Far From the Madding Crowd. With an introduction by Robert Cantwell. Engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Cambridge: The Limited Editions Club, 1958.
One of 1,500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. This being copy no. 1403.
Octavo. 424 pp. Publisher's quarter natural sheepskin over purple patterned paper boards, spine lettered in gilt. A proof of the full-page illustration on p. 5, signed and dated, is contained in a folded paper sleeve and laid in. Touch of sunning and rubbing to spine, else a fine copy. With original matching paper slipcase. Slipcase has one area of splitting to top edge, but still solid.
Newman & Wiche, 287.
ID:
3973
$
150