A PAIR OF BLUE EYES (Inscribed By the Author)

Language: English

Published by Kegan Paul & Co., London, 1880

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Seller: Lakin & Marley Rare Books ABAA, Mill Valley, CA, U.S.A.Lakin & Marley Rare Books ABAA

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Hardy, Thomas. A PAIR OF BLUE EYES. London: C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1880. Third Edition, a NEAR FINE bright copy, with only the smallest amount of wear to the extremities, INSCRIBED by the author on the verso of the front free endpaper: "Yours Faithfully, Thomas Hardy." In the publishers original decorated blue cloth, blocked in gold and black. Trifling shelf-wear to the spine tips, one gathering stands a bit proud (slightly pulled from the text block but still attached). A PAIR OF BLUE EYES was first published in London in 1873 as a three-volume edition, the first book to bear Hardy's name. Michael Sadleir (in his acclaimed XIX Century Fiction) considers A PAIR OF BLUE EYES to be Hardy’s scarcest first edition. This is a particularly desirable copy as we are not aware of the existence of any recorded signed or inscribed first edition of A PAIR OF BLUE EYES. Housed in a new custom slipcase.

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Bibliographic details

Title
A PAIR OF BLUE EYES (Inscribed By the Author)
Author
Hardy, Thomas
Publisher
Kegan Paul & Co., London
Publication year
1880
Condition
Near Fine
Signed
Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Decorative Cloth
Language
English
Edition
3rd Edition
Seller catalogs
Thomas Hardy First Editions and Manuscripts, Victorian Literarature

Lakin & Marley Rare Books ABAA

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We are antiquarian booksellers located in Mill Valley, California and have been buying and selling rare books and manuscripts since 1993. We are also members in good standing of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America. Our stock is select. Our emphasis, whenever possible, is on superb condition, rarity, literary importance and generally falls into two categories: 19th and early 20th Century Manuscripts and First Editions...and 20th Century Manuscripts and First Editions which have source relevance to Cinema.…

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