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Thomas Hardy. Far From the Madding Crowd. Limited Editions Club, Cambridge UK, 1958.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: ex-library, reading copy, covers worn, binding solid, contents good
Seller: Trip Taylor Bookseller, Boise, ID, U.S.A.
Hardy, Thomas. Far From The Madding Crowd. The Limited Editions Club, 1958.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback. 8vo. 1958. Very Good in Very Good slipcase. SIGNED (by illustrator) and numbered Limited Edition of 1,500 copies. This is copy #366. Includes the additional signed engraving in tan envelope laid in. Decorative paper covered boards with leather spine. Some light wear at spine extremities and scuffing to spine. Interior is tight, clean and unmarked.
Seller: Doc O'Connor, Ft. Wright, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$112.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo, xx, 400 pages. In Good plus condition with a Fair slipcase. Slipcase has damp stain to top, rear, and bottom panels, light shelf wear. Spine is tan with gold print. Boards in toned and torn cellophane wrapper. Boards quarter bound with brown leather to spine and decorative paper to boards. Light wear to spine caps. Illustrated with b&w plates. Separate signed lithograph in brown wrapper laid in. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1371580. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
HARDY, Thomas. FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD. Limited Editions Club, Cambridge, 1958.
Price: US$143.80 + shipping
Description: Octavo (6" x 9") bound with a natural sheepskin spine and sides covered with paper printed in England bearing a design by the illustrator; 424 pages. Introduction by Robert Cantwell; book designed by John Dreyfus. Copy #323 of 1500 copies illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker with full-page wood engravings and decorations. SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Lacking the additional SIGNED loose engraving in an envelope sometimes found with this title. Mostly light scattered foxing but hardly any scuffing to the spine, typical with this title. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
HARDY, Thomas. FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD. Limited Editions Club, Cambridge, 1958.
Price: US$156.30 + shipping
Description: Octavo (6" x 9") bound with a natural sheepskin spine and sides covered with paper printed in England bearing a design by the illustrator; 424 pages. Introduction by Robert Cantwell; book designed by John Dreyfus. Copy #473 of 1500 copies illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker with full-page wood engravings and decorations. SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Lacking the additional SIGNED loose engraving in an envelope sometimes found with this title. Monthly Letter laid in. Scuffing to the spine, typical with this title. Very Good in a Fine slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
HARDY, Thomas. Far from the Madding Crowd. The Limited Editions Club, Cambridge, 1958.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: Introduction by Robert Cantwell. Engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Small 4to. Quarter natural sheepskin with gilt spine lettering and decorative paper over boards, slipcase. xxi, 401pp. Illustrations. Very good/near fine. Spine (only) a tad rough, else tight and internally fine and bright. Nice tight copy of the LEC's eighth title in their 26th series, with colophon at rear noting limitation of 1500 numbered copies (this #982) signed boldly in full by illustrator Parker -- and this copy with the separate 6" X 9" print laid in (in publisher's wraparound sleeve), signed and dated by Parker in pencil at lower margin (same image appears on page five of text). This tale of love and betrayal set in earthy rural southwest England was first published in 1874 to great acclaim. Also laid in are the "Monthly Letter" and publisher's 5½" X 8½" announcement leaflet. A wonderful copy with the often-absent Parker print present. NEWMAN 287.
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
HARDY, Thomas. FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD. Limited Editions Club, Cambridge, 1958.
Price: US$187.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo (6" x 9") bound with a natural sheepskin spine and sides covered with paper printed in England bearing a design by the illustrator; 424 pages. Introduction by Robert Cantwell; book designed by John Dreyfus. Copy #844 of 1500 copies illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker with full-page wood engravings and decorations. SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. With the additional SIGNED loose engraving in an envelope sometimes found with this title. Monthly Letter laid in. Some scuffing to the spine, typical with this title. Very Good in a Near Fine slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
HARDY, Thomas. FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD. Limited Editions Club, Cambridge, 1958.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo (6" x 9") bound with a natural sheepskin spine and sides covered with paper printed in England bearing a design by the illustrator; 424 pages. Introduction by Robert Cantwell; book designed by John Dreyfus. Copy #120 of 1500 copies illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker with full-page wood engravings and decorations. SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. With the additional SIGNED loose engraving in an envelope sometimes found with this title. Monthly Letter laid in. Mild scuffing to the spine, less severe than usual with this title, with some light discoloration to the bottom third of the spine. Very Good in a close to Fine slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
HARDY, Thomas. FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD. Limited Editions Club, Cambridge, 1958.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo (6" x 9") bound with a natural sheepskin spine and sides covered with paper printed in England bearing a design by the illustrator; 424 pages. Introduction by Robert Cantwell; book designed by John Dreyfus. Copy #258 of 1500 copies illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker with full-page wood engravings and decorations. SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. With the additional SIGNED loose engraving in an envelope sometimes found with this title. Monthly Letter laid in. Just a touch of rubbing to the very bottom tip of the spine. Fine in a Fine slipcase and uncommon in this condition
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Hardy, Thomas. Far from the Madding Crowd. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1958.
Price: US$257.65 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original binding of quarter brown leather over purple pictorial paper, with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated with wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Limited edition of 1500 copies, of which this is number 770. Signed by the artist to the limitation page. The Monthly Letter for the Limited Editions Club and additional engraving signed by the artist loosely inserted to front. Page edges slightly browned, otherwise the book is in very good condition in good condition covers, which are rubbed to spine. Slipcase present and in good condition, edgeworn with small loss to leading edge. 1213
Seller: Jeremy's Books, Andover, HAMPS, United Kingdom