[BINDINGS]. EVANS, Mary Ann. A group of 12 uniformly bound FIRST EDITIONS.
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[BINDINGS]. EVANS, Mary Ann ("George Eliot") (1819-1880). A group of 12 uniformly bound FIRST EDITIONS:
12 works in 27 volumes, all 8vo. Uniformly bound in polished calf gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, morocco lettering-pieces gilt in 2, stamp-signed by Riviere.
FIRST EDITIONS, all published in Edinburgh and London by William Blackwood and Sons, Smith, Elder, and Co., comprising:
Scenes of Clerical Life. 1858. 2 volumes. Half-titles. Baker & Ross A3.2. -- Adam Bede. 1859. 3 volumes. Half-titles; 16pp. publisher's ads at end of vol. III. Baker & Ross A4.1; Sadleir 812. -- The Mill on the Floss. 1860. 3 volumes. Half-titles; 16pp. publisher's ads at end of vol. I; errata slip in vol. II. FIRST STATE, without the advertisement leaf inserted in vol. I; the publisher's ads advertising the 7th edition of Adam Bebe which was issued in November 1859. Baker & Ross A5.1.a; Sadlier 816. -- Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe. 1861. Half-title; 2pp. ads and 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end. FIRST ISSUE with the publisher's ads listing three titles on p. [1] and the listing ending on p.16 with Brown's The Forester. Baker & Ross A6.1.a; Sadleir 819. -- Romola. 1863. 3 volumes. FIRST ISSUE with the absence of "second edition" on title-page. Baker & Ross A7.2; Sadleir 817. -- Felix Holt. The Radical. 1866. 3 volumes. 20pp. publisher's catalogue at end. Fifth state with 20pp. catalogue at end [version 2]. Baker & Ross A8.1; Sadleir 814. -- The Spanish Gypsy. 1868. Half-title; 8pp. publisher's ads at end. FIRST PRINTING, without the "second edition" statement on the title-page and the ads beginning with "The Novels of George Eliot." Baker & Ross A9.1. -- The Legend of Jubal and Other Poems. 1874. Half-title. Baker & Ross B7.1. -- Middlemarch. A Study of Provincial Life. 1871-72. 4 volumes. Half-titles; publisher's ads at end of each volume; errata slip tipped-in to vol. II. FIRST ISSUE, with the uncorrected readings in vol. I and vol. III. Baker & Ross A10.1.a2; Sadleir 815. -- Daniel Deronda. 1876. 4 volumes. Half-titles; publisher's ads at the end of each volume; errata slip in vol. II. FIRST ISSUE without the inserted Contents leaf. Baker & Ross A11.1.a2; Sadleir 813. -- Impressions of Theophrastus Such. 1879. 1p. publisher's ad and slip at end. Baker & Ross A12.1.a. -- Essays and Leaves from a Note-Book. 1884.
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