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.
PRIVATELY PRINTED AND LIMITED TO 950 COPIES BLUE CARD BUCKRUM SPINE. THIS COPY HAS AN INSCRIPTION ON THE FEP BY NEWTON AND SIGNED BY HIM. VERY GOOD. INCLUDES FACSIMILIES OF HARDY’S LETTERS. NEWTON WAS A BIBLIOPHILE AND KEEN BOOK COLLECTOR. SCARCE.
