A Comedy in Chapters. With eleven illustrations. In two volumes. Pp. viii+322+[2](advertisements)+viii+318+[2](advertisements), 11 plates (frontispiece with tissue guard both volumes); bound by Riviere & Son in red half morocco, the spines lettered and ruled in gilt compartments between raised bands, red cloth boards, slightly faded, edges lightly rubbed, spines lightly..... More
In three volumes. Pp. [iv]+312+[iv]+276(last blank)+[iv]+268(last blank); slate-grey sand-grain cloth, spines lettered in gilt, boards with triple blind rule border and publisher's monogram in blind at centre, slightly soiled and rubbed, edges lightly worn, corners bruised, spine cloth slightly bubbled Volume I, the spines chipped at extremities; top edges uncut;..... More
Pp. [vi]+302(last advertisement); cr. 8vo; sage green sandgrain cloth, the spine and upper board lettered in gilt and decorated in brown, edges lightly rubbed, the spine slightly faded and creased; top edges uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, upper hinge starting, the text block lightly browned..... More
In three volumes. Pp. [iv]+246+[iv]+240+[iv]+224(last colophon); rebound in brown half calf, spines lettered and ruled in gilt around raised bands, lighter brown cloth boards, a trifle marked; all edges sprinkled red; later endpapers; ex library copy, with several scattered stamps, a couple of tiny edge splits, small piece torn from..... More
In thirty-seven volumes, totalling approximately 9,000 pages, engraved frontispiece portrait with tissue guard in first volume, double page map of Wessex in Volume II, the map, half-title, title and colophon pages printed in red & black; dark blue cloth, spines lettered and decorated in gilt with an acorn & oak..... More
Pp. x+286, index; cr. 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, upper board with blind rule border, the boards slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed; top edges maroon, others uncut and partly unopened; dust wrapper, browned, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly faded, chipped at head, and..... More
A bibliographical handbook for collectors, booksellers, librarians and others. Pp. 40; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, a trifle flecked; free endpapers faintly offset; Allen & Unwin, London, 1916. First edition. More
Pp. 244, frontispiece, plus 4 plates, sources, appendices, index; blue cloth, spine blocked in brown and lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; edges of leaves faintly soiled; Hutchinson, London, 1966. First edition. *The story of Hardy's relationship with Tryphena Sparks, a young relative of his (probably a...... More
![Item #116524 YOUNG THOMAS HARDY. [together with] THE OLDER HARDY. Thomas Hardy, Robert Gittings](https://kaycraddock.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/116524.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1565151726)
Two volumes: Pp. xii+260(last blank)+xii+244, frontispiece portrait and 16 plates in each volume, appendix (Volume I), notes, sources, indices; med. 8vo; red and navy cloth respectively, spines lettered in gilt, faint bruise to bottom edge of lower board Volume I, corners a trifle rubbed Volume II; top edges red and..... More
Compiled largely from contemporary notes, letters, diaries, and biographical memoranda, as well as from oral information in conversations extending over many years. Pp. xii+328(last blank), 13 plates (frontispiece with tissue guard), full page plan, tipped-in 4 page facsimile letter, text drawing, index; [and] THE LATER YEARS OF THOMAS HARDY 1892-1928..... More
Pp. x+278, 8 plates, appendix, notes & sources, index; spine slightly bruised at extremities; dust wrapper, backstrip faded, with short split at foot; a couple of spots of foxing; Macmillan, London, 1979. First edition. More
The life, times and works of the great novelist and poet. Pp. 144, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, endpaper map, index; wide demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper, the back panel faintly soiled; Carlton, London, 1997. More
A Bibliographical Study. Pp. xiv+388, 7 plates, appendices, index; dust wrapper, faded, particularly the backstrip; Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1979. Fourth printing. *Originally published by Oxford University Press in 1954. A new edition, with new introduction and supplementary materials was published by Oak Knoll Press/British Library in 2002. More
A wayfarer. Pp. x+44, 13 full page illustrations; pictorial paper wrappers, faintly soiled, tiny chip at head of backstrip; Dorset County Library & The Thomas Hardy Society, Dorchester, Dorset, 1978. First edition. More
