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Hardy, Thomas.
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- The Works. London: Macmillan and Co., 1919-1920
- bound book paper
8vo, 37 volumes, the Mellstock edition, one of 500 sets signed by the author, etched frontispiece of the author by William Strang in volume one, map of Wessex in volume two, paper watermarked with Hardy's initials, contemporary straight-grained blue morocco gilt by Morrell, top edge gilt, others uncut
Literature
Purdy pp.287-88
Catalogue Note
Noted by Purdy as "an edition de luxe", Macmillan had previously published similar editions of Tennyson, Arnold and Kipling in this format.