Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy, 1874
HARDY, Thomas (1840-1928). Far from the Madding Crowd. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1874.

First American edition of Hardy's first major literary success. The story of Bathsheba Everdene was his fourth novel but the first to be set in Wessex. Purdy p. 17.

Octavo. (Library annotation to front endpaper, previous owner’s pencil annotation in one place.) Original cloth (a little soiling including faint cup ring to lower cover, spine slightly cocked); custom box.