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Rare finely bound first edition set of the works of George Eliot; including her seven novels, poetry, short stories and essays, and the important biography of her by her husband J.W. Cross
ELIOT, George.
The Works of George Eliot: Scenes of Clerical Life, Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, Romola, Felix Holt the Radical, The Spanish Gypsy, The Legend of Jubal and Other Poems, Daniel Deronda, Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life, Theophrastus Such, Essays and Leaves From a Notebook.
Edinburgh and London: Various Publishers, 1858-1885.
Uniformly bound set of twelve first editions of works by George Eliot. Octavo, thirty volumes bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards by Club Bindery with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. The set is comprised of twelve first editions including her seven novels, poetry, short stories and essays, and the important biography of her by J.W. Cross, her long-time friend and briefly her husband. The set includes: Scenes of Clerical Life. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858. Octavo, two volumes. Complete with half-titles. First edition in book form of Eliot's first works of fiction. The three tales, The sad fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton, Mr. Gilfil's love-story, and Janet's repentance originally appeared in Blackwood's magazine in 1857 (Sadleir, 818; Wolff, 2062; Parrish, p. 7; Baker & Ross A3.2). Adam Bede. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1859. Octavo, three volumes. Complete with half-titles. First edition of Eliot's first novel (Sadleir, 812; Parrish, p. 12; NCBEL, Ill, 900). The Mill on the Floss. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1860. Octavo, three volumes. Volumes II and III complete with half-titles. First edition ...
Price: $6,000.00 Item Number: 148530
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"Perfect love has a breath of poetry which can exalt the relations of the least-instructed human beings": First Edition of Silas Marner; In the Rare Binding
ELIOT, George.
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe.
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861.
First edition of this classic work in Carter's binding "A", which is the preferred and much more elaborate, with Blackwood and Carlyle ads at the rear (which only appear in some copies). Octavo, original orange cloth. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 4399
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"Perfect love has a breath of poetry which can exalt the relations of the least-instructed human beings": First Edition of George Eliot's Silas Marner; In the Rare and Preferred Carter's A Publisher's Binding
ELIOT, George.
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861.
First edition of Eliot's third novel, widley praised as her greatest in the preferred Carter's binding "A." Octavo, original embossed russet cloth (Carter's binding "A") with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, recased, pale yellow endpapers, Blackwood and Carlyle advertisements at rear which only appear in some copies. In very good condition. A nice example.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146538
