The Works of Thomas Hardy [12 volumes]
by Hardy, Thomas
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A: Peter Fenelon Collier. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 5" X 7 3/4. FAIR / NO DUST JACKETS. [12 volume set] [No Date] Circa 1890, based on publisher's dates. Previous owner's name and date in Volume I, dated 1894. Includes: Far From the Madding Crowd; The Mayor of Casterbridge; The Trumpet Major; The Hand of Ethelberta; A Pair of Blue Eyes; Two On A Tower; A Laodicean, Or the Castle of DeStancys; The Return of the Native; Desperate Remedies; Under the Greenwood Tree; The Woodlanders; and Wessex Tales. Far From the Maddening Crowd is missing the frontispiece and the title page, all other volumes are complete. Texts unmarked except for previous owner's name and date at free front endpaper, minor soiling and foxing throughout. Dark green cloth boards decorated and lettered in gilt at spine. Boards scuffed and lightly soiled, spines darkened with age, all edges rubbed, corners bumped, spine tops and tails rubbed, volumes I, II and IV spine tops and tails starting to fray, Volume I with cupped boards. Bindings very tender, six of the volumes with a cracked hinge, all textblocks intact.
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- Bookseller
- RPL Library Store
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GR002469
- Title
- The Works of Thomas Hardy [12 volumes]
- Author
- Hardy, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Peter Fenelon Collier
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A
- Size
- 5" X 7 3/4
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature Fiction
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Glossary
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
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