Hardy Beloved

Thomas Hardy. The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament. London, UK: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1897
With a frontispiece etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn and a Map of Wessex. 8vo, [4], (x), (339) pp. Publisher's vertically ribbed, dark blue-green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, and with circular floral monogram design in gilt, stamped on front board. Top edge gilt, fore-edges untrimmed. First Edition, issued as Volume XVII in Hardy's "The Wessex Novels." Originally serialized in 1892, "The Well-Beloved" was Hardy's last novel to be published. Purdy, pp.92-6; Sadleir 1118; Wolff 2997. Some foxing on front free-endpaper, lower corners lightly bumped, otherwise a bright, near-fine copy. ~~~ Author(s): Thomas Hardy; Binding material: Cloth; Binding state: Original binding; Binding style: Full; Class: Hardback copy; Condition: Near fine; Edition: First; Illustrated; Illustrator(s): H. Macbeth-Raeburn (1860-1947); Jacket condition: Not applicable; Language: English; Pages: 338; Publication year: 1897; Size: Octavo..

First, Hardback copy, Octavo, H. Macbeth-Raeburn (1860-1947). Near fine

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Thomas,Hardy: The well-beloved. A sketch of a temperament. British Library, Historical Print Editions, April 2011, Besorgungstitel - vorauss. Lieferzeit 3-5 Tage. ISBN: 1241577706
bTitle:/b The well-beloved. A sketch of a temperament.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.br/br/The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. br/br/++++br/The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:br/++++br/br/b Source Library /b British Librarybr/b Contributors /b Hardy, Thomas; br/b Original Pub Date /b 1897.br/b Physical Description /b pp. viii, 337: plate, map. 21 cm.br/b Shelfmark /b 012624.h.25/17.br/

NEUBUCH! 246 mm x 189 mm x 22 mm

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MAUND, B. The Botanic Garden; consisting of highly finished representations of hardy ornamental flowering plants, cultivated in Great Britain with their names, classes, orders, history, qualities, culture and physiological observations. 1825

London, Baldwin and Cradock ...., 1825-1850. 13 volumes. Royal-8vo. With 312 handcoloured engraved plates and descriptive text (and:) MAUND, B. The Fruitist; a treatise on orchard and garden fruits, their description, history and management. London, Groombridge & Sons, (1851). Royal-8vo. With 72 handcoloured lithographed illustrations in the text (and:) THE AUCTARIUM or the botanic garden; containing miscellaneous information, connected with the cultivation of a garden, and natural history. London, Simpkin, Marshall & Co., (1834-1850). 2 volumes. Royal-8vo. With some text illustrations (and:) THE FLORAL REGISTER; containing figures and descriptions of nearly all tender and hardy plants, which have been lately introduced to, and cultivated in Great Britain. London, Simpkin, Marshall & Co., (1835-1850). 2 volumes. Royal-8vo. pp. (1-4), v-xvi, 240; (1-2), 3-13, 144, with over 3000 small illustrations in the margins of the text. Uniform contemporary half green morocco, spines with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering. "A delightful work, not only full of useful and practical information, but illustrated with most charming plates carefully engraved and coloured" (Dunthorne 200). The Botanic Garden contains 1248 beautifully handcoloured illustrations on 312 finely engraved plates (4 plants on each plate). The charming lithographs of the 'Fruitist' depict the most desirable varieties of apples (34), pears (24), plums (4), nectarines (2), peaches (2), gooseberries (3), currants (1), strawberries (1), and nuts (1). A fine complete uniformly bound set of this beloved flower-book. Nissen BBI, 2222; Great Flower Books, p. 85;

[SW: Flower Books (Illustrated)/Pomology / Fruit/Gardening / Gardens / Horticulture]

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Hardy, Thomas: The Well-Beloved (Wessex Novels, Vol. XVII) London MacMillan & Co Ltd 1927
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From a uniform edition of the Wessex novels, with a map of Wessex at rear; second or third printing thus. Bound in red cloth, with Hardy's initials blank-stamped on top board; patch of damp damage on spine and rear. Previous owner's name on FEP; contents otherwise clean and sound throughout. Uniform Edition No Jacket hardcover Used

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