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ELIOT, George. Romola (Vol. 2 only). Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1863.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Tauchnitz Edition: Collection of British and American Authors. Volume 2 only. 12mo. In the original printed wrapper, with an Italian bookseller's ticket on front wrap and ink stamp on title page. Contemporary owner's name in ink on title page. Front cover is nearly detached, a good or better uncut copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Eliot, George. Romola in Two Volumes. Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1863.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No Dust Jacket. Foxed Contents, Soiled Covers. ; 2 vols in 1.
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Eliot, George. Romola (two vols. in one). Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, Germany, 1863.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: Brown leather with gilt letters and decoration on spine & front cover; gilt edges all around, 766 pp., some duotone illus. An historical novel set in Renaissance Italy, penned by English author George Eliot (1819-1880). This complete volume must have been published in Germany during or shortly after the novel was released as a 14-part periodical serialization in 1862-1863. G- (Spine has dislodged from front cover and is missing some leather coating; otherwise this is a stunning copy; could be repaired by the right person.)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Eliot, George. Romola. Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig,, 1863.
Price: US$71.63 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Two vol. bound together; red half morocco leather binding with raised bands and gilt title, tight and good , inside excellent; from the Bossange library of Meung sur Loire castle; 328 and 310 pages;
Seller: Magnus, Paris, France
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Collection of British Authors, Tauchnitz Edition, vols. 682 & 683. Eliot 8 & 9. 2 vols.: 328; 310, 15 p. 17 cm. Original paper covers. Chips and tears to edges of covers and rough page edges. Vol. 2 rear advertising section has tear in p. 3 chips and tears in pp. 9-15. Pink ink stamp of Georg Tamme, Dresden on front cover. This Collection is published with copyright for Continental circulation, but all purchasers are earnestly requested not to introduce the volumes into England or into any British Colony.
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Price: US$93.68 + shipping
Description: Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 2 volumes. ; 15cm. Subjects: Savonarola, GirolamoMarried women. Self-sacrifice. Greeks Italy Florence. Women Italy Florence. Florence (Italy) 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Eliot, George. ROMOLA. Bernhard Tauchnitz: Leipzig, 1863.
Price: US$97.75 + shipping
Description: 2 Vols. 6.5 x 4.5", full gilt-dec vellum; teg, covers a bit rubbed and darkened, some cover soiling and four small spots on front cover of vol. 1, contents good. Decorative binding set.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Eliot, George. Romola (2 volumes). Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1863.
Price: US$97.75 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Beautifully bound in white vellum with maroon title band paste-downs front, center, & back, maroon titles & fleur de lys, all decorated with gilt; inside edges of covers gilt decorated; all edges red; ca. 6" tall; silk ribbon place-markers; paste-down sepia photos on frontis & plates; patterned endpages; darkening to spines; chips to title labels on spine of vol. 2; prev. owner's bookplates front endpages both volumes; some rippling to top edges & soiling within the ripples; prev. owner's name written in Florence & dated 1891 on both vols.
Seller: THE OLD LIBRARY SHOP, Bethlehem, PA, U.S.A.
George Eliot. Romola. Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzip, 1863.
Price: US$101.38 + shipping
Description: A lovely copyright edition of Romola, bound as two volumes in one. A copy of Romola in two volume bound in one.This volume is a copyright edition.Romola is a historical novel written by Mary Ann Evans under the pen name George Eliot. The work is a rich study of the life of the people of Florence from an intellectual, artistic and religious perspective. The novel first appeared in fourteen parts in the Cornhil Magazine from July 1862 to August 1863 and was first published in book for in three volumes by Smith, Elder and Co in 1863. In half vellum binding with marbled covered boards. Externally, generally lovely with some light marks to the boards and spine. A previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper dated 1924. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Eliot, George. ROMOLA : Complete 2 Volume Set Bound in One. Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leiprzig, 1863.
