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(Thomas, novelist and poet, 1840-1928) The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall at Tintagel in Lyonnesse, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author to Daisy Kennedy Drinkwater with ink inscription: "Thomas Hardy on the day of its performance November: 1923" on fly-leaf and half-title and signed "Daisy Drinkwater", also small photograph of Thomas Hardy and Daisy Kennedy Drinkwater taken by John Drinkwater in the garden at Max Gate and inscribed by Daisy, and a ticket for a performance by the Hardy Players The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall, 2 plates, small tear on dedication page, ink mark on front pastedown, original gilt pictorial cloth, 8vo, 1923. ***Inscription by Daisy Kennedy Drinkwater: "This photograph of Thomas Hardy (with Daisy Kennedy Drinkwater) was taken in the garden at Max Gate by John Drinkwater in 1924."