Return of the Native
1878. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1878. Three volumes, 12mo., [6], 303, [1]; [6], 297, [3]; [6], 320. Original brown cloth blind-stamped in black, lettered in gilt and black on spine. Frontispiece map by Hardy, in Volume I; two pages of publisher’s advertisements at end of Volume II.
First issue, 1/1000 cc. with the closing quotation mark around ‘A Pair of Blue Eyes’ dropped on the title page of Volume I. [Purdy, 24-27.] Hardy's sixth novel, first presented in twelve monthly installments in 1878 in the British literary magazine, Belgravia. Item #144164
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