The Works of George Eliot with a Biography
Published by William Blackwood and Sons 1878-1885, Edinburgh; London, 1878
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
AbeBooks seller since May 18, 2007
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Condition: Used - Very good
£ 650.00
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The complete Cabinet Edition of the works of George Eliot, including the three-volume biography edited by her husband. A set of twenty-four books uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front boards and spines.A superb collection of fifteen works bound in twenty-four volumes, including six novels, one short story collection, three novellas, two poetry books, and a collection of essays by Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), alongside a biography of her life. Evans published under her famous pseudonym George Eliot and was one of the leading authors of the Victorian era.Eliot is best remembered today for her novels Middlemarch and The Mill on the Floss, both of which are included in this lovely collection.The biography of George Eliot, arranged and edited by her husband, is complete with a frontispiece to each volume, as well as a folding facsimile to the rear of volume II.The set comprises:Scenes of a Clerical Life, complete in two volumes.Adam Bede, complete in two volumes.The Mill on the Floss, complete in two volumes.Silas Marner; The Lifted Veil; Brother Jacob, complete in three volumes bound in one.Romola, complete in two volumes.Felix Holt, complete in two volumes.Middlemarch, complete in three volumes.The Spanish Gypsy, complete in one volume.Daniel Deronda, complete in three volumes.Legend of Jubal and Other Poems, Old and New, complete in one volume.Impressions of Theophrastus Such, complete in one volume.Essays and Leaves from a Note-Book (1885), complete in one volume.George Eliot"s Life as Related in her Letters and Journals, arranged and edited by her husband J. W. Cross, complete in three volumes. Externally, smart, with shelf wear to the extremities. Fading to the front board of volume II of "Mill on the Floss". Small marks to the front board of "Silas Marner" and to the rear board of volume III of "Middlemarch" and volume III of "Life of George Eliot". Marks to the spine and rear board of volume II of "Felix Holt". Front hinge to volume I of "Adam Bede" is slightly strained but remains firmly held. Front hinge to volume I of "Daniel Deronda" is starting but is firmly held. Slightly strained to pages 256 and 272 of volume II of "Mill on the Floss". Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Odd spot to volume II of "Scenes of a Clerical Life" to the first and last few pages, and to the fore edge, affecting the occasional page. Very Good Indeed. …
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Works of George Eliot with a Biography
- Author
- George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans]; J. W. Cross [ed.]
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons 1878-1885, Edinburgh; London
- Publication year
- 1878
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Book Type
- book
- Binding
- Cloth
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Item weight
- 12 kilograms
- Dimensions
- 7.5" by 5"
- Seller catalogs
- English Literature Pre 1900
Rooke Books PBFA
Bath, United Kingdom
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Thompson Acquisitions Ltd
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