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Two on a Tower
by Hardy, Thomas
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: George Munro's Sons, 1890. Undated, ca. 1890. Early printing in fair condition, with "The American Edition" printed at the lower spine end. Brown textured cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration, 7.5" tall, no dustjacket. Spien fabric a little wrinkled and uneven but lettering readily legible, rear cover stained from past exposure to moisture, slight lean to binding, hinges good, text block sound but not tight, pages age-yellowed and slightly brittle, spotting to endpapers, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Lady Constantine breaks all the rules of social decorum when she falls in love with the beautiful youth Swithin St Cleeve, her social inferior and ten years her junior. The tower in question is a monument converted into an astronomical observatory where together the lovers 'sweep the heavens'. Science and romance are destined to collide, however, as work, ambition and the pressures of the outside world intrude upon the pair. In what Sally Shuttleworth calls 'a drama of oppositions and conflicts', Hardy's story sets male desire against female constancy, and 'describes an arc across the horizon of late nineteenth-century social and cultural concerns: sexuality, class, history, science and religion'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033473
- Title
- Two on a Tower
- Author
- Hardy, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- George Munro's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- CLASSIC FICTION NOVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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