HARDY, T. TWO WORKS, A PAIR OF BLUE EYES AND WESSEX TALES, 1873-1888, 5 VOL.

A Pair of Blue Eyes. Tinsley Brothers, 1873. 8vo, 3 volumes, FIRST EDITION, half-titles,  mis-aligned 'c' in 'clouds' on page 5 of volume II, light blue endpapers, blue half-calf marbled boards with Lord Houghton's stamp in gilt on upper cover, spines lettered in gilt, lacking publishers catalogue, browning, minor spotting, boards bumped and rubbed; together with Wessex Tales. MacMillan and Co., 1888. 8vo, 2 volumes, FIRST EDITION, half-titles, 2 leaves of publisher's advertisements bound in at end of volume II, original dark green cloth, upper covers and spine with pale green bands at top and bottom, lower covers with publisher's monogram, spines lettered in gilt, minor spotting, boards slightly soiled, bumped (5)

Robert, Marquess of Crewe (1858-1945), armorial bookplate; his daughter Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe

Purdy pp.8-13; pp.58-60

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