Jude the Obscure
by Hardy, Thomas
Jude the Obscure is the last of Thomas Hardy's novels, begun as a magazine serial and first published in book form in 1895. The book was burnt publicly by the William Walsham How, Bishop of Wakefield, in that same year. Its hero Jude Fawley is a working-class young man who dreams of becoming a scholar. The two other main characters are his earthy wife, Arabella, and his cousin, Sue. Themes include class, scholarship, religion, marriage, and the modernisation of thought and society.
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Jude the Obscure (Wessex Novels vol VIII)
by Hardy, Thomas (illus. H. Macbeth-Raeburn)
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London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co, 1896. 1st. h/b. No d/j. Near fine, 1st edition (published in 1895 despite title 1896); original green clothbound boards, gilt titling and decoration on spine & cover; text block firm (slight forward lean), pages untrimmed and unmarked. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Jude Fawley is a young man who… Read more about this item Item Price
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Jude the Obscure
by Hardy, Thomas; [Clodd, Edward]; Macbeth-Raeburn, Henry (illustrator)
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Brooklyn, New York, USA
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London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co, 1896. First edition of Thomas Hardy's controversial final novel, the eighth volume in his uniform series of Wessex Novels, accompanied by a letter to his friend Edward Clodd reporting his progress on the work. The story of a stonemason whose higher aspirations are brutally crushed, Jude the Obscure was the subject of immediate backlash:… Read more about this item Item Price
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Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy
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- 1896
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First US Edition. Gilt spine titles. 1896 at bottom of title page. Previous owner's stamp on verso of frontis. Spine ends/corners worn and tiny tear to cloth at spine foot and head. Very light foxing to a few pages.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Item Price
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JUDE THE OBSCURE
by Hardy, Thomas
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- 1896
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1896. frontis, viii, 515, (2) pages. First edition: mixed state, with pages 1 and 2 numbered, but final pages in all chapters are unnumbered. Bound in original green cloth, with gilt decoration on front cover. The book is clean and tight, with some wear & tear at spine extremities, but no chipping.… Read more about this item Item Price
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JUDE THE OBSCURE
by Hardy, Thomas
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Stephenson, Virginia, USA
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London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co, 1896. First Edition. Attractive copy of Hardy's last completed novel, centered around Jude Fawley, a stonemason who dreams of becoming a scholar. Purdy, pp.86-91. First Impression, mixed state, with gatherings A-B, D, and F showing partially-blank pages unnumbered, and gatherings C, E, G-H numbered. Octavo (20.75cm); vertically-ribbed hunter green cloth, with titling and decorative… Read more about this item Item Price
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by Hardy, Thomas
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Harper & Brothers, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very good copy of the first American edition (also the first illustrated edition) in original green cloth stamped in gilt (some wear to cloth, nicking to spine tips; some foxing to text, smudge to foredge). Item Price
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Jude the Obscure
by Hardy, Thomas
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- 1896
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- With an Etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn and a map of Wessex. vii, 515 pp. 8vo
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New York, New York, USA
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London: James Osgood, McIlvanie & Co, 1896. First edition. With an Etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn and a map of Wessex. vii, 515 pp. 8vo. Original dark green cloth, t.e.g. Small closed tears at top of spine, else fine. Bookplate of Claude (Smith.). First edition. With an Etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn and a map of Wessex. vii, 515 pp.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Jude the Obscure
by Hardy, Thomas
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- 1969
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- 1/4 Morocco
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London, Greater London, GBR
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New York: The Limited Editions Club 1969. 8vo. Signed by the artist. xxi, 429 pp. Quarter dark green morocco over green marbled boards with gilt lettering to spine in slipcase, also with gilt lettering; all edges speckled green. All in near fine condition, clean and bright. Numbered 793 of an edition limited to 1500, signed by Agnes Miller Parker who… Read more about this item Item Price
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JUDE THE OBSCURE
by HARDY, Thomas
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- 1969
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1969. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Agnes Miller Parker. Octavo (6-1/2" x 9-1/2") bound in quarter green morocco leather and green boards; 452 pages. Designed by John Dreyfus and printed at the Spiral Press. With an introduction by John Bayley and wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker.… Read more about this item Item Price
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JUDE THE OBSCURE
by Hardy, Thomas
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- 1896
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1896. With an Etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn and a Map of Wessex. (London:) James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., (1896). Original dark blue-green cloth with front cover monogram device in gilt.
