The Early Life of Thomas Hardy [with] The Later Years of Thomas Hardy
HARDY, Florence Emily
CLEAN WORKING SET IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
Published: Macmillan, 1928-1930
Stock code: 38796
Price: £44.00
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispieces in photogravure (original tissue guards present) and plates (a number in photogravure); original olive-green cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt with 'TH' monogram, gilt backs, gilt tops, boards and backstrips darkened (but all gilt wholly legible), backstrips chafed at heads and tails else a clean working set.
The set comprises: The Early Years of Thomas Hardy 1840-1891 (1928) [with] The Later Years of Thomas Hardy 1892-1928 (1930). 'Though Mrs. Hardy's name stands on the title-page, her work was confined to a few editorial touches, and the writing throughout is Hardy's own' (Purdy). Purdy, pp.262-267; 268-273.