B35797
Shelfmark
Kx.3.17
Additional copy shelfmark
[Another copy:] Kx.3.15
Additional copy shelfmark
[Another copy:] Kx.3.16
Author
Hardy
Title
Winter words :, in various moods and metres /, by Thomas Hardy.
Edition
1st ed.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London :, Macmillan and Co., ...,, 1928.
Physical description
202 p. ;, 20 cm.
Note
See Purdy, p. 252.
Note
Olive-green cloth ; front blocked in gold with TH monogram medallion ; back plain ; gold-lettered on spine.
Note
Collection of 105 poems which Hardy had been assembling at the time of his death in January 1928.
Provenance
Clemence Dane's copy.
Provenance
Ms. poem by Clemence Dane entitled "Abbey Burial" on front endpaper. Dane's poem focuses on the separation of Hardy's heart from the rest of his body (and ashes). Presumably unpublished.
Copy-specific note
Dust jacket missing.
Copy-specific note
Clemence Dane was the pseudonym of Winifred Ashton (1888-1965), an English novelist and playwright. She wrote a screenplay adaptation of Tess of the d'Urbervilles, probably in the 1940s, that was never produced.
Added entry--name
Dane, Clemence, former owner.
Added entry--name
Macmillan & Co. Ltd, publisher.
Added entry--place
England, London.
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Kx.3.15
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Kx.3.16
B35797
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