HARDY, Thomas. Wessex Poems and Other Verses. [London: Harper & Brothers], 1898. 8°. Half title, 30 illustrations by the author (occasional very light spotting and staining). Original dark green cloth gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION. Hayward 310. With 7 other books by the same author, namely Poems of the Past and the Present ([London, 1902]), Time’s Laughingstocks (London, 1909), Satires of Circumstance (London, 1914), Moments of Vision (London, 1917), Late Lyrics and Earlier (London, 1922), Human Shows Far Phantasies (London, 1925) and Winter Words (London, 1928), all FIRST EDITIONS in original cloth, the last four in dust-jackets.