Kx.4.09
Song of the soldiers / by Thomas Hardy.
Other title: Men who march away
2nd Hove ed.
Hove : [E. Williams], 1914.
1 folded sheet ([2] panels) ; 21 cm.
See Purdy, p. 158.
Wrapperless leaflet.
Minor variations in accidentals between the 1st edition, the 1st Hove edition and this 2nd Hove edition. The 3rd line, 2nd stanza in the 2nd Hove edition doesn't end with a comma as in the 2 previous editions. The 5th line, final stanza ends with a semi-colon in the 1st edition, a colon in the 1st Hove edition and reverts back to a semi-colon in the 2nd Hove edition.
2nd edition of the 1914 Hove form. This is indicated by the presence of a full stop, as opposed to the comma in the earlier edition, at the end of this statement on t.p.: "Published in "The Times" 9th September.".
"Published in "The Times" 9th September. / Reprinted at Hove by permission 16th September." - from t.p.
Housed in paper sleeve with Kx.4.08 and Kx.4.10.
Williams, E. publisher.
England Hove.
B35664