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ELIOT, George (“Mary Anne Evans Lewes”) (1819-1880). The Mill on the Floss. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1860.
3 volumes, 8vo. Half-titles, 16pp. publisher's advertisements at end of vol. III. (Some spotting, toning, and staining.) Original orange-brown diagonal ripple-grain blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt-lettered (spines darkened, slight wear to extremities, some minor staining, hinges starting); each in own chemise, together in folding case. Provenance: William & Blackwood (inscription to title-page of vol. I); unidentified W.E.C. (gilt-lettered on each chemise, some annotations).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY with "From the Publisher" on the title-page of vol. I. In Carter's variant B binding, with no advertisement inserted in vol. I and 16pp. publisher's advertisements at end of vol. III. Carter pp.110-111; Sadleir 816.
The Library of John Leonard Gillis Sold to Support the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto