Excerpt from The First Editions of the Writings of Thomas Hardy and Their Values: A Bibliographical Handbook for Collectors, Booksellers, Librarians and Others Vol. II, pp. Xvi+304; consisting of Blank leaf (not reckoned in pagination), Half-title, Title page, Contents of the Second Part, pp. V - vii, Part First was published in January 1904, but the genuine first issue of the first edition is dated 1903. Copies dated 1904 have a cancel title-page. The Preface is dated September 1903. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.