Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908. CROSS, J.W.. . The Writings of George Eliot. Warwickshire Edition. Together with the Life by J. W. Cross. In Twenty-Five Volumes. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1907- 1908].

Twenty-five octavo volumes. (Measures 8 x 5 in.). Original half maroon morocco over maroon marbled boards, elaborately decorated in gilt on spines with five raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with frontispieces and engraved plates throughout, each with a descriptive tissue guard. A few corners with wear. Overall, a very good set with a contribution by her husband.

Parrish,. Sadleir. Wolff.

HBS 67624.

$3,000.

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Bookseller: Heritage Book Shop, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 67624
Title: Writings of George Eliot
Author: ELIOT, George
Illustrator: CROSS, J.W.
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication: Boston and New York
Date Published: 1908
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: Illustrated Books|Sets|Nineteenth-Century Literature|Women
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Morocco: Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Marbled boards: ...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...