Poems of the Past and the Present.
by HARDY, Thomas
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Harper, London., 1902. Second edition, revised. Octavo. pp xi, 260, [2] adverts. Original gilt decorated green cloth. Top edge gilt. There were only 500 copies of the first edition. The second edition, for which Hardy made revisions to three of the poems, also had a print-run of only 500 copies. A further 500 copies were printed for the first American edition. Ownership on rear free endpaper. Covers slightly marked. Endpapers a little spotted. Very good indeed. A bight copy.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HARDYTHO000699
- Title
- Poems of the Past and the Present.
- Author
- HARDY, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper, London.
- Date Published
- 1902
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Cloth
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