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HARDY, Thomas (1840-1928). A uniformly bound set of his works, all London, all FIRST EDITIONS two works signed by Hardy, half titles as noted by Sadleir, comprising
HARDY, Thomas (1840-1928). A uniformly bound set of his works, all London, all FIRST EDITIONS two works signed by Hardy, half titles as noted by Sadleir, comprising: Desperate Remedies. London, 1871. 3 volumes. SIGNED by Hardy on verso of half-title. Not in Sadleir (number two on his List of Comparative Scarcities). -- Under the Greenwood Tree. London, 1872. 2 volumes. Sadleir 1117. -- A Pair of blue Eyes. London, 1873. 3 volumes. Sadleir 1112. -- Far from the Madding Crowd. London, 1874. 2 volumes. SIGNED by Hardy on verso of title. Sadleir 1105. -- The Hand of Ethelberta. London, 1876. 2 volumes. Sadleir 1107. -- The Return of the Native. London,1878. 3 volumes. Sadleir 1113. -- The Trumpet Major. London, 1880. 3 volumes. Sadleir 1115. -- A Laodicean; or the Castle of the Stancys. London, 1881. 3 volumes. Sadleir 1109. -- Two on a Tower. London, 1882. 3 volumes. Sadleir 1116. -- The Major of Casterbridge. London, 1886. 2 volumes. Sadleir 1111. -- The Woodlanders. London, 1887. 3 volumes. Sadleir 1120. -- Wessex Tales. London, 1888. 2 volumes. Sadleir 1119. -- Three Notable Stories. London,1890. -- Tess of the D'Urbervilles. [London, 1891]. 3 volumes. Sadleir 1114. -- A Group of noble Dames. [London, 1891]. Sadleir 1106. -- Life's Little Ironies. [London, 1894]. Sadleir 1110. -- Jude the Obscure. [London, 1896]. Sadleir 1108. -- The Well-Beloved. [London, 1897]. Sadleir 1118. -- Wessex Poems. [London, 1898]. -- Poems of the Past and the Present. [London, 1902]. -- The Dynasts. London, 1906-1908. 3 volumes. -- Time's Laughingstock and other Verses. London, 1909. -- A Changed Man. London, 1913. Sadleir 1104. -- Satires of Circumstance. London, 1914. Together 24 works in 47 volumes, various 8 o sizes. Uniformly bound in brown morocco gilt, top edges gilt, original cloth bindings bound in at end. (47)