THE WORKS: DESPERATE REMEDIES; UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE; A PAIR OF BLUE EYES; FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD; THE HAND OF ETHELBERTA; THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE; THE TRUMPET-MAJOR; THE LAODICEAN; TWO ON A TOWER; THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE; THE WOODLANDERS; WESSEX TALES; A GROUP OF NOBLE DAMES; TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES; LIFE'S LITTLE IRONIES; JUDE THE OBSCURE; THE WELL-BELOVED; WESSEX POEMS AND OTHER VERSES; POEMS OF THE PAST AND PRESENT; A CHANGED MAN AND OTHER TALES; MOMENTS OF VISION AND MISCELLANEOUS VERSES; SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE, LYRICS AND REVERIES WITH MISCELLANEOUS PIECES; LATE LYRICS AND EARLIER WITH MANY OTHER VERSES.

Twenty three volumes. Contemporary half blue calf by Riviere and Son. 8vo (19 x 13cm). Five raised bands decorated in gilt and titles in gilt to the spines. Top edge gilt. Wessex Poems with 30 illustrations by the author. Fold out map of Wessex to the rear of several volumes. A handsome collection of early editions of the works of Thomas Hardy, the final volume 'Late Lyrics' is a 1922 first edition. The bindings square and firm with a little rubbing to the extremities. The spines uniformly faded. The contents, with just the occasional spot of foxing or toning to the paper are otherwise clean throughout. 'Poems of the Past and Present' has the title and contents pages misbound at the rear (the final pages of text inserted in their place at the prelims).