Thomas Hardy — Late Lyrics and Earlier

London, Macmillan and Co. 1922. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Thomas Hardy's poetry collection. This collection of Hardy's poetry is more musical than his other work, often fondly recalling past memories in ballad format. It opens with an Apology in prose.Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was an English novelist and poet. His writings were extremely prolific, and included the novels 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles', 'Far from the Madding Crowd' and 'The Mayor of Casterbridge&apos. Much of his writing was set in the semi-fictional region of Wessex.This is a first edition. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally lovely, with just slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages have the odd spot, but are otherwise bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .