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1927Best.-Nr. 31845Faber 1927. 8vo. First Edition with wrapper vignette and full-page coloured illustration; original pictorial green wrappers sewed as issued a near fine copy. Ariel Poem 1. Faber, unknown
1928Best.-Nr. 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
1928Best.-Nr. 24137New York: Macmillan 1928. First edition. 8vo publisher’s original forest-green cloth the spine lettered in gilt. xi 202 pp. A very good very bright copy. FIRST EDITION. Hardy considered that this would probably be his last appearance on the literary stage. He has written that the poems included have been written with reasonable care though considering his age not quite with the zest of a young man new to print. It had become obvious that a lifetime of excellence allowed for what might have once been considered extraordinary to be taken as expected and normative. A collection then of fine poems by a master at his height and greatest reputation. Macmillan hardcover
1928Best.-Nr. 15398Macmillan 1928. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper free endpapers lightly browned; original green cloth upper board blocked with decorative 'TH' monogram in gilt gilt back uncut backstrip very lightly age-soiled joints very lightly rubbed else a very good bright clean copy. Hardy's final collection of verse published postumously on 2 October 1928. Purdy p.252 Macmillan, hardcover
1953Best.-Nr. RO60060873MacMillan & Co. 1953. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 294 pages. Carte en noir et blanc en frontispice. Tranche de tête violette. Signature en page de garde.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
2019Best.-Nr. 500129629Wordsworth 2019 200 pages 12 6x19 6x1 8cm. 2019. Broché. 200 pages.
1889Best.-Nr. 47337Macmillan 1889. 8vo. Second Edition; red pebble-grain cloth upper board ruled in blind and blocked in gilt gilt back uncut joints mildly rubbed backstrip dulled but all gilt wholly legible backstrip chafed at head else a good bright clean copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue at end. Collects five of Hardy's finest short stories: An Imaginative Woman The Three Strangers The Withered Arm Fellow-Townsmen Interlopers at the Knap and The Distracted Preacher. The work was never reprinted in its original two-volume form 1888. Macmillan reissued the collection in one volume in an edition of 1500 copies in late February 1889. See Purdy p.60. Macmillan, hardcover
1888Best.-Nr. 29205London: Macmillan and Co. 1888. 2 volumes. First edition. A publisher's presentation copy with their purple "Compliments" stamp to Vol. I. 8vo in the scarce original dark blue/green cloth the boards with ruled lines in light green the spines also ruled in light green and with letting in gilt. Now housed in a fine custom clamshell box. 247; 212 pp. A fine set and scarce in the publisher's cloth this a very rare "Publishers' Compliments" copy. The text clean and fresh the binding bright with only a tiny bit of age or wear. A SCARCE HARDY TITLE IN ORIGINAL CLOTH THERE WERE ONLY 750 COPIES PRINTED AND OF THOSE ONLY 634 WERE BOUND the rest of the sheets were remaindered. This copy is not only very unusual for its exceptional and bright condition but also for being a publisher's presentation copy. The work consists of five stories The Three Strangers The Withered Arm Fellow-Townsmen Interlopers at the Knap and The Distracted Preacherpreviously published only in serials. In the various short stories Hardy writes of the true nature of nineteenth-century marriage and its inherent restrictions the use of grammar as a diluted form of thought the disparities created by the role of class status in determining societal rank the stance of women in society and the severity of even minor diseases causing the rapid onset of fatal symptoms prior to the introduction of sufficient medicinal practices. A focal point of all the short stories is that of social constraints acting to diminish one's contentment in life necessitating unwanted marriages repression of true emotion and succumbing to melancholia due to constriction within the confines of 19th-century perceived normalcy. Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1913Best.-Nr. RO60137664Macmillan and Co Ltd. 1913. In-12. Relié plein cuir. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Mors fendus, Intérieur acceptable. 490 pages. Illustré de nombreux dessins en noir et blanc dans et hors texte. Titres et motifs dorés sur le dos et le 1er plat. 1er plat et pages de garde détachés.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1898Best.-Nr. 23362New York and London: Harper and Brothers 1898. First Edition. With 30 illustrations by the author. 8vo publisher’s original blue ribbed cloth the spine lettered in gilt upper cover with Hardy’s floral monogram device in gilt. xi 228 pp. A very handsome and pleasing copy internally very fine and essentially pristine the cloth very well preserved spine just a tad mellowed. FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH. A lovely copy of Hardy’s first significant publishing venture as a poet. Though better known now as a novelist Hardy rated poetry above fiction. Like many of his novels the landscapes of Dorset echoes throughout his writing. The poetry is scarce unadorned and surprisingly modern. Though first published in 1898 it contains poems he’d been working on since the 1860s. Harper and Brothers hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 103227Textes Prétextes 1947 Les Textes Prétextes, 1947, 80 p., cartonnage éditeur, exemplaire numéroté 361/500 sur vélin Artois, traduction de C. Georges-Bazile, bon état.
