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George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans]. Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 18...
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George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans]. Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861.8vo. Half-title; 20 pp. publisher's advertisements at end. Original cinnamon cloth, blindstamped on covers, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine (Carter's binding A), cream endpapers, unopened, with Burn binder's ticket on lower pastedown; cloth folding case.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of Eliot's third novel, which presents an apparently straightforward narrative while exploring significant themes such as Victorian moral values, sexuality, concepts of time and temporality, Darwinian theory, and the philosophical ideas of William Wordsworth. This copy with Baker & Ross's (b) placement of the bound-in advertisements, with eight leaves plus two leaves at rear, with the Carlyle Autobiography ads following the catalogue.
Condition: Touch of rubbing and bumping to extremities, with the slightest hint of soiling, otherwise very fine and bright. Half title and fore edge slightly foxed (a few spots); a few mostly marginal stray fox marks; top edge slightly dust-soiled. Overall, an extremely fresh copy in a very fine and bright binding.
References: Baker & Ross A6.1.a; Sadleir 819.
Provenance: The Library of a Minnesota Collector.
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2025 December 15 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6323 (go to Auction Home page)
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