Here we have a clothbound hardcover copy of Jude the Obscure, by Thomas Hardy. As part of Alfred Knopf's The Everyman's Library, it is bound in handsome burgundy cloth over hardcover boards, with black and gold titling and decorations on the spine. The sewn-in ribbon bookmark matches the binding cloth. The binding is tight and square. The pages are crisp and clean. There are no marks, rips, or creases inside or out. The ribbon bookmark is frayed at the end.