In Three Volumes. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1866. 4 pp undated Vol III ads. Original reddish-brown cloth decorated in gilt. First Edition of what must certainly be considered the author's least memorable novel. In a small town in 1832 (just after the passage of the Reform Bill)... More
[the first book of "George Eliot"] Critically Examined by Dr. David Friedrich Strauss. Translated from the Fourth German Edition. In Three Volumes. London: Chapman, Brothers, 1846. Original blind-stamped purple-brown cloth. First Edition of the first book with which young Marian Evans was involved (as translator). Strauss was a theologian schooled... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1873. 2 preliminary pp undated ads, plus 4+4 pp terminal ads (the former headed "Autumn Book-List," the latter listing this as one of the "New Books"). Original green cloth. Second American Edition -- barely -- of George Eliot's best-known book, and what is today regarded... More
In Three Volumes. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1860. 16 pp Vol III undated ads. Original blind-stamped cinnamon-brown cloth. First Edition. This is the sad tale of Maggie Tulliver, from the Dorlcote Mill on the Floss River -- a novel noteworthy more for its accurate depiction of rural... More
