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ELIOT, George (pseudonym. i.e. Marion Evans, afterwards Cross). A collection of works. London & Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858-1876. 10 works in 25 volumes, various sizes. Later half calf gilt, g.e. (one volume not uniform). FIRST EDITIONS The collection comprises: Scenes of Clerical Life. 1858. 2 volumes, 8° (190 x 115mm). Half-titles. Cf. Parrish p. 7; cf. Sadleir 818. Adam Bede. 1859. 3 volumes, 8° (188 x 117mm). Half-titles. (Lacks publishers' catalogue at end of vol. III). Cf. Parrish p. 12; cf. Sadleir 812. The Mill on the Floss. 1860. 3 volumes, 8° (189 x 116mm). Half-titles. (Lacks final blank in vol. I and publishers' catalogue at end of vol. III). Provenance : title of vol. I faintly inscribed 'With the Publishers Compts'. Cf. Parrish p. 14; cf. Sadleir 816. Silas Marner: The weaver of Raveloe. 1861. 8° (189 x 117mm). Half-title. (Lacks adverts and publishers' catalogue at end). Provenance : half-title faintly inscribed 'From Mr Blackwood'. Cf. Parrish p. 15; cf. Sadleir 819. Romola. 1863. 8° (188 x 117mm). 2 pp. advertisments at end. Cf. Parrish p. 17; cf. Sadleir 817. Felix Holt The radical. 1866. 3 volumes, 8° (192 x 120 mm). Half-titles. 24pp. publishers' catalogue at back of vol. III. Cf. Parrish p. 20; cf. Sadleir 814. The Spanish Gypsy A Poem. 1868. 8° (207 x 135mm). Half-title. (Lacks publishers' catalogue at back.) Cf. Parrish p. 21. Middlemarch A study of provincial life. 1871-1872. 4 volumes, 8° (172 x 113mm). Half-titles. Vol. I bound to match. First edition in bookform. Cf. Parrish p. 32; cf. Sadleir 815. The Legend of Jubal and other poems. 1874. 8° (169 x 105mm). 16pp. publishers' catalogue at back. Cf. Parrish p. 36. Daniel Deronda. 1876. 4 volumes, 8° (172 x 116mm). Half-titles. (Lacking the errata slip in vol. III and the leaf of advertisments in vol. IV.) Cf. Parrish p. 39; cf. Sadleir 813. (25)