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MP3 Audio CD. 14.99 by Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928

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MP3 Audio CD. Wessex Poems THE TEMPORARY THE ALL CHANGE and chancefulness in my flowering youthtime, Set me sun by sun near to one unchosen; Wrought us fellow-like, and despite divergence, Friends interlinked us. “Cherish him can I while the true one forthcome— Come the rich fulfiller of my prevision; Life is roomy yet, and the odds unbounded.” So self-communed I. Thwart my wistful way did a damsel saunter, Fair, the while unformed to be all-eclipsing; “Maiden meet,” held I, “till arise my forefelt Wonder of women.” Long a visioned hermitage deep desiring, Tenements uncouth I was fain to house in; “Let such lodging be for a breath-while,” thought I, “Soon a more seemly. “Then, high handiwork will I make my life-deed, Truth and Light outshow; but the ripe time pending, Intermissive aim at the thing sufficeth.” Thus I . . . But lo, me! Mistress, friend, place, aims to be bettered straightway, Bettered not has Fate or my… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Wessex Poems THE TEMPORARY THE ALL CHANGE and chancefulness in my flowering youthtime, Set me sun by sun near to one unchosen; Wrought us fellow-like, and despite divergence, Friends interlinked us. “Cherish him can I while the true one forthcome— Come the rich fulfiller of my prevision; Life is roomy yet, and the odds unbounded.” So self-communed I. Thwart my wistful way did a damsel saunter, Fair, the while unformed to be all-eclipsing; “Maiden meet,” held I, “till arise my forefelt Wonder of women.” Long a visioned hermitage deep desiring, Tenements uncouth I was fain to house in; “Let such lodging be for a breath-while,” thought I, “Soon a more seemly. “Then, high handiwork will I make my life-deed, Truth and Light outshow; but the ripe time pending, Intermissive aim at the thing sufficeth.” Thus I . . . But lo, me! Mistress, friend, place, aims to be bettered straightway, Bettered not has Fate or my… Read More

Hesperus Press, 2007-09-28. Paperback. Like New.

Hesperus Press, 2007-09-28. Paperback. New.

London: MACMILLAN LONDON ltd. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1915,1931,Ja_uary. Wessex Edition-Reprinted. Hardcover. 6x8" heavy. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN QUITE NICE GOOD UNCLIPT(L9.95) DUST JACKET, clean, solid,bright.. VERY BRIGHT WHITE TEXT PAPER ***DUST JACKET SPINE STRIP HAS HAD SUN FADE.; .GOLD SPINE TITLES ON BRIGHT RED CLOTH HARD COVERS, SHOWING 3" CIRCLE PORTRIT AUTHOR to FRONT COVER. RED ENDPAPERS.; 1002pg thick pages; has author's preface from 1898...seems to be a rather complete collection ***note ...this is NOT the 2 volume edition.. .

Ryburn Publishing, Keele University Press. 1995. Hbk, 233pp, illustr in b+w, no dj as issued, fine maroon cloth with gilt titles and ornament, the Ryburn edition attempts to reproduce HardyÕs volumes in a form as close to the originals as possible, a new and unread copy, excellent clean tight unmarked, as new, becoming harder to find

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1982. 403pp. Navy blue cloth hardback with gold type, DJ has very tiny chips at corner tips, one small tear with tape on the backside, pages have turned slightly light brown, footnotes, indices, appendices, Volume One Only, Includes: The Texts, Explanatory notes, Wessex Poems, Poems of the Past and the Present, Time's Laughingstocks,. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Harper & Brothers. Collectible - Very Good. Condition: Very Good -; 8vo, 209 pages. Full bound green cloth with gilt titles and decoration on front board and spine. Illustrations throughout. Boards are dust soiled with some shelfwear, especially on spine. Head of spine has 2 small tears in cloth. Previous owner's name in ink on front free end paper. Binding is solid and text is clean throughout. Photos upon request. Hardcover

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898. halftitle, (1), frontispiece, (4), title, (5), preface (7), Contents, (ix-xi), 228 pages. Collection of poems by the poet, Thomas Hardy. First Edition, First Printing. Book has slighlty faded boards, ex-libris stamp on pastedown front endpaper, bumped corners, and some indentations around edges, textbook slightly toned; endpapers moderately foxing with a penny size hole on the front free endpaper. Book is in protective mylar sleeve. Certainly an acceptable copy for the collector.. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Good+. Illus. by Thomas Hardy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 210 pages; VG- condition hardcover; fully bound in green cloth, spine has gilt lettering, front cover has gilt tooling; binding has minimal wear along the top and bottom edges, spine has minor discoloration from sun exposure, has minor bumping on the fore edge corners, dent along head edge of rear board (SEE PHOTO); pages have minor dust build up along the top edge and minimal detachment in several locations; contains illustrations; NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2. 1318071. FP New Rockville Stock.

