HARDY, Thomas [Wessex Edition, The Works… in Prose and Verse.] London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1917-1926. 23 vols., 8vo (220 x 139mm) Frontispieces, double-page map to rear of each volume. (Some spotting.) Contemporary brown half-calf, bound for H. Sotheran, the spines gilt in six compartments with raised bands, morocco lettering pieces to the second and third compartments, the others with repeat decoration in gilt, t.e.g. (extremities occasionally lightly scuffed). Note: a further volume was published posthumously in 1931 but is not included within this set.