A Laodicean. [Wessex Novels vol. XI.]. [Pocket Edition]. POCKET EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
by HARDY Thomas
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About This Item
Macmillan,, 1924. Sm. 8vo., Pocket Edition, title in red and black, and full-page map in the text; original series binding of plum cloth, upper board blocked in blind, back gilt extra, gilt top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.. Bright copy of this most attractive edition. SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.
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
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47211
- Title
- A Laodicean. [Wessex Novels vol. XI.]. [Pocket Edition]. POCKET EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
- Author
- HARDY Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan,
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- literature, modern first editions, modern firsts, hardy, thomas hardy, pocket edition
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