HARDY, THOMAS. Wessex Poems and Other Verses. [London and New York: Harper 1898]. 8vo, original dark green cloth, gilt monogram roundel on front cover, spine gilt-lettered, t.e.g., others uncut, a few slight marks. FIRST EDITION of Hardy's first book of poems, one of 500 copies printed, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to a friend: "To Sir James Crichton-Browne from Thomas Hardy," frontispiece, 12 full-page illustrations, and 18 head- and tail-pieces after drawings by Hardy. Purdy, pp. 96-106 (noting this presentation copy); Hayward 310. A very good copy.

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HARDY, THOMAS. Wessex Poems and Other Verses. [London and New York: Harper 1898]. 8vo, original dark green cloth, gilt monogram roundel on front cover, spine gilt-lettered, t.e.g., others uncut, a few slight marks. FIRST EDITION of Hardy's first book of poems, one of 500 copies printed, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to a friend: "To Sir James Crichton-Browne from Thomas Hardy," frontispiece, 12 full-page illustrations, and 18 head- and tail-pieces after drawings by Hardy. Purdy, pp. 96-106 (noting this presentation copy); Hayward 310. A very good copy.