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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.
Publication Date: 1896
Seller: Sulis Fine Art, Corsham, United Kingdom
Art / Print / Poster Signed
Condition: used. A full-length portrait of a man in shooting attire with his gun tucked under his arm. Signed and dated 1895 in plate. Also signed and dated 1896 in graphite to the lower-left corner. There is a further indistinct inscription to the lower-right corner. On wove. Size: Medium (15-30cm) Framed: Yes Style: Realism.
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 Early 20th Century
Seller: Sulis Fine Art, Corsham, United Kingdom
Art / Print / Poster Signed
Condition: used. A mezzotint portrait of a young woman wearing a fur-trimmed cape by Henry Macbeth-Raeburn RA RE (1860-1947). Signed in graphite and inscribed 'proof in progress' in plate to the lower-right edge. On watermarked laid affixed to card. Size: Medium (15-30cm) Framed: No Style: Realism.
Published by UK, 1891
Manuscript / Paper Collectible First Edition Signed
Paper. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. An Original Hand Written and Signed Postcard to a London Lawn Tennis Club by Artist Henry Macbeth-Raeburn. Dated 1891. Postcard, March 1891, to an official of a tennis club cancelling his membership. Henry Macbeth-Raeburn (1860?1947), Scottish painter and print-maker. Vertical crease, handling wear. Size of Paper is 120mm x 75mm. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17737. Signed by Author(s).
1 S. 8vo. An den Maler, Kunstautor und Sekretär der Society of Graphic Arts Frank L. Emmanuel (1865 1948): I beg to enclose my subscription to the Society of Graphic Art. Kindly acknowledge receipt of the same [.] ".
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).
MACBETH-RAEBURN, Henry. Etching of Three Girls Gathering Flowers. A large etching (22 x 14 inches) of three girls in a forest gathering flowers The print is signed by the etcher, Henry Macbeth-Raeburn (1860-1947). The pr is dated 1890 and was issued by Colnaghi in London.
Published by H.C. Dickins c.1921, London, 1921
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Art / Print / Poster Signed
Condition: Very Good. A fine and decorative Scottish sporting print. It is a portrait of Dr. Nathaniel Spens.The print is signed by the artist in the bottom left corner. Dr. Spens was a prominent member of the Royal Company of Archers (the monarchs bodyguard in Scotland)., Image Size : 645x398 (mm), 25.39x15.67 (Inches), Platemark Size : 658x404 (mm), 25.91x15.91 (Inches), Paper Size : 822x565 (mm), 32.36x22.24 (Inches), Printed in Color with Some Hand Coloring, Mezzotint.
Seller: Treasure House Books, Franschhoek, WCAPE, South Africa
Art / Print / Poster
No Binding. Condition: Fine. Clear dark imprint with facsimile signature of Winston Churchill at the base. This mezzotint has been inspected carefully under a loupe and is in excellent original and authentic condition. It measures 64.5 cm x 41 cm within the indent. The sheet size is 55.5 cm x 75 cm. The sheet is loose and not stuck down on card. Loosely attached to a very attractive white mount with gilt border. In an excellent solid wooden frame with gilt inner border, the frame measuring 68.5 cm x 91 cm x 3 cm. Macbeth-Raeburn was an experienced and accomplished printmaker and a member of the Royal Academy. He prepared the mezzotint copper plate in 1940 soon after Winston Churchill became prime minister, and this deeply evocative image has the man posing in front of the door of No. 10 Downing Street with a cigar and cane in one hand and his hat and gloves in the other. He is at the height of his power, about to fulfill his destiny and change history for the better. Apparently the artist planned to publish a run but did not do so. This would have been difficult during the war years, and Macbeth-Raeburn died in 1947 , only two years after the war ended. Rare proof copies were made, in 1947 and in 1951. This unsigned and unnumbered print is one of those earlier proof copies. Later, in 2000, Peter Harrington of London published a numbered limited edition of 250 mezzotints, which are now sold out. Will only be sent overseas at cost by express courier, which will incur an extra charge. You are welcome to enquire for a quote. Please note that I can only send the frame without the glass, in order to protect the mezzotint, or I can send the mezzotint in a roll without the frame, which will be cheaper.
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 London, 1924
Art / Print / Poster
4 mezzotints printed in colours. Framed and glazed. Priced individually.
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).