Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
£200.00
First edition
Published by Osgood, McIlvaine & Co, London 1895
Description
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
A scarce first edition copy of Far From The Madding Crowd, Volume II in The Wessex Novels. The Wessex Novels was the first attempt to collect Hardy’s prose work in a uniform edition, preceding Macmillan’s Wessex edition of 1912-4, and the Mellstock edition of 1919-20. Original green cloth boards with slight wear and marks. With an etching by Macbeth-Raeburn and a map of Wessex. Original green cloth boards with gilt illustration. Top edge gilt. Circular mark on rear board. Ink signature dated 1895 on the front free page. Small stain on p136/7. 8vo 476pp
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