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Ford Madox Hueffer – Ladies Whose Bright Eyes – First Edition 1911
£275.00
A first edition, first printing of Ladies Whose Bright Eyes: A Romance by Ford Madox Ford, published by Constable & Co., London in 1911. A near fine book inscribed by a former owner in black ink to the front free end paper, boards bound in publisher’s original tan cloth with pictorial blind blocked front board and gilt titling to the spine, slight fading to the spine and pushing to spine tips, pushing to corners, the deckle edged text block with some browning, spotting to end-papers.
Ladies Whose Bright Eyes by Ford Madox Ford, published in 1911, is an historical novel that blends time travel and romantic adventure. The protagonist, an early 20th-century Englishman, mysteriously finds himself in 15th-century France, where he navigates medieval life while pursuing love. Ford combines historical detail with wit, exploring themes of chivalry, identity and the tension between modernity and the past.
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A first edition, first printing of Ladies Whose Bright Eyes: A Romance by Ford Madox Ford, published by Constable & Co., London in 1911. A near fine book inscribed by a former owner in black ink to the front free end paper, boards bound in publisher’s original tan cloth with pictorial blind blocked front board and gilt titling to the spine, slight fading to the spine and pushing to spine tips, pushing to corners, the deckle edged text block with some browning, spotting to end-papers.
Ladies Whose Bright Eyes by Ford Madox Ford, published in 1911, is an historical novel that blends time travel and romantic adventure. The protagonist, an early 20th-century Englishman, mysteriously finds himself in 15th-century France, where he navigates medieval life while pursuing love. Ford combines historical detail with wit, exploring themes of chivalry, identity and the tension between modernity and the past.
