HARDY, THOMAS: A GROUP OF NOBLE DAMES

London, James R. Osgood & McIlvaine, 1891

FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to Sir George Douglas, 2 days after publication (June 2, 1891). 8vo., original pictorial light brown cloth, blocked in gilt and brown, later blue cloth chemise and blue morocco backed slipcase.

*George Brisbane Douglas, fifth baronet was a local landowner and author whom Hardy first met in 1881 in Wimborne, Dorset. He became on of Hardy’s closest friends