Far Madding Crowd Return Native by Hardy Thomas, First Edition (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Barnes & Noble, 2006. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new with light shelf/edgewear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Binding sound, text unmarked. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No dustwrapper. In near fine box slipcase, minor bumps to 3 corners, not affecting books. Mixed printings. Spines pristine and unfaded. No ownership marks. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 10th printing. Binding sound, text unmarked. Size: 6 volumes.

4th printing hardbacks in decorated cloth Nice copies octavo 172, 335, 413, 418, 314, 413pp., illusts., ep maps, The first collected edition issued by Folio in uniform iridescent cloth of varying colours. All illustrated with woodcuts by Peter Reddick and with a variety of introductory authors. In original slip-case as issued.

The Thin Paper Edition of Books by Thomas Hardy. Duodecimo, six volumes bound in the original publisher's sheepskin with gilt titles and elaborate botanical tooling to the spines, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities, book plate to the front pastedown of 'Jude the Obscure', ownership signatures to some volumes. A charming set. Thomas Hardy was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, especially William Wordsworth. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his native South West England. While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. Initially, therefore, he gained fame as the author of such novels as Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), and Jude the Obscure (1895). During his lifetime, Hardy's poetry was acclaimed by younger poets (particularly the Georgians) who viewed him as a mentor. After his death his poems were lauded by Ezra Pound, W. H. Auden and Philip Larkin. For the Wessex Edition "Hardy revised his novels throughout for the last time. In a 'General Preface to the Novels and Poems', dated October 1911 and printed in Vol. I, he explained his classification of his novels here adopted for the first time and offered a brief apologia for his work. This is an essay of primary importance. The Wessex Edition is in every sense the definitive edition of Hardy's work and the last authority in questions of text" (Purdy).

The Rand, McNally & Company edition of books by Thomas Hardy. Octavo, five volumes bound in the original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spines and front panels, top edge gilt. In very good to good condition, bookplates to the front pastedowns of 'Desperate Remedies' and 'Mayor of Casterbridge'. Thomas Hardy was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, especially William Wordsworth. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his native South West England. While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. Initially, therefore, he gained fame as the author of such novels as Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), and Jude the Obscure (1895). During his lifetime, Hardy's poetry was acclaimed by younger poets (particularly the Georgians) who viewed him as a mentor. After his death his poems were lauded by Ezra Pound, W. H. Auden and Philip Larkin. For the Wessex Edition "Hardy revised his novels throughout for the last time. In a 'General Preface to the Novels and Poems', dated October 1911 and printed in Vol. I, he explained his classification of his novels here adopted for the first time and offered a brief apologia for his work. This is an essay of primary importance. The Wessex Edition is in every sense the definitive edition of Hardy's work and the last authority in questions of text" (Purdy).

First Edition Thus (& 1st printing). Octavo, Twelve Volumes [complete], each volume bound in contemporary half black calf over marbled paper boards, the spines lettered and decorated in gold, marbled page edges, decorated endpapers. Frontispieces with tissue guards in each volume, illustrated throughout. Some mild traces of wear and small scuffs. A very good, sound, clean set. An excellent set with gorgeous shelf-appeal. A surprisingly scarce set. Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928), English novelist and poet. His novels tend to concern tragic rural characters struggling against their passions and social circumstances, and they are mosttly set in the semi-fictional region of Wessex; initially based on the medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Hardy's Wessex eventually came to include the counties of Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset, Devon, Hampshire and much of Berkshire, in south-west and south central England. Two of his novels, Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd, were listed in the top 50 on the BBC's survey of best-loved novels, The Big Read. 12 volumes : illustrations, portraits. Contents: v. 1. Far from the madding crowd v. 2. The Mayor of Casterbridge v. 3. The trumpet-major v. 4. The hand of Ethelberta v. 5 A pair of blue eyes v. 6. Two on a tower v. 7. A Laodicean v. 8. The return of the native v. 9. Desperate remedies v. 10. Under the greenwood tree v. 11. The woodlanders v. 12. Wessex tales.

The Wessex edition of Thomas Hardy's works. Octavo, fifteen volumes bound in the original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spines, floral details stamped in blind to the spines and front panels, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, illustrated with a map of The Wessex at the rear of each volume. In very good to near fine condition, ownership signature to the front pastedown of each volume, inscription to the front pastedown of volume 1. Thomas Hardy was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, especially William Wordsworth. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his native South West England. While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. Initially, therefore, he gained fame as the author of such novels as Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), and Jude the Obscure (1895). During his lifetime, Hardy's poetry was acclaimed by younger poets (particularly the Georgians) who viewed him as a mentor. After his death his poems were lauded by Ezra Pound, W. H. Auden and Philip Larkin. For the Wessex Edition "Hardy revised his novels throughout for the last time. In a 'General Preface to the Novels and Poems', dated October 1911 and printed in Vol. I, he explained his classification of his novels here adopted for the first time and offered a brief apologia for his work. This is an essay of primary importance. The Wessex Edition is in every sense the definitive edition of Hardy's work and the last authority in questions of text" (Purdy).

The P.F. Collier edition of Thomas Hardy's works. Octavo, twelve volumes bound in the original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine, all edges speckled blue, tissue guarded frontispiece to each volume, illustrated. In very good condition. Thomas Hardy was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, especially William Wordsworth. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his native South West England. While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. Initially, therefore, he gained fame as the author of such novels as Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), and Jude the Obscure (1895). During his lifetime, Hardy's poetry was acclaimed by younger poets (particularly the Georgians) who viewed him as a mentor. After his death his poems were lauded by Ezra Pound, W. H. Auden and Philip Larkin. For the Wessex Edition "Hardy revised his novels throughout for the last time. In a 'General Preface to the Novels and Poems', dated October 1911 and printed in Vol. I, he explained his classification of his novels here adopted for the first time and offered a brief apologia for his work. This is an essay of primary importance. The Wessex Edition is in every sense the definitive edition of Hardy's work and the last authority in questions of text" (Purdy).

Twenty three volumes. Contemporary half blue calf by Riviere and Son. 8vo (19 x 13cm). Five raised bands decorated in gilt and titles in gilt to the spines. Top edge gilt. Wessex Poems with 30 illustrations by the author. Fold out map of Wessex to the rear of several volumes. A handsome collection of early editions of the works of Thomas Hardy, the final volume 'Late Lyrics' is a 1922 first edition. The bindings square and firm with a little rubbing to the extremities. The spines uniformly faded. The contents, with just the occasional spot of foxing or toning to the paper are otherwise clean throughout. 'Poems of the Past and Present' has the title and contents pages misbound at the rear (the final pages of text inserted in their place at the prelims). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.