[First Edition] Far from the Madding Crowd Hardy, Thomas [Used - Near fine] [Hardcover]

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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1874. Thomas Hardy' is regarded as one of the greatest of late Victorian writers. This, his fourth published novel, is the first of his "Wessex novels."and was his first success. This is a Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copy of the First American Edition. QUITE RARE. Tan cloth binding, stamped in black with the standard spider web design of the publisher's "Leisure Hour Series." Clean text; 474 pages. Frontis illustration and nine others within. The endpapers have have publisher catalogs printed in red. These are dated in September and July of 1876, indicating this as a later impression. Very slight toning around the edges of the pages, rubbing to the head a…