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Lot 175

HARDY (THOMAS)
Human Shows Far Phantasies. Songs and Trifles, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, 1925

29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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HARDY (THOMAS)

Human Shows Far Phantasies. Songs and Trifles, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED "To Constance Dugdale from Thomas Hardy. New Year's Day 1926" on the front free endpaper, half-title, publisher's green cloth gilt, dust-jacket priced "7/6 Net" (edges frayed with small loss just touching letters at head of spine), 8vo, Macmillan and Co., 1925

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Presentation copy inscribed by Hardy to Constance Dugdale (1884-1959), the younger sister of his second wife, Florence Dugdale.

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