J. W. Cross. George Eliot's Life as related in her Letters and Journals. William Blackwood and Sons, London, 1885.

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Description: Biography of George Eliot by her husband in three volumes, the author's presentation copy of the first edition. Complete in three volumes. The first edition of this work.Author's presentation copy inscribed to half title 'with affectionate remembrance' signed John W Cross and dated 1885.Affectionate biography of leading Victorian author George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) by her husband. Written five years after George's death, this biography was largely drawn from her correspondences and journals reflecting on the intimate personality of the renowned author. Her works are known for theirrealism,psychological insight, sense of place and detailed depiction of the countryside.Complete with half titles.Illustrated with a frontispiece and five further plates to volume I; frontispiece and singular further plate to vol. II; frontispiece and two further plates to vol. III. Collated, complete. Rebacked with the original uniform spine and boards restored. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities. Frontispiece to p. vi vol. II loose but present. Internally, otherwise firmly bound. Pages generally clean with a touch of age toning to leaves, as usual with the type of paper used. Very Good

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