[BINDINGS]. HARDY, Thomas (1840-1928). A group of uniformly bound first editions.

17 works in 38 volumes, various 8vo and 12mo sizes. Uniformly bound in 20th-century green half morocco, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, 2 compartments gilt-lettered, top edges gilt (light rubbing). Provenance: Gustavia A. Senff (bookplates).

FIRST EDITIONS, all published in London and most by Smith, Elder & Co., MacMillan & Co., and James Osgood, comprising: Desperate Remedies. 3 volumes. 1871. -- Under the Greenwood Tree. 2 volumes. 1872. -- A Pair of Blue Eyes. 3 volumes. 1873. -- Far From the Madding Crowd. 2 volumes. 1874. -- The Hand of Ethelberta. 1876. -- The Return of the Native. 3 volumes. 1878. Purdy pp. 24-27; Sadleir 1113. -- The Trumpet-Major. 3 volumes. 1880. -- A Laodicean: or, The Castle of the de Stanceys. 3 volumes. 1881. -- Two on a Tower. 3 volumes. 1882. -- The Mayor of Casterbridge. 2 volumes. 1886. Purdy, pp. 50-51. -- The Woodlanders. 3 volumes. 1887. -- Wessex Tales. 2 volumes. 1888. -- Three Notable Stories. 1890. --Tess of the D'Urbervilles. 1891. 3 volumes. Half-titles. Purdy 66-67; Sadleir 1114. -- Life's Little Ironies. 1894. -- Jude the Obscure. 1896. Purdy, pp. 86-87. --The Well-Beloved. 1897.

Property from the Estate of William D. Weiss, Jackson, Wyoming