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Eliot George. Adam Bede. William Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1901.
Price: US$7.73 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardback: red cloth lettered in gilt and elaborately decorated in blind; Slight cover wear, previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper, near fine.
Seller: Bookfare, Ambleside, United Kingdom
Price: US$90.18 + shipping
Description: Leather bound copies of Adam Bede and Silas Marner by George Eliot. Two volumes from The Warwick Edition of George Eliot's Works, being Vol I, Adam Bede and Vol. VI, Silas Marner The Lifted Veil of Brother Jacob.George Eliot, the pen name for Mary Ann Evans, was an English novelist, poet, journalist and translator.Adam Bede was her first novel and is a 'country story full of the breath of cows and scent of hay' in her own words. Silas Marner is Eliot's third novel and is noted for its strong realism and sophisticated treatment of a variety of issues. In half calf binding. Externally, very smart with some light rubbing to the spines. A small tear to the top of the title page of Adam Bede. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$623.52 + shipping
Description: Eight Volumes. Hardback, approx 7.5 x 5 inches. In fine leather bindings by Hatchards, Piccadilly: Quarter bound navy blue calf leather to spines and corners with gilt line edging, and blue cloth to boards. With raised and gilt banding and gilt lettering to spines. Top page edges gilt. Pastel blue endpapers. In very good conditions. Some minor fading to spines, some minor handling marks to boards. Else covers nice and smart. No penned inscriptions. Some light and mild foxing to prelims, mild spots to pages edges, (page edges rough/ all uncut) else inside pages are all very clean and tight throughout all volumes. Bindings sound and firm.Else a very good clean and tight set. 8 volumes. Approx 300-600pp per volume. Titles: Adam Bede; Felix Holt; Daniel Deronda; Sila Marner; Romola; Middlemarch; The Mill On The Floss; Scenes Of Clerical Life.
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
Price: US$766.52 + shipping
Description: A very smart ten volume set of works by English novelist, George Eliot, all in half calf binding. A complete set of ten volumes uniformly bound in half calf bindings with gilt detailing to the spines.A library edition complete set of works by leading Victorian writer, George Eliot.All volumes feature an illustrated monochrome frontispiece.The set comprises:Adam BedeMill on The FlossRomolaScenes of Clerical LifeSilas Marner: The Lifted Veil Brother JacobFelix Holt: The RadicalMiddlemarchDaniel DerondaThe Spanish Gypsy: The Legend of Jubal and Other Poems Old and NewTheophrastus Such Essays and Leaves from a NotebookGeorge Eliot, real name Mary Ann Evans, was known for her realism, sense of place and detailed depiction of the countryside.As well as her seven novels, this set also comprises of Eliot's collection of three short stories in Vol V (her first published work of fiction), her collection of poems in Vol XI and her thoughts on the philosopher Theophrastus in Vol X. In half calf bindings with gilt detailing to spines. Externally, all very smart with slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities, heaviest to the joints. Light markings to the boards, most noticeable to the boards of Middlemarch and The Spanish Gypsy. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with odd spotting to the fore edges. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom