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The life of Thomas Hardy : compiled largely from contemporary notes, letters, diaries, and biographical memoranda, as well as from oral information in conversations extending over many years / by Florence Emily Hardy.
New ed.
London : Macmillan and Co., ..., 1933.
2 v. ; 23 cm.
See Purdy, p. 273.
Maroon cloth ; gilt lettering on spine.
Called 'new edition' but in reality is a 2nd issue of the 1st edition. It has an altered t.p. and in most copies no illustrations save the frontispiece, but the sheets of the 1st edition were still used.
Attributed to Florence Hardy on t.p. but in reality is an autobiography.
David Leslie Robin Guthrie's copy. "David Guthrie from Emmeline. Oxford. Early May. 1944" in ms. on front endpaper of both vols. Guthrie's bookplate pasted below.
Pencilled marks and annotations by Guthrie throughout.
Guthrie, David Leslie Robin former owner.
Macmillan & Co. Ltd. publisher.
England London.
B35839