Publisher's Synopsis
Wild passion leads to tragedy as love is perverted by marriage. But the concerns of mortals are belittled by the sombre, immemorial presence of Egdon Heath, perhaps Hardy's finest evocation of his native landscape. 
 
Pocket Books Inc.; New York; undated c. 1948. Collector's edition. Beautifully bound copy with a brown bonded leathered spine and floral boards. End papers matching the boards. Spine has gilt lettering and decoration. Five raised bands to spine. Corners bumped and rubbed. Spine rubbed to guttering and top and bottom. Some slight tanning to end papers. Pages yellowing to edges slightly. Binding tight and text clean. Page edges speckled. No previous owners marks.  Preowned. No ISBN,