Fine Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Thu, Feb 16, 2023 12:00PM EST
Lot 237
ELIOT, George (“Mary Anne Evans Lewes”) (1819–1880). The Mi...
Estimate: $400 - $600
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ELIOT, George (?Mary Anne Evans Lewes?) (1819?1880).?The Mill on the Floss.?Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1860. 3 volumes, 8vo. Half?titles, 16pp. publisher's advertisements at end of vol. III. (Some spotting throughout) Original orange?brown diagonal ripple?grain blind?stamped cloth, gilt?lettered spine, uncut (spines gently darkened, light wear to extremities, some minor staining to covers, joints partially cracked in Vols. I and III); each in own chemise; together in morocco?backed slipcase. Provenance: Unidentified ?W.E.C.? (gilt?lettered on each chemise). FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY with ?From the Publisher? inked on the title?page of Vol. I. In Carter's variant B binding (but without binder?s ticket in Vol. I), with no advertisement inserted in Vol. I and 16pp. publisher?s advertisements at end of Vol. III. Baker & Ross A5.1a; Carter, pp. 110?111; Parrish, Victorian Lady Novelists pp. 14?15; Sadleir 816a.
