H macbeth raeburn illus (2 Ergebnisse)

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.…

Zustand: Very Good Condition. First Edition. London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1896. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm); publisher's dark green ribbed cloth, front cover and spine stamped in gilt, top edge gilt; [2],vii,[1],515pp.; frontispiece and map plate bound in rear. Moderate edge wear to cloth, corners bumped, sizing rather spotted, endpapers foxed; Good to Very Good overall. Uniformly issued as Vol. VIII of the author's Wessex Novels. Purdy, p. 86-7.…