Jude the Obscure.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of the last completed novel by Hardy. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated with black and white wood engravings. Boldly signed by illustrator Agnes Miller Parker on the colophon page at the rear. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 511. In fine condition. Introduction by John Bayley. Illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker. Parker was a distinguished 20th-century British illustrator whose wood engravings, marked by their rhythmic line work and expressive detail, brought a modernist sensibility to classical and literary texts, particularly in her acclaimed collaborations with the Gregynog Press and author H.E. Bates’ works Through the Woods (1936) and Down the River (1937).