Thomas Hardy - Various - 1993

Seven Folio Society editions of the novels of Thomas Hardy, uniformly bound and printed to the press’s high standards, offered together as a cohesive Hardy collection. Elegantly produced with quality paper and illustrated throughout, these volumes present Hardy’s major Wessex novels in attractive collector’s format. The six-volume group, all published 1993, comprises: Tess of the d’Urbervilles; Far from the Madding Crowd; The Return of the Native; The Trumpet-Major; The Mayor of Casterbridge; and Under the Greenwood Tree. Included with the set is Jude the Obscure (1996), also a Folio Society edition, without slipcase. A balanced selection spanning Hardy’s tragic masterpieces and his earlier pastoral fiction.