Wessex Tales Strange, Lively, and Commonplace

Folio Society, 1987. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG), slipcase (VG). Pp. xiii + 199, illus with woodcuts by Peter Reddick and endpaper maps (no inscriptions).

London: Macmillan and Co., 1888. 2 volumes. First edition. A publisher's presentation copy with their purple "Compliments" stamp to Vol. I. 8vo, in the scarce original dark blue/green cloth, the boards with ruled lines in light green, the spines also ruled in light green and with letting in gilt. Now housed in a… Read more about this item

Macmillan,, 1889. 8vo., Second Edition, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; red pebble-grain cloth, upper board ruled in blind and blocked in gilt, gilt back, uncut, hinges starting (but binding wholly sound), a very good, bright, clean copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue at end. Collects five of Hardy's finest short stories: An Imaginative Woman, The Three Strangers,… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 1888. First colonial edition, issued as no. 74 in the publisher's "Colonial Library" series; 8vo, pp. [6], 276, 4 (ads); original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine; binding slightly askew, some cracking of the cloth at the spine ends. hinges slightly cracked, else very good and sound. Macmillan originally published these five tales in 2 volumes in May 1888… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society, 1991. Hardcover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reddick, Peter ( Wood Engravings). xiii 199 pages, in immaculate slipcase. Third printing. A very attractive volume. "Wessex Tales is an 1888 collection of tales written by English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy, many of which are set before Hardy's birth in 1840.… Read more about this item

HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

London: The Folio Society, 1987. 1st Thus. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Peter Reddick. pp XIII, 199. 1st printing. An unread book in an As New condition slipcase. Book in removable clear plastic protective cover.

London: The Folio Society 1987 200 pages, 5 7/8 x 9, dark blue decorated cloth, hardcover in slipcase CONDITION: FINE, an excellent like new copy, fine condition in fine slipcase NOTES - Introduction by Robert Gittins. Wood engravings by Peter Reddick

Folio Society, 1993-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1994 printing Folio Society. Book is in very good condition. All pages are intact and unmarked.

Hardcover. Good. Introduction by Robert Gittings. London. The Folio Society. 1987. 22x14 cm. XIII + 199 págs. Wood engravings by Peter Reddick. Tela edit. Estuche. Texto en inglés. # literatura

Paperback / softback. New.

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