First edition, first printing, first issue London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1891. 3 Volumes. First edition, first printing, first issue. Bound in contemporary half-leather binding over marbled paper covered boards, with all edges marbled and marbled endsheets; binder's stamp of Mudie to verso of front free endpaper. Near Fine with light rubbing to bindings, spines slightly sunned, foxing to pages and former owner name to front blank of each volume. A Victorian tripple-Decker in lovely contemporary binding. Although this novel initially received mixed reviews upon publication, it is now considered a major work of 19th-century literature.. Author: Hardy, Thomas,Country of Origin: United States of America,Publisher: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co,Year Printed: 1891,Special Attributes: 1st Edition,Binding: Leather,Original/Facsimile: Original