Fall Great Estates Curated Auction

George Eliot's Life First Edition Books

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Start price: $50

Estimated price: $100 - $150

Buyer's premium: 28%

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George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) (England, 1819-1880). George Eliot’s Life. As Related in Her Letters and Journals, arranged and edited by her husband, J.W. Cross. In 3 volumes. First edition, 1885. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London; printed by William Blackwood and Sons. Inscriptions "from Father" dated 1885 on half title pages. Newsprint obituary for Mrs. Charles Bray taped inside front endpaper volume 3.

Corners bumped, shelf wear, some wear to edges and spines, foxing to front and rear endpapers and fore edge, tears and separation at front and rear pastedowns, some fraying to spines, bindings loose.

Provenance: Ximenes Rare Books, 1970; private collection, New York City; thence by descent.

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