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Tess of the D'Urbervilles : a pure woman faithfully presented: PB 228-2003

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles : a pure woman faithfully presented

Maker(s)

Author: Hardy, Thomas (writer)
Contributor: Cantwell, Robert
Illustrator: Parker, Agnes Miller
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Printer: George Grady Press

Categories

Description

By Thomas Hardy ; introduction by Robert Cantwell; illustrated with wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker

Xxv,447,[2] p ; 23 cm. Small fragment of page cut out p.329-330

Place(s) associated

  • New York

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1956

Note

"Of this edition ... fifteen hundred copies have been made for members of The Limited Editions Club at the George Grady Press in New York. The illustrations were sketched and then engraved in wood, directly in Thomas Hardy's Wessex country, by Agnes Miller Parker ..."--Colophon Museum has copy no. "J.D." signed by Agnes Miller Parker. Bound in canvas with printed engraving by Agnes Miller Parker; gold-stamped green leather label on spine. Lacks slipcase.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 228-2003
Primary reference Number: 95751

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 17 August 2012

Associated departments & institutions

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

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