Under the Greenwood Tree - A Rural Painting of the Dutch School.
by HARDY, Thomas
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Tinsley Brothers, London., 1872. First edition. Published anonymously, ''by the author of Desperate Remedies''. Octavo. Two volumes: pp [iv], 215; [iv], 216. Fine period bindings by Riviere of three-quarter brown morocco with raised bands, gilt decoration, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt. Half-titles retained. Hardy's second novel.A fine set, attractively bound.
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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- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HARDYTHO026709
- Title
- Under the Greenwood Tree - A Rural Painting of the Dutch School.
- Author
- HARDY, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Tinsley Brothers, London.
- Date Published
- 1872
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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- Morocco
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