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Price: US$22.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo; 3 volumes; G-; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine, black with gold print, call number label; Boards in black cloth with gold print, mild wear to spine caps and corners, slightly cocked spines, light shelfwear; Text blocks have gilt top edge, library pocket on front pastedown, tanning to endpapers, embossed library stamp on frontispieces and occasional pages within, call number penciled on copyright page, else clean and tight; Vol. 1. xi, 298 pages; Vol. 2. 359 pages; Vol. 3. 361 pages; frontispiece in each vol., illustrated (b&w plates with tissue guards). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. 1361133. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The book is red cloth with paste-on on spine. The spine is sunned and there is a small stain inside front cover and a smudge on ffep where previous price was. Edition limited to 750 copies; this is Number 568. Tissue guard for frontis in place with uncut pages. 265 pages.
Seller: K. L. Givens Books, Bella Vista, AR, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition (by this publisher), publisher's salesman's sample; salesman's sample for the 'Large Paper Edition of the Works of George Eliot' (including salesman's blank order form for subscribers). (vi) (title page and introduction), (10) ('Notes on the Illustrations'), [26] (consisting of twenty-six full page photogravure illustrations, including photographs by English photographer Mr. C. E. Walmsley, and various drawings, portraits of the author, manuscript page in facsimile, etc.; each with a separate tissue guard, printed with title of the illustration), [8] (paginated 116-124, printing "Adam Bede/ Chapter VII: The Dairy"), [11] (printing the title page, followed by a ten-page description of the 'The Complete Works of George Eliot,' headed: "Announcement: Messrs. Houghton Mifflin. have in preparation and will publisher early in 1908. a new Large-Paper Edition of The Complete Works of George Eliot." [followed by a detailed discussion of the publication, printed in red and black type], [1] (printing, at the conclusion of the salesman's sample, page [92] from 'Scenes from a Clerical Life']; the front pastedown contains a sample binding of Vol. I, in red cloth with paper spine label, and rear endpapers have a sample of the deluxe binding of Vol. III, in red morocco stamped in gilt, with raised bands, affixed to marbled paper endpaper sample; frontispiece photogravure of a drawing of George Eliot. 8vo. Laid into the salesman's sample is an original (blank) order form, for use by a sale's agent for an advance order of The Writings of George Eliot. Uncommon [unrecorded by OCLC]. Full pebbled morocco, te.g. (stamped in gilt on front cover, stating: "The Complete Works of/ George Eliot/ Large Paper Edition/ Houghton, Mifflin & CO."),Binding is slightly rubbed at edges of spine, front endpapers lightly foxed, else a near fine copy, with the text and photogravure plates very fresh and clean (vi) (title page and introduction), (10) ('Notes on the Illustrations'), [26] (consisting of twenty-six full page photogravure illustrations, including photographs by English photographer Mr. C. E. Walmsley, and various drawings, portraits of the author, manuscript page in facsimile, etc.; each with a separate tissue guard, printed with title of the illustration), [8] (paginated 116-124, printing "Adam Bede/ Chapter VII: The Dairy"), [11] (printing the title page, followed by a ten-page description of the 'The Complete Works of George Eliot,' headed: "Announcement: Messrs. Houghton Mifflin. have in preparation and will publisher early in 1908. a new Large-Paper Edition of The Complete Works of George Eliot." [followed by a detailed discussion of the publication, printed in red and black type], [1] (printing, at the conclusion of the salesman's sample, page [92] from 'Scenes from a Clerical Life']; the front pastedown contains a sample binding of Vol. I, in red cloth with paper spine label, and rear endpapers have a sample of the deluxe binding of Vol. III, in red morocco stamped in gilt, with raised bands, affixed to marbled paper endpaper sample; frontispiece photogravure of a drawing of George Eliot. 8vo First edition (by this publisher), publisher's salesman's sample; salesman's sample for the 'Large Paper Edition of the Works of George Eliot' (including salesman's blank order form for subscribers).
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Cross, J W. The Writings of George Eliot. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908.
Price: US$198.00 + shipping
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Set shows
Seller: FOLCHATT, Chattanooga, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$230.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Missing 2 volumes of this 25 volume set. Green cloth boards with ornate gilt on spine. Well preserved set.
