POEMS OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT
by Hardy, Thomas
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- first
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Yarmouth, Maine, United States
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About This Item
1902. (London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1902.) Original dark green cloth with monogram device in gilt.
First Edition of Hardy's second volume of verse, which (like the first, WESSEX POEMS), consisted of only 500 copies. None of Hardy's exceedingly scarce multi-volume novels consisted of fewer copies; for example, FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD, THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE and TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES each had a 1000-copy first edition. This title, actually published in November 1901, contains 99 poems, some of which deal with the Boer War; WESSEX POEMS had contained 51 poems. POEMS OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT marks the end of Hardy's association with the publishing firm of Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. (and their successors, Harper & Brothers of London, of which Clarence McIlvaine was in charge). This is a near-fine copy (a few minor rear-cover marks, endpapers cracked). In our experience, though both WESSEX POEMS and this title consisted of the same number of copies, this is a considerably scarcer book -- in fact, this is only the fifth copy that we have been able to offer during our forty years in business. Purdy pp 107-119.
First Edition of Hardy's second volume of verse, which (like the first, WESSEX POEMS), consisted of only 500 copies. None of Hardy's exceedingly scarce multi-volume novels consisted of fewer copies; for example, FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD, THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE and TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES each had a 1000-copy first edition. This title, actually published in November 1901, contains 99 poems, some of which deal with the Boer War; WESSEX POEMS had contained 51 poems. POEMS OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT marks the end of Hardy's association with the publishing firm of Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. (and their successors, Harper & Brothers of London, of which Clarence McIlvaine was in charge). This is a near-fine copy (a few minor rear-cover marks, endpapers cracked). In our experience, though both WESSEX POEMS and this title consisted of the same number of copies, this is a considerably scarcer book -- in fact, this is only the fifth copy that we have been able to offer during our forty years in business. Purdy pp 107-119.
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- Bookseller
- Sumner & Stillman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14524
- Title
- POEMS OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT
- Author
- Hardy, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1902
- Bookseller catalogs
- Verse;
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Sumner & Stillman
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Yarmouth, Maine
About Sumner & Stillman
Founded in 1980, Sumner & Stillman is a small family business providing personal service in the buying and selling of literary first editions of the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) for over 30 years.
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