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    By Thomas Hardy
    Hove   [E. William]
    8.5" by 5.5" [8pp]
    An excellent example of the first trade edition of Thomas Hardy's sombre poem, written at the start of the First World War.
    By Thomas Hardy

    1915 The Song of the Soldiers

    Hove   [E. William]
    8.5" by 5.5" [8pp]
    An excellent example of the first trade edition of Thomas Hardy's sombre poem, written at the start of the First World War.
    £98.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 958F9
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    Description

    First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

    The first trade edition, first issue, with a comma after "9th September" on the title page and front wrap. Purdy pp. 157-158.

    This first trade edition followed the initial publication in the Times, and Clement Shorter's folio issue of twelve copies.

    Hardy's brief, poignant poem reflects on the grim realities faced by soldiers at the start of the First World War. 

    He presents a sombre, resigned tone, emphasising duty and the inevitability of death rather than a romanticised view of warfare.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original paper wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with light spotting towards gutters.

    Near Fine

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