Jude the Obscure - first edition









Book Description
Hardback. First edition 1896 published as volume eight in the Wessex novels edition; this is the work’s first appearance in book form and the first publication of the tale as intended, the periodical version having been somewhat abridged. viii,514pp. Frontis etching by H. Macbeth Raeburn. Map of Wessex. Green cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt monogram device to the front. Gilt to top edge. Uncut to fore-edge. Contemporary Mudie’s Select Library label to the upper board but no other library markings.
Author
Hardy, Thomas
Date
1896
Binding
Hardback
Publisher
Osgood, McIlvaine and Co,
Condition
Good copy
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