Printed in the Riccardi Press fount at the Chiswick Press. Pale blue paper-covered boards with quarter cloth spine and title in black on paper labels pasted on to front cover and spine. Page edges untrimmed to fore-edge and base of textblock. Condition: Good, with general shelfwear to covers including some light bumping to top rear cover corner, and some light sunning and soiling to covers including spine. 144pp. Frontispiece portrait of Thomas Hardy by William Nicholson, printed in brown and black. One of a limited edition of 1000 copies, this copy is out of sequence and does not have a number on the limitation page (see image)