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Auction archive: Lot number 38

Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life

Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$1,560
Auction archive: Lot number 38

Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life

Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$1,560
Beschreibung:

Title: Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life Author: Eliot, George Place Edinburgh and London Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons Date: 1871-72 Description: 4 volumes. viii, 410; [iv], 377; [iv], 384; [iv], 371 pp. (8vo) 17.5x11.5 cm (7x4½"), publisher's blue cloth stamped in black and gilt, gilt spine. First Edition in book form. First published in 8 parts the same year. Widely regarded as Eliot's finest work, and one of the best novels written in the English language. Sadleir 815; Wolff 2059. Lot Amendments Condition: Bindings well worn and soiled with rubbing to extremities, corners lightly bumped, darkening to spines with some fraying to edges; interiors solid with occasional light foxing, some hinges cracked or starting, volume 2 with early ownership signature to title page; good or better. Item number: 289966

Auction archive: Lot number 38
Auction:
Datum:
11 Feb 2018
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life Author: Eliot, George Place Edinburgh and London Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons Date: 1871-72 Description: 4 volumes. viii, 410; [iv], 377; [iv], 384; [iv], 371 pp. (8vo) 17.5x11.5 cm (7x4½"), publisher's blue cloth stamped in black and gilt, gilt spine. First Edition in book form. First published in 8 parts the same year. Widely regarded as Eliot's finest work, and one of the best novels written in the English language. Sadleir 815; Wolff 2059. Lot Amendments Condition: Bindings well worn and soiled with rubbing to extremities, corners lightly bumped, darkening to spines with some fraying to edges; interiors solid with occasional light foxing, some hinges cracked or starting, volume 2 with early ownership signature to title page; good or better. Item number: 289966

Auction archive: Lot number 38
Auction:
Datum:
11 Feb 2018
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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