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Published by London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1895
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Collected Edition. Worn copy in original gilt-blocked cloth with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; 332, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., map ; 21 cm. Notes; Publication statement from title page verso. Series title on half-title, which is also headed "Thomas Hardy's works". Subjects; English fiction 19th century. Adultery ; Fiction. Wessex (England) ; Fiction. 1 Kg.
Published by London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1895
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Collected Edition. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Physical description; vii, 405 p. : ill., map. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928). 19th century fiction. English Literature. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.
Published by London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1895
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Collected Edition. Worn copy in original gilt-blocked cloth with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; 332, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., map ; 21 cm. Notes; Publication statement from title page verso. Series title on half-title, which is also headed "Thomas Hardy's works". Subjects; English fiction 19th century. Adultery ; Fiction. Wessex (England) ; Fiction. 1 Kg.
Published by London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1895
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Collected Edition. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Physical description; vii, 405 p. : ill., map. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928). 19th century fiction. English Literature. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.
Published by London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co. (1897), 1897
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
1st Edition in this form. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked dark green cloth with unique Thomas Hardy gilt insignia to front board. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Previous owner's ownership plate to front pastedown.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 337 pages; Physical desc.: vii, 337 p. front , tissue guard; map. 20 cm. Subject: Man-woman relationships -- Fiction. Mothers and daughters -- Fiction -- Wessex. Sculptors -- Fiction. Summary: This novel is set in London and Portland, and follows the life of Jocelyn Pierston, a talented sculptor who has an obsession to find the perfect woman. Unfortunately this proves impossible in his eyes. Series: Thomas Hardy's Works The Wessex Novels volume xvii. Notes: Imprint and date from title-page verso. With a half-title page. Title vignette. Other names: Macbeth-Raeburn, H. (Henry), 1860-1947. 1 Kg.
Published by London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co. (1897), 1897
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
1st Edition in this form. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked dark green cloth with unique Thomas Hardy gilt insignia to front board. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Previous owner's ownership plate to front pastedown.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 337 pages; Physical desc.: vii, 337 p. front , tissue guard; map. 20 cm. Subject: Man-woman relationships -- Fiction. Mothers and daughters -- Fiction -- Wessex. Sculptors -- Fiction. Summary: This novel is set in London and Portland, and follows the life of Jocelyn Pierston, a talented sculptor who has an obsession to find the perfect woman. Unfortunately this proves impossible in his eyes. Series: Thomas Hardy's Works The Wessex Novels volume xvii. Notes: Imprint and date from title-page verso. With a half-title page. Title vignette. Other names: Macbeth-Raeburn, H. (Henry), 1860-1947. 1 Kg.
Published by Osgood, McIlvane and Company, London,, 1896
Seller: lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
First edition. Octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine titles and upper board decoration; 515pp., untrimmed and top edge gilt, with an engraved frontispiece. Moderate wear; binding professionally tightened; somewhat rolled; small stain to the text block top edge; text block edges toned offset to the endpapers; previous owner's name stamp to front pastedown; scattered foxing to preliminaries. Very good . Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Published as Vol. VIII in Osgood's 'Wessex Novels', the first uniform and complete edition of Hardy's works which had commenced publication the year before. 'The edition is an important one. The text of every novel was thoroughly and carefully revised, the topography (names and distances) corrected where necessary, chapters frequently retitled, and much rewriting done. In addition Hardy prepared a special preface for each volume' (Richard L. Purdy: Thomas Hardy: A Bibliographical Study, p.281). Each of the sixteen volumes has an etched frontispiece by Macbeth-Raeburn depicting a scene from the novel drawn "on the spot" (in this case Christminster) and a map of Wessex drawn by Hardy himself. Copies of this work exist in a "mixed state", a decision having been made after initial production to drop the page number from the last page of each chapter; thus, the signatures within the book vary according to format. In this copy, the last page of each chapters is not numbered in gatherings A through D, but are so numbered in gatherings E through H, K, S, 2F and partially in 2H. In most copies, as here, the signatures vary slightly, presumably as later sheets were gradually altered to conform to the latter part of the book (ref: Purdy).
