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George Eliot. Impressions of Theophrastus Such. William Blackwood and Sons, London, 1879.
Price: US$25.33 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Brown fabric on board covers with gilt and black decoration to front and titles to spine, well worn all round, spine faded with loss of fabric top and bottom, split to back cover. 357 numbered pages mostly unmarked, ex owners name to fep, Smiths label to inside front cover, some light pencil annotation. Binding slack but nothing loose. Size 14 x 20 cm, slight forward lean. A tired looking book
Seller: Buybyebooks, Honiton, United Kingdom
George Eliot. Impressions of Theophrastus Such. William Blackwood And Sons, 1879.
Price: US$25.65 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Good conditon hardcover. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards and black leather spine with gilt lettering. Lightly rubbed/scuffed at the edges. Ex-library copy with usual stamps/stickers. A few library tape repairs throughout but binding firm and no loose pages.Blue speckled decoration to textblock edges. A small tear to page 151 but no text obscured. A good copy overall.
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Price: US$35.91 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SECOND EDITION. LONDON : 1879. [ First published in the same year; Eliot's last published writing and her most experimental, taking the form of a series of literary essays by an imaginary minor scholar whose eccentric character is revealed through his work]. Hardback. Original light-brown cloth; gilt lettered spine. Black decorative borders to spine and cover. Original dark-brown end-papers. Untrimmed edges as issued. Bright, tight and clean. A couple of minor marks to rear cover. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD. (vi), 357 pages. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].
Seller: Rosley Books est. 2000, WIGTON, United Kingdom
ELIOT, George.. Impressions of Theophrastus Such.. Edinburgh: William Blackwood. 1879, 1879.
Price: US$42.33 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. Publisher's slip preceding half title, final ad. leaf. Orig. lilac-grey cloth, dec. in black & gilt, spine lettered in gilt; worn. Contemp. signature of Joseph M. Solomon on verso of leading f.e.p. A good sound copy. Baker & Ross A12.1.a.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$56.44 + shipping
Description: Half title, final ad. leaf. Orig. lilac-grey cloth, dec. in black & gilt, spine lettered in gilt; sl. dulled & marked. Baker & Ross A12.1.c; 'first edition, third printing'.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
George Eliot. Impressions of Theophrastus Such.. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, 1879.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Impressions of Theophrastus Such. By George Eliot and printed in Edinburgh by William Blackwood and Sons. 1879, 357 pp, 7.75 x 5.25, 8vo, hardcover 3/4 leather. As-is, with front board detached. Rear board and spine remain bound well. Rubbing and wear to boards, primarily along edges and corners. Includes inserted publishers notice on a publication delay. Light pencil remnants to first end page. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce 1st edition of the fictional and semi-satirical novel by George Eliot (pen name of Mary Anne Evans - 1819-1880). This would ultimately be Eliots last published work prior to her death due to illness the next year. A wonderful piece for restoration. COLL1879CBDX-0124-aj0920
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$102.61 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: original decorated cloth, rebacked with original backstrip relaid, corners rubbed, advertisement leaf, feintly spotted, joints cracked, good. from the library of Millicent Erskine Wemyss with her bookplate front pastedown; first edition; 357 pages
Seller: Tiger books, Canterbury, United Kingdom
ELIOT, George.. Impressions of Theophrastus Such.. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons. 1879, 1879.
Price: US$120.57 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. Publisher's slip preceding half title, final ad. leaf. Orig. lilac-grey cloth, dec. in black & gilt, spine lettered in gilt; a little dulled. Blind-stamped 'With the publishers' compliments' on titlepage. A good-plus copy. Baker & Ross A12.1.a.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
ELIOT George, pseud Evans Marian. Impressions of Theophrastus Such. William Blackwood & Sons, 1879.
Price: US$141.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: original decorated cloth, spine bumped and a trifle chipped, corners rubbed, cloth bubbling upper cover, advertisement leaf, publishers note, ownership signature at head of title-page, a nice copy. first edition; 357 pages
Seller: Tiger books, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$160.33 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A smartly bound second edition of George Eliot's last published writing, Impressions of Theophrastus Such. Second edition, published the same year as the first. Eliot's last published writing and arguably the most experimental. A series of literary essays by an imaginary minor scholar whose eccentric character is revealed through his work. In a series of eighteen sometimes satirical character studies, Theophrastus Such focuses on various types of people he has observed in society. Written by Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name of George Eliot, an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Previously held in the library of William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, an English industrialist, philanthropist, and politician. Bound in half crushed morocco with patterned boards. Externally, smart with rubbing resulting in minor loss to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Previous owner's bookplates to the front pastedown and endpapers. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$352.74 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. Half title, 2pp ads. Original purple-grey smooth cloth, boards & spine decorated in black & gilt, spine lettered in gilt. (viii), (358), 2pp ads. Not in Sadleir or Wolff; Baker & Ross A12.1.9. 'Publishers' Note' slip concerning delay in publication precedes half titles. This collection of Essays was published in the year of the death of Eliot's partner, George Henry Lewes, described in the publishers' note as 'the domestic affliction of the Author'.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Description: Eleven first editions of George Eliot uniformly bound deep turquoise by Brentanos, title, author and date stamped in gilt. Douglas Clan bookplate with family crest "Jamais Arriere" to each front pastedown, spines uniformly sunned a shade, overall near fine to fine with all hinges firm and internally clean and bright.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.