HARDY, Thomas (1840-1928). Wessex Tales. Strange, Lively and Commonplace. London and New York: MacMillan and Co., 1888. 2 volumes, 12mo (172 x 111 mm). Half-titles. (Lacking publisher's advertisements, hinge starting.) Contemporary full calf, gilt-stamped pictorial upper cover, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt (boards worn with associated minor losses, joints rubbed). FIRST EDITION. [ With :] The Dynasts... London: MacMillian and Co., Limited, 1927. 3 volumes, 4to (270 x 190 mm). Frontispiece portrait after Francis Dodd signed by the artist in pencil, printed in red and black. Original quarter vellum and printed boards, yapp edges (small areas of paper lifting near edges). LIMITED TO 525 COPIES SIGNED BY HARDY. "An epic-drama of the war with Napoleon, in three parts, nineteen acts and one hundred and thirty scenes, which the time covered by the works being 10 years. Estimate $ 600-800
HARDY, Thomas (1840-1928). Wessex Tales. Strange, Lively and Commonplace. London and New York: MacMillan and Co., 1888. 2 volumes, 12mo (172 x 111 mm). Half-titles. (Lacking publisher's advertisements, hinge starting.) Contemporary full calf, gilt-stamped pictorial upper cover, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt (boards worn with associated minor losses, joints rubbed). FIRST EDITION. [ With :] The Dynasts... London: MacMillian and Co., Limited, 1927. 3 volumes, 4to (270 x 190 mm). Frontispiece portrait after Francis Dodd signed by the artist in pencil, printed in red and black. Original quarter vellum and printed boards, yapp edges (small areas of paper lifting near edges). LIMITED TO 525 COPIES SIGNED BY HARDY. "An epic-drama of the war with Napoleon, in three parts, nineteen acts and one hundred and thirty scenes, which the time covered by the works being 10 years. Estimate $ 600-800
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