First Edition of Hardy's last great novel, issued as Vol. VIII of "The Wessex Novels." Titled HEARTS INSURGENT at the time of its serial appearance, the book… Read more about this item Item Price
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Jude the Obscure
by Hardy, Thomas
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- 1969
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1969. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 427p quarto, illutrated. 1/1500 numbered copies this copy #626 and signed by Agnes Miller Parker. A fine copy bound ingray patterned boards and black morocco spine in a fine slipcase
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JUDE THE OBSCURE
by Hardy, Thomas
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- 1896
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Surprise, Arizona, USA
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1896. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octvo. First illustrated edition. Bound in dark green cloth with gilt lettering spine and front cover. Very good copy with light foxing, off setting to ffep from newpaper clipping, pencil notes endpapers. 488 p.
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JUDE THE OBSCURE
by HARDY, Thomas
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- 1969
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£255.12
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1969. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase with very slight darkening to the backstrip. Agnes Miller Parker. Octavo (6-1/2" x 9-1/2") bound in quarter green morocco and green boards; 452 pages. Designed by John Dreyfus and printed at the Spiral Press. With an introduction by John Bayley and wood engravings by… Read more about this item Item Price
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JUDE THE OBSCURE
by HARDY, Thomas
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- 1969
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1969. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Agnes Miller Parker. Octavo (6-1/2" x 9-1/2") bound in quarter green morocco leather and green boards; 452 pages. Designed by John Dreyfus and printed at the Spiral Press. With an introduction by John Bayley and wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Copy #887 of 1500 SIGNED… Read more about this item Item Price
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JUDE THE OBSCURE
by HARDY, Thomas
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- 1969
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1969. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Agnes Miller Parker. Octavo (6-1/2" x 9-1/2") bound in quarter green morocco and green boards; 452 pages. Designed by John Dreyfus and printed at the Spiral Press. With an introduction by John Bayley and wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Copy #958 of 1500 SIGNED by… Read more about this item Item Price
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Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy
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- Used - Good
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- 1998
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- Paperback
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- 9780140431315
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Wellington, NZL
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Penguin Classics. Good. 5.1 x 0.81 x 7.76 inches. Paperback. 1998. 512 pages. Cover worn. Text tanned.<br>. Includes glossary. First published 1896. Published in the Penguin English Library 1978. 1 984 reprint. Series; Penguin English library. Summary; Novel trac ing Jude Fawley's life from his aspirations of intellectual freed om to his early death. Review: I was a teenager… Read more about this item Item Price
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Jude The Obscure
by HARDY, Thomas
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- 1921
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Stockport, Cheshire, GBR
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£20.00
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Macmillan, 1921. Hardback. Reprint, 1921. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Good condition; board lightly marked, light edge and shelf wear, endpapers tanned, light foxing to first few pages. No dust jacket. Macmillan pocket edition, The Wessex Novels Volume IV with map of Wessex. Published: Macmillan, 1921 Item Price
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Jude the Obscure: Thomas Hardy (Penguin Classics)
by Thomas Hardy
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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Jude the Obscure
by Hardy, Thomas
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- 1990
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Toms River, New Jersey, USA
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New York: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1990. Soft cover. Very Good. First published in 1895, this edition is a reproduction of the Wessex edition published by Macmillan & Co., London, in 1912. This edition was specially created in 1990 for Quality Paperback Book Club. Printed in the U.S.A. Large format soft cover in very good condition… Read more about this item Item Price
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Jude the Obscure (Papermacs S.)
by Hardy, Thomas
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- 9780333047491
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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