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George Eliot's Works, in Eight Volumes: Scenes of a Clerical Life: The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton, Mr. Gilfil's Love Story, Janet's Repentance [with] Silas Marner, The Lifted Veil, and Brother Jacob; Adam Bede; The Mill on the Floss; Romola; Felix Holt, the Radical [with] Impressions of Theophrastus Such; The Spanish Gypsy, The Legend of Jubal, and Other Poems, Old and New [with] Essays and Leaves from a Note-Book; Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life; Daniel Deronda
by Eliot, George [Evans, Marian]
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Webster, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: William L. Allison Company, 1890. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. No date, circa 1890. Rear board of sixth volume repaired at joint, spines slightly faded, board edges lightly rubbed with tiny blemish to D of Deronda and light soil to top edge of the same volume. Complete in eight volumes. 8vo. Leather spines and corners, gilt titles, rules, and decorations in compartments, top edges gilt, marbled boards and endpapers. 'George Eliot' was of course a pen name for Mary Ann Evans, who was among the most important authors of the Victorian era. Virginia Woolf called Middlemarch "one of the few English novels written for grown-up people." Includes: Scenes of a Clerical Life: The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton, Mr. Gilfil's Love Story, Janet's Repentance [with] Silas Marner, The Lifted Veil, and Brother Jacob; Adam Bede; The Mill on the Floss; Romola; Felix Holt, the Radical [with] Impressions of Theophrastus Such; The Spanish Gypsy, The Legend of Jubal, and Other Poems, Old and New [with] Essays and Leaves from a Note-Book; Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life; Daniel Deronda.
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- George Eliot's Works, in Eight Volumes: Scenes of a Clerical Life: The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton, Mr. Gilfil's Love Story, Janet's Repentance [with] Silas Marner, The Lifted Veil, and Brother Jacob; Adam Bede; The Mill on the Floss; Romola; Felix Holt, the Radical [with] Impressions of Theophrastus Such; The Spanish Gypsy, The Legend of Jubal, and Other Poems, Old and New [with] Essays and Leaves from a Note-Book; Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life; Daniel Deronda
- Author
- Eliot, George [Evans, Marian]
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William L. Allison Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1890
- Weight
- 12.31
- Keywords
- LITERATURE FICTION GEORGE ELIOT CLASSICS VICTORIAN ERA
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Yesterday's Muse Inc. is an independent used & rare bookseller that has been in operation for over 15 years. We opened our first 'brick and mortar' storefront in December of 2008 in our hometown of Webster, NY.Owner Jonathan Smalter is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), former vice president of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), both of which are trade organizations created to promote ethical online selling practices, and to encourage continuing education among fellow booksellers. He is also a 2011 graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS). He has nearly 20 years of experience in the book trade, during which time he has become adept at evaluating used and collectible books.
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