The Complete Works of George Eliot in Eighteen Volumes. The Westminster Edition
by Eliot, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
London & New York: Merrill & Baker, 1900. Westminster Edition. 18 volumes, complete, in a period handsome half red gilt decorated leather with marbled boards. Limited to 500 copies, set #121. Tall 8vo, approx. 370pp per volume, photo-etching frontispieces with tissue guards, titles printed in red & black and illustrated with plates. Red & gold marbled endpapers matching the marbled boards. Top edge gilt, the other edges uncut. A set in lovely condition.
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- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15561
- Title
- The Complete Works of George Eliot in Eighteen Volumes. The Westminster Edition
- Author
- Eliot, George
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Westminster Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Merrill & Baker
- Place of Publication
- London & New York
- Date Published
- 1900
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE; FINE BINDING; WOMEN;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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Garrison, New York
About Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- New
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- Marbled boards
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