HARDY, Thomas. Tess of the D'Urbervilles. A Pure Woman . London: Macmillan, 1926. Large 8° (282 x 195mm). 41 wood-engraved plates and illustrations by Vivienne Gribble, folding map. Original quarter vellum (bottom corners bumped), slipcase. Provenance : Thomas Hardy (gift inscription to:) -- Florence Emily Hardy (Max Gate book label amended in manuscript).
HARDY, Thomas. Tess of the D'Urbervilles. A Pure Woman . London: Macmillan, 1926. Large 8° (282 x 195mm). 41 wood-engraved plates and illustrations by Vivienne Gribble, folding map. Original quarter vellum (bottom corners bumped), slipcase. Provenance : Thomas Hardy (gift inscription to:) -- Florence Emily Hardy (Max Gate book label amended in manuscript). ONE OF 325 COPIES SIGNED BY HARDY, PRESENTATION COPY TO THE AUTHOR'S WIFE, inscribed: 'To: Florence Emily Hardy, from Thomas Hardy 22 October 1926'. Hardy and Florence Dugdale (1879-1937) had met towards the end of 1905, as author and admirer, and in 1906 she began assisting him with research to complete The Dynasts . She took over the running of Max Gate after Emma Hardy died in November 1912, and the two married on 10 February 1914. A FINE ASSOCIATION. Cf. Purdy, pp.77.
HARDY, Thomas. Tess of the D'Urbervilles. A Pure Woman . London: Macmillan, 1926. Large 8° (282 x 195mm). 41 wood-engraved plates and illustrations by Vivienne Gribble, folding map. Original quarter vellum (bottom corners bumped), slipcase. Provenance : Thomas Hardy (gift inscription to:) -- Florence Emily Hardy (Max Gate book label amended in manuscript).
HARDY, Thomas. Tess of the D'Urbervilles. A Pure Woman . London: Macmillan, 1926. Large 8° (282 x 195mm). 41 wood-engraved plates and illustrations by Vivienne Gribble, folding map. Original quarter vellum (bottom corners bumped), slipcase. Provenance : Thomas Hardy (gift inscription to:) -- Florence Emily Hardy (Max Gate book label amended in manuscript). ONE OF 325 COPIES SIGNED BY HARDY, PRESENTATION COPY TO THE AUTHOR'S WIFE, inscribed: 'To: Florence Emily Hardy, from Thomas Hardy 22 October 1926'. Hardy and Florence Dugdale (1879-1937) had met towards the end of 1905, as author and admirer, and in 1906 she began assisting him with research to complete The Dynasts . She took over the running of Max Gate after Emma Hardy died in November 1912, and the two married on 10 February 1914. A FINE ASSOCIATION. Cf. Purdy, pp.77.
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