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The Mayor of Casterbridge: the Life and Death of a Man of Character
by Hardy, Thomas
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Publisher's smooth blue cloth, blocked in black on covers and titled in gilt on the spine, gray floral endpapers. A very good co
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About This Item
London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1886. First edition. [iv], 313, [1], [2, ads]; [iv], 312, [4, ads] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Publisher's smooth blue cloth, blocked in black on covers and titled in gilt on the spine, gray floral endpapers. A very good copy, with light edgewear and scuffing to covers, bubbling to cloth on vol. I front cover. Bookplate of Roger H. West and his signature to half-titles. In custom blue cloth slipcase. First edition. [iv], 313, [1], [2, ads]; [iv], 312, [4, ads] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL CLOTH. The first edition in publisher's cloth of perhaps Hardy's greatest novel - one of only 758 copies printed, of which just 600 were bound. In uncommonly fresh condition. Purdy, pp. 50-54; Sadleir 1111
Synopsis
THOMAS HARDY was born on June 2, 1840. His father was a stonemason. He was brought up near Dorchester and trained as an architect. In 1868 his work took him to St Juliot's church in Cornwall where he met his wife-to-be, Emma. His first novel, The Poor Man and the Lady , was rejected by publishers but Desperate Remedies was published in 1871 and this was rapidly followed by Under the Greenwood Tree (1872), A Pair of Blue Eyes (1873) and Far from the Madding Crowd (1874). He also wrote many other novels, poems and short stories. Tess of the D'Urbervilles was published in 1891. His final novel was Jude the Obscure (1895). Hardy was awarded the Order of Merit in 1920 and the gold medal of the Royal Society of Literature in 1912. His wife died in 1912 and he later married his secretary. Thomas Hardy died January 11, 1928.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 300887
- Title
- The Mayor of Casterbridge: the Life and Death of a Man of Character
- Author
- Hardy, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- [iv], 313, [1], [2, ads]; [iv], 312, [4, ads] pp. 2 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Publisher's smooth blue cloth, blocked in black on covers and titled in gilt on the spine, gray floral endpapers. A very good co
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1886
- Keywords
- American | Thomas Hardy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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James Cummins Bookseller
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