The Well-Beloved
by Hardy, Thomas
Jocelyn Pierston, a sculptor of growing fame, is determined to find his ideal in womanhood, a quest that has led to many fruitless encounters. For just as it seems he has found his heart's desire, disillusionment sets in and his burning love turns to ashes. Returning to Portland, his birthplace, he meets young, innocent Avice Caro. They are betrothed until a fateful meeting with the self-assured Marcia Bencomb changes the course of his life yet again. Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year. Both versions are text searchable.
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The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament
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London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co. 1897. 8vo. First edition. ix, 339 pp. Green cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Top edge gilt. Foxing to endpapers and to tissue-guard & frontis. Ownership names to front pastedown and half title. A few loose sections. Frontis etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn. Map at rear. Volume XVII of The Wessex Novels. VG . Very Good.… Read more about this item Item Price
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First edition. With an etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn (tissue guard in place) and a map of Wessex at rear. Purdy p.92.
ix, 338 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original dark green cloth with gilt die-cut stamp of TH monogram to front. Gilt to top edge. Boards in near fine condition. Bookplate of C.F.Huntley to front pastedown. Front hinge reinforced. A touch of… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. First American edition. Etched frontispiece with tissue guard by H. Macbeth-Raeburn and map of Wessex at end. 8vo. Bound in forest green half morocco backed marble boards with gilt ruling, gilt titles on five-banded spine, and t.e.g. Marble endpapers with handsome bookplate of heiress Gustavia Senff on upper pastedowns; lightly bumped lower corner… Read more about this item Item Price
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Macmillan,, 1952. 8vo., with endpaper maps in blue; original series binding of blue buckram, gilt back, red top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly age-browned at backstrip and fold -ins. Macmillan's Library Edition (1949-1952) uses the large and pleasing type of the definitive Wessex Edition (1912-1931}. It is the most elegant of the post-war collected… Read more about this item Item Price
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UK: Macmillan, 1924. Reprint . Full-Leather. Very Good ++. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Reprint 1924. Reprint of the Wessex Uniform edition. Very un-common deluxe full leather decorative binding. Book is very good++ and bright. Light creasing to spine. Contents good. Tape ghosting marks/residue to endpapers More images can be taken upon request.… Read more about this item Item Price
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UK: Osgood Mcilvaine, 1897. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1897. Etching by H Macbeth-Raeburn, with tissue guard, and a map of Wessex. Book is very good++ and bright. Edges lightly rubbed and a little marking to boards and spine. Contents good with bookplate and light foxing… Read more about this item Item Price
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Reprint 1922. The Wessex Novels - Vol.xvii- Macmillan's Pocket Hardy. Full decorative leather maroon binding. Gilt decoration and lettering to front and spine. Slight rubbing to top and bottom spine edge. Inscription to front facing end paper dated 1925. Binding tight and text clean. Very slight yellowing of pages and a little foxing to back facing end paper. A lovely… Read more about this item Item Price
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The well-beloved : a sketch of a temperament / Thomas Hardy
by Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928)
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 338 pages. Subjects; Man-woman relationships Fiction. Mothers and daughters Fiction. Sculptors Fiction. Portland (England)… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament (The Wessex Novels; 17)
by Hardy, Thomas
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[Osgood, McIlvaine and Company], 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A very good copy of the true first edition in original dark green cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt (minor wear; ink name on front endpaper). Wessex Novels, Volume XVII (but the true first edition). [12], 337, [2] pages + plate. Three-part novel (indicating the age… Read more about this item Item Price
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The well-beloved: a sketch of a temperment ... with an etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn
by HARDY, THOMAS
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London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co, 1897. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], viii, [2], 337, [2]; etched frontispiece, full-p. map of Wessex on last leaf; original green cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine, t.e.g. Two previous owners' signatures on front free endpaper, else very good. First published in the Illustrated London News, October to December 1892, and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament
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London, Osgood McIlvaine [1897].. First edition. 8vo. Frontispiece etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn; map of Wessex at end. 338 pages. Old red cloth (spine faced to brown; remainder binding?). Good. Purdy p. 92-96.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Item Price
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The Well-beloved (World's Classics)
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The Well Beloved
by Thomas Hardy
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UK: Macmillan, 1903. New Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good ++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New Edition 1903. Part of the Works of Thomas Hardy and complete in it's own right. Very nice cloth binding with decorative gold blocking. Book is very good++ and bright and clean. Edges very slightly rubbed. Contents… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Well-Beloved
by Thomas Hardy
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USA: Harpers, 1905. New Edition . Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good ++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Edition 1905. A very attractive edition. Bound in three quarter leather and and marbled boards. Nice raised bands and tooling. Cloth endpapers. A very good quality binding and in very nice condition. Book is very good++… Read more about this item Item Price
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The well-beloved: a sketch of a temperment with an etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn and a map of Wessex
by Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928) Macbeth-Raeburn, H. (Henry) (1860-1947) (illus.)
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London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co. (1897), 1897. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked dark green cloth with unique Thomas Hardy gilt insignia to front board. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Previous owner's ownership plate to front… Read more about this item Item Price
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UK: Macmillan, 1922. Reprint . Full-Leather. Very Good ++. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Reprint 1922. Reprint of the Wessex Uniform edition. Very un-common deluxe full leather decorative binding. Book is very good+ and bright. Light marking to leather. Contents good. New front endpaper. More images can be taken upon request. … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Well-Beloved
by Thomas Hardy
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Osgood McIlvaine, 1897. 1st edition 1897, original dark green ribbed boards with TH logo on the front. Small tears to top and bottom of spine , top r/h corner turned a little and slight mark on front (spilt cup of tea?). Inside, the book is very good indeed. NB, although the title page states this is… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament
by Thomas Hardy
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Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1910. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1910. Reprinted. 337 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white map to final page. Binding is shaky, pages slightly loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping… Read more about this item Item Price
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