Shelfmark
Ku.2.22 - Ku.2.24
Author
Title
Tess of the d'Urbervilles : a pure woman / faithfully presented by Thomas Hardy ; in three volumes.
Edition
1st ed.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, and Co., 1891.
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. 67-68 and 74-75 for textual revisions between the 1st and the 2nd revised impressions. This edition contains the misprint 'road' for 'load' (III, p. 198), for which Hardy was criticised for by the Saturday Review.
Provenance
Signed in 1892 by Lord Pembroke on the front board of each vol.
Provenance
Typed note tipped-in to front endpaper of each vol.: "bequeathed by Gertrude, Lady Pembroke, to Margaret, wife of Reginald Talbot".
Copy-specific note
In brown cloth slip case.
Added entry--name
James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B35519