HARDY, THOMAS: A GROUP OF NOBLE DAMES
London, Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1896
Vol XV of the first edition of Osgood, McIlvaine & Co.’s Wessex Novels. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on first blank “To Mrs Henry Allhusen…by command – and with affectionate regards”. Frontispiece illustration and map of Wessex at end, with June 1896 preface by Hardy. 8vo., green half calf, spine in compartments with raised bands and rose tool in each panel, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Very slight rubbing to extremities and a little light browning.
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£3,000 - £4,000
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Hammer price:
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£3,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
*Specially bound for
Hardy and given to his close friend Dorothy Allhusen, née
Stanley, as a wedding present in late July 1896. With her booklabel on upper
pastedown.
