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A Group of Noble Dames
by Thomas Hardy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London; New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 6". H. Macbeth-Raeburn. A wonderful collection of short stories by Thomas Hardy, a frame narrative volume telling the lives of ten noble dames of centuries past. An interesting collection of ten short stories contained in a frame narrative. 'A Group of Noble Dames' follows the course of one evening, when a group of members of a club each tell one story about a noble dame of the seventeenth or eighteenth centuries.Including 'The First Countess of Wessex', 'Barbara of the House of Grebe', 'The Marchioness of Stonehenge', 'Lady Mottisfont', 'The Lady Icenway', 'Squire Petrick's Lady', 'Anna, Lady Baxby', 'The Lady Penelope', 'The Duchess of Hamptonshire', and 'The Honourable Laura'.Illustrated with a frontispiece by H. Macbeth-Raeburn, and a map of Wessex. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart, with only a few minor marks to the boards. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Prior owner's ink inscription to the verso of the rear endpaper. Scattered spots to the paste downs and endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
Synopsis
From the book:The pedigrees of our county families, arranged in diagrams on the pages of county histories, mostly appear at first sight to be as barren of any touch of nature as a table of logarithms. But given a clue - the faintest tradition of what went on behind the scenes, nd this dryness as of dust may be transformed into a palpitating drama. More, the careful comparison of dates alone - that of birth with marriage, of marriage with death, of one marriage, birth, or death with a kindred marriage, birth, or death - will often effect the same transformation, and anybody practised in raising images from such genealogies finds himself unconsciously filling into the framework the motives, passions, and personal qualities which would appear to be the single explanation possible of some extraordinary conjunction in times, events, and personages that occasionally marks these reticent family records. Out of such pedigrees and supplementary material most of the following stories have arisen and taken shape. I would make this preface an opportunity of expressing my sense of the courtesy and kindness of several bright-eyed Noble Dames yet in the flesh, who, since the first publication of these tales in periodicals, six or seven years ago, have given me interesting comments and conjectures on such of...
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 840P19
- Title
- A Group of Noble Dames
- Author
- Thomas Hardy
- Illustrator
- H. Macbeth-Raeburn
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- London; New York
- Date Published
- 1891
- Size
- 8" by 6"
- Keywords
- A Group of Noble Dames thomas hardy short stories first countess of wessex thomas hardy
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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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- Tail
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