Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented

by Thomas Hardy

$15,000 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition

London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1891. First edition, first issue of the classic novel that scandalized fin de siecle England with a tragic, unforgettable heroine. All points present: Vol. 1, p. v , line 12, have it said ; Vol. 2, p. 58, line 4, Valasquez ; p. 155, line 21, seampstress ; p. 199, Chapter XXV for XXXV; Vol. 3, p. 112, line 24, are ye doing. viii , 264; viii , 278; vi , 277, 1 pp. Bound

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