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Click here to see our other books!Life\'s Little IroniesThomas Hardy1898Harper & Brothers : London; New York8\" by 5.5\"v, [5], 3-300, [1pp]
SUMMARY
A lovely collection of the short stories of Thomas Hardy, this edition containing nine of his popular tales.
Illustrated,Publishers\' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
This book weighs1 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
A collection of short stories by Thomas Hardy, this 1898 edition comprising of nine stories.
This volume includes \'The Son\'s Veto\', \'For Conscience\' Sake\', \'A Tragedy of Two Ambitions\', \'On the Western Circuit\', \'To Please His Wife\', \'The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion\', \'The Fiddler of the Reels\', \'A Tradition of Eighteen Hundred and Four\', and \'A Few Crushed Characters\'.
\'Life\'s Little Ironies\' has gone through many revisions since the collection was first published in 1894, with the more commonly found one now being the 1927 edition, which contains different stories to this edition.
Illustrated with a frontispiece by H. Macbeth-Raeburn, and a map of Wessex.
CONDITION
In the original publisher\'s cloth binding. Externally, smart. Spine and extremities are lightly faded. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Prior owner\'s ink inscription to the verso of the rear endpaper. Occasional spots to the paste downs and endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
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Overall Condition
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Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
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often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under \'condition\'
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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