Young Thomas Hardy [with] The Older Hardy. [Complete set]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
by GITTINGS Robert
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- Hardcover
- first
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Heinemann,, [1975-78]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and 54 plates on 32; cloth (red/navy respectively) , gilt backs, coloured tops (red and blue respectively), a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Gitting's meticulously researched biography includes a fierce refutation of the 'Tryphena Sparks' controversy originating in Deacon & Coleman's 'Providence and Mr. Hardy' (1966).
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- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49102
- Title
- Young Thomas Hardy [with] The Older Hardy. [Complete set]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
- Author
- GITTINGS Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann,
- Date Published
- [1975-78]
- Keywords
- modern first editions, modern firsts, hardy, thomas hardy, wessex, gittings, robert gittings
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- Fine
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