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1880rif. 1306711880. ELIOT George. Works. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons circa 1880. Twenty volumes. Small octavo contemporary three-quarter green calf raised bands elaborately gilt-decorated spines navy red and tan morocco spine labels marbled boards and endpapers top edges gilt uncut and partly unopened. $3200.ÒCabinetÓ edition of EliotÕs novels very handsomely bound.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: her penetrating sympathy her deep knowledge of humanity her dramatic and descriptive power her lambent humor and the reflection of her extraordinary mind"" Kunitz & Haycraft 212. Small owner bookplates.Interior fine only very mild wear to contemporary calf. An exceptionally handsome set. hardcover books
1909rif. 25032Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1909. Hardcover. Near Fine. Warwickeshire edition. Illustrated with several black-and-white photogravures throughout text. Bound in half burgundy morocco and marbled paper boards with title and decorations in gilt on the spine five raised bands t.e.g. and marbled end papers. Minor wear at corners otherwise fine. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1860rif. 1254121860. First Edition. ELIOT George. The Mill on the Floss. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1860. Three volumes. Octavo original orange-brown cloth uncut; housed in a custom slipcase. $4900.First edition first printing first state of this most widely read of EliotÕs works in the original publisher's cloth.Eliot's largely autobiographical The Mill on the Floss was written immediately after Adam Bede and published in 1860. ""The portrayal of childhood of rural life and the subsidiary charactersÉ delighted most criticsÉ It remains one of the most widely read of her works"" Drabble 651. All half titles present. First state without advertisements in Volume I; a 16-page publisher's catalogue is present at the end of Volume III as sometimes occurs with first-state copies. In Baker & Ross binding A with ""Bound by Burn"" binder ticket on rear pastedown of Volume I. Baker & Ross A5.1. Sadleir 816. Wolff 2060. Scattered foxing to text; original cloth generally fresh with bright gilt and minimal wear slight toning to spines expert repairs to a few inner hinges and joints. An extremely good copy in the original publisher's cloth. hardcover books
1880rif. 1306711880. ELIOT George. Works. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons circa 1880. Twenty volumes. Small octavo contemporary three-quarter green calf raised bands elaborately gilt-decorated spines navy red and tan morocco spine labels marbled boards and endpapers top edges gilt uncut and partly unopened. $3200.ÒCabinetÓ edition of EliotÕs novels very handsomely bound.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: her penetrating sympathy her deep knowledge of humanity her dramatic and descriptive power her lambent humor and the reflection of her extraordinary mind"" Kunitz & Haycraft 212. Small owner bookplates.Interior fine only very mild wear to contemporary calf. An exceptionally handsome set. hardcover
1984rif. 013151Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1984. Leather binding. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. full brown leather with five raised bands to spine. Unopened condition with notes from the editors pamphlet included Franklin Library hardcover
1993rif. x-1851960864PICKERING CHATTO 1993. Hardcover. New. 250 pages. 8.50x5.59x0.79 inches. PICKERING CHATTO hardcover
rif. 44067EDINBURGH AND LONDON WILLIAM BLACKWOOD 1885. 24 VOLUMES COMPLETE INCLUDING THE 3 VOLUMES OF HER LIFE THROUGH HER LETTERS BY CROSS. SOME DATED 1885 OTHERS NOT DATED. VERY FINELY BOUND IN HALF TAN CALF OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS AND PAGE EDGES. ELABORATE GILT TOOLING AND RAISED BANDS TO THE SPINES WITH LEATHER GREEN AND GILT LABELS. AN EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN TIGHTLY BOUND AND HANDSOME SET. EDINBURGH AND LONDON, WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, 1885 hardcover
1861rif. 017415Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons 1861. Book measures 20.5x14.cm. 4436416pp half title. Bound in original publishers brown embossed cloth gilt lettering. Cloth rubbed worn amateur repair. Internally inscription on half title some marking light staining to title some pages slightly grubby. Pages in good condition. A better than working copy. . First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. William Blackwood & Sons Hardcover
