FOUR VOLUMES. PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE VOLUME 1 . TITLES SLIGHTLY BROWNED. BOOK PLATES ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER FINE CALF REBACKED WITH ORIGINAL SPINES LAID DOWN GILT WITH MOROCCO SPINE LABELS. OCTAVO.
FOUR VOLUMES 8vo. HALF LEATHER AND MARBLED BOARDS. LEATHER IS SOUND BUT WORN. BLACK TITLE BLOCK WITH GILT EMBOSS. END PAPERS AND TITLE PAGES ARE FADED TO DARK WTIH AGE. OTHERWISE VERY CLEAN. WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE CRITICISM ON HIS WRITINGS ETC.
FINE HARDBACK IN BLACK CLOTH – NO DUSTWRAP. THE IMPORTANCE OF `STUDIES SPECIMENS ETC.`NOTEBOOK CAN SCARCELY BE EXAGGERATED. ALTHOUGH NOT ONE OF THE DIARY-NOTEBOOKS IT STANDS ALMOST ALONE AS A WITNESS TO HARDY`S EXERTIONS AND ASPERATIONS IN THE MID 1860`S. WHILE THE NOTEBOOK CONTAINS NO DRAFTS OF ACTUAL POEMS IT IS OF EXTRAORDINARY INTEREST AS PROVIDING DETAILED EVIDENCE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH HARDY WAS SEEKING TO PROVIDE HIMSELF WITH A POETIC BACKGROUND AND EDUCATING HIMSELF IN POETIC TECHNIQUES.
LIMITED TO 180 COPIES (WITH 150 FOR SALE) THIS BEING NUMBER 1. PRIVATELY PRINTED AT OFICYNA STANISLAWA GLIWY. PRINTED ON A CROWN FOLIO PRESS FROM A MONOTYPE BEMBO ON T H SAUDERS MOULD MADE WOVE PAPER. 22 PAGES FRONTIS. AND ONE OTHER LINOCUT. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DOUGLAS CLEVERDON. BOUND IN CREAM BUCKRAM. A FINE COPY WITH ACETATE COVER.
LIMITED TO 300 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 69. QUARTO INTRODUCTION BY KATHLEEN RAINE. OATMEAL CLOTH PRINTED ON ABBEY MILLS ANTIQUE LAID. MOROCCO LABEL GILT LETTERING. A FINE COPY.
