Winter Words in various moods and metres
by Hardy, Thomas
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Original green cloth boards with gilt insignia on front, gilt titles on spine, some toning along spine and slight cocking, some
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, 1928. First edition. [xi], [i], 201 pp., [1]; uncut pages. 8vo. Original green cloth boards with gilt insignia on front, gilt titles on spine, some toning along spine and slight cocking, some toning on endpapers, else a near fine copy. First edition. [xi], [i], 201 pp., [1]; uncut pages. 8vo. First edition of what Hardy described in the introductory note as, "being probably my last appearance on the literary stage." He was right: the book was completed just before and published just after Hardy's death in January 1928. Purdy pp 252-262
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- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 353231
- Title
- Winter Words in various moods and metres
- Author
- Hardy, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- [xi], [i], 201 pp., [1]; uncut pages. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original green cloth boards with gilt insignia on front, gilt titles on spine, some toning along spine and slight cocking, some
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- British | Poetry | Thomas Hardy
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