George Eliot's Life as Related in Her Letters and Jounals. Arranged By Her Husband (3 Volumes)
by Cross, J.W. (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Bros, 1884. George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans, 1819-1880) wrote seven novels, of which at least five are significant in the history of English literature. She was a frre-thinker and somewhat scandalous. Her marriage to John Cross, twenty years her junior, lasted only for one year prior to her death. These are Very Good copies of a Later Printing. Three volumes, in green publisher's cloth with gilt lettering and with a facsimile signature on the front cover. Volume One has no publication date, but the other two list 1899 and there is a previous-owner signature from 1901 on the FFEPs. Clean texts; 366, 324, and 340 pages. Volume three is indexed and has four pages of publisher's adverts in the back. The TP of Volume Two has been torn but remains attached. An attractive set; quite readable today. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002069
- Title
- George Eliot's Life as Related in Her Letters and Jounals. Arranged By Her Husband (3 Volumes)
- Author
- Cross, J.W. (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Bros
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1884
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Biography;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Quercus Rare Books
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Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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