Seller: Sheafe Street Books, Portsmouth, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1908, Houghton Mifflin, Boston and New York, The Riverside Press Cambridge, Warwickshire Edition. HB. Dark green boards with lovely Art Deco gilt decorative titles on spines. Complete set of 25 volumes: Scenes of Clerical Life 1&2, Adam Bede 1&2, The Mill on the Floss 1&2, Silas Marner Brother Jacob, Romola 1&2, Felix Holt 1&2, Middlemarch 1&2&3, Daniel Deronda 1&2&3, The Spanish Gypsy, Poems, Theophrastus Such, Essays 1&2, Life Letters Journals 1&2&3. VG (some volumes have marks on covers, top gilt edges are bright on each volume, interiors are clean and unmarked, bindings are tight) Shipping for 30 pound set will depend on destination.
Seller: Jennifer Duncan, North Aurora, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Houghton Mifflin Company (The Riverside Press; Cambridge); Boston, 1907-1908. Hardcover. Complete 25 Volume Set. Warwickshire Edition. Leather Bound. Very Good, maroon half leather binding, 5 raised bands, 6 compartments, title and author in gilt on spine, gilt ornate spine compartments, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, TEG with few blemishes/rub marks, binding tight and sturdy, lightly sunned pages, few uncut pages, some handling/rub marks to text block edges, interior tidy and unmarked, light shelf wear, moderate rub marks to board edges and spine, leather board corners and few board edges lightly frayed, light rub marks to boards, exterior shows some use/handling marks. A nice, clean and unmarked set. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], (Vol.1) 301pp., (Vol.2) 314pp., (Vol.3) 419pp., (Vol.4) 363pp., (Vol.5) 403pp., (Vol.6) 388pp., (Vol.7) 327pp., (Vol.8) 428pp., (Vol.9) 431pp., (Vol.10) 342pp., (Vol.11) 344pp., (Vol.12) 395pp., (Vol.13) 384pp., (Vol.14) 445pp., (Vol.15) 398pp., (Vol.16) 391pp., (Vol.17) 385pp., (Vol.18) 319pp., (Vol.19) 273pp., (Vol.20) 265pp., (Vol.21) 314pp., (Vol.22) 345pp., (Vol.23) 299pp., (Vol.24) 360pp., (Vol.25) 362pp., some tissue protected b&w illustrations, indexed. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.
Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited edition of 750 copies, this is #261. Books have been rebound in half-leather with gilt on spine, marbled endpapers. Frontis illustrations, red ribbon bookmarks, pages are deckle-edged -- some still uncut. Edgewear varies from volume to volume; two volumes (shown in photo) have damage at bottom spine. Overall, a handsome set. 25 volumes, extra postage required.
Seller: Moneyblows Books & Music, Lee, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$1045.00 + shipping
Description: 25 volumes. The Warwickshire Edition. Wonderfully illustrated with engraved frontispieces and with dozens of fine photogravure plates. 8vo, in the handsome original three-quarter brown morocco over red marbled boards, the spines with raised bands creating four gilt framed compartments with large gilt centerpieces and corners, and two gilt ruled compartments gilt lettered, red marbled endpapers, t.e.g. A nice and handsome set, internally quite fresh and clean, just a hint of age mellowing, a few leaves opened carelessly, a leaf here or there with tear, the spines very handsome with bright gilt, the shoulders rubbed just a bit, the hinges all still firm and strong, some very minor rubbing at the edges or tips. GEORGE ELIOT'S WORKS IN A FINELY ILLUSTRATED EDITION INCLUDING ALL OF HER CLASSIC NOVELS. It also includes a short biographical piece written by her husband, John Cross. Under her 'George Eliot' pen name Mary Ann Evans became on of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her seven novels, most of which are set in provincial England, are known for their realism and psychological insight. Her novel Middlemarch has been described by the novelists Martin Amis and Julian Barnes as the greatest novel in the English language. Although female authors were published under their own names during her lifetime, she wanted to escape the stereotype of women's writing being limited to lighthearted romances. She also wanted to have her fiction judged separately from her already extensive and widely known work as an editor and critic.