A Changed Man, The Waiting Supper and Other Tales
by Thomas Hardy
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan And Co., 1913. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 6". None. A first edition of Thomas Hardy's collection of short stories, containing a map of Wessex. The first edition of this work from Thomas Hardy, volume XVIII of The Wessex Novels, containing eleven short stories and a novella.With a frontispiece illustration, and double page illustrated map to the rear. Collated, complete.Containing 'A Changed Man', 'A Waiting Supper', 'Alicia's Diary', 'The Grave by the Handpost', 'Enter a Dragoon', 'A Tryst at an Ancient Earthwork', 'What the Shepherd Saw', 'A Committee-Man of 'The Terror'', 'Master John Horseleigh, Knight', 'The Duke's Reappearance', 'A Mere Interlude' and 'The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid'.A Victorian realist, Hardy was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his native South West England. Much of his writing explored this, and was set in the semi-fictional region of Wessex. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Loss to tail of spine, with shelf wear to head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 782F32
- Title
- A Changed Man, The Waiting Supper and Other Tales
- Author
- Thomas Hardy
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan And Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Size
- 8.5" by 6"
- Keywords
- Thomas hardy short stories Wessex Novels short stories
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Shelf Wear
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
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