By Thomas Hardy.

Introduction by John Bayley.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, (1977).

Collector's Edition, The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Series.

Frontispiece wood-cut portrait art by John De Pol specially commissioned for this Easton Press Collector's edition.

Evocative full plate wood-cut engraved illustrations by Agnes Miller Parker.

An exceptionally nice copy.

Easton Press bookplate, with former owner's name typed-in, attached to the verso of the front end-paper, else fine, square, very tight, and firm in rich-brown leather with patterned gilt embossed decorations and vignette illustrations to the front and rear covers, gilt embossed decorations and titles to the raised four-band hubbed spine, brown-and-yellow headband and tail-band, all page edges bright gilt, copper satin-moire end-papers, and a sewn-in silk ribbon marker.

Octavo; 427 pages; plus introduction; publisher's preface; author's preface.

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