The First Mrs Thomas Hardy. de KAY-ROBINSON, D.:

Hardback. Acceptable.

London: MacMillan. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0333220072 . DJ spine is sun-toned. .

Macmillan Publishers Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Macmillan, 1979. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0333220072

Macmillan, 1979. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0333220072

MacMillan. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0333220072 . Front free end paper missing, dw has fading to spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 278 pages .

London England: Macmillan, 1979. Hardback. First Edition. The First Mrs. Thomas Hardy.Sunned spine to D/J. Just what did go wrong with Thomas Hardy's first marriage to Emma Lavinia Gifford? Was its co,llapse wholly her fault, as maintained by nearly all Hardy's biographers? The trusth is that amid the spate of books about Hardy, none has yet included a serious attmpet to analyse the real causes of the long decline in the relationship, to examine the underlying emotions of its two protagonists, although the whole of Hardy's output in prose and verse with bound up with them. For the present study the author has used every available clue, many of them uncovered for the first time by his own researches, in a quest for the true character of Emma, of the feelings toward her husband, of his toward her, and of the effects of both on his work. The result, unforeseen when the quest was begun, is a completely new theory of what happened to the Hardys' early love for one another, and why.… Leer más

London [etc.] : Macmillan, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; x, 278 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. Subjects; Hardy, Emma Lavinia Gifford 1840-1912. Hardy, Thomas 1840-1928. Hardy, Thomas 1840-1928 Relationship with women Emma Lavinia Hardy. Hardy, Emma 1840-1912 ; Biography. Novelists, English 19th century ; Biography Marriage. Married women England Biography. Authors' spouses England Biography. Authors, English 20th century Wives.

London: Macmillan, 1979. Brown title on brown boards which have a small rub mark to front. Internally a few marks to top edge else clean and unmarked. Dustjacket is complete with some stains to inside but not visible on outside and with a touch of light creasing to top. No biography of Thomas Hardy has yet included a serious attempt to discover what went wrong with his first marriage to Emma Lavinia Gifford, attributing it wholly to her fault. The present study the author has used every available clue, many of them uncovered for the first time by the author, in his quest to find the true character of Emma, of her feeling towards her husband and of the effects of both on his work. The result, unforeseen when the quest was begun, is a completely new theory of what happened to the Hardys' early love for one another and why. 20 photographic illustrations. 2. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.