Ku.4.05
Far from the madding crowd / by Thomas Hardy ; edited with introduction and notes by Cyril Aldred.
London : Macmillan and Co., 1935.
491 p. : 1 map ; 18 cm.
(The scholar's library)
Original green cloth ; gilt lettering on spine.
1948 reprint of 1935 scholar's edition (from imprint and t.p. verso).
Phyllis Bentley's copy, with her signed ink inscription on t.p., extensive pencilled notes on endpapers and annotations throughout the text. Phyllis Bentley, author of Inheritance (1932), was often compared to Hardy as both were considered regional authors. Her annotations in this book reveal their shared interest in local settings, nature and influence on character.
Bentley, Phyllis Eleanor, 1894 - 1977 previous owner.
Macmillan & Co. publisher.
England London.
B35427