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HARDY, Thomas (1840-1928)

Lot 181
10.07.2024 10:30UTC +00:00
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£ 10 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 181 | HARDY, Thomas (1840-1928)
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£ 10 000 – 15 000
HARDY, Thomas (1840-1928)
A uniformly bound set of first editions. London: 1871-1909.
An attractive set of first editions, including each of Hardy’s most celebrated novels such as Far from the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure.

Together 20 works in 42 volumes, octavo. Blue half morocco by Riviere & Son over cloth, sides ruled in gilt, spines ruled, dotted and lettered in gilt (some light wear, occasional spotting to cloth). Comprising:

–Desperate Remedies. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1871. 3 vols. (H8r in vol. III soiled). Purdy pp.3-5; –Under the Greenwood Tree. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872. 2 vols. (Occasional spotting.) Purdy pp.6-8; Sadleir 1117; –Far from the Madding Crowd. Smith, Elder, & Co., 1874. 2 vols. (Tiny marginal repair in title of vol. II, faint spotting and browning, lacking the ads.) Purdy pp.13-20; Sadleir 1105; –The Hand of Ethelberta. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1876. 2 vols. (Some spotting, lacking the ads.) Purdy pp.20-23; Sadleir 1107; –The Return of the Native. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1878. 3 vols. (Lacking ad leaf in vol. II.) Purdy pp.24-27; Sadleir 1113; –The Trumpet-Major. London: Smith, Elder, & co., 1880. 3 vols. (Some light browning.) Purdy pp.31-35; Sadleir 1115; –A Laodicean; or, the Castle of the de Stancys. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1881. 3 vols. (Variable spotting and browning). Purdy pp.35-40; Sadleir 1109; –Two on a Tower. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1882. 3 vols. (A few faint creases to upper corners.) Purdy pp.41-45; Sadleir 1116; –The Mayor of Casterbridge. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1886. 2 vols. (Faint spotting and browning, lacking the ads.) Purdy pp.50-54; Sadleir 1111; –The Woodlanders. London: Macmillan and Co., 1887. 3 vols. (Some light browning, lacking rear ad leaf in vol. I.) Purdy pp.54-57; Sadleir 1120; –Wessex Tales. London: Macmillan and Co., 1888. 2 vols. (Lacking 2 ad leaves in vol. II.) Purdy pp.58-60; Sadleir 1119; –A Group of Noble Dames. London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1891. Purdy pp.61-67; Sadleir 1106; –Tess of the D’Urbervilles. London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1891. 3 vols. Purdy pp.67-78 [this copy with all first impression points in vols. I and III, and second impression points in vol. II]; Sadleir 1114; –Life’s Little Ironies. London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1894. Purdy pp.81-86; Sadleir 1110; –The Art of Thomas Hardy. London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894; –Jude the Obscure. London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1896. Purdy pp.86-91; Sadleir 1108; –The Well-Beloved. London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1897. (Some faint creasing to upper corners.) Purdy pp.92-96; Sadleir 1119; –Wessex Poems and Other Verses. London: Harper & Brothers, 1898. Purdy pp.96-106; –The Dynasts: A Drama. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1904-1908. 3 vols. Purdy pp.119-135 [second issue of part one, second state of part two]; –Time’s Laughingstocks. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1909. Purdy pp.138-150.
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