Under the Greenwood Tree
by Thomas Hardy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine to Fine/None Given
- Seller
-
West Jeddore, Nova Scotia, Canada
Item Price
NZ$30.59NZ$15.30
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About This Item
Glasgow and London: Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1920. Decorative burgandy pigskin covered (Light Flexible) boards the titles in bright gilt to the decorative spine.Top edges are gilt the others colouring just a little.A tight and well cared for copy.There are no marks.The boards show very light shelf wear otherwise fine.. First Thus Not Dated 1920c.. Decorative Leather/Leatherlike. Near Fine to Fine/None Given. Illus. by Percy Graves Sepia Plates Frontis is "Your handkerchief,Miss Day,". 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Mulberry Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 902582
- Title
- Under the Greenwood Tree
- Author
- Thomas Hardy
- Illustrator
- Percy Graves Sepia Plates Frontis is "Your handkerchief,Miss Day,"
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine to Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None Given
- Edition
- First Thus Not Dated 1920c.
- Publisher
- Collins' Clear-Type Press
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow and London
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- NoBn/Classics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics;
- Size
- 16mo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mulberry Books
Biblio member since 2005
West Jeddore, Nova Scotia
About Mulberry Books
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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