Robert Gittings; Jo Manton — The Second Mrs Hardy
London, Heinemann, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A copy of Gittings and Manton's biography of Thomas Hardy's second wife, Florence Emily Dugdale. Not content to allow Florence to languish in history as merely the young wife who helped out the ageing Hardy, the work aims to highlight the literary career of a determined young woman. The first edition. In a cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine, in original, clipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Dustwrapper is very smart indeed with some discolouration to the spine and rear cover. Slight fading to the front cover. Flyleaf price-clipped. Only some slight bumping to the head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.
