HARDY, THOMAS. How I Built a House.

FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT HARDY, THOMAS. How I Built a House. In Chambers's Journal, March 18, 1865. 4to, original fragile sewn brown paper wrappers, covers separated from spine, few creases. London and Edinburgh, 1865

first edition of hardy's first appearance in print. Essentially a satirical essay on the current building boom written by then budding architect Hardy. Purdy 293-294; Millgate, Hardy, page 87.