The return of the native

by Thomas Hardy

$2,800 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1878. First edition, first issue without the quotation marks after A Pair of Blue Eyes on the title of volume I , 3 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece map of the scene of the story in volume I after Hardy; half blue morocco of the second half of the 20th century, gilt-lettered direct on gilt-paneled spines, t.e.g. Danielson, p. 22; Purdy pp. 24-27; Sadlier 1113; Wolff 2989. Item #28173

• Binding: Leather

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