Published by Osgood, McIlvaine and Co, London, 1896
Seller: Honey & Wax Booksellers, ABAA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition of Thomas Hardy's controversial final novel, the eighth volume in his uniform series of Wessex Novels, accompanied by a letter to his friend Edward Clodd reporting his progress on the work. The story of a stonemason whose higher aspirations are brutally crushed, Jude the Obscure was the subject of immediate backlash: "his dreams were as gigantic as his surroundings were small." Hardy's attack on class snobbery and compulsory marriage, and his sympathetic portrayal of a family created out of wedlock, so outraged readers that he abandoned the writing of novels altogether, turning to poetry in his final decades. Tipped into this copy is a four-page letter, dated September 2, 1894, sent by Hardy to his longtime friend, banker and man of letters Edward Clodd. Hardy regrets not seeing more of Clodd that summer, and confides that "the announcement in the D. Chronicle represents me as being considerably more advanced than I am with the tale [of Jude the Obscure.]" Hardy expresses his hope for a "tremendous holiday" in the future: "a night or two ago, when I was standing on the Quay at Weymouth just before the departure of the Channel boat, I felt inclined to walk aboard & go across under the starlight." Hardy also alludes to upcoming renovations at Max Gate: "I have abandoned my first rather extensive plan & am only doing a few things absolutely necessary." First issue, with Osgood's name on verso of title and gilt-stamped spine. Mixed state: signature A with unpaginated chapter endings on pages 7 and 16, signatures B-H with paginated chapter endings. Purdy, 86-91, Sadleir 1108. A near-fine copy of a major novel, with original letter from Hardy concerning its progress. Octavo, measuring 8 x 5.5 inches: [2], viii, 516. Original green ribbed cloth stamped and lettered in gilt, "TH" gilt monogram to upper board, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Etched frontispiece, map of Wessex after text. Bookseller label to front pastedown: "Neal's Library / English Stationery / 248 Rue de Rivoli / Paris." Hinges cracked, lacking scarce dust jacket. Tipped in: four-page ALS to Edward Clodd, on Hardy's Max Gate letterhead, dated September 2, 1894. Housed in a custom clamshell box.
Published by Osgood, McIlvaine, 1896
Seller: Lakin & Marley Rare Books ABAA, Mill Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Henry Macbeth-Raeburn (illustrator). 1st Edition. HARDY, Thomas. JUDE THE OBSCURE. London: Osgood, McIlvaine, and Co., 1896 [but 1895]. 8vo. Frontispiece plate by Henry Macbeth-Raeburn (tissue-guard loose) and map of Wessex bound at end. FIRST EDITION, First State, first published as the eighth volume in his uniform series of Hardy's Wessex Novels. Bound in original publisher's original green cloth, gilt, with signatures A-H having all pages numbered. A Very Good copy with some wear to its extremities and boards, and one inner hinge starting to crack. This INSCRIBED COPY, bearing the author's typical "Yours Faithfully/ Thomas Hardy" written on the title page, has the same first print run pagination as all of Hardy's other recorded presentation copies of JUDE. Opposite Hardy's inscription, in a different hand, is the presumed first owner's full name and address -- a local farm in West Meon, Sussex, quite near Winchester, the capitol of Hardy's Upper Wessex -- where Tess Durbeyfield was imprisoned and executed). A second previous owner's stamp can be found on the front free endpaper. JUDE THE OBSCURE, often cited as Hardy's most important novel, has an iconic status in the history of English literature, the bridge which links the Victorian Era and the Modern Era. Perhaps due to initially savage critical reviews, Hardy appears to have avoided signing copies of JUDE THE OBSCURE. This being only the third one we've seen since the auction of H. Bradley Martin's world class Hardy collection at Sotheby's New York in May 1990. One of Hardy's recorded presentation copies of JUDE to the Duchess of Abercorn (1848-1929) was sold by us for $60,000 in 2009 (admittedly still retaining its dust jacket which is not true in this case or most cases.) Purdy, pp. 86-91. Housed in a custom green folding case. Inscribed by Author(s).