Shelfmark
Kss.2.04 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Ku.5.28 (Copy 2)
Author
Title
A pair of blue eyes / by Thomas Hardy ; with an etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn ; and a map of Wessex.
Edition
1st uniform and complete ed.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1895.
Physical description
453 p. : 1 map, frontispiece ; 21 cm.
Series statement
(The Wessex novels ; vol. IV)
Note
Original dark green bold-ribbled cloth ; TH monogram medallion in gold on front board.
Note
Vol. IV of 'The Wessex novels' (1st uniform and complete edition) published by Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. between 1895-6.
Note
Frontispiece is of Castle Botorel.
Citation/references note
Purdy, p. 279
Provenance
(Copy 2) Bookplate of David Leslie Robin Guthrie on front pastedown.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 2) Presentation copy from Hardy to Edith Graham, Edward Clodd's youngest daughter. Signed and inscribed in ms. by Hardy on front endpaper with an autograph postcard signed pasted in below. Hardy offers Graham the book as a momento of his visit, as it features the seaside. He also asks her to remember that he "was much younger when [he] wrote it than [he is] now". See Collected Letters (Purdy & Millgate), v. 4, p. 42-44.
Added entry--name
Macbeth-Raeburn, H. (Henry), 1860 - 1947 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B36481