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Published by MacMillan & Co, London
Seller: Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
1963. (Hardcover) Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. 253pp. Photographs, illustrations, bibliography, indices. The dust jacket is faded on the spine and price-clipped. "Fifty years ago Thomas hardy told A. C. Benson, President of Magdalene College, Cambridge, that he had been writing 'some poems about my wife' but was uncertain whether he ought to publish them. He finally decided on publication, and the world has been unanimous in applauding that decision". Edited with introduction and notes by Carl J. Weber. (Poetry, Love Poetry, Poetry).
Published by Oxford University Press, NY, 1937
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: G. 1st ed thus ss. Hardy was born on June 2, 1840, in a thatched cottage, and pronounced dead by the doctor in attendance but saved by the family nurse who said, "Stop a minute! He's alive enough, sure!" His birthplace stands in southern England, in a hamlet known as Higher Bockhampton, about 3 miles east of Dorchester, in Dorset, the center of the region about which Hardy wrote in all of his books. Natives of this quiet locality were of the sort that Thomas Gray described as 'rude forefathers of the hamlet', "Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife." from the introduction by Carl Weber along with Weber's intricate page notes. Navy blue binding, yellow lettering on spine, edge wear, top corners bumped, owner name front endpaper.
Published by Oxford University Press, NY, 1937
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: G. 1st ed thus ss. Hardy was born on June 2, 1840, in a thatched cottage, and pronounced dead by the doctor in attendance but saved by the family nurse who said, "Stop a minute! He's alive enough, sure!" His birthplace stands in southern England, in a hamlet known as Higher Bockhampton, about 3 miles east of Dorchester, in Dorset, the center of the region about which Hardy wrote in all of his books. Natives of this quiet locality were of the sort that Thomas Gray described as 'rude forefathers of the hamlet', "Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife." from the introduction by Carl Weber along with Weber's intricate page notes. Navy blue binding, yellow lettering on spine, owner pencil jottings front endpaper.
Published by Published by Colby College Press, Waterville, Maine | Printed at Anthoensen Press First Edition . 1959., 1959
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First deluxe edition hard back binding in half black leather, gilt title lettering to the spine, turquoise cloth sides, top edge gilt, hollow gilt circle details to the spine ends and board edges, cream and green marble end sheets. 8vo. 8˝'' x 6''. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Carl J. Weber and with a check-list (a useful bibliography) of the Rubáiyát Collection in the Colby College Library compiled by James Humphry III, including a number of editions not in Potter's Bibliography, which only goes to 1929. Also 2 indexes to the checklist of Illustrators, Artists, Designers, and of Editors, Commentators, Bibliographers, Owners, etc. 158 + 1 pp. In Fine condition. Memo sheet from Professor Carl J. Weber giving details of the book stating (unbound leaves). Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.