1895rif. 012774Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons 1895. Complete in 21 volumes. Books measure 18.5x13.cm. Bound in period half calf calf corners marble boards raised bands gilt lettering and lines top gilt edges marble endpapers. Calf very lightly rubbed some occasional minor abrasion wear slightly faded. All bindings in very good clean firm conmdition. Internally pages clean throughout. A very nice set. . Half Calf. Very Good. 8vo. William Blackwood & Sons Hardcover
1980rif. 137172Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good Condition. Leather Bound. Accented In 22Kt Gold. Three Ribs Spine. 462 Pages. Achival Paper With Gilded Edges. Easton Press hardcover
1874rif. 51839William Blackwood 1874. 8vo. First Edition endpapers lightly browned; handsomely bound in full tan morocco BY BIRDSALL boards elaborately framed and blocked in gilt bevelled edges back with raised bands second compartment ruled and lettered in gilt all other compartments framed and tooled in gilt with floral spray all edges gilt doublures richly tooled in gilt a most attractive copy. WITH THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE OF HENRY AND MARY PONSONBY ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER AND ANOTHER BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. The binding is signed on front paste-down. Quotation from 'Middlemarch' in neat contemporary hand on half-title. Long contemporary inscription in French on half-title and preceding leaf. This copy is complete with half-title but is bound without the errata leaf which is sometimes present. Henry and Mary Ponsonby were among the foremost members of Queen Victoria's court; the former as Private Secretary to Her Majesty the latter as Maid of Honour. Baker & Ross note that 1609 copies were printed. AN ELEGANT COPY WITH SIGNIFICANT ROYAL ASSOCIATION. Baker & Ross E1.1.a. William Blackwood, hardcover
rif. 51900"Macmillan . 8vo. First Edition thus with coloured frontispiece original tissue guard present 15 fine coloured plates and 35 line illustrations in the text; green cloth upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt gilt edges a near fine copy. With 2pp publisher's catalogue at end. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Spielmann & Jerrold 40. "Macmillan, hardcover
rif. 51947"Blackwood. 8 vols. 8vo. green cloth upper boards framed and lettered in gilt gilt backs uncut fore-esges lightly spotted backstrip of first volume lightly sunned else a very good bright crisp clean set. Please note that extra postage will be required for shipping outside the UK. "Blackwood, hardcover
1859rif. 37672William Blackwood 1859. 2 vols. 8vo. Fourth Edition neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary; elegantly bound in contemporary full tan calf sides with multiple frame border stopped at corners with gilt rosettes back with five raised bands ruled in gilt second compartments with red leather labels framed and lettered in gilt third compartments framed and lettered in gilt all other compartments elaborately framed and tooled in gilt marbled edges gilt doublures gilt dentelles marbled endpapers a most attractive copy in wholly unrestored period binding. THE BINDING IS SIGNED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER VERSOS. Henry Stamper 1802-1887 master bookbinder was an associate of Bedford Lewis Clarke and Morrell; indeed he may have succeeded Bedford as manager of the Lewis bindery and his later business passed to Morrell. Examples of his work are held by the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Bodleian. We are indebted to Laurence Worms for the foregoing information. This copy is bound without the advertisements. Baker & Ross note that 3150 copies were printed. Baker & Ross A4.4. William Blackwood, hardcover
1897rif. 33543Blackwood 1897. 3 works in 1 vol. sm. 8vo. with volume titles in red and black; sand cloth gilt back yellow top uncut expertly rebacked in cloth to style a remarkably bright crisp copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue at end. Complete with all half-titles which are sometimes missing. SCARCE. Blackwood, hardcover
1926rif. 22747John Lane The Bodley Head 1926. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper; original terracotta buckram backstrip with printed paper label red top UNCUT AND LARGELY UNOPENED boards lightly age-marked at fore-edges else a very good bright crisp copy. With spare printed paper label and 4pp publisher's catalogue at end. John Lane The Bodley Head, hardcover
