Tess of the D'Urbervilles. A Pure Woman

by Thomas Hardy, Vivien Gribble, Illustrations

$5,800 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

Signed

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926. Signed limited illustrated edition; one of 325 large paper copies printed on handmade paper and signed by Thomas Hardy. Large Octavo. Bound in publisher's original marbled boards over vellum spine lettered in gilt, with 41 wood engravings by Vivien Gribble. Near Fine with marble paper rubbed through at top and bottom edges and corners, vellum slightly soiled. A few spots of browning

• Binding: Leather

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