Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other uniform titles: | Robert S. Connors Basic Program Collection
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| Other authors / contributors: | Allingham, Helen Paterson, 1848-1926, illustrator.
Connors, Robert S., former owner.
Smith, Elder, and Co., publisher.
William Moore & Co, printer.
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| Provenance: | Armorial bookplate: ex libris William Henry Radcliffe Saunders.
Armorial bookplate: E. Hubert Litchfield.
Binding: half-band blue morocco and cloth over boards; signed: Hatchard's, 187 Picadilly.
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| Notes: | First edition; first appeared serially in Cornhill magazine, Jan.-Dec. 1874. See Purdy.
"Frontispiece and 5 illustrations by H[elen] Paterson, wood-engraved and separately printed, in each volume. The last 2 in Vol. II are signed H. Allingham, the artist having married William Allingham in August 1874"--Purdy.
Printer statement from colophon (v. 1, p. 333; v. 2, p. 342).
Pagination: v. 1: iv, 333, [3] pages, [6] leaves of plates; v. 2: iv, 342, [2] pages, [6] leaves of plates.
Signatures: v. 1: [A]² B-Y⁸; v. 2: [A]² B-Y⁸ Z⁴.
Purdy, R.L. Thomas Hardy, pages 13-14
Webb, A.P. Bibliography of the works of Thomas Hardy, 1865-1915, pages 8-9
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| Summary: | Bathsheba Everdene, determined to run the farm that has always belonged to her family, is loved by three men: the local farmer Boldwood, a solid, yet passionate squire; Gabriel Oak, a quiet devoted shepherd; and fascinating, ruthless Sergeant Troy.
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