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Wessex Poems and Other Verses.
by HARDY, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Harper & Brothers,, 1898. And why unblooms the best hope ever sown? First edition of Hardy's first book of poems, one of 500 copies, a very nice example in the original cloth. This collection "brought together newly written poems, poems composed during the novel-writing years, and still others revised from originals drafted in London during the 1860s. Because a similar mix occurs in all of his volumes, individual poems are often hard to date and the volumes themselves elusive of characterization" (ODNB). Following its publication, "the thirty years that remained to Hardy were devoted to the composition of poetry, the resumption of work very dear to him which had been almost wholly laid aside, with the exigencies of novel-writing, since the decade of the 1860s" (Purdy, p. 105). Octavo. Original dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, medallion design with "TH" monogram to front cover in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Frontispiece with tissue guard, 13 illustrated plates, illustrations to the text throughout by the author. A few bumps to spine ends and front cover, a couple of small damp stains to covers, gutter cracked between a few gatherings, but firm, foxing to edges, endpapers, and first few leaves, contents otherwise clean: a very good copy. Purdy pp. 96-106.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 163352
- Title
- Wessex Poems and Other Verses.
- Author
- HARDY, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Harper & Brothers,
- Date Published
- 1898
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Leaves
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Cracked
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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...
- Gatherings
- A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Bumps
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Top Edge Gilt
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