Eliot, George

Scenes of Clerical Life -- 2 volumes [The Writings of George Eliot, vols 1 & 2]

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1909. Hardcover. Warwickshire Edition. 2 volumes: xvi, [2], 300, [2] p., frontispiece and 23 leaves of plates; vii, [1], 313, [1] p., frontispiece and 5 leaves of plates; 21 cm. Publisher's dark blue cloth with paper spine label printed in red and black. Many pages are unopened. The plates are photogravures, primarily from photographs taken by C. E. Walmsley. Contents: The Sad Fortunes of the Rev. Amos Barton; Mr. Gilfil's Love-Story; Janet's Repentance; and The Lifted Veil. Tipped in before the frontispiece is a card indicating that these volumes were part of the first impression of the set of the Warwickshire Edition of The Writing of George Eliot supplied to Elmer G. Parsly in 1916 by the publishers. Elmer Griffith Parsly (b. 1886) was a banker in Philadelphia. A heavy set; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. In Good+ Condition: loss at ends of spines; back cover of vol. 1 is soiled; covers are rubbed; front joint of vol. 1 cracking; internally clean and bright. Good +. Item #011369

Price: $18.00