{"product_id":"the-mayor-of-casterbridge-thomas-hardy-macmillan-and-co-1931","title":"The Mayor of Casterbridge – Thomas Hardy (Macmillan and Co., 1931)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Macmillan and Co. edition (1931) is of interest to collectors of Thomas Hardy, the Macmillan uniform Hardy series, and early 20th century English literature in original cloth bindings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout: \u003c\/strong\u003eA good copy in the original blue cloth with gilt Macmillan medallion to front board and brown leather spine with gilt lettering. Boards sound with some surface scuffing and a small black mark to the front panel; spine lettering legible with wear and fraying to head; rear board generally sound with light corner wear. Text block toned at page edges as expected for the period; internally clean. Fold-out Wessex map at the rear of the book is in crisp and near-fine condition. A very presentable reading and collector's copy in the attractive Macmillan uniform binding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTitle: The Mayor of Casterbridge: The Life and Death of a Man of Character\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor: Thomas Hardy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Macmillan and Co., Limited, St. Martin's Street, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublication Date: 1931\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdition: Macmillan uniform edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBinding: Hardcover, original blue cloth with gilt medallion, brown leather spine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDust Jacket Condition: None present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis:\u003c\/strong\u003e Macmillan uniform edition of Hardy's powerful novel of ambition, guilt, and redemption in the fictional Wessex town of Casterbridge, in the attractive original blue cloth and leather spine binding of the standard Macmillan Hardy series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview: \u003c\/strong\u003eThomas Hardy's \u003cem\u003eThe Mayor of Casterbridge\u003c\/em\u003e (1886) is one of the great Victorian novels of character and fate. Michael Henchard, a hay-trusser who sells his wife and daughter at a country fair in a moment of drunken recklessness, rises to become the respected mayor of Casterbridge, only to see his fortunes destroyed by the return of the past and the rivalry of the capable young Scotsman Donald Farfrae. Hardy's portrait of a man undone by his own nature remains one of the most compelling and psychologically acute in English fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan and Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54115266789716,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/5972\/1556\/files\/the-mayor-of-casterbridge-thomas-hardy-1600x1600-0414.jpg?v=1775403921","url":"https:\/\/www.alexanderdavidfinebooks.co.uk\/products\/the-mayor-of-casterbridge-thomas-hardy-macmillan-and-co-1931","provider":"Alexander David Fine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}