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HARDY, Thomas (1840-1928). Wessex Tales. London: Macmillan & Co., 1888.
2 volumes, 8vo. Half-titles; 4pp. publisher's advertisements. (Vol. II lacking front free endpaper and another preliminary leaf, hinges tender, spotting to endpapers.) Original dark green cloth, spine gilt-lettered (spines skewed, vertical closed tear to spine near head on vol. II).
FIRST EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 634 COPIES BOUND. The work consists of five stories: The Three Strangers, The Withered Arm, Fellow-Townsmen, Interlopers at the Knap, and The Distracted Preacher; previously published only in serials. Purdy, pp. 58-60.
2 volumes, 8vo. Half-titles; 4pp. publisher's advertisements. (Vol. II lacking front free endpaper and another preliminary leaf, hinges tender, spotting to endpapers.) Original dark green cloth, spine gilt-lettered (spines skewed, vertical closed tear to spine near head on vol. II).
FIRST EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 634 COPIES BOUND. The work consists of five stories: The Three Strangers, The Withered Arm, Fellow-Townsmen, Interlopers at the Knap, and The Distracted Preacher; previously published only in serials. Purdy, pp. 58-60.
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HARDY, Thomas. Wessex Tales. 1888. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 634 COPIES BOUND.
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