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New York: Harper, 1929. Limited. hardcover. fine. Title in red and black. Frontispiece and other woodcut illustrations by Clare Leighton. 485pp. Thick 4to, rebound in full green morocco; gilt-stamped spine with raised bands. New York and London: Harper & Bros., 1929. Limited edition. A fine copy. First Edition with Leighton's woodcuts. Limited Edition, one of 1500 copies signed by the artist on limitation page.

The Return of the Native is one of Thomas Hardy's novels of character and environment, first published as a serial in the magazine Belgravia, a publication known for its sensationalism, and was presented in twelve monthly installments from January to December 1878. The novel follows the lives of people in the fictional Egdon Heath, a symbol of Hardy's vision of nature and human passions.