Thomas Hardy | Tess of the d'Urbervilles. A Pure Woman, 1891, first edition, first impression

Thomas Hardy

Tess of the d'Urbervilles. A Pure Woman. London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1891

FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION (with incorrect wording "[Chapter] XXV" on p. 199, volume 2), 8vo, half-titles, blanks, original smooth tan cloth, upper covers decorated in gilt with honeysuckle stems (after design by Ricketts), spines blocked and lettered in gilt, extremities slightly bumped

FIRST EDITION OF HARDY'S CELEBRATED TRAGIC NOVEL.

PROVENANCE:

"H.R.S. Jr.", bookplate

LITERATURE:

Purdy, pp.67-78; Sadleir 1114