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 25 Volumes, Complete. #191 Of 750 Copies Of The Large Paper Edition. Original Publisher's Three Quarter Red-Brown Crushed Morocco, Five Bands, Gilt Lettering With Decorations On Spine, Gilt Rules On Covers, Over Rose/White Marbled Paper With Matching Endpapers. Top Edges Gilt; Red Silk Book Mark Ribbons Bound Into Each Volume. With A Two Page Handwritten Letter By George Henry Lewes On His "The Priory" Letterhead, Undated; "My Dear (M---), If The Editor Does Not Print Both Your Articles It Will Assuredly Not Be Because They Dont (Sic) Deserve It- They Are Admirable-But He Saves His Space For (----?). On The First Topic He Has A Note From Me, (---------) In Answer To Bain, + As We Take The Same Line He May Think Yours Superfluous Carrying Of Coal To The (-----) Depot. In A Letter From Ritter Rec'd The Other Day He Plaintively Remarks That You Haven't Written Since May Last. Now The Book Is Appearing I Dare Say You Will Feel The Impulse As (---?) Or It To Him. Yes, What You Say About Mrs. Lewes's Happiness In Her Work Is True- The Pain Is There But Tis Delicious Pain After All, And The Deep Feelings She Creates In Others Reacts Upon Herself To Make Her Prize Her Power. Tomorrow You Will Have The Spoiled Child. Ever Yours, Ghl." The Set Exceptionally Well Preserved, Near Fine, Just A Few Points Of Rubbing At Corners, All Spines Uniformly And Evenly Browned. [Note: Books Not Signed, But With Signed Letter From George Lewes).
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: Large Paper Edition. Number 155 of 750 copies. Frontispieces in 2 states each, one colored, the other uncolored and signed in pencil. The illustrations reproduce original drawings and one is a SIGNED frontispiece by Henry Marriott Paget, Charles Brock (in Middlemarch), Frederick Pegram, Ambrose Dudley and others, as well as photogravures by D.E. Walmsley. on Japon paper. 25 vols. 8vo. This set includes all of the novels as well as Scenes from Clerical Life; The Lifted Veil; Brother Jacob; Impressions of Theophrastus Such; The Spanish Gypsy; Poems; Essays and Leaves from a Note-Book; Essays and Uncollected Papers; and George Eliot's Life As Related in Her Letters and Journals Arranged and Edited by Her Husband J.W. Cross (3 vols.). Bound in three quarters crushed levant over marbled boards, raised bands, spine gilt, marbled boards, t.e.g., others uncut; about fine with a touch of fading Frontispieces in 2 states each, one colored, the other uncolored and signed in pencil. The illustrations reproduce original drawings and one is a SIGNED frontispiece by Henry Marriott Paget, Charles Brock (in Middlemarch), Frederick Pegram, Ambrose Dudley and others, as well as photogravures by D.E. Walmsley. on Japon paper. 25 vols. 8vo Large Paper Edition. Number 155 of 750 copies.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: . The Writings of George Eliot. Warwickshire Edition. Together with the Life by J. W. Cross. In Twenty-Five Volumes. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1907- 1908]. Twenty-five octavo volumes. (Measures 8 x 5 in.). Original half maroon morocco over maroon marbled boards, elaborately decorated in gilt on spines with five raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with frontispieces and engraved plates throughout, each with a descriptive tissue guard. A few corners with wear. Overall, a very good set with a contribution by her husband. Parrish, Sadleir. Wolff. HBS 67624. $3,000.
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Number 141 of 750 copies, printed at The Riverside Press, Cambridge. 25 volumes; 6 1/4 inches x 8 7/8 in., colored and monochrome frontispieces on two different papers; photogravure illustrations on japon paper. Most pages are unopened. Dark red-brown three-quarter morocco leather, with five raised bands on the spines, gilt titling and floral decorations, and lighter red marbled paper with matching marbled endpapers; top-edge gilt; red silk bookmarker ribbons bound in. A few cover corners show minor rubbing. With the bookplates of Cleveland, Ohio based book collector, William G. Mather (1857-1951) on the front paste-downs. Postage is extra on this item.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
ELIOT, George (pseud. EVANS, Marian).. The Writings.. Boston & New York Houghton Mifflin, 1908.
