Kx.4.12
[Another copy:] Kx.4.11
[Another copy:] Kx.4.10
Song of the soldiers / by Thomas Hardy.
Other title: Men who march away
3rd Hove ed.
Hove : [E. Williams], 1915.
[8] p. ; 21 cm.
See Purdy, p. 158.
Minor variants in accidentals compared to earlier editions. 3rd line, 2nd stanza ends with a comma and the 5th line, final stanza ends with a colon.
"Reprinted from the "Times" of the 9th September, 1914." - from t.p.
Pamphlet sewn in brown printed wrappers ; bound in teal morocco half-binding over marbled paper covered boards ; bound by Best & Co.
ALS from Hardy to Fuller-Maitland, dated 18 Oct 1913, tipped-in to verso of original front wrapper. Hardy expresses his pleasure at Maitland agreeing to stay at Max Gate while he sketches Hardy (at the request of A. C. Benson for Magdalene College). The letter is not in Millgate, Collected Letters, but a letter from Hardy to Benson discussing these same arrangements can be found in v. 4, p. 307.
Williams, E. publisher.
England Hove.
B35675