Shelfmark
Ku.1.26
Author
Title
Jude the obscure / by Thomas Hardy ; with an etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn ; and a map of Wessex.
Edition
1st ed.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : James R. Osgood McIlvaine & Co., 1896.
Physical description
515 p. : etching, map ; 20 cm.
Series statement
(The Wessex novels ; VIII)
Note
Dark green bold-ribbed cloth ; front blocked in gold with TH monogram medallion ; back plain ; gold lettered on spine.
Note
The format is uniform with Osgood's edition of the Wessex Novels (7 already published by this point).
Note
Released on 1 November 1895. Postdated 1896.
Provenance
Richard d'Oyly Carte's copy. His bookplate is on the front pastedown, with a brief ms. note about biographical details and the design of the bookplate.
Provenance
Annotated in ink on the tracing paper over the etching. The annotations are in the same hand as that of the notes on the front pastedown.
Provenance
Bookplate of David Leslie Robin Guthrie on front endpaper.
Provenance
Ms. note on series half t.p.: "Bought, London, Aug 19th 1947. The day before we sailed. ?DC.".
Copy-specific note
See Purdy, p. 86-87. Signatures A-H in this copy contain a mix of states. Some signatures have numbers on partially blank pages and others don't.
Added entry--name
Macbeth-Raeburn, H. (Henry), 1860 - 1947 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Carte, Richard D'Oyly, 1844 - 1901 former owner.
Added entry--name
James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B35578