Macbeth Raeburn H Illustrator (3 results)

Hardcover. Octavo, xii, 475 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is blue with gold print. Boards in blue cloth with gold print. Wear to spine caps and corners, mild shelf wear, cocked spine. Text block has bookplate on front pastedown, cracked front hinge, intermittent spine breaks, light age-toning to paper. Illustrated: sepia frontispiece (drawing) and map. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column N. 1386512. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. None. First Edition. Bookplate removed. Out of print and scarce. With an etching by Mcbeth-Raeburn. Binding is cloth boards.

[Literature] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, part of the 'Thomas Hardy's Works' series. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[2] viii; 406. With an etched frontispiece by Macbeth-Raeburn, and a map of Wessex to rear. Publisher's dark green cloth, Hardy's decorative monogram stamped in gilt to upper board. Gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt, the others untrimmed. Contemporary black ink initials 'J.H. jr.' to fly-leaf. gentle repairs to split hinges, and moderate spotting to endpapers. Gently toned throughout, otherwise internally clean. Moderate general wear to cloth, and some toning and a few splash marks to spine. Good. The tragic tale, somewhat reminiscent of 'Les Miserables' (1862), of Michael Henchard, who has strength in both body and mind, but still fails to build a happy life for himself, after making a terrible mistake in his youth. First published in 1886.…