5 Thomas Hardy books, including first editions. An Indiscretion in the Life of an Heiress, The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall, Life's Little Ironies, Old Mrs. Chundle, Life and Art.
Thomas Hardy (England, 1840-1928).
An Indiscretion in the Life of an Heiress. "Hardy's Lost Novel". With introduction and notes by Carl J. Weber. First American edition, 1935. The Johns Hopkins Press; printed by J.H. Furst Company, Baltimore. MD. With paper dust jacket. Stanley J. Keyes bookplate, ex-libris. Wear, tears and losses to dust jacket, light shelf wear; paper taped to front endpaper.
The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall. At Tintagel in Lyonnesse. A New Version of an Old Story. Arranged as a Play for Mummers. In One Act. Requiring No Theatre or Scenery. 1923. Macmillan and Co., Limited, London; printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. Stanley J. Keyes bookplate, ex-libris. Corners bumped and fraying, spine worn and fraying.
Life's Little Ironies. A Set of Tales with Some Colloquial Sketches Entitled A Few Crusted Characters. First edition, 1894. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., London; printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh. Stanley J. Keyes bookplate, ex-libris. Corners bumped and fraying, wear and fraying to spine, binding loose, separation at front pastedown.
Old Mrs. Chundle: A Short Story. First edition, 1929. Crosby Gaice, New York. Limited edition of 700, numbered 119. Pages unopened. Corners bumped and fraying, some wear and fraying to spine.
Life and Art. Essays Notes and Letters Collected for the First Time. With Introduction by Ernest Brennecke Jr. First edition, 1925. Greenberg Publisher, New York. Gotham Book Mart, New York label rear pastedown. From a limited edition of 2000, numbered 638. Original paper dust jacket present. Stanley J. Keyes bookplate, ex-libris. Corners bumped, some wear to cover and edges, wear to spine, losses to paper label on spine; dust jacket torn in half (both pieces present), tears and losses throughout dust jacket.
Life's Little Ironies and Indiscretion, both Sotheby Parke Bernet, sale 3605, lot 609, 2/28 - 2/29, 1974; Mrs. Chundle, George Robert Minkoff, Inc., Great Barrington, MA, 6/21/1972; all private collection, New York City; thence by descent
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