and tooled in blind gilt backs gilt tops a few volumes lightly rubbed else a very good bright clean set of this most attractive edition. The works comprise: NOVELS: Desperate Remedies; Under the Greenwood Tree; A Pair of Blue Eyes; Far From the Madding Crowd; The Hand of Ethelberta; The Return of the Native; The Trumpet-Major; A Laodicean; Two on a Tower; The Mayor of Casterbridge; The Woodlanders; Tess of the d'Urbervilles; Jude the Obscure; The Well-Beloved. SHORT STORIES: Wessex Tales; A Group of Noble Dames; Life's Litle Ironies; A Changed Man. DRAMAS: The Dynasts; The Queen of Cornwall. Macmillan, hardcover
1906ref. 51748Macmillan 1906-1928. 18 vols. 8vo. each volume with title in red and black and full-page map at end; plum cloth upper boards blocked and lettered in gilt and tooled in blind gilt backs gilt tops one ot two backstrips a little dulled else a very good bright clean set of this most attractive edition. The works comprise: NOVELS: Desperate Remedies; Under the Greenwood Tree; A Pair of Blue Eyes; Far From the Madding Crowd; The Hand of Ethelberta; The Return of the Native; The Trumpet-Major; A Laodicean; Two on a Tower; The Mayor of Casterbridge; The Woodlanders; Tess of the d'Urbervilles; Jude the Obscure; The Well-Beloved. SHORT STORIES: Wessex Tales; A Group of Noble Dames; Life's Litle Ironies; A Changed Man. Macmillan, hardcover
1928ref. 51565Macmillan 1928. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper free endpapers faintly browned; original green cloth upper board blocked with decorative 'TH' monogram in gilt gilt back uncut fore-edge mildly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter with neat repair on inner surface. Bright copy of Hardy's final collection of verse published postumously on 2 October 1928. Purdy p.252 Macmillan, hardcover
1895ref. 50894Harpers 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
1896ref. 50896Harpers 1896. 8vo. on laid paper with etched frontispiece and full-page map of Wessex in the text neat signature on front free endpaper; original decorative green ribbed cloth gilt 'TH' monogram blocked in gilt on upper cover gilt back gilt top uncut 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 'Knapwater House' 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
1899ref. 50895Harpers 1899. 8vo. on laid paper with etched frontispiece and full-page map of Wessex in the text; original decorative green ribbed cloth gilt 'TH' monogram blocked in gilt on upper cover gilt back gilt top uncut 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 'The Weatherbury 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. 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
1980ref. 50640Clarendon 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
