first edition Hardcover
1913 · London
by HARDY, Thomas
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Occasional minor foxing. About Fine. Bound in attractive 1/2 green morocco leather with matching corners and marbled boards, the spine with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering and decorations, top edge gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece and a map of Wessex. Hardy, in his brief preface, states, " I reprint in this volume, for what they may be worth, a dozen minor novels that have been published in the periodical press at various dates in the past, in order to render them accessible to readers who desire to have them in the complete series issued by my publishers." (Inventory #: 021929)