Publisher’s proofs for the first book edition of Jude the Obscure, annotated by the author: PB 7-2008

Current Location: In storage

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Publisher’s proofs for the first book edition of Jude the Obscure, annotated by the author

Maker(s)

Author: Hardy, Thomas (writer)
Publisher: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co.

Categories

Book

Description

After publication in serial form in the English and European editions of Harper’s New Monthly Magazine from December 1894 to November 1895, Jude the Obscure was first published as a book in London by Osgood, McIlvaine and Company in November 1895 (post-dated 1896). These publisher’s proofs show that Hardy grasped the opportunity to restore the original text and elaborate on it, after he had been obliged to sanitise it for the family readership of Harper’s Magazine.

The unbound proofs were heavily annotated by Hardy in 1895, and also contain the comments of the printer’s reader, George F. Stewart. When examined side by side Hardy’s autograph manuscript (MS 1-1911), they offer rare insights into Hardy’s creative process and ample material for the study of literary censorship and social history.

Proof copy with corrections by Thomas Hardyvi, 516p. With handwritten note to the printer signed "T Hardy"

Place(s) associated

London

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (2008)

Dating

Production date: AD 1896

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Ink
Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Handwriting
Printing

Related exhibitions

The Human Touch: Making Art, Leaving Traces

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 7-2008
Primary reference Number: 184870
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 4 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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