Thomas Hardy The Wessex Novels 18 Novels 18 Volumes 1895-1897 1913 All 1sts

Description: Thomas Hardy The Wessex Novels 18 Novels 18 Volumes 1895-1897 1913 All 1sts Click image to enlarge Description HARDY, THOMAS: The Wessex Novels. 18 novels Volumes FIRST UNIFORM AND COMPLETE EDITION Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. 1895/1897/ Macmillan 1913 (all Novels 1st.ed's in this publication, with 3 true "firsts") Bound in Uniformed Dark green bold-ribbed cloth, the front blocked in gold with TH monogram. In very good condition. Only minor edge wear & a few faint marks & a couple of tiny nicks. Tess & Jude have small tear head of spine. Woodlands & Desperate Remedies spines a little lightened. Under three Greenwood Tree has a few small marks lower spine. Changed man boards a a little patchy on boards. Some very faint spotting. Untrimmed pages with gilt top edges. Casterbridge has small inscription on front endpaper. Each volume has a frontispiece with tissue guard, and each novel has an etching by H Macbeth-Raeburn (Tess has 2 etchings) and a map of Wessex. Tess has a facsimile signature of Hardy. This is an important edition. The text of every novel was thoroughly and carefully revised, etc. In addition Hardy prepared a special preface for each volume. "The Well-Beloved" (Osgood...1897) and "A Changed Man"(Macmillan 1913) were published in matching format to the other 16 vols.and count as Vols.XVII and XVIII of the Wessex Novels. The first 6 volumes published in 1895. This is the first uniform edition with 17 of 18 novels published between 1895 to 1897 and 2 slightly later volumes of poetry in very good to near fine condition; A Changed Man is a later 1913 edition published by Macmillan, but uniform with the others. 95619 Get images that make Supersized seem small.Showcase your items with Auctiva's Listing Templates! THE simple solution for eBay sellers. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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