BOOKS - Thomas HARDY (1840-1928). The Return of the Native, London, 1926, large 8vo, illustrated by Clare Leighton, original morocco-backed buckram, ONE OF 1,500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. With 2 other books. (3)

BOOKS - Thomas HARDY (1840-1928).  The Return of the Native. London: Macmillan, 1929. Large 8vo (240 x 160mm). Mounted woodcut frontispiece, title printed in red and black, illustrations by Clare Leighton. Original vellum-backed marbled paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, uncut. ONE OF 1,500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. With 2 other books including William Shakespeare's Sonnets (Wantage, The Black Swan press, 1974, original red morocco-backed buckram boards, NUMBER 36 OF 190 COPIES). (3)

Provenance

The collection of the late Countess Bunny Esterhazy (1938-2021)

See Bellmans website for further details:

https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/works-from-the-estate-of-countess-bunny-esterh%C3%A1zy