1960Best.-Nr. RO40148514MacMillan & Co Ltd. 1960. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Coiffe en tête abîmée, Intérieur frais. 204 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1998Best.-Nr. RO60073481Penguin Books. 1998. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 224 pages. Illustré d'une carte en noir et blanc hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1967Best.-Nr. RO60149262Macmillan/St Martin's press. 1967. In-12. Broché. Etat passable, Couv. défraîchie, Dos fané, Papier jauni. 204 pages. Texte en anglais. Ex-libris à l'encre en page de garde. Quelques rousseurs. Coins frottés.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1958Best.-Nr. 100113992Collins 1958 in8. 1958. Relié jaquette.
Best.-Nr. RO60065749The London Book Co. Ltd. Non daté. In-16. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Coiffe en tête abîmée, Intérieur acceptable. 250 pages. Titre et motifs dorés sur le 1er plat. Annotation en page de titre.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1872Best.-Nr. 29198London: Tinsley Brothers 1872. 2 volumes. Rare First edition. A Copy with Interesting Provenance in the circles of American commerce and finance. 8vo handsomely bound in antique full maroon morocco for Sawyer of Grafton Street London the boards with a triple gilt ruled frame the spines with gilt stippled raised bands and gilt framed compartments two of which are lettered in gilt additional gilt lettering at the foot of the spine panels gilt ruled board edges gilt tooled turn-ins marbled endpapers and t.e.g. 215; 216 pp. A very handsome set the bindings with only a little light aging all very solid and firm and very attractive the text also fine with just a hint of age mellowing. THE FIRST OF THE GREAT SERIES OF WESSEX NOVELS THE AUTHOR'S SECOND PUBLISHED NOVEL AND THE LAST TO BE PUBLISHED WITHOUT HIS NAME. QUITE RARE Purdy presumed the print run to be only about 500 copies. It is an important precursor to Hardy's major works. The Wessex rustics who play critical roles in Hardy's later novels such as The Return of the Native and The Mayor of Casterbridge claim the centre stage as they debut here. This copy with the bookplates of noted book collector and "the most colorful and attractive figure in the commercial banking world" Albert Henry Wiggin of Greenwich who in 1941 donated several thousand pieces of his collection to the Boston Public Library. Also with the bookplates of Connecticut banker Lynde Selden vice-chairman of the board of American Express from 1941 to 1956. Tinsley Brothers hardcover
1938Best.-Nr. 25192Macmillan 1938. 8vo. with folding map; blue cloth gilt back backstrip very lightly sunned else a near fine copy in unclipped lightly browned dustwrapper. With the contemporary trade ticket of The Book Shop Welwyn Garden City on front paste-down and 2pp publisher's catalogue at end. VERY SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER Macmillan, hardcover
1964Best.-Nr. RO40119306MacMillan & Co Ltd. 1964. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 313 pages. Elément de la jaquette et Ex-Libris illustré en noir et blanc (The British Council) collés en page de garde. Annotation et tampon de bibliothèque en page de garde et au dos de la page de titre. Fichettes de bibliothèque au dos du 2e plat. Annotation sur le dos.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 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
1882Best.-Nr. 29199London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1882. 3 volumes. Scarce First Edition. 8vo in handsome near contemporary three-quarter tan morocco over wove cloth boards the spines with gilt stippled raised bands between gilt framed compartments four compartments with central gilt tools two gilt lettered additional gilt rules at the tips and lettering at the tail softly marbled end-leaves t.e.g. 246; 240; 223 pp. A very appealing and handsome set quite fine internally with far less then typically mellowing to the paper and that only at the edges the original half-titles retained the antique bindings with only trivial evidence of age sturdy and sound with fine and firm hinges. 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
1882Best.-Nr. 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
1919Best.-Nr. 47714Macmillan 1919. Sm. 8vo. First Edition thus title in red and black; original series binding of plum calf upper board blocked and lettered in gilt yaped edges back gilt extra gilt top ribbon marker a near fine copy. Bright copy of this most attractive edition. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Macmillan, unknown
1924Best.-Nr. 31731Macmillan 1924. Sm. 8vo. with title in red and black small neat signature on front free endpaper; original series binding of burgundy full limp calf upper board framed in blind and blocked and lettered in gilt gilt back gilt top small scuff on front boards else a near fine copy. Bright copy of the calf issue of thismost attractive edition. THE VOLUMES OF VERSE ARE BY FAR THE SCARCEST IN THIS SERIES. Macmillan, hardcover
