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Thomas Hardy. Tess of the D'urbervilles A Pure Woman. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1892.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: This is a second American edition. Measuring approximately 7.5" x 5" with 455 numbered pages. This book is in fair condition. Moderate chipping to both ends of spine. Moderate bumping to all corners of boards. Moderate staining to both boards. Front board and spine detached from textblock. Rear hinge is cracked exposing mesh. Previous owner's handwriting on title page above authors name that states "and interesting story". Interior pages are clean. Tess of the d'Urbervilles received mixed reviews when it first appeared, in part because it challenged the sexual morals of late Victorian England. Tess was portrayed as a fighter for her rights and for the rights of others. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(O1-8).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Description: Second American edition. Octavo (19cm). In original brick red publisher's cloth, titled in gilt on spine; stamped in black and gold with black clover ornaments; [vi], 455p; 11 halftone illustrations. A bright copy, somewhat rubbed; with signs of a minor repair to reattach title page; else Good. The second American book edition restored some portions of the text that had been bowdlerized for serialization in 1891. PURDY p. 76.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Thomas Hardy. Tess of the D'urbervilles A Pure Woman. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1892.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: Second American edition. Measuring approximately 7.5" x 5" with 455 numbered pages. This book is in good plus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Gilt lettering and design on spine and front board still full and vivid. Moderate scuffing to top and bottom edges of textblock. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown and endpaper. Previous owner's signature on illustrations and title page. Interior pages are bright and clean. Tess of the d'Urbervilles received mixed reviews when it first appeared, in part because it challenged the sexual morals of late Victorian England. Tess was portrayed as a fighter for her rights and for the rights of others. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(O1-117).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Thomas Hardy and Carl J. Weber. Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1892.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Reddish brown print Hb ; 7.8 X 5.1 X 1.1 inches; 548 pages
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, New York, 1892. 421 pgs. Frontispiece plus 10 other full-page illustrations. First American edition/First Printing. Publisher's brick red cloth stamped with gilt titles and black shamrock motif. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are chipped and worn to the crown of the spine). Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The first edition from January 1892 excluded numerous events "more especially addressed to adult readers," including two significant ones: Tess's "seduction" by her cousin Alec, and the baptism and death of her baby. When peddler John Durbeyfield learns that he may be a descendant of a noble family, he sends his oldest child, Tess, to "claim kin. " Blindly ushered into harms way, the strong-willed yet untinctured peasant girl is not prepared for the blighted course her life will take. Nor for those whose destructive desires will determine her fate, and force Tess to make only the most desperate of choices. From her tragic loss of innocence through betrayal and revenge, Tesss struggle for survival challenged the eras mores and the cruel indifference shown women in Victorian society. First published, then serialized and censored, Thomas Hardys unexpurgated novel is now considered his masterpiece. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$625.00 + shipping
Description: Publisher's decorated brown cloth. Illustrated with 11 full-page plates. A "revised" edition was published later in 1892 by Harper restoring the cuts made in this edition published in January due to their controversial and sexual nature. This copy is an oddity as signature 24, pages 369-384, were never bound in, though one can only tell by examining the contents as there is no visible sign in the book's appearance to indicate the missing signature. Owner name of Virginia Elizabeth Murdoch on the front endpaper dated 19 February 1892. Hinges sound, light wear. Near Fine but for the missing signature
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Thomas Hardy. Tess of the D'urbervilles. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1893, 1892.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York, 1892. First American Edition, First Printing. VERY GOOD+ in brick red cloth-covered boards, stamped with gilt titles and a griffin, along with black three leaf clovers on front panel, as issued. Extremities show wear. Previous owner's name on FFEP. Lovely copy. 421 pp. Two pages of ads at the rear. Not remainder marked. Not book club edition. Not ex-library.
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
Hardy, Thomas. Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1892.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 421 pp. +2 ads. Publisher's brick red cloth stamped with gilt titles and black shamrock motif. Illustrated frontis and ten plates. First American edition. The first American edition was published in January, 1892, and censored many events in the original British text that dealt with more mature themes. This text would later be restored in the second American edition. Very Good. Lean to spine, light rubbing to cloth at corners and spine ends, faint cup ring to front cover. Appears to be lacking the headband, tail band. Previous owner name on front free end paper and title page. A nice copy.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.