Thomas Hardy - The Return of the Native - 1978-1978

The Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy

Illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker

24cm x 16cm

416 Pages

Published 1978

Weight 1kg

This Leather-Bound Easton Press Edition is Out of Print and comes from my own collection. It was purchased by me on release for my own personal library.

Beautiful Leather Hardcover which has 22kt gold accents. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The end sheets are of moiré fabric, which is a fabric with a wavy appearance produced mainly from silk, but can also be wool, cotton and rayon. The volume has a silk ribbon marker.
The volume is Smyth Sewn, also known as Section Sewn, these type of book bindings are the highest quality book binding available on the market today. It is the hallmark of library quality, archival safe books because the pages are physically sewn into the book using binders thread and further reinforced with fabric backing and adhesive to create the most usable and durable books available.
This book is in full leather and has never been opened.