Shelfmark
Ku.2.25 - Ku.2.27
Author
Title
Tess of the d'Urbervilles : a pure woman / faithfully presented by Thomas Hardy ; in three volumes.
Edition
1st ed. (2nd revised imp.).
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, and Co., 1892.
Physical description
3 v. ; 19 cm.
Note
Publisher's smooth tan cloth ; blocked in gold on front with conventionalised design of honeysuckle blossoms on two stems running from top to bottom ; back plain ; gold-lettered on spine.
Note
See Purdy, p. 74-75 for textual revisions between the 1st and the 2nd revised impressions. The misprint 'road' for 'load' (III, p. 198), for which Hardy was criticised for by the Saturday Review, has been corrected in this impression along with other revisions.
Provenance
Ex-library copy. Blind stamp of W.H. Smith & Son library on front endpaper of 1st vol.
Provenance
Book label of Walter E. Davis on front pastedown of all vols.
Copy-specific note
In brown cloth full-down-back box.
Added entry--name
James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B35517