Return Native by Hardy Thomas, Signed (13 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair to Good. No Jacket. Leighton, Clare (illustrator). 484 pages. Signed by the illustrator on page indicating this edition is limited to 1500 copies, but there is no copy number listed. Backstrip quite discolored. Edges of covers scuffed and chipped. The text and illustrations crisp and free of marks. All 12 tipped-in plates are present. The binding is tight, but slightly bowed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall First Edition with Woodcuts By Clare Lei. Signed by Illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Thomas Hardy on a laid in signature in Volume 1. A beautiful copy. This 3 Volume First Edition set without the quotation marks after "A Pair of Blue Eyes" on the title of volume I has minor wear to the spines. All three books are bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's Brown Cloth. The bindings are tight with NO cocking or leaning. The pages are clean with minor wear to the edges. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the books. Overall, a wonderful set SIGNED by the author. We buy Thomas Hardy First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Leighton, Clare (illustrator). Some rubbing and edgewear, DJ has yellowed significantly and has numerous small chips and tears, spine has fading of the letters. Text has yellowed with age has a stain on the title page, but remains tight in binding with no ownership markings. This copy is number 801 of 1500 and has been signed by the Illustrator. Due to weight, this book may require additional shipping outside the U.S. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall First Edition Thus, Limited, Numbered Ed. Signed by Illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. This edition of The Return of the Native, signed by the illustrator, Clare Leighton, was limited to 1500 copies, 500 of which were reserved for England and not numbers. This is a First Editoin published by Harper & Brothers Publishers (New York and London). It is U.S. version and IS numbered with copy No. 1206. Has 12 tipped in woodcuts and numerous decorations by Clare Leighton. 485 pages. 9.75 x 6.5 inches. Quarter beige cloth over blue boards, paper label on the spine. Binding is clean and tight. Condition of the dust jacket is fair, but has been protected with a special clear mylar covering. Magnificent copy; gift worthy. (BR) Box 335. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Board with Cloth Spine. Condition: Good/Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair / Good. Clare Leighton (illustrator). Limited / Numbered. Number 1237 of 1500 copies, autographed by Clare Leighton. The book is bright and firm with a little browning and slight wear to the boards. The dj is browned and chipped, partially rebacked with brown paper. Pics available Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Ltd edition. 1465 of 1500 First Edition with woodcuts by Clare Leighton. Signed by Leighton. Text and binding G. 483 pp. HOWEVER cover boards detached. Overall Fair to Good. Signed by Illustrator.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Clare Leighton (illustrator). Limited to 1500 copies. Boards quarter-bound in cream vellum and patterned paper, edge-wear to both boards, vellum slightly grubby w/ several small surface fragments lost, gilt lettering bright; Pages age-toned, top gilt edge bright, rough-cut bottom and fore-edges, slight offsetting on endpapers, nice illustrated ex-libris bookplate on ffep [this appears to be an original etching], Clare Leighton's signature in prelims, sparse spotting throughout, 12 tipped in wood-cut illustrations; Binding tight. ; 6.5 x 9.75"; 485 pages; Signed by Illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. Thick 8vo., blue paper boards and tan buckram spine with paper spine label printed in black; minor rubbing to extremities. Limited edition, with eleven tipped-on woodcuts and vignettes by Clare Leighton. One of 1500 copies signed by the artist on limitation page; this copy has an original drawing of Egdon Heath ---- From the library of Milton C. Rose, with the patron of the arts and prominent attorney's bookplate on the front pastedown; inscribed by Rose's future wife and world-class ceramist Emily White Mason Rose: "This volume was presented to MCR by his friend Emily White Mason - 1929," below the bookplate; affixed to the front endpaper is an etched portrait of Hardy by William Strang. Rose (1904-2002), a onetime law partner of Richard Nixon and John N. Mitchell in the firm Nixon Mudge Rose Alexander & Mitchell, was instrumental in bringing Nixon into the firm in 1963 after he had lost the election for governor of California. Rose's collection of art was donated to the Cleveland Art Institute and to the Williams College Art Museum, which has a room bearing his name. A significant work with a distinguished provenance. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Clare Leighton (illustrator). 4to. Quarter vellum over patterned paper boards, with gilt spine lettering. Naturally darkened vellum spine, with a lighter spot around the lettering. Top edge gilt. Very light foxing to the front endpapers, else very clean throughout and the binding tight and square. Limited to 1500 copies, of which 500 are for sale in England and 1000 for sale in the United States. This is he British edition, signed by illustrator Clare Leighton. Nice copy. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Macmillan signed limited edition of Hardyâs sixth published novel. Octavo, bound in half vellum over boards with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, frontispiece, with black and white woodcut illustrations. Signed by illustrator Clare Leighton on the colophon page. One of 1,500 copies. In very good condition with toning and bumping. Illustrated by Clare Leighton. The Return of the Native is Thomas Hardy's sixth published novel. It first appeared in the magazine Belgravia, a publication known for its sensationalism, and was presented in twelve monthly installments from January to December 1878. Because of the novel's controversial themes, Hardy had some difficulty finding a publisher; reviews, however, though somewhat mixed, were generally positive. In the twentieth century, The Return of the Native became one of Hardy's most popular and highly regarded novels.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good binding. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket. Limited Edition. Signed. 8vo; in the publisher's blue paper-covered boards, backed in linen; with paper spine lable, with dustjacket, and with the original glassine wrapper; x, xi-xiii; [2], 3-484, [485]; with 12 tipped in woodcuts and with numerous textual illustrations; the edition is limited to 1500 copies, of which this is #920, signed by the illustrator, Clare Leighton.~~This copy also inscribed by illustrator Clare Leighton to her then lover, Henry Noel Brailsford. Ms. Leighton provided the woodcut frontispiece and decorations for this book. Noel Brailsford is considered to be the most prolific British left-wing journalist of the first half of the 20th century, and was one of the founders of the Men's League for Women's Suffage [see wiki]. Mr. Brailslford and Clare Leighton lived together for nearly a decade starting in 1928; he was still married to his first wife, and she denied him a divorce. In 1939 Ms. Leighton left England to reside permanently in the United State; she never married.~~The presentation from Clare Leighton: "To Noel who with the third Rasoumowsky and Tadnol [sic] helped be to do this. C. L. New York February 1929". Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Limited. Title in red and black. Frontispiece and other woodcut illustrations by Clare Leighton. 485pp. Thick 4to, rebound in full green morocco; gilt-stamped spine with raised bands. New York and London: Harper & Bros., 1929. Limited edition. A fine copy. First Edition with Leighton's woodcuts. Limited Edition, one of 1500 copies signed by the artist on limitation page.

Leighton, Clare (illustrator). Leighton, Clare (illus). THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE by Thomas Hardy. Harper & Bros., NY & Lon., 1929. Limited edition of of 1500 copies Signed by Leighton. Cloth-backed boards, 485pp., illustrated. VG.