A Laodicean; or, The Castle of the De Stancys. A Story of Today.
by HARDY, Thomas. [TAUCHNITZ, Bernard]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- This is as nice a copy of "A Laodicean" as one can reasonably hope to find. The volumes are ever so slightly shelf-sl
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
London:: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington,, 1881.. First English edition.. publisher's gray cloth, gilt-lettered on spines, each preserved in a custom quarter morocco slipcase and chemise. Three distinguished bookplates on each front pastedown and a fourth, the Rockwell Kent bookplate of Frederick B. Adams, in each chemise. . This is as nice a copy of "A Laodicean" as one can reasonably hope to find. The volumes are ever so slightly shelf-slanted. A beautiful set.. 8vo,. Laid in is a two page ALS from Thomas Hardy, January 16, 1882 to Bernhard Tauchnitz, advising the publisher that he has directed Williams & Norgate to send proof sheets of "A Laodicean" to him, "that you may form an estimate of what the story is worth to you." Former owner of this set, Frederick Adams, has laid in two additional notes, to the effect that Tauchnitz published Laodicean later in 1882, and that this was also George Barr McCutcheon's copy, although there is no indication of that in the volumes.
Synopsis
A Laodicean is a novel by Thomas Hardy, published in 1881. Set in the more modern age of that time, the plot exhibits devices uncommon for Hardy, such as falsified telegrams and faked photographs. Paula Power inherits a medieval castle from her industrialist father who has purchased it from the aristocratic De Stancy family. She employs two architects, one local and one, George Somerset, newly qualified from London. Somerset represents modernity in the novel.
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- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76309
- Title
- A Laodicean; or, The Castle of the De Stancys. A Story of Today.
- Author
- HARDY, Thomas. [TAUCHNITZ, Bernard]
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's gray cloth, gilt-lettered on spines, each preserved in a custom quarter morocco slipcase and chemise. Three dis
- Book Condition
- Used - This is as nice a copy of "A Laodicean" as one can reasonably hope to find. The volumes are ever so slightly shelf-sl
- Edition
- First English edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1881.
- Pages
- 3 vols.
- Size
- 8vo,
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About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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