Adam Bede

by George Eliot, pseud. of Mary Ann Evans

$1,500 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books · No longer available

Edinburgh: William Black and Sons, 1859. First U.K. Edition. One of 2,101 copies printed. Three crown octavo volumes 20cm ; re-bound in full tan calf by Brentano's; spines in six compartments with raised bands, gilt floral devices, contrasting morocco spine labels, and gilt turn-ins; top edges gilt; sample of original cloth bound in at rear of each volume Baker & Ross's variant 'A' ;

• Binding: Hardcover

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