Price: US$7078.50 + shipping
Description: 25 vol. (complete, including "The Life"), "LARGE PAPER EDITION", LIMITED TO 750 SETS, 8vo, numerous photogravure plates, the frontispieces printed in coloured and uncoloured states, text age-toned, else fine, contemporary crushed brown half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, an extremely handsome set. George Eliot (1819-1880) was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, one of the leading English novelists of the 19th century. Her novels are celebrated for their realism and psychological insights. She used a male pseudonym to ensure her works were taken seriously in an era when female authors were usually associated with romantic novels. Virginia Woolf called Middlemarch 'one of the few English books written for grown-up people'. It is not a romantic novel, though it is a very passionate one. It is anti-romantic. It does not lead from frustrated love to fulfilled love to climactic marriage; it begins with the mistaken marriage choices of its "heroine" and "hero" and shows the inexorable workings of their coming to terms with their folly. Both are idealists. Both are very intelligent.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
ELIOT, George. The Writings of George Eliot. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1908.
Price: US$8500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Over 150 illustrations including hand-colored frontispieces in double-suite. The illustrations reproduce original drawings by Charles Brock, Frederick Pegram, Ambrose Dudley and others, as well as photogravures by D.E. Walmsley. 25 volumes. Octavo, contemporary 3/4 brown rushed morocco, elaborately gilt spines with raised bands; marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut and largely unopened. A fine set. Splendid large-paper edition of Eliot's writings, number 246 of only 750 sets .
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
ELIOT George. Writings. , 1908.
Price: US$11000.00 + shipping
Description: ELIOT, George. The Writings. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1908. Twenty-five volumes. Octavo, contemporary full brown crushed morocco, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated boards and spines, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut and largely unopened. $11,000.Splendid large-paper edition of Eliots writings, number 29 of only 750 sets produced, with over 150 illustrations including hand-colored frontispieces in double-suite, with a signed autograph letter by Eliot bound into Volume I.Eliot, who pioneered the method of psychological analysis characteristic of modern fiction, has been praised for the qualities that make her "a supreme novelist in an age of great novelists" (Kunitz and Haycraft, 212). The illustrations reproduce original drawings by Charles Brock, Frederick Pegram, Ambrose Dudley, Henry Paget Archibald Hartrick and others, as well as photogravures by C. E. Walmsley, many taken for this edition, of English estates and countryside featured in Eliot's writings. The frontispieces appear in double suite, one of each beautifully hand-colored. Includes all of Eliot's major novels, as well as the essays and letters. With an extensive biographical and critical notice. The autograph letter, signed by Eliot (with her actual name, Marian Evans), reads: "1 Sydney Place Dover. March 20, 1855. Dear Friend, I wrote to you in a hurry the other day. I had not time to express what I really feelthorough sympathy with you under this terrible trial of illness. Indeed in my first hasty reading of your letter I did not fully bring before myself the meaning of the words 'three weeks in bed from disease of the left lung.' But now I do so, I am grieved to think of what you must have suffered, so I write this note from old friendship, ___ with ___ to tell you how sincerely I shall be interested to know of your progress towards health. I suppose I shall be in London before long, but any news of you before then would be very welcome. There is no use in this letter, to be sure, but I couldn't help writing it. Perhaps after all it may do you a little good to know that you have the hearty interest and friendship of Marian Evans."Fine condition.
Seller: Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$11228.57 + shipping
Description: Large-paper edition, number 10 of 750 copies only, the first volume with a tipped-in 4-page autograph letter signed from George Eliot, signed as M[ary] E[vans] Lewes, using the surname of her longtime partner George Henry Lewes, although they were in fact not married. On her house stationary of The Priory, Regent's Park, Eliot writes to a Mr Benecke on 19 April 1872, seeking a country house for the summer: "the search for a house is always a difficulty, the precise thing one needs seeming of course to be the rarest kind. we desire perfect seclusion & yet nearness to a town - what you have, in fact, only that our scale would be much smaller". The couple would eventually let a house in Kent, which proved inconvenient, and they reluctantly returned to London that autumn. A very pleasing set, finely bound without wear, attractively printed and illustrated. 25 volumes, octavo (220 x 148 mm). Contemporary blue morocco by the Riverside Press, spines lettered in gilt, triple gilt fillets to covers and turn-ins, blue endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. With illustrations throughout. Ever so light sunning to spines. A fine set.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom