Scenes Of Clerical Life
by Eliot, George
Scenes of Clerical Life is the title under which George Eliot's first published fictional work, a collection of three short stories, was released in book form, and the first of her works to be released under her famous pseudonym. The stories were first published in Blackwood's Magazine over the course of the year 1857, initially anonymously, before being released as a two-volume set by Blackwood and Sons in January 1858.
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Scenes of Clerical Life
by ELIOT George 1819-1880 [ie EVANS Mary Anne later CROSS]
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- 1858
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Llandudno, Conwy, GBR
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NZ$10,099.93
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Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG, 1st ed, 1858. The Authors rarest book, especially in the original cloth, as is this. 2 Vols, maroon embossed cloth by Edmonds & Remnants, light wear along front edges, corners bumped.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Scenes of Clerical Life
by ELIOT, George
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- 1890
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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NZ$127.46
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New York: Merrill and Baker, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated Cabinet Edition. Two volumes in green cloth. Very good with some wear to the edges. From the personal library of H. (Henry) Thornton Craven with his book plate and stamp with shelf location in each volume, and shelf marker on spines. H. Thornton Craven (1818-1905) was an English… Read more about this item Item Price
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by ELIOT, George
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Calabasas, California, USA
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Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858. Domestic Realism, Pathos, and Humor
George Eliot's First Works of Fiction
ELIOT, George. Scenes of Clerical Life. In Two Volumes. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858.
First edition in book form of George Eliot's first works of fiction.
Two octavo volumes (7 3/8 x 4 5/8 inches; 187 x… Read more about this item Item Price
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by Eliot, George
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Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Edinburgh and London: Blackwood, 1858. First edition of George Eliot's first published work of fiction, three related stories of love and loss in an English village: "The Sad Fortunes of the Rev. Amos Barton," "Mr. Gilfil's Love-Story," and "Janet's Repentance." The stories first appeared anonymously in Blackwood's Magazine in 1857, and were published together the following year as the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Scenes of Clerical Life
by Eliot, George
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Te Awamutu, Waikato, NZL
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London: Collins N.d. Red cloth decorated in gilt on spine, gilt stamped author's name on front panel. B/w Frontispiece plus 5 B/w Plates. Spine has tiny chip to top end, label mark on tail end. Small signature verso Ffep. Verso Frontispiece is p/o stamp, name stamp plus previous pricemarking. Exterior edges of pages foxed and darkened. . Hard Cover. Good/No… Read more about this item Item Price
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Scenes of Clerical Life
by George Eliot
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- First Thus
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- 1907
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, GBR
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NZ$21.26
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Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1907 Book. Fair. Black Leather. First Thus. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. The Warwick Edition of George Eliot's Works, Vol V. 615pp. Title and half-title pages printed in red and black. Top edges gilt. Backstrip missing, rubbing to edges and corners and former owner's name in pencil to front endpaper, otherwise… Read more about this item Item Price
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Scenes of Clerical Life
by ELIOT, George (EVANS, Mary Ann)
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- 1909
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Littleton, Colorado, USA
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NZ$49.28
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London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1909. Hardcover. A 1909 reprint of the first published work of fiction by England's George Eliot. Presented in the form of three short stories, all are concerned with English provincial life in the Midlands. With color and black & white illustrations by Hugh Thomson. "George Eliot"… Read more about this item Item Price
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Scenes of Clerical Life
by Eliot, George
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- 1900
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Didcot, Oxfordshire, GBR
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NZ$14.14
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Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., 1900. Hardcover (no jacket) in good condition. No publication date stated; it was not published in 1900. Minor marks and wear to the boards. The leading corners and spine ends are frayed. Light creases on a few of the rough cut pages. The binding is weak and visible on the title page… Read more about this item Item Price
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Scenes of Clerical Life.
by ELIOT, George.
