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Fall Great Estates Curated Auction
Lot 130:
Thomas Hardy (England, 1840-1928). A Laodicean; or, The Castle of the De Stancys. A Story of To-Day, in 3 volumes. First edition, 1881. Sampson Low, Marton, Searle & Rivington, London; printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, London. Volume 3 inscribed and signed by Hardy on front endpaper.
Bookplates removed, notations in pencil on front pastedowns; endpapers, title and half title pages missing from volume 1, bindings loose; wear to corners, edges and spines, fraying to spines and corners, front boards partially detached, foxing throughout all, volume 1 back board detached, pages 311-312 missing from volume 1.
Provenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet, sale 3605, lot 609, 2/28 – 2/29, 1974; private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
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