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THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE: The Life And Death Of A Man Of Character. (2 volume set, complete)

THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE: The Life And Death Of A Man Of Character. (2 volume set, complete)

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THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE: The Life And Death Of A Man Of Character. (2 volume set, complete)

by Hardy, Thomas

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London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1886. 1st edition. Cloth. Good +. 1st edition. 2 volume set, complete. A Good+ set. 8vo. [Vol.1] 313, (2); [Vol.2] 312, (5) pp. Bound in the publisher's blue cloth with title and decoration in black. Floral end papers. Moderate edge wear, particularly at the spines' crowns. Vol.1's front board a bit rubbed, with uneven sunning. Front joints just beginning to loosen. A very scarce set, in the original cloth. Part of Hardy's Wessex books, with Casterbridge taking Dorset's place. This first edition was of a very small run of 750 printed, the result of a reader from Smith and Elder not being impressed with the story, as it had a lack of gentry (Claire Tomalin, Thomas Hardy: The Time-torn Man, 2006). Considered to be one of Hardy's masterpieces.

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THOMAS HARDY was born on June 2, 1840. His father was a stonemason. He was brought up near Dorchester and trained as an architect. In 1868 his work took him to St Juliot's church in Cornwall where he met his wife-to-be, Emma. His first novel, The Poor Man and the Lady , was rejected by publishers but Desperate Remedies was published in 1871 and this was rapidly followed by Under the Greenwood Tree (1872), A Pair of Blue Eyes (1873) and Far from the Madding Crowd (1874). He also wrote many other novels, poems and short stories. Tess of the D'Urbervilles was published in 1891. His final novel was Jude the Obscure (1895). Hardy was awarded the Order of Merit in 1920 and the gold medal of the Royal Society of Literature in 1912. His wife died in 1912 and he later married his secretary. Thomas Hardy died January 11, 1928.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE: The Life And Death Of A Man Of Character. (2 volume set, complete)
Author
Hardy, Thomas
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Good +
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st edition
Publisher
Smith, Elder & Co
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1886
Keywords
fiction, wessex
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