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	1 HARDY.THOMAS.; . A GROUP OF NOBLE DAMES. That is to say The First Countess of Wessex,Barbara of the house of Grebe,The Marchioness of Stonehenge,Lady Mottisfont.....etc. James R.Osgood McIlvane & Co.London.,1891  FIRST EDITION.Finely bound in recent half brown morocco,raised bands,red title label,gilt.Brown cloth on boards.Top edge gilt.An attractive copy.:  Price: 225.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	2 HARDY. THOMAS.; . TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES. A pure woman. Macmillan and Co. Limited. London.,1925  Reprint edition. 8vo (7.6 x 5.3 inches). Fold out map of Wessex at the end. A clean, bright copy. Finely bound, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, in early half green morocco. Spine with raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments ruled, fully decorated and lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards and endpapers. Top edge gilt. Some rubbing to edges but still overall a very good, attractive binding.:  Price: 150.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	3 HARDY.THOMAS.; . THE TRUMPET MAJOR. A Tale. Smith,Elder & Co.London.,1880  FIRST EDITION.Three volumes.A very good copy bound,with the half titles,in early twentieth century leather binding by Bayntun of Bath.Half red morocco,raised bands,gilt.Red cloth on boards.Top edges gilt.Housed in a red cloth covered slipcase.The joints have had some professional repair work but the set is still very good and looks attractive on the shelf.A scarce Hardy title in fine decorative bindings.:  Price: 2500.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	4 HARDY. THOMAS.; . THE WRITINGS. In prose and verse. With prefaces and notes. The Autograph Edition. Harper and Brothers. New York.,1915  LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY HARDY. One of only 153 sets. 20 volumes, complete. 8vo. Finely bound in recent full tan morocco, raised bands, gilt. Compartments with gilt decorations. Twin brown and green labels, gilt. Boards with ruled borders in gilt. Marbled endpapers, Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Illustrated throughout with 80 photogravures on Japanese vellum. Leaf in one volume has a closed tear, without loss and not effecting the text. A fine set beautifully bound. The Autograph Edition. Limited to 153 sets only of which this is number 95, printed ad personum for Katherine Fay and signed by the Publisher and Thomas Hardy in volume 1. This edition, intended to be the definitive Collected Works, is one of the scarcest of any sets of “Works” by a major writer of the past 150 years. -- Purdy. P.286.:  Price: 6750.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart