Concerning Agnes: Thomas Hardy's "good little pupil by Desmond Hawkins - 1982

A. Sutton, 1982. First Edition. HardBack. Very Good/Very Good. 148 pages illustrated. A very good copy in a VG dust jacket.

GLOUCESTER: ALAN SUTTON, 1982 Maroon boards with gilt titles to spine, 225x160mm approx. xi + 148pp. Line Map and 25 illustrations as called for. Written by a respected author on Thomas Hardy who lectured widely on his subject this is an investigation into the identity of the spirited young Victorian beauty of whom Hardy wrote a deeply felt elegy in his poem "Concerning Agnes' and of their friendship of 30 years namely Agnes Geraldine Fox-Pitt (Lady Grove). The copy offered by us would be an appropriate addition to the bookshelves of any Hardy devotee in that it is inscribed Best Wishes and signed by the author to the title page in ink with no other name. VG/VG (Book- Light soiling to a few pages - not significant but worthy of mention. No previous owner name. Dust Jacket - laminate rubbed and scuffed in two places at bottom edge - front and rear panel of up to 10x5mm. No other notable defects to book or jacket- the latter now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve). Please see our… Read More

Gloucester, Great Britain: Alan Sutton Publishing Limited, 1982. Lightly bumped on ends of spine, pencil erasure on ffep, light smudge on top edge, water mark on rear paste-down, else very good plus. DJ lightly chipped on ends of flap folds, colour transfer on inside along top and bottom edge, else very good. Protected in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Gloucester : A. Sutton, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical descriptionxi, 148 pages, [16] pages, of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. Subjects; Grove, Agnes Geraldine Lady. Hardy, Thomas 1840-1928. Hardy, Thomas 1840-1928 Criticism and interpretation. Great Britain ; Biography. England Grove, Agnes Geraldine Lady Biographies.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.