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Thomas Hardy. Desperate Remedies. Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1874.
Price: US$194.69 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Light brown cloth hard cover with black titles and decorative illustrations on front and spine; some mild wear to corners and spine ends. Part of Leisure Hour Series, No. 32, this 1st American edition was published in 1874 as a single volume. Partly exposed internal hinge with first 2 pages loose (adverts and blank), vii, 402 pages. Overall this relatively scarce 1st US edition is in good to very good condition.
Seller: McGonigles', Cerne Abbas, United Kingdom
Thomas Hardy. Desperate Remedies. Henry Holt, New York, 1874, 1874.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A Good copy of the First U.S. Edition in off white cloth with black titles and decorations. A firm copy with small spine slant, some rubbing to boards and 2 inch closed tear to cloth on spine. 402pp 12mo.
Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Thomas Hardy. DESPERATE REMEDIES - LEISURE HOUR SERIES. Henry Holt, New York, 1874.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. 402 pp. First American edition. Ochre cloth boards with black titles and designs. Blank endpapers. Condition is GOOD+ ; spine is cocked but binding tight. Covers very clean with a little surface wear. Spine very mildly toned. Corners and spine ends bumped with mild wear. Rear pastedown has a vertical crack but it doesn't appear on the exterior. Rear lower joint has a small break to the paper that does not affect the strength of the joint. Title pg and text clean, bright and unmarked. Fic. RGR.
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Thomas Hardy. Desperate Remedies. Henry Holt, 1874.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Very Good. First US edition of his first book. Author's edition on verso. Some copies have ads on eps. This is the state with plain eps. Spine is soiled and crown of spine has some edge wear. Front and rear boards have faded some. Eps have tanning but book is otherwise internally clean. Front fly-leaf has small chip to upper right hand corner. Rear eps has some cracking at gutter but book is bound quite solidly. Small bookstore stamp on inside of front board.
Seller: EGR Books, Centreville, VA, U.S.A.
Hardy, Thomas. Desperate Remedies. Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1874.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: vii, 402 pages. A pleasing unsophisticated example of the first US edition, in second state covers, of Hardy's first published novel. Gilt titles faded on spine. Edges tanned. Spine rolled forward half an inch. Front pastedown and endpaper recto show soiling. Hinges and all pages fully secure and binding sound. Generally a clean and unmarked interior: occasional spot of foxing or small stain to minority of leaves and in three or four instances heavier as seen in photo. The two leaves pp. 317-320 show printer's error of top folded and slightly proud at top edge.
Seller: The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, Canada