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HARDY, THOMAS Tess of the D'Urbervilles. A Pure Woman. Faithfully Presented by Thomas Hardy .. James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1891. First edition, first issue, with all required first issue points in all volumes. Three volumes, original tan cloth lettered in gilt on spines and with honeysuckle blossom design by Charles Ricketts on upper covers, preserved in blue cloth cases and quarter morocco slipcase. 5 x 7 1/2 inches. [8], 263, [1]; [8], 277, [1], [2, blank]; [8], 277, [1, printer's imprint], [2, blank] pp. Cloth with some finger-soil, light wear, but in all in attractive state. The front hinge of the first volume cracked through at the endpapers with damage to the cloth sewing-tapes, all other hinges sound. With the Charles C. Auchincloss and Richard Bayard Dominick bookplates. First impression issue points are present throughout in this set: Volume I: p.[iv] "1891" present, p.[v] "have it said" (later "have said"), p.45 "her skin is | as sumple" (later "her skin is as | sumple"), p.[264] final full-stop present; Volume II: p.[iv] "1891" present, p.58 "Valasquez" (later "Velasquez"), p.155 "seampstress" (later "sempstress"), p.199 "XXV" (later "XXXV"), and p.234 "it's husband's" (later "its husband's"); Volume III: p.[vi] "1891" present, p.14 line endings comprise "towards", "but", "On", "al-", "hitherto" and "a", and p.112 "are ye doing" (later "are you doing"), p.160 line endings comprise "than", "deviations", "domesticity,", "vale", "curve.", "light" and "was", p.198 "summit of the road" (later "summit of the load"), p.252 line endings comprise "and", "foul", "bear" and "And", p.270 "sisters-in-law" (later "sister-laws"), p.275 "piteously" (later "pitilessly"), p.277 no page number present, and p.[278] no final full-stop. Purdy, pp. 67-78; Sadleir 1114. C Property of a Gentleman