Thomas Hardy — Human Shows Far Phantasies Songs and Trifles

London, Macmillan and Co. 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A superb, first edition of Thomas Hardy's penultimate collection of poetry, in a fine example of the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. A superior copy, with the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. Thomas Hardy's penultimate poetry collection, widely considered to be his most cheerful collection, with Hardy himself noting his fears that he had been 'too liberal in selecting flippant, not to say farcical, pieces into the collection&apos.More sombre poems are also featured, with 'Nobody Comes' recording his lonely wait for his second wife Florence Dugdale to return after an operation in London. With three pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. Many of the pages remain unopened, including the title page. Bound in the publisher's cloth with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely, with minor shelf wear. Spotting to endpapers and fore edge. Dust wrapper is excellent, with minor edge wear and a little sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Many leaves remain unopened. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Fine.