Henry Macbeth Raeburn Illustrator (1 results)

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first state with page numbers on the partially blank pages of signatures A - H. Publisher's imprint at tail of spine and on title page verso. viii, 516, [1] pp., illustrated with "The Christminster" frontispiece by Henry Macbeth-Raeburn and single page map of Wessex at rear. Bound in publisher's dark green ribbed cloth stamped in gilt; top edge gilt. Near Fine with lean to spine, light rubbing and soiling to cloth, slight bumping to corners, and light soiling to upper edge of textblock. Light foxing to endpapers, bookseller ticket and ownership stamp to front endpapers, ownership stamp at head of first chapter. The scarce first state of Thomas Hardy's last completed novel, which received a harsh public response for its scandalous attack on class, marriage and wedlock. Purdy 86-87 pp.