1 . hardback. Very Good. With 30 illustrations by the Author. 1st ed. NY (Harper) 1899. Pictorial cloth, top edge gilt., others untrimmed. Backstrip somewhat darkened else a fine copy.

NY/London: Harper & Bros., 1899. Pictorial green cloth, t.e.g., other edges uncut.. Ex-library, back hinge repaired w/ tape, cover has 3/4" tear top front joint, a few marks in text, front hinge reglued: Good+ to VG-/no dj.. 8vo. 30 illustrations by the author in black & white.. First American Edition. Purdy, A-106.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1899. First American edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 8vo, 209 pp. With 30 Illustrations by the Author. Very light finger marks to covers, pages tanned.

1899. [illustrated by himself] With 30 Illustrations by the Author. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1899. Original light green cloth pictorially decorated in orange, yellow-green, light blue and white. First American Edition of Hardy's first volume of verse, published about six weeks after the London one (which was dated 1898). This volume "marks the final emergence of Hardy's primary interest, verse. The thirty years that remained to him were devoted to the composition of poetry..." [Purdy]. Of particular interest are the 31 illustrations by Hardy himself (the number cited on the title page apparently excludes the frontispiece); they serve as "a pleasant reminder of Hardy's architectural training and his skill as a draughtsman." These illustrations were discarded when WESSEX POEMS was next reprinted (in 1912). This is a bright, nearly fine copy of this attractively-bound volume that is printed on heavy glossy paper; there is a touch of wear at the corners of the spine, and the front… Read More

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899 Book. Illus. by Thomas Hardy. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. Small Octavo. viii + 210 pp + (2), b&w frontispiece, verso @1898, By the Same Author (list), preface (September, 1898), contents (approx 51 poems), ep (list of H&B works by Thackeray & George DuMaurier). Binding firm, paper Very Good, gilt textblock top edge Good+, pages clean and unmarked, cover cloth with light threadwear at the bottom & top spine tips, a cluster of dark dots along upper fr hinge, else Very Good gilt spine and fr cover with pictorial design laid in 5.8" x 8,25" green cloth boards - in clear glassine wrapper.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1899. First American Edition. Octavo, original green cloth stamped in white, light green, and orange, lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Near Fine with very light wear, one inch of fabric visible at front hinge due to binding error. No dust jacket.

E-209: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Very Good. 1899. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Harper & Brothers, New York 1898. Viii, 209 pgs. Illustrated with thirty images by the author. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in green cloth boards with titles present to the spine and Thomas Hardy cipher present to the front board in gilt (The binding is uniform with the 17 volumes of Osgood, McIlvaine’s edition of the Wessex Novels. ). Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are rubbed and worn with a chipped spine). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The first volume of verse by the author of Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure, and Far from the Madding Crowd - also notable for the inclusion of a frontispiece and thirty illustrations by Hardy. Includes poetry representing over 25 years of Hardy's work as a poet. Its publication seems to have been a turning point in his career as an author, as he published… Read More

London & New York: Harper & Brothers, Abermarle Street, 1898. First Edition. First Edition. 228pp. Original publisher's forest green decorative cloth with bold gilt central circular design bearing the author's monogram and a floral motif, spine gilt. This is the first edition of the author's first collection of poems, one of only 500 copies, with 31 illustrations (13 full-page, including frontispiece) by Thomas Hardy. Top edge gilt, others uncut. The covers are significantly blemished with water fading... however, priced accordingly, and quite a rare Hardy title, who considered himself primarily a poet. His poetry in "Wessex Poems" explores the themes of rural life, love and loss, the ravages of time, death and the inhuman ironies of war.

London: Harper & Brothers, 45 Albemarle Street, 1898. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Fine. First Impression of the author's first collection of poems, one of only 500 copies. Crown 8vo (200 x 131mm): xi,[1],228pp, with 31 illustrations (13 full-page, including frontispiece) reproduced from drawings by Hardy. Publisher's original forest green bold-ribbed cloth, spine lettered in gilt, gilt medallion enclosing TH monogram to upper cover, top edge gilt, others uncut. Ex libris of Harald Pedersen (1888-1945), Norwegian metallurgist, politician, and Nazi collaborator. End sheets lightly foxed, else a superlative example, virtually pristine, on heavy paper, very tightly bound. Purdy, pp. 96-106. Hayward 310. Wolff 2998. Webb, pp. 97-98. Hardy considered himself primarily a poet, claiming that his extraordinary novel-writing career was the result of financial expediency. Hardy had been working on this collection of 51 poems since the 1860s. "But it was only on the cusp of the twentieth century, feeling… Read More