Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy (Collector's Edition)

Beautiful, well made and designed book, written by one of the greats – Thomas Hardy. Fine and genuine leather bound. Book accented in 22kt gold. Condition: Mint. Like New. The second page has an ex libris (label) from the publisher (Easton Press) with owner's signature on the label. 868g, 15x22x3.5cm. This book is printed on archival quality paper especially milled for this collector’s edition with gilded edges made to last well into future generations. The end sheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. 1977 Easton Press Collector's Edition. Jude the Obscure first appeared serially in Harper's New Monthly Magazine in 1894-95 under two successive provisional titles: The Simpletons and Hearts Insurgent; this was an abridged and modified version of the original manuscript. In 1895 the complete novel, with the Author's Pref-ace, came out in the seventeen-volume Uniform Edition of the works of Thomas Hardy, published by Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. in London and by Harper & Bros. in New York. For the definitive Wessex Edition of the novels, issued in 1912, Hardy made some minor corrections in Jude the Obscure and added a Postscript to the original Preface. The first edition containing the Agnes Miller Parker engravings was issued by The Limited Editions Club (copy-right © 1969). This Collector's Edition was published by advance reservation exclusively for subscribers to the Easton Press collection of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. The frontispiece portrait was specially commissioned for this edition.