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Lot Description

HARDY, Thomas (1840-1928). A group of 21 works, MANY FIRST EDITIONS, in early dust jackets, comprising:

Select Poems of William Barnes. Henry Frowde, 1908. In Purdy's primary binding. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Purdy, p.135. -- A Changed Man. 1913. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Purdy, p.153. -- Moments of Vision. 1917. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Purdy, p.193. -- Late Lyrics and Earlier. 1922. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Purdy, p.214. -- The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall. 1923. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Purdy, p.227. -- Human Shows Far Phantasies. 1925. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Purdy, p.234. -- Human Shows, Far Phantasies, Songs and Trifles. New York: Macmillan, 1925. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- Winter Words. 1928. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Purdy, p. 252. -- The Return of the Native. NY and London: Harper, 1929. -- Under the Greenwood Tree. London: Chatto & Windus, 1906. -- The Dynasts. London: Macmillan, 1904 (reprinted). -- The Woodlanders. NY: Harpers, n.d. -- The Return of the Native. NY: Harpers, n.d. -- Desperate Remedies. NY: Harpers, n.d. -- Tess of the D'Urbervilles. NY: Harpers, n.d. -- Life's Little Ironies. NY: Harpers, n.d.
The Hand of Ethelberta. NY: Harpers, n.d. -- Far from the Maddening Crowd. NY: Harpers, n.d. --
Wessex Tales. Tokyo: Taibunsha, 1930
-- Tess of the D'Urbervilles. London: Macmillan, 1926.

Together, 21 works in 21 volumes, all 8vo, all published in London or New York by Macmillan (unless otherwise noted), all in original cloth and dust jackets, MANY FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally very good.

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