HARDY, Thomas. A Group of Noble Dames. London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, and Co., 1891. 8° (190 x 128mm). (Light browning on the front blank.) Original cream cloth, front cover blocked with gilt ruled and floral ornaments, spine blocked in gold and lettered in brown, yellow endpapers (spine soiled, light spotting on the sides).

HARDY, Thomas. A Group of Noble Dames. London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, and Co., 1891. 8° (190 x 128mm). (Light browning on the front blank.) Original cream cloth, front cover blocked with gilt ruled and floral ornaments, spine blocked in gold and lettered in brown, yellow endpapers (spine soiled, light spotting on the sides).

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR: 'Yours faithfully, Thomas Hardy'. Purdy, pp.61-7.