B35484
Shelfmark
Ku.3.31
Additional copy shelfmark
[Another copy:] Kss.2.20
Author
Hardy
Title
The mayor of Casterbridge :, the life and death of a man of character /, by Thomas Hardy.
Edition
Uniform ed.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London :, Macmillan and Co.,, 1902.
Physical description
vii, 405 p. ;, 19 cm.
Note
Purdy, p. 281.
Provenance
Believed to be Mr Brindley's personal copy of the novel, which he had rebound and interleaved with material he had collected himself.
Provenance
"H W T Viner" in ms. on front endpaper with unknown coat of arms on front pastedown.
Copy-specific note
Rebound in red cloth with gilt lettering on spine.
Copy-specific note
Interleaved with original b/w photographs, newspaper cuttings and other ephemeral material relating to Hardy. All material is backed on card.
Copy-specific note
Signed autograph note from Hardy to Mr Brindley, dated 28 July 1910, is tipped in to p.vii. Hardy thanks Mr Brindley for his note of congratulations regarding his O.M. It is not listed in Millgate's Collected Letters of Thomas Hardy.
Copy-specific note
The original b/w photographs, presumably taken by Mr Brindley, are of original locations in and around Dorchester that inspired Hardy's settings in the novel. They include The King's Arms, the Maumbury Rings and the various cottages and paths referred to in the novel. Typed references and information about each place are pasted to the verso of the leaf. These photographs do not feature in Lea, 1913.
Copy-specific note
Newspaper cuttings about Hardy and his works include debate about the sale of Henchard's wife and memorials to Hardy at the back of the vol.
Copy-specific note
Envelope addressed in ms. to Sydney Cockerell by Hardy pasted to rear endpaper. It is dated 1915 in ?Brindley's hand.
Added entry--name
macmillan, publisher.
Added entry--place
England, London.
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Kss.2.20
B35484
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