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Fall Great Estates Curated Auction
Lot 139:
Thomas Hardy (England, 1840-1928). The Return of the Native, in 3 volumes. First edition, 1878. Smith, Elder, & Co., London; printed Spottiswoode and Co., London. Gotham Book Mart Inc., New York label rear pastedown; Whitman Bennett, NY stamp front endpaper, volume 1. Closing quotation mark missing from "A Pair of Blue Eyes" on title page, volume 1. Stanley J. Keyes bookplates, ex-libris. 4 7/8" x 7 1/4".
Corners bumped, wear and losses to leather on corners and spine, some shelf wear and wear to edges.
Provenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet, sale 3605, lot 609, 2/28 – 2/29, 1974; private collection, New York City; thence by descent
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