rif. 183880Boston: Estes and Lauriat 1890. 2 vols. 8vo 8¼ x 5¾ ins. Original gilt lettered decorative cream cloth top edges gilt headcaps chipped and light wear at corners - in protective covers. Pp. vi 315 & vi 299 illus with b&w plates with captioned tissue-guards no inscriptions. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1890 unknown
1909rif. 25032Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1909. Hardcover. Near Fine. Warwickeshire edition. Illustrated with several black-and-white photogravures throughout text. Bound in half burgundy morocco and marbled paper boards with title and decorations in gilt on the spine five raised bands t.e.g. and marbled end papers. Minor wear at corners otherwise fine. Houghton Mifflin hardcover
1860rif. 1254121860. First Edition. ELIOT George. The Mill on the Floss. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1860. Three volumes. Octavo original orange-brown cloth uncut; housed in a custom slipcase. $4900.First edition first printing first state of this most widely read of EliotÕs works in the original publisher's cloth.Eliot's largely autobiographical The Mill on the Floss was written immediately after Adam Bede and published in 1860. ""The portrayal of childhood of rural life and the subsidiary charactersÉ delighted most criticsÉ It remains one of the most widely read of her works"" Drabble 651. All half titles present. First state without advertisements in Volume I; a 16-page publisher's catalogue is present at the end of Volume III as sometimes occurs with first-state copies. In Baker & Ross binding A with ""Bound by Burn"" binder ticket on rear pastedown of Volume I. Baker & Ross A5.1. Sadleir 816. Wolff 2060. Scattered foxing to text; original cloth generally fresh with bright gilt and minimal wear slight toning to spines expert repairs to a few inner hinges and joints. An extremely good copy in the original publisher's cloth. hardcover
rif. 1297992938.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1861rif. 34077Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1861. First Edition with Fine Provenance having come from the collection of Robert Hoe with his gilt lettered morocco ex libris. 8vo beautifully bound by Riviere and Son in full tan calf the covers with multi-ruled gilt fillet lines at the borders with circular tools as corner-pieces the spines richly gilt decorated in panels between gilt ruled and stippled raised bands two compartments with contrasting red and green morocco labels finely gilt ruled and lettered and with gilt tooled corner-pieces beautifully gilt tooled turn-ins and ruled board edges marbled endpapers t.e.g. vi 364 pp. A superb copy fine and handsome the text very clean and fresh with only occasional light mellowing and basically free from any spotting the fine binding in excellent condition. A VERY FINE AND HANDSOME FIRST EDITION IN A BEAUTIFUL BINDING AND WITH SUPERB PROVENANCE OF ONE OF ELIOT'S BEST AND MOST ADAPTED NOVELS. While outwardly the simple tale of a linen weaver it was groundbreaking for its strong realism and its sophisticated treatment of a variety of issues ranging from religion to industrialization and to community. It is also only the third novel published by the author. William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
1860rif. 29186Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1860. 3 volumes. First edition. Carter's first state without the ad leaf to Vol. I which was inserted later and with ads in Vol. III citing the seventh edition of Adam Bede as opposed to eighth. 8vo scarce in the publisher's original cinnamon cloth the spines attractively lettered and decorated in gilt the boards paneled in blind. This is Carter's binding "A" with Burn's binder's ticket in Vol. I. Copies of the "A" binding in such pleasing state are very rare indeed. vi 361; vi 319; vi 313 16 ads pp. A very nice set in first issue state the text very clean and fresh with no foxing the scarce original "A" state cloth bindings very handsome and well preserved with just a little bumping and mellowing as would be expected the cinnamon cloth and the gilt both still fresh. Some separation at the free-fly and pastedowns. FIRST EDITION EARLIEST ISSUE IN THE "A" BINDING IN THE PUBLISHER'S CLOTH VERY SCARCE. With this novel Eliot became firmly engrained in the public consciousness. It went into a second printing almost immediately and has remained to this day one of her most popular novels. Fine copies are scarce. William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
