Jude the Obscure

Hardy, Thomas

Publication Date	1896
Publisher	Osgood, McIlvaine and Co,
Binding	Hardback
Condition	Good copy
SKU	25721
Notes	Softened to spine ends with a couple of tiny nicks to the cloth there. Cloth worn to very tips of the corners with tiny area of board exposed. Bumped to corners. Page 219/220 has some loss from the margin and there are a few pages with age-toning marks. Frontis. tissue guard is unevenly toned. Internal hinges are beginning to crack but the binding remains sound. A few scuff marks but clean.

Description

Hardback. First edition 1896 published as volume eight in the Wessex novels edition; this is the work’s first appearance in book form and the first publication of the tale as intended, the periodical version having been somewhat abridged. viii,514pp. Frontis etching by H. Macbeth Raeburn. Map of Wessex. Green cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt monogram device to the front. Gilt to top edge. Uncut to fore-edge. Contemporary Mudie’s Select Library label to the upper board but no other library markings.

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