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Lot Description

HARDY, Thomas (1840-1928). Fellow-Townsmen. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1880.

32mo. 12pp. publisher's advertisements at end. Half blue morocco gilt, top edge gilt, stamp-signed by Root & Sons (front joint gently rubbed); original green cloth bound in at end. Provenance: Edward Hubert Litchfield (1945-1930), American book collector (armorial bookplate, his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, December 1951).

FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Hardy's short story was first published in England as a serial in the New Quarterly Magazine, April 1880; and, in America, in Harper's Weekly in 5 instalments, 17 April-15 May 1880. Purdy, pp. 30-31.

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