Writings

1908. Signed. ELIOT, George. The Writings. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1908. Twenty-five volumes. Octavo, contemporary full brown crushed morocco, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated boards and spines, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut and largely unopened. $11,000.Splendid large-paper edition of Eliot’s writings, number 29 of only 750 sets produced, with over 150 illustrations including hand-colored frontispieces in double-suite,… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company,, 1908. A very attractive set, with an autograph letter signed Large-paper edition, number 10 of 750 copies only, the first volume with a tipped-in 4-page autograph letter signed from George Eliot, signed as M[ary] E[vans] Lewes, using the surname of her longtime partner George Henry Lewes, although they were in fact… Read more about this item

Boston & New York, Houghton Mifflin, 1908. . 25 vol. (complete, including "The Life"), "LARGE PAPER EDITION", LIMITED TO 750 SETS, 8vo, numerous photogravure plates, the frontispieces printed in coloured and uncoloured states, text age-toned, else fine, contemporary crushed brown half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, an extremely handsome set. George Eliot (1819-1880) was the pen… Read more about this item