Book Collecting

Book Collecting Introduction and Tables

The book collecting section is broken in to two sections. One for antique books and first editions. The second for signed books.

Antique book tables

	Author	Purchased"Date" is a type and predefined property provided by Semantic MediaWiki to represent date values.	Price	First Edition?	Published	Published By	Condition	Comments
Winter Words	Thomas Hardy			Yes		MacMillan & Co	Very Fair. No Foxing	US first edition
Wessex Tales	Thomas Hardy		315	Yes		MacMillan & Co	Very Good +	UK 1st Ed Root and Son binding
Time's Laughing Stocks	Thomas Hardy			Yes		MacMillan & Co	Very Fair. Minor Foxing	UK first edition
The Well-Beloved	Thomas Hardy			Yes		Osgood McIlvaine & Co	Very Fair. Some Foxing	UK first edition
The Water Babies	Charles Kingsley			Yes		Constable & Co	Excellent	UK first Edition
The Vicar of Wakefield	Arthur Rackham Oliver Goldsmith			Yes		George G Harap	Very Fair. Minor Foxing	US first edition
The Poems of Dante Gabriel Rossetti	Dante Gabriel Rossetti			Yes		Brentano's	Excellent	none
The Mayor of Casterbridge	Thomas Hardy			No		MacMillan & Co	Very Fair. No Foxing	UK edition
The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall	Thomas Hardy			Yes		MacMillan & Co	Good. No Foxing	UK first edition
THE RHINEGOLD & THE VALKYRIE; SIEGFRIED & THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS	Richard Wagner Margaret Armour Arthur Rackham			Yes		William Heinemann	Very Fair. Minor Foxing	UK first edition
Summoned by Bells (2)	John Betjeman			Yes		Murray	Excellent	UK first edition
Summoned by Bells (1)	John Betjeman			Yes		Murray	Excellent	UK first edition with signed letter from Betjeman
Statecraft
Satires of Circumstance	Thomas Hardy			Yes		MacMillan & Co	Fair. Some Foxing	UK first edition
Poems of the Past and Present	Thomas Hardy			Yes		Harper & Brothers	Very Good. Minor Foxing	UK/US first edition
Our Exploits at West Poley	Thomas Hardy			Yes		Oxford	Good. No Foxing	UK first Edition 413/1000
Osgood McIlvaine & Co
Moments of Vision	Thomas Hardy			Yes		MacMillan & Co	Very Fair. No Foxing	UK first edition
Life's Little Ironies	Thomas Hardy			Yes		Osgood McIlvaine & Co	Very Fair. No Foxing	UK first edition
Late Lyrics and Earlier	Thomas Hardy			Yes		MacMillan & Co	Very Fair. No Foxing	UK first edition
Jude The Obscure	Thomas Hardy			Yes		Osgood McIlvaine & Co	Fair. Some Foxing	UK first edition
Human Shows	Thomas Hardy			Yes		MacMillan & Co	Very Fair. Some Foxing	UK first edition
Hogarth Marriage ala Mode Plate III	Artist::Hogarth			Yes			Very Good	UK first edition
Hogarth March to Finchley	Artist::William Hogarth			Yes			Very Good	UK first edition
Hogarth King Henry VIII & Anna Bullen.	Artist::William Hogarth			Yes			Very Good	UK first edition
Hogarth Harlots Progress II	Artist::Hogarth			Yes			Very Good	UK first edition
Hogarth Harlot's Progress V	Artist::Hogarth			Yes			Very Good	UK first edition
Hogarth Harlot's Progress IV	Artist::Hogarth			Yes			Very Good	UK first edition
Hogarth Harlot's Progress I	Artist::Hogarth			Yes			Very Good	UK first edition
Hogarth A Rake's Progress Prison	Artist::Hogarth			Yes			Very Good	UK first edition
Gillray The Real Cause of the present HIGH PRICE of PROVISIONS	Artist::James Gillray			Yes			Very Good	UK first edition
Gillray The High Flying Candidate	Artist::James Gillray			Yes		Bohn	Very Good	UK first edition
Gillray The Esplanade	Artist::James Gillray			Yes		Bohn	Very Good	UK first edition
Gillray Preparing For The Grand Attack	Artist::James Gillray			Yes		Bohn	Very Good	UK first edition
Gillray Morning Promenade upon the Cliff in Brighton	Artist::James Gillray			Yes		Bohn	Very Good	UK first edition
Gillray Flannel Armour	Artist::James Gillray			Yes			Very Good	UK first edition
Gillray Don't Be Afraid of My Bear Ladies and Gentlemen	Artist::James Gillray			Yes			Very Good	UK first edition
Gillray A Country Concert	Artist::Gillray			Yes			Very Good	UK first edition
Far From the Madding Crowd	Thomas Hardy			No		Harpers	Very Fair. Some Foxing	US edition,Estimated cost
Eikon Basilike	Person::Charles 1	30 January 1649		Yes			Very Fair. Some Foxing	English first edition
Book Collecting
A Turbulent Decade
A Pair of Blue Eyes	Thomas Hardy			No		Henry Holt & Co	Very Fair. No Foxing	2nd US edition
A Group of Noble Dames	Thomas Hardy			Yes		Osgood McIlvaine & Co	Very Fair. Some Foxing	UK first edition,Estimated cost
A Changed Man	Thomas Hardy			Yes		MacMillan & Co	Very Fair. Some Foxing	UK first edition

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Autographed book tables

	Author	Purchased	Price	First Edition?	Published	Published By	Condition	Comments
Statecraft	Margaret Thatcher	N/a	$50.00	Yes		Harper Collins	Very fine	UK first edition, unread
A Turbulent Decade	Auberon Waugh	1985	$0.00	Yes		Harper Collins	Good	UK first edition

References

• http://www.dorsetrarebooks.co.uk/hardy.htm