Ku.4.03
[Another copy:] Kss.2.02
Far from the madding crowd / by Thomas Hardy ; with an etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn ; and a map of Wessex.
1st uniform and complete ed.
London : Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1895.
475 p. : 1 map, frontispiece ; 20 cm.
(The Wessex novels ; vol. II)
Original dark green bold-ribbled cloth ; TH monogram medallion in gold on front board.
Purdy, p. 279.
Vol. II of 'The Wessex novels' (1st uniform and complete edition) published by Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. between 1895-6.
Frontispiece is of Weatherbury.
[Ku.4.03:] Bookplate of David Leslie Robin Guthrie loosely inserted (previously pasted to front endpaper).
[Ku.4.03:] Bookplate of Crosby and Hilda Gaige on front pastedown.
[Ku.4.03:] Autographed copy. Signed by Thomas Hardy on front endpaper, dated June 1898.
[Ku.4.03:] Small newspaper cutting about the sale of Waterston Manor (referred to as Weatherbury in the novel) loosely inserted. Presence of tape suggests the cutting was previously attached. Ms. note dates it from 1968.
[Ku.4.03:] In cloth phase box within quarter morocco case.
Macbeth-Raeburn, H. (Henry), 1860 - 1947 illustrator.
James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. publisher.
England London.
B35424