LOT 112 HARDY (THOMAS) Two on a Tower. A Romance, FIRST EDITION, Sam...
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HARDY (THOMAS) Two on a Tower. A Romance, FIRST EDITION, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1882HARDY (THOMAS)Two on a Tower. A Romance, FIRST EDITION, first impression of volumes 1 and 2, second impression of volume 3, half-titles, re-cased in publisher's dark green fine ribbed cloth, spines lettered in gilt, pale yellow endpapers, spines ends and joints of volume 1 neatly repaired, preserved together in modern green morocco-backed solander box [Purdy, pp.41-47; Sadleir 1116; Wolff 2996], 8vo, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1882This set has the first impression of the first two volumes, with the third volume a second impression, Purdy noting that when "the publishers issued mixed sets... to clear their stock, a slight divergence of alignment in the blocking of the spines is apparent".Provenance: Sotheby's, 10 December 2013, lot 84.
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