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156 - [Evans (Marian)], 'George Eliot'. Scenes of Clerical Life, 2 vol., 1858; Adam Bede, 3 vol., related contemporary newspaper cuttings tipped-into vol.1 front endpaper, 1859; The Mill on the Floss, 3 vol., 1860; Silas Marner, 1861; Romola, 3 vol., light cracking at gutter to vol.1 Contents f., Smith, Elder and Co., 1863; Felix Holt, 3 vol., 1866; Middlemarch, 4 vol., 1871-72; Daniel Deronda, 4 vol., 1876; together 23 vol., all first editions, all but Romola with half-titles, bookplate in each vol., the odd rust stain and light corner crease, light spotting, mostly to endpapers, heavier in Middlemarch, uniformly bound in contemporary calf, spines gilt, inner dentelles gilt, light scuff marks, slight fading to a few vol., g.e., an attractive set, Edinburgh and London, all but Romola by William Blackwood and Sons, 8vo.

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£800 (€954)

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Estimation

£1,000 - 1,500 (€1,100 - 1,800)

Sale fees

32.4%

[Evans (Marian)], 'George Eliot'. Scenes of Clerical Life, 2 vol., 1858; Adam Bede, 3 vol., related contemporary newspaper cuttings tipped-into vol.1 front endpaper, 1859; The Mill on the Floss, 3 vol., 1860; Silas Marner, 1861; Romola, 3 vol., light cracking at gutter to vol.1 Contents f., Smith, Elder and Co., 1863; Felix Holt, 3 vol., 1866; Middlemarch, 4 vol., 1871-72; Daniel Deronda, 4 vol., 1876; together 23 vol., all first editions, all but Romola with half-titles, bookplate in each vol., the odd rust stain and light corner crease, light spotting, mostly to endpapers, heavier in Middlemarch, uniformly bound in contemporary calf, spines gilt, inner dentelles gilt, light scuff marks, slight fading to a few vol., g.e., an attractive set, Edinburgh and London, all but Romola by William Blackwood and Sons, 8vo.

Auction details

Fine Books, Manuscripts & Works on Paper
Thursday, November 19
11:30 AM
4 Ingate Pl, Nine Elms
SW8 3NS London, United Kingdom

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Forum Auctions +44 2 07 87 12 640 books@forumauctions.co.uk
On Drouot for 5 years avec More than 10,000 lots published

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