Lot 162
[Evans (Mary Ann)], "George Eliot". Mill on the Floss, 3 vol., first edition, 1860.
Hammer Price: £280
Description
[Evans (Mary Ann)], "George Eliot". Mill on the Floss, 3 vol., first edition, vol. 1 and 3 with half-titles (lacking in vol. 2), each book with divisional fly-titles, vol. 3 with 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, vol. 1 with small amounts of soiling (including ink), otherwise some light finger soiling and occasional browning, vol. 1 with endpapers renewed (close in colour to originals), original orange-brown cloth (Carter variant A), vol. 1 sympathetically rebacked with original backstip laid down, labels neatly removed and a few stains to covers, extremities lightly bumped and scuffed, [Baker & Ross A5.1.a1], 8vo,William Blackwood and Sons, 1860.
⁂ Baker & Ross suggest that of the three issues of 1860, this issue with only single blank at start (as here) is the first.
Description
[Evans (Mary Ann)], "George Eliot". Mill on the Floss, 3 vol., first edition, vol. 1 and 3 with half-titles (lacking in vol. 2), each book with divisional fly-titles, vol. 3 with 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, vol. 1 with small amounts of soiling (including ink), otherwise some light finger soiling and occasional browning, vol. 1 with endpapers renewed (close in colour to originals), original orange-brown cloth (Carter variant A), vol. 1 sympathetically rebacked with original backstip laid down, labels neatly removed and a few stains to covers, extremities lightly bumped and scuffed, [Baker & Ross A5.1.a1], 8vo,William Blackwood and Sons, 1860.
⁂ Baker & Ross suggest that of the three issues of 1860, this issue with only single blank at start (as here) is the first.
