HARDY, THOMAS. Wessex Tales. 2 volumes. [viii], 247; [viii], 212, [4, publisher's advertisements] pages. Lacking illustrated frontispiece in volume one. 8vo, publisher's green cloth with gilt spine titles, slight lean; blocked in pale green on front and spine, publisher's monogram device on rear covers; edges uncut; slight foxing to endpapers; each volume preserved in blue chemise within 1/4 gilt morocco slipcases; David and Lulu Borowitz bookplate. first edition, one of 750 unnumbered copies. Sadleir 1119; Wolff 2999. London, 1888