R A R E B O O K S A T C H R I S T M A S
IN THE RARE DUSTWRAPPER
“Tess is the most eloquently written of the novels, and the one in which the natural world and the topography it- self—the landscapes Tess so doggedly traverses—are most continuously and richly represented” (Michael Millgate, ODNB). 20. HARRISON, Florence; GRO- ZIER HERBERTSON, Agnes THE HOUSE OF BRICKS Blackie and Son, 1917. First edition. Small 8vo. Tan cloth titled in black to cover and spine with pictorial onlay. In original tan
19. HARDY, Thomas TESS OF THE D’URBER- VILLES A Pure Woman Macmillan, 1926. First illustrated edition, limited to 325 copies on large handmade paper, signed by Hardy. Orig- inal publisher’s quarter vellum over marbled boards, with the rare buff dustwrapper, printed in navy. Forty-one wood en- graved plates by Vivien Gribble. Fold-out map of Wessex to the rear. A near fine copy, with some very slight foxing to the endpa- pers and page edges only,
dustwrapper, titled in black to cover and spine with a different pictorial onlay. Four colour plates two of which reproduced for cover and dustwrapper, and twenty further black and white il- lustrations to text. A fine copy, a small dent to the top edge of page 19/20, in a very good dustwrapper with tanning to spine and light chips to the head and tail of the spine. [46334] £175 Florence Harrison was a Australian illustrator who relocated to Lon- don in the 1920s, clearly influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite and Art Nouveau movements. She worked with watercolours to create dreamy scenes, characterised by thick outlines and strong decorative elements. Her work spanned from illustrations of her own poetry for children, to fairy tales and Romantic poets such as Rossetti, Tennyson and Morris.
in a very good dustwrapper which shows some wear to the head of the spine with a small chip to the upper corner and some spot- ting to the spine and light scuffing to the rear panel. [46558] £4,500 A beautifully bound, printed and illustrated edition of Hardy’s great novel, issued two years after its stage debut.
21. IRVING, Washington; BROCK, C.E. THE KEEPING OF CHRIST- MAS AT BRACEBRIDGE HALL The Series of English Idylls Dent, 1906. First Brock edition. 8vo. Deluxe issue. Full white vellum, elaborately deco- rated and titled with gilt. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Twenty-four coloured plates by C.E. Brock. A fine copy, with a small, closed tear to the tissue guard on the title page. [45887] £150
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