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HARDY, Thomas (1752-1832). The Woodlanders, London: Macmillan and Co., 1887. 3 volumes, 8°, half titles, 2-pages of publisher's advertisements at end of vol. one, original dark green cloth, the upper cover ruled in black, the lower cover in blind, spine lettered in gilt (a few chips to joints, extremities very lightly rubbed, corners frayed), later slipcase, the titles stamped "With the Publisher's Compliments." FIRST EDITION, IN FIRST ISSUE BINDING. Purdy p.54: "... Hardy sometimes singled out [The Woodlanders] as the best and his own favourite among his novels ..."; Sadleir 1120; Sterling 450.
With Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure (London, 1896, first edition) and The Well-Beloved (London, 1897, first edition), both in original cloth. (5)
With Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure (London, 1896, first edition) and The Well-Beloved (London, 1897, first edition), both in original cloth. (5)
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