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The Trumpet-Major. [Vol. XI of 'The Wessex Edition']. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE WESSEX EDITION
by HARDY Thomas
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Macmillan,, [1912]. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with frontispiece in photogravure toned in sepia (original tissue guard present), half-title and title in red and black, and double-page map in the text, free endpapers mildly browned; original series binding of maroon cloth, backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, uncut, a very good, bright, crisp copy. With series advertisement leaf at end. Macmillan's 'Wessex Edition' (the name was suggested by Frederick Macmillan himself) was intended as the definitive issue of Hardy's works incorporating all the author's final amendments. Published in 24 volumes between 1912 and 1931, it is beautifully printed on laid paper and elegantly bound. Each volume contains a fine frontispiece in sepia photogravure depicting a 'real-life' scene from the novel (here it is 'Harbour of Castle Boterel') and a double-page 'Map of the Wessex of the Novels and Poems' made from Hardy's own drawing (now in the Dorset County Museum). 'The Wessex Edition is in every sense the definitive edition of Hardy's work and the last authority in questions of text.' (Purdy). Individual volumes are now increasingly hard to find. See Purdy, pp. 282-6.
Synopsis
Thomas Hardy was born on June 2, 1840. In his writing, he immortalized the site of his birth—Egdon Heath, in Dorset, near Dorchester. Delicate as a child, he was taught at home by his mother before he attended grammar school. At sixteen, Hardy was apprenticed to an architect, and for many years, architecture was his profession; in his spare time, he pursued his first and last literary love, poetry. Finally convinced that he could earn his living as an author, he retired from architecture, married, and devoted himself to writing. An extremely productive novelist, Hardy published an important book every year or two. In 1896, disturbed by the public outcry over the unconventional subjects of his two greatest novels— Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure —he announced that he was giving up fiction and afterward produced only poetry. In later years, he received many honors. He died on January 11, 1928, and was buried in Poet’s Corner, in Westminster Abbey. It was as a poet that he wished to be remembered, but today critics regard his novels as his most memorable contribution to English literature for their psychological insight, decisive delineation of character, and profound presentation of tragedy.
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- Title
- The Trumpet-Major. [Vol. XI of 'The Wessex Edition']. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE WESSEX EDITION
- Author
- HARDY Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan,
- Date Published
- [1912]
- Keywords
- modern first editions, modern firsts, hardy, thomas hardy, wessex edition, wessex
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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