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Human Shows, Far Phantasies, Songs and Trifles
by Thomas Hardy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$369.62NZ$332.66
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1925. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. A lovely first edition of the penultimate collection of poetry of Thomas Hardy, in the publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition of Thomas Hardy's penultimate poetry collection, widely considered to be his most cheerful collection, with Hardy himself noting his fears that he had been 'too liberal in selecting flippant, not to say farcical, pieces into the collection'.In the publisher's original dust wrapper, price unclipped.More sombre poems are also featured, with 'Nobody Comes' recording his lonely wait for his second wife Florence Dugdale to return after an operation in London.With three pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear, and an inscription, dated 1928, to the front endpaper, reading 'F. J. E. from C. E. K for Old Times' sake'. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Front hinge lightly strained. Edgewear to dust wrapper back strip head and tail, with small chip to head of front joint. Small area at centre of back strip detached from wrapper, but present. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Majority of leaves unopened to head, including title page. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 855F4
- Title
- Human Shows, Far Phantasies, Songs and Trifles
- Author
- Thomas Hardy
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1925
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- thomas hardy jude the obscure tess of the d'urbervilles jude the obscure
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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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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