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- Smith, Elder, & Co., 15 Waterloo Place1880 Hardback Sold £3,800 · Jul 2017 I own The Trumpet-Major, Smith, Elder, & Co., 15 Waterloo Place 1880 Log in to want this
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- 122 on Open Library, 113 in English
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The Trumpet-Major by Thomas Hardy was first published in 1880.
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Yes: the text is out of copyright in the United States and free to read on Project Gutenberg. Collectors still pay for the first edition, which is the physical object, not the words.