Under the Greenwood Tree : A Rural Painting of the Dutch School
by Hardy, Thomas
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Chatto & Windus, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Keith Henderson. Clean, tight and sound copy. Usual foxing here and there, mainly around first and last leaves. No inscriptions. Publishers' green cloth gilt binding, a little darkened. x + 271 pages, 10 colour plates. Approx. size 7.5" by 5". Illustrator: Keith Henderson. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 28267. .
Synopsis
Under the Greenwood Tree or The Mellstock Quire: A Rural Painting of the Dutch School is a novel by Thomas Hardy, published anonymously in 1872. It was Hardy's second published novel, the last to be printed without his name, and the first of his great series of Wessex novels.
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- Bookseller
- Steve Liddle
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28267
- Title
- Under the Greenwood Tree : A Rural Painting of the Dutch School
- Author
- Hardy, Thomas
- Illustrator
- Keith Henderson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- BZDB28 west country wessex dorset tranter mellstock Literature & Literary; Under the Greenwood Tree A Rural Painting of the Dutch School Hardy Thomas
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About the Seller
Steve Liddle
Biblio member since 2009
Bristol, Avon
About Steve Liddle
Full time bookseller since 1982. Bookshops in Bristol and Bath ( as Patterson & Liddle )1982- 2006. Member ABA ILAB PBFA. Regular exhibitor at major UK bookfairs.
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