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Auction #133 begins on 20 Aug 2026

Hardy (Thomas)

THE WELL-BELOVED

a sketch of a temperament, with an etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn and a map of Wessex

Published: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., London, 1897

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $90

Approximately:

Estimate: $120-150

Bidding opens: 20 Aug 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 27 Aug 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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337 pages, frontis., map, t.e.g., light foxing to fore-edge, hardback with gilt titling, scarce dust jacket present but damaged with large parts missing at spine and back

"The Well-Beloved, first serialised in 1892 and written before Jude the Obscure, was the last of Hardy's fourteen novels to be published, in 1897."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hardy

  • Size: 8vo., 205 x 145mm


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