Pair of Blue Eyes

by Thomas Hardy

$4,500 · Offered by Heritage Book Shop

First edition

London: Tinsley Brothers, 1873. First edition in book form first published in Tinsleys’ Magazine from September 1872 to July 1873 . One of presumably 500 copies printed. Three small octavo 6 5/8 x 4 3/8 inches; 168 x 110 mm . 4 , 303, 1, blank ; 4 , 311, 1, blank ; 4 , 262 pp. Bound without half-titles.Late nineteenth-century half blue morocco over marbled boards. Boards ruled in gilt. Spines stamped

• Binding: Leather

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