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- 1858
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London, GBR
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NZ$35,083.95
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Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons,, 1858. Her first book, an unrestored copy in the original cloth First edition in book form of George Eliot's first published work of fiction, collecting three short stories previously serialized in Blackwood's Magazine from January to November 1857. Sadleir, writing in 1951, remarks that the book "in any state is now rare",… Read more about this item Item Price
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Scenes of Clerical Life (complete in two volumes - Standard Edition The Works of George Eliot)
by George Eliot
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- 1900
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Foster, Rhode Island, USA
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NZ$169.94
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William Blackwood and Sons, 1900. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. William Blackwood and Sons; Edinburgh, ND. Hardcover. Complete 2 Volume Set. 5 raised bands, 3/4 gilt lined leather binding, author/title info in gilt on spine, TEG. Condition: Good, some shelf wear/edge wear to leather tips/spine, frayed joints/spine compartments, some staining to boards, previous owner bookplate to front pastedown of both… Read more about this item Item Price
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Scenes of Clerical Life
by ELIOT, George
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- First Edition
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- 1858
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Rocky River, Ohio, USA
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NZ$2,124.25
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Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, 2 volumes, 366pp., 381pp. Without half-titles. A very good set, very bright and clean internally. Bound in contemporary 3/4 red polished calf over marbled boards, with marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. Corners and outer joints rubbed and a bit dry, and outer joint of volume… Read more about this item Item Price
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Scenes of Clerical Life
by Eliot, George [Mary Ann Evans]
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- First Edition
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- 1858
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Rare in the publisher's original maroon cloth binding with boards decorated in blind and spine lettered in gilt. Very Good with rubbing to cloth and sunning to spines, front cover of Volume I lightly spotted. Previous owner names to front free endpaper… Read more about this item Item Price
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SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE
by Eliot George
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- 1858
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
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Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858. 2 volumes. First Edition. With both half-titles. 8vo, in handsome antique full green morocco, the covers with double-ruled gilt fillet lines at the edges, the spines with ornate gilt framed panels between raised bands, two compartments with gilt lettering, additional gilt lettering at the tail and gilt ruling at both… Read more about this item Item Price
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Scenes of Clerical Life
by George Eliot
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- No date
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- Softcover
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Petworth, West Sussex, GBR
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NZ$37.21
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London: Collins, No date. Softcover. Very Good. 16mo.. In the Collins' Clear-Type series, a small volume, 16 mo, bound in maroon morocco with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Edges are bumped and spine is a little worn top and bottom with a small tear to top. Maroon endpapers. Gilt top edges. Pages are age tanned but clean.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Scenes of Clerical Life
by George Eliot
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- Used - Tight and clean
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- 1913
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- Leather Softcover
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Waynesville, Ohio, USA
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NZ$42.48
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Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1913. Leather Softcover. Tight and clean. ***Please Read*** Nelson's Editions De Luxe: bound in limp genuine Morocco leather with red under gold edges, pocket size (4 x 6 inches), printed on India paper - Book shows moderate wear (see picture) with cracked but intact troughs - 615 pages - my shelf location SO-g-8*… Read more about this item Item Price
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Scenes of Clerical Life
by George Eliot
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- No Dust Jacket
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- Third Edition
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- 1860
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- Hardcover
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Doncaster, Aberdeen, GBR
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NZ$329.58
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William Blackwood and Sons, London; Edinburgh, 1860. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 2 matching volumes with brown blind decorated covers and gilt decoration and lettering on the spines, brown end-papers, small label at lower inside of rear cover of Volume I "Bound By Edmonds & Remnants, London". Cover corners and spine ends… Read more about this item Item Price
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Scenes of Clerical Life
by Eliot, George; Grace Rhys (Introduction)
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- 1910
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Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, CAN
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NZ$30.59
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London & New York: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd / E.P. Dutton & Co, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Three short stories first published in Blackwood's Magazine in 1857 and then in book form in 1858. Everyman Edition, 1910; this copy is a 1932 reprint. Hardcover in ribbed carmine cloth… Read more about this item Item Price
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SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE
by George Eliot
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- Sterling Edition
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- N.D.
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Pomona, New York, USA
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NZ$373.78
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Boston: Estes & Lauriat. N.D.. Sterling Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Open tears on spine heel and panel corners. Shelfwear on spine and panel side edges. Author spine label removed. Chipping on title spine label. . Item Price
NZ$373.78
SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE (2 VOL SET - COMPLETE)
by George Eliot
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Standard edition
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- c. 1910
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- Hardcover
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Blue Hill, Maine, USA
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NZ$424.85
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Edinburgh and London: William Blackwoods and Sons, c. 1910. Standard edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 5 x 7 1/4 in. Vol 1 - 300 pgs. Vol 2 - 317 pgs. Later edition.No date c. 1910. Bound by Atelier Bindery for Charles Scribner's and Sons, marked thus at top of verso of ffep. Half very deep blue morocco with navy… Read more about this item Item Price
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Scenes of Clerical Life
by George Eliot
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- Used - Good
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- 1921
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- Hardcover
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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NZ$10.89
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Oxford University Press Humphrey Milford, 1921. Hardcover. Good. 1921. 424 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little… Read more about this item Item Price
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