Human Shows, Far Phantasies

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Octavo size, 292 pp., in original dust jacket. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was one of Britain's most influential Victorian novelists and poets; D. H. Lawrence wrote a study of Hardy, and he was the basis for the character of Edward Driffield in W. Somerset Maugham's "Cakes and Ale".… Read more about this item

London : Macmillan & Co., 1925. First edition. The last collection published in Hardy's lifetime - 152 poems, most previously unpublished and mainly recently composed, although with a handful from earlier in his career. Crown 8vo (20cm). [2],x,(280),(4)pp. Original green cloth gilt; some spotting of endpapers, but a very good, bright and largely unopened copy in the dust-jacket - just… Read more about this item

London, Macmillan & Co. 1925 Hardcover book, first edition, green cloth with gilt titles. 279 pages- no dustjacket. Poetry, songs and trifles from Thomas Hardy. A Very Good book without inscriptions. Light foxing to early pages. Pictures available.

London: MacMillan & Co. Ltd., 1926. Reprint, February 1926. Green boards, 279 pages. Heel of spine lightly rubbed and creased, corners lightly rubbed and bowed, pencil erasure mark on ffep. Majority of pages uncut at top edge, a few roughly cut, overall condition very good. Pages clean and binding firm. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Co, 1925. First Edition ~1st Printing. Hardcover. a collection of poetry from the renowned author, very good in good dust jacket, in clear mylar protector; small chips/stains to jacket corners, a few bent page corners else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket; first printing with no later signs

London. London: Macmillan. Near Fine. 1925. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. The spine is uniformly sunned, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Original olive green cloth with bright gilt lettering on spine and front cover. All pages following the Table of Contents are unopened; the book is unread. This collection of… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan, 1925. First printing of the first American edition. Original green cloth with dark blue lettered front panel, and gilt-lettered spine, 279pp., without dust jacket. Book with light rubbing to extremities (primarily at spine ends and bottom front corner), faint toning to spine, and light toning to page margins, else fine.

London: Macmillan, 1925?. First edition. Very Good. Human Shows: Far Phantasies is a book of songs and trifles by Thomas Hardy. This 279-page book publishes 153 poems and odes from ""Waiting Both"" to ""Why Do I?"", including 'The Faithful Swallow', What's there to Tell?"", and 'A Second Attempt"". Covers damped;green boards with writing to spine and… Read more about this item

MacMillan, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Clean, tight and sound copy. Usual light foxing/browning around endpapers. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Publishers' green cloth gilt binding, a little rubbed and sunned, faint crease to spine. x + 279 pages. Approx. size 7.5" by 5". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Pictures of… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 1927. Hardcover bound in soft leather with gilt decoration and gilt printing to front and to spine, plus gilt page block head. Covers are scuffed at corners and at front spine hinge, score to rear cover. Front cover has come away from spine at lower 4cm. Endpapers are tanned and bookshop sticker to front pastedown. Internally, clean and… Read more about this item

NY:: Macmillan Company,. Very Good. 1925. Hardcover. First edition thus. Ex-library copy with typical markings, else very good in green cloth. No dust jacket. .

Macmillan & Co., 1925. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1925. No Edition Remarks. 279 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth with gilt decorations. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Cracks to guttering throughout and to front hinge, with exposed netting. Some rub-marking and foxing to pastedowns… Read more about this item

Macmillan and Co., 1925. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1925. Reprinted. 279 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Rough cut textblock edges. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Pages remain intact. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends.… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/chipped. 8vo, green cloth, inch tear in 1/2 title, unopened and uncut; dj reinforced, chipped. A collection of 152 poems, the last book published during Hardy's life. The 5000 copies sold out immediately [Purdy p.234]

London: MacMillan 1925, 1st printing. (Hardcover) 279pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Gilt lettering on spine, gilt decorated cover. Spine top and bottom lightly bumped, previous owner's inscription, newspaper stains on pp.96-97. Includes a newspaper clipping (review) from John o' London's Weekly, Jan. 10, 1920. (Poetry).

London: Macmillan, 1925. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 279. Green cloth, stamped in gilt. Uncut. A nice copy. Cutler and Stiles p. 65; Purdy, pp. 234-248; Wolff 2978. The last of Hardy's volumes published during his lifetime, this is a collection of 152 poems, twenty-five of which had been printed previously.

London, Macmillan & Co. 1925 Hardcover book, first edition, green cloth with gilt titles. 279 pages- in dustjacket. Poetry, songs and trifles from Thomas Hardy. A Very Good book without inscriptions in a Very Good dustjacket. Small loss to top of jacket spine with tanning of jacket. Light foxing to early pages. Pictures available.

London: Macmillan. lightly bumped boards. Tear to spine tail. Crisp, uncut pages. . Good. Cloth. Reprint. 1925.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Original gray gilt designer cloth with date on title page and no additional printings indicated. Book is fine and unmarked. Jacket has a tiny corner chip and mild rubbing to lower spine edge, and is protected by a Mylar plastic cover. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan & Co.. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1925. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 279 pp. + ads, A little foxing to endpaper gutters, tiny bit of rubbing to dj spine; otherwise a very nice copy .