A Laodicean; A Story of To-Day
by Hardy, Thomas
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sidmouth, Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1933 Copy in blue cloth on boards with gilt title on black plate on spine. Spine rubbed at head/foot. Small liquid splash mark on upper cover. Corners lightly bumped. Previous owners inscription on FFE and rear paste down. Light crack in friont hinge. Clean text.
Synopsis
A Laodicean is a novel by Thomas Hardy, published in 1881. Set in the more modern age of that time, the plot exhibits devices uncommon for Hardy, such as falsified telegrams and faked photographs. Paula Power inherits a medieval castle from her industrialist father who has purchased it from the aristocratic De Stancy family. She employs two architects, one local and one, George Somerset, newly qualified from London. Somerset represents modernity in the novel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Balfour Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027953
- Title
- A Laodicean; A Story of To-Day
- Author
- Hardy, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- A Laodicean; A Story of To-Day Thomas Hardy Fiction
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- Gilt
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