This is a 1993 hardcover edition of Thomas Hardy's "The Mayor of Casterbridge." The full title is "The Life and Death of the Mayor of Casterbridge: The Story of a Man of Character." It is a Folio (U.K.) edition of a novel that was originally published in 1886. The book comes with a slipcase (please refer to the photos). An introduction is provided by an individual with the initials "R.M." Peter Reddick provides the illustrations (wood engravings). The book is edge-painted on the top edge and 335 pages in length.