1863rif. 28991London: Smith Elder and Co. 1863. 3 volumes. First edition. 8vo in the original green textured cloth quite rare thus the boards paneled in blind the spines gilt lettered and decorated. Housed in a single morocco backed slipcase within individual cloth-covered chemises the morocco backed box decorated as a book with gilt tooled raised bands and gilt lettering. iv 336; iv 333 2; iv 292 pp. A copy in original cloth and state very rare as such the text uncommonly fresh with only the most minor of occasional light spotting or mellowing the cloth sturdy and dark green a little expected rubbing and very minor edge wear the gilt a bit dull a few hinges with some cosmetic separation to the endpapers the volumes still strong and tight. VERY RARE IN ORIGINAL CLOTH AND IN SUCH ORIGINAL STATE. WE KNOW OF NO OTHER ACCEPTABLE COPY CURRENTLY ON THE MARKET IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH. A truly outstanding copy very desirable this is an exceptional survival. Eliot's historical novel ROMOLA can be seen as a deep study of life in the city of Florence as the fictional events all take place amidst actual historical events during the Italian Renaissance and includes in its plot several notable figures from Florentine history. Literary scholars have drawn comparisons between the setting of the novel and George Eliot's contemporary Victorian England and the psychological and religious introspection seen in Eliot's other novels is also seen in Romola. Smith, Elder and Co. hardcover
1908rif. 29779Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co. at the Riverside Press 1908. 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. Houghton Mifflin and Co. at the Riverside Press hardcover
1858rif. 29201Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons 1858. 2 volumes. First Edition. With both half-titles. 8vo in handsome antique full green morocco the covers with double-ruled gilt fillet lines at the edges the spines with ornate gilt framed panels between raised bands two compartments with gilt lettering additional gilt lettering at the tail and gilt ruling at both tips gilt ruled board edges and beautifully gilt tooled turn-ins fine marbled endpapers t.e.g. 366; 381 pp. A handsome set the text quite clean and fresh and free from any spotting a light touch of normal age at the edges the fine binding in very good and attractive condition the hinges firm and fine only a trivial bit of wear and the spines mellowed to a very attractive tone of olive. FIRST EDITION GEORGE ELIOT'S Mary Anne Evans FIRST PUBLISHED FICTION AND THE FIRST WORK PUBLISHED UNDER THE GEORGE ELIOT PSEUDONYM. A collection of three short stories. Her partner G. H. Lewes in order to help her get her stories written and published arranged for John Blackwood to publish these first tentative efforts claiming them to be written by a 'friend' named George Eliot. The stories first appeared in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine throughout 1857 and were then first published in book form as here in January of 1858. In this complete form it was met with 'just and discerning applause' and considerable speculation as to the identity of its author. Charles Dickens wrote to the unknown author by care of William Blackwood saying "I have been so strongly affected by the two first tales in the book you have had the kindness to send me through Messrs. Blackwood that I hope you will excuse my writing to you to express my admiration of their extraordinary merit. The exquisite truth and delicacy both of the humour and the pathos of these stories I have never seen the like of; and they have impressed me in a manner that I should find it very difficult to describe to you. if I had the impertinence to try. In addressing these few words of thankfulness to the creator of the Sad Fortunes of the Rev. Amos Barton and the sad love-story of Mr. Gilfil I am I presume bound to adopt the name that it pleases that excellent writer to assume. I can suggest no better one: but I should have been strongly disposed if I had been left to my own devices to address the said writer as a woman. I have observed what seemed to me such womanly touches in those moving fictions that the assurance on the title-page is insufficient to satisfy me even now. If they originated with no woman I believe that no man ever before had the art of making himself mentally so like a woman since the world began." This makes him among the first to suggest the author may have actually been a woman. William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
