Tess of the d'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy

$5,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First Edition, first impression. 264 pp.; 278 pp.; 277 pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Bound in forest green half morocco backed marble boards with gilt ruling, gilt titles on five-banded spine, and t.e.g. Marble endpapers with handsome bookplate of heiress Gustavia Senff on upper pastedowns. Light bump to edge of volume one, and some toning on upper corners two and three, else a near fine set. Purdy, pp. 67-74. Item #365046

• Binding: Leather

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