Return Native Harpers by Hardy Thomas (14 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Reprint. Pencil name on front endpaper, pencil marginalia and notes on blank pages. 1922 Hard Cover. xxxv, 484 pp. Tempestuous Eustacia Vye passes her days dreaming of passionate love and the escape it may bring from the small community of Egdon Heath. Hearing that Clym Yeobright is to return from Paris, she sets her heart on marrying him, believing that through him she can leave rural life and find fulfilment elsewhere. But she is to be disappointed, for Clym has dreams of his own, and they have little in common with Eustacia's. Their unhappy marriage causes havoc in the lives of those close to them, in particular Damon Wildeve, Eustacia's former lover, Clym's mother and his cousin Thomasin. The Return of the Native illustrates the tragic potential of romantic illusion and how its protagonists fail to recognize their opportunities to control their own destinies.…

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Missing dust jacket. Acceptable Condition. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.

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Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Meets the acceptable condition guidelines. Has wear. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.

Condition: VeryGood+ unmarked. Reprint. A classic, Hardy's most popular. Bright tight clean vintage HB copy. 5-1/4 x 8, 485 pp. Hardback in green cloth boards w black/gilt spine titling, no jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Used - Good hardback in Fair jacket. First Thus. Dust jacket has tanned on spine and around edges, missing pieces at spine top (approx 1.5"), and bottom edge and hole, 0.5" x 2.5", in back. Multiple edge tears along with creases and scuffs. Green boards have rubs and light scuffs. Some foxing on side edges. Pencil notations on first page and last blank page. Otherwise pages are clean. Binding is slightly cocked. 8" tall, 485 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Introduction by Warner Taylor. Small stain on front board, sine ends and corners lightly rubbed and bumped, very good lacking the dust jacket. A novel.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers with wear at the spine extremities.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers with wear at the spine extremities.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers with wear at the spine extremities.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers with wear at the spine extremities.

Hardcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Few small open tears at top of front/rear panels. Chip at spine crown.

Hardcover. Condition: NEAR FINE. First Edition. First American appearance of Hardy's Return of the Native in serial, beginning with February, 1878, complete over the three bound volumes. The American serialization was preceded by the British monthly Belgravia in January. 8vo's, half black leather over marbled boards, gilt stamped spine lettering and gilt tooled bands and edges, marbled endpapers and edges.…

softcover. Condition: very good. Complete publication of The Return of the Native in Harper's Magazine in parts in 12 magazines. Published between March 1878-January 1879. Very good condition, some wear and a couple of front covers detached.