Price: US$102.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Copyright Edition, in Two Volumes. Both Volumes bound in one book. Each has its own Title Page dated 1863. Contemporary Brown Calf Half-Leather Binding with Marbled Paper-Covered Boards and Leather Corners. Gilt Title on Burgundy Red Ground to spine with Blind Tooled Decoration below. Vol I, 328 Pages and Vol II, 310 Pages. 6 1/4" Tall, 480g. Some edge wear and 2 very small closed tears to leather at top corners of spine. Hinges sound & Binding firm. Penciled name at top of title page. No other inscriptions. Pages in very good, clean condition. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
Seller: Bay Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
Eliot, George. ROMOLA. Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1863.
Price: US$107.32 + shipping
Description: Volume one good in boards, front board starting, wear to spine, book store sticker. Volume two Very Good in boards, tear to first 2 pages. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$112.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 2 volumes. ; 15cm. Subjects: Savonarola, GirolamoMarried women. Self-sacrifice. Greeks Italy Florence. Women Italy Florence. Florence (Italy) 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
ELIOT, George [Mary Anne Evans]. Romola. Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1863.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In English. Two vols., 12mo. Vol. I, 391. Vol. II, 375. Decorated endpapers. All edges dyed red. Cloth bookmark bound-in. Bound in full vellum, beveled edges. With gilt and deep red stamped scroll pattern on front covers, gilt flourishes and lettering stamped on spine with red morroco spine label. Bookplates on both front pastedown of both volumes. Some slight bleeding from the red stencil (or pochoir) fleur-de-lis on the front cover of each volume (see photo) and a slight gouge to lower edge of rear cover of Vol. I. Volume I has the tag of photographer-bookseller Giacomo Brogi (Florence, Via Tornabuoni 1) on front pastedown. Published the same year as the English first edition. A charming set that remains well bound.
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
George Eliot. Romola. Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1863.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a handsome, Civil War-era set of "ROMOLA" by George Eliot with original dust jackets and slip cases. 1863; Bernhard Tauchnitz; Leipzig, Germany. Complete set in two volumes. The set is beautifully bound in full vellum with gilt decorations and lettering on the covers and spines, decorative gilt end papers, ribbon page markers, and gilt top page edges. Each volume contains numerous full-page illustrations. The dust jackets are made of a sturdy canvas-type of material. Condition: Light soiling and foxing to the covers. Sharp covers corners. Bright gilt top page edges. Both volumes are tightly bound with no cracks and no loose pages. All covers are firmly attached. The text pages of both volumes are in nice condition - clean with no notable issues found. Both ribbon page markers are attached, but are frayed where they connect to the spines, and at various places along their lengths including the outer tips. Overall the books are in Very Good condition. The jackets have some soiling, primarily at the spines; light chipping at the top and bottom edges of the spine.overall the jackets are in Good+ condition. Light soiling to the slip cases with mild wear at some of the corners.overall the slip cases are in Very Good condition.
Seller: CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, U.S.A.
George Eliot. Romola. Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1863.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Two 16mo volumes. Pp. vi,328; vi,310. Copyright edition. Exrtra-illustrated with many sepia photographs of places in Florence referred to in the novel. Beautifully bound in full vellum, with bevelled edges, intricate Florentine foliate decoration in gilt, and red lines. All edges red. With the exception of a half-inch superficial crack to one hinge, the binding is in beautiful condition, preserved by red canvas dust jackets. Extra-illustrated with 19th century photos of Florence. Dust jackets toned at spines.
Seller: Bryn Mawr Bookstore, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Eliot, George. Romola.. Bernhard Tauchnitz., Leipzig, 1863.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: white vellum elaborately decorated in gold and red, densely gilt spine, gilt lettered red morocco label, all page edges stained in red, elaborately marbled endpapers, A fine decorative contemporary vellum binding. , Size : 16mo, illustrated with 66 original tipped in albumen photos of mostly modern locations of the scenes of the novel (street scenes and architecture)., Volume : 2 An excellent copy, elaborate ex-lib Thomas Powel.
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada