Collection of first editions of her major works, uniformly bound

by George Eliot

$12,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

29 vols. 8vo. Bound in full tan polished calf, spines stamped in gilt, with red and blue morocco title labels, by Root & Son. Spines slightly faded. Some volumes without half-titles, most without terminal ads, original wrappers bound in at the rear for Daniel Deronda. Item #315508 An attractively bound set of Eliot's works, all in first edition, containing all of her major novels: Scenes of Clerical Life, 1858 2 vols. ; Adam Bede, 1859 3

• Binding: Leather

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