A Pair of Blue Eyes

by Thomas Hardy

$8,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition, with half-titles. 6 , 303, 1, blank ; 6 , 311, 1, blank ; 6 , 262 pp. Robson and Sons, Printers. 3 vols. 8vo. Bound in forest green half morocco backed marble boards with gilt ruling, gilt titles on five-banded spine, and t.e.g. Marble endpapers with handsome bookplate of heiress Gustavia Senff on upper pastedowns; a near fine set. Sterling 442; Sadleir 1112; Purdy pp. 8-13; Webb, pp. 6-7; Wolff 2986. Item #365036

• Binding: Leather

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