Hardy, Thomas; Roy Andersen (Illust.)
The Return of the Native ; A Limited Edition
Franklin Center, Pennyslvania, The Franklin Library, 1979. Limited Edition. Leather Bound. pp. 486. 8vo. Bound in fine full olive-green leather over boards, featuring elaborate gilt lettering, rules and ornamentation to the spine and boards; three raised bands to spine, four compartments, textured olive-green silk moire endpapers, like silk ribbon-marker, all edges gilt. Illustrated in colour throughout. Extremities, and contents entirely without blemish. Appears unread; as new. A most handsome presentation indeed. Not to be mistaken with some earlier, and later printings which are not bound in real leather but a leather substitute (faux leathrette). As New This limited edition of The Return of the Native is published exclusively for subscribers to The Franklin Library collection The 100 Greatest Books of All Time.
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