HARDY, THOMAS. 'THE WORKS OF THOMAS HARDY IN PROSE AND VERSE'. LONDON: MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED, 1912-1913

20 volumes (of 24), 8vo (8 3/4 x 5 5/8 in.; 220 x 143mm). Half-titles, and titles in red and black, photogravure frontispieces, folding "Map of the Wessex of the Novels and Poems" at end of each volume, one or two closed marginal tears; some toning and minor offsetting. Uniformly bound in contemporary full green polished calf, covers with multiple gilt rules, spines with raised bands in six compartments, second and third with gilt-lettered brown labels, others with repeat overall filigree motif in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers; spines uniformly sunned, rubbing primarily to joints and spines, a few nicks to spines resulting in loss of calf, some occasional uneven fading to covers, one or two nicks and stains to covers. 

The volumes lacking are those printed after 1913 ('A changed Man' [1914], 'Satires of Circumstance', 'Moments of Vision' [1919], 'Late Lyrics and Earlier', 'The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall' [1926], 'Human Shows', 'Winter Words' [1931]). The first 20 volumes were issued two per month, these following four were printed at irregular intervals thereafter.  

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20 volumes (of 24), 8vo (8 3/4 x 5 5/8 in.; 220 x 143mm). Half-titles, and titles in red and black, photogravure frontispieces, folding "Map of the Wessex of the Novels and Poems" at end of each volume, one or two closed marginal tears; some toning and minor offsetting. Uniformly bound in contemporary full green polished calf, covers with multiple gilt rules, spines with raised bands in six compartments, second and third with gilt-lettered brown labels, others with repeat overall filigree motif in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers; spines uniformly sunned, rubbing primarily to joints and spines, a few nicks to spines resulting in loss of calf, some occasional uneven fading to covers, one or two nicks and stains to covers. The volumes lacking are those printed after 1913 ('A changed Man' [1914], 'Satires of Circumstance', 'Moments of Vision' [1919], 'Late Lyrics and Earlier', 'The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall' [1926], 'Human Shows', 'Winter Words' [1931]). The first 20 volumes were issued two per month, these following four were printed at irregular intervals thereafter.
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The Wessex Edition. For this edition, Hardy revised his novels throughout for the last time, correcting a few errors and adding an occasional footnote, etc. The task was a fairly exacting one, and in the General Preface printed in the first volume, Hardy explains the classification of his novels, revealing his